davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1926-05-09
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RfCHT REV. JAMES t. FREEMAN, D. D., L. d.,
Bishop OF Washington.

to His mother, and certainly from no
one else did He receive such assur-
ances Of devotion and encouragement.
Little wonder Is 1t that the master
painters OF the world have cohcen-
trated their genius in producing on
canvas this glowing and glorious init
macy. RaphaePs brush perhaps, above
all others, has produced the immortal
canvas of Mother and Child. The
whole story Of the Gospel lifts mother
hood to higher levels of distinction
than 1t had ever known before, and
Mary, the mother of Jesus, Is the
highest approximation of our ideals
concerning this most sacred Of all
offices. However men may come to
heights of fame and distinction. and
however great the applause of the
world may be, there is always that in
their more intimate life, within the
home circle, and more particularly
their conscious response to the mother
influence, that constitutes the genesis
of their greatness and the secret Of
their power.
The splendid inaugural address of
President Garfield made q profound
impression upon those who heard it.
but his turning at it's close to his
aged mother and Kissing her stirred
the deepest emotions of the vast audi.
ence. After all, It is those finer eXhi.
bitions of the tender side of our nature
that disclose the real worth of our
character. That was a fine sentence
that some one wrote, NO man Is
greater than his mother
We talk insistently and loudly about
the opinion making power of the world
and too frequently we think 1t Is gen
Grated In those large places Of con
course where men foregather for legis-
lation and trade. We seem to think
the fine sentiments OF life spring out
OF occasions where crowds wait breath.
less upon the spoken word The real
place in which the more wholesome In.
fiuences and convictions of our life
are formed is, or ought TO be, the
home, and In the forming of these III
huences or convictions the mother
holds supreme place. Cowper wrote
one Of his noblest poems on receiving
his mothers portrait, and much OF
the inspiration Of genius has had its
sacred promptings in response TO q
mothers love.
II, as q Nation, we can maintain un
impaired. at its highest worth, the
mother influence, we need not be con
cerned about those things that are
most vitally related to our nearest and
dearest interests. More important
than all our legislation, than all our
expanding commerce, than all our
piled-up wealth, is the unsullied purity
of motherhood and those mighty in
|fuences that make for moral regenera
ton and the stabilizing OF character
that proceed from q mothers high
conservation to what is best an6
noblest in life.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Commissioner Jennings Real Trial.

RepreSe ntatiHe Luce suggests, III
effect. that Commissioner Fenning is
now to have his real trial upon the
charges that he is thief" and rob
her. of the contemplate variety that
nreys upon the helpless and mentally
Incompetent, and that the inquiries al
roady had are in essence preliminary
uon-judicial iuquisitions, serving prf-
,narily to extort through confession
evidences of guilt to be used in the
real trial.
When Il mans reputation for hon
"sty, painstakingly built up by life
kline of community service. is attack
ed, the law and the American sense of
fair play demand for him the protec-
ton of the constitutional and other
safeguards against hasty, passion-in-
f1uenced and unjust conviction.
At some stage Of the proceedings
against him he is entitled to his day
in court, when, unhampered, he can
submit through witnesses the facts as
ne sees them, and through competent
counsel present defensive argument
upon the issues of law.
What our local court, acting upon
the auditors report, decides in the
case now pending before the auditor,
concerning the legality Of acceptance
hv Commissioner Fenning Of commits
SIons from a bonding company for
bonding himself as guardian will doubt
less be accepted by the community as
lie conclusive result OF fair trial
upon this particular point.
The other most serious charge is
broadly that Commissioner Fenning
extorted excessive fees for services
from his helpless wards and misled
the court into approving and ordering
the payment of such fees.
Present indications are that the
House Judiciary committee and then
the President of the United States are
20 give the final decision in respect
to the guilt or innceence of Commits
sioner Fenning and of his punishment,
IL guilty. Full confidence is felt by
ms community ILldI DOCA1 COtiiALlANlNO
and President will do even-handed JUS
rice between accusers and accused, un-
influenced by the atmosphere of pas
sion and prejudice, of personal spites
and revenges, which has surrounded
his case, and unmoved by selfish con-
siderations OF partisan expediency.
This impartial tribunal is able TO
protect the mentally incompetent
against corrupt exploitation and to
punish fitly any one who betrays his
trust and preys upon the helpless; and
ut the same time to prevent the de.
struction of the good name Of an ac-
cused man and the wrecking Of his
life, in the absence OF convincing proof
Of guilt.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Strikes and Guns.

4 general strike has been in prog
ress in Great Britain for five days,
with many clashes between the police
and crowds of strikers and sympa-
thizers. In these encounters during
these five days many thousands of
people have been involved. And yet,
up to this writing, so far as known
not q single casualty has occurred
outside of few bruised pates.
Had the same situation existed in
the United States there would have
been by this time q death score OF
many people, perhaps hundreds, be-
cause In this country the practice of
carrying pistols is SO prevalent that in
any large grouping of disorderly peo'
pie many deadly weapons are certain
to be present and to be used. The
British people do not carry guns.
There lies the difference.
In England and Scotland during
these days of strike and disorder the
principal weapons of the mobs have
been stones and clubs. These have
taken no lives, though they have in
fiicted some bumps. Were it possible
for the people over there to get pis-
tolls as easily as here there would have
been shooting and there would have
been deaths. Perhaps by this time
voked.
Those who protest any restriction
upon the traffic in small arms might
learn lesson from this British immu-
nifty during strike time from casual.
ties through promiscuous armament.
A uniform law In all the States and
the District of Columbia prohibiting
under severe penalty the sale of small
arms and ammunition to persons who
do not possess permits to purchase
would put this country OH the same
basis as England save for the guns
already in possession and ready for
use by criminally inclined persons.
1t is impossible to estimate the num-
ber of pistols that are being carried by
American people today. They run
into the hundreds of thousands, posi-
bly, millions. The very difficulty of
ascertaining how many of the Ameri-
can people are walking arsenals shows
the need of some sort of restriction.
If a general trouble such as strike
like that in England should ever break
out in this country the forces of dis
order would have a decided initial ad.
vantage through the possession Of
these weapons. Most of those carry
ing guns are criminally inclined. They
are the very sort to Join In mob for
nations and to resist the orderly proc.
esses of law.
The National Crime Commission, re.
Gently in session in this city, has un.
dertaken to secure, with the assist
ance of the principal arms manufac'
turers, q uniform law on this subject
1t and it's associate State commissions
which are working along this line may
find a strong argument for arms limi
tation in the present immunity OF
Great Britain from strike time casu
alties.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
MEN AND AFFAIRS
to something like 25O.ooo of pOpula
BY ROBERT r, SMALL.

, to something like 100000 OF popula
tion.
Outdoor life in Hawaii Is supposed
by the world at large TO consis
! mainly In bathing, surf riding apo
| basking on the famous sunlit beach
at Waikiki, with the soft strains OF
ukulele and guitar lingering in the
| distance and possibly a glimpse nov
and then of hula dancing girl.
But there is an outdoor sport In the
islands practiced probably In no othe'
part of the globe. Perhaps 1t never
| has been classified as a sport. Never
theless It is a great game-the game
Of lava chasing-and II is widely 1T
| dulged in.
| A great patron of the sport happens
| to be In Washington at the lnomtni
and he is in a state Of despondenc\
bordering on despair. A great iavSt
chase is In progress out on the lsianc
| of Molokai and this veteran OF the
| volcanoes is 5000 miles away. For
some thirty-odd years, man and boy.
he has never before missed an erup
ton and he feels now that something
has gone out of his life. Old Mauna
Loa, one of the finest of the Hawaiian
caldrons, is pouring forth a White
hot lava flow which Is said to be one
Of the finest sights in all the volcanic
or eruptive history of the Sandwich
Islands. All the professional and
amateur volcano chasers have hurried
from Honolulu as fast as boats c0u4G
carry them.
But "Jack' Waldron Is not among
them. He is narooned In Washing
ton, attending 81 congressional heaf
ing. where even the eruption OF some
of our most fiery Senators falls e.
satisfy the yearning nature OF a SOU
which has seen an entire countryside
scared and burned and has seen new
mountains grow before his very eyes
Jack Waldron, or -. W. as most o;
his friends know him. has long beer
q resident of Hawaii. He went ou'
there from England and he learne'
To love the volcanoes at first sigh
often he would ascend to the craters
and toast his feet over the boiling
lava. In every other section OF the
world when a volcano explodes and
uo1Irs forth it's Vials of wrath. the
populace fees the vicinity. Not so III
Hawaii Everybody who can get WIN
in hailing distance of the blazing aud
belching peak drops all business and
other pleasures for the great game oi
lava chasing.
'Tt gets in the blood" sighed Nj
waldron yesterday at the Capitc
"and nothing quite takes its place
Once more comes proof that there
is nothing new under the sun. Sugar
1t would seem, has beer a subject o.
taxation and tariff-to say nothing OF
controversy-since long before the
birth of the American Nation. a
catalogue of old English publications
recently received in Washington shows
that in 1747 there was printed g
volume on 1.-THE Sugar Trade" with
contents described as follows:
Considerations relating TO the LAY
ing of any additional duty on sugai
from the British plantations. wherein
is shown that such duty will be in
furious to the commerce and naviga
tion of this United Kingdom, ruinous
to our sugar colonies, beneficial %
those of France and inefficient for the
purposes intended"
The price Of this musty tome is
given at fl.
tCopyrrht. 1e2o>
Evening star., 1926-05-09
The Mother.

st. John, xix25-''Now there stood by the
cross of Jesus His mother"
One of the most beautiful aspects
of the brief annal OF the life of Jesus
Is to be found in His love for His
mother and His mothers devotion to
Him. From the earliest period of His
life down to His latest hour His mother
occupied a commanding and coflspicu-
GUS place. When He emerged from
the obscurity Of Nazareth and was
taken as a child to Jerusalem. 1t was
His mother who gently rebuked Him,
and 1t was to her that He uttered the
solemn words, Know We not that l
must be about my Fathers business?"
It was TO His mother first of all that
the larger revelation of His divine
mission was made. and her wonder
ment Is disclosed in the words. Mary
kept all these things and pondered
them in her heart" Again, in His
first miracle, at the wedding feast at
Cana, 1t was His mother who, recog-
nizing His authority, said to those
about her, Whatsoever He saith unto
you, do it," AS He came to His
later ministry His mother was able to
understand, If only in part, the vast
significance of His undertaking. In
the tragic closing days of the trial and
crucifiXton she, above all others, was
most affected and remained closest to
Him. Even when chosen disciples for
sock Him and fled. and when close
companionship might ieopardize life
itself, she remained by His side. When
at length He was lifted upon the cross,
In the few spoken words that came
from Him, He addressed Himself to
her. 1t was Of her future that He
thought IN His dying moments. and II
was to Effs beloved friend and disciple,
John, that TIe committed her In tender
care. No incident in connection with
this mighty tragedy has any deeper
pathos or finer significance than the
recorded words, Nov there stood by
the cross of Jesus His mother" There
can be little doubt that, deep as was
her understanding of His life and the
import of His ministry, she was in
capable of comprehending, to its full
worth, the significance Of the cruci-
flXion. No written words could indi-
cate the depth of her sorrow or the
greatness Of her disappointment. In
few OF the lives of the great and the
good does the mother influence figure
so largely as in the life Of Jesus.
One yearns to know something Of
those years of obscurity lived in Naza-
teth and Of the intimacies that
existed between mother and Son.
What record such pages would make
Of motheriy love and filial devotion.
We do not have to strain our irnagi-
nation to conceive in What explicit
and loving terms He talked with her
concerning the great issues OF His
life. Doubtless to no one did He con-
tide the purpose OF His hfe's work as
Evening star., 1926-05-09

chances to run busses and trucks to
keep the food supplies moving and to
relieve the traffic congestion.
Young Britishers. are good sports.
men. They play the game according
to rules and. what is better. according
to the unwritten rules of fairness and
regard for the rights of opponents.
Public games in that country are in
deed more free from dispute and
wrangling than in this country. The
British sportsmen take their play
more seriously than do the American.
And that is why in this present crisis
there is such rallying to the support
of organized government, which rep
resents rule, against the unsportsman.
like disorder and challenge of organ
ized labor.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Rabbit-chasing. coon-hunting dogs
have been fetching big prices down in
Mississippi. which. strange as it may
seem. is only another demonstration
of the credulity of the public, even a
dog-buying public. Believing that
people were tired of the same old
routine, Ripley. Miss, man, and, in
cidentally, dog breeder, hit upon a
new idea, whereby he could soon re-
lire from business worries.
Buying up all the hound dogs that
he could lay his hands upon. he care
fully herded them together on his
farm. Then he advertised q new dog
4,ecies. rabbit chasers in the day.
lime, folks. and coon hunters at
night" was the slogan adopted by
this entcrprising citizen.
Seeking the well known something
for nothing and the two-in-ons kind
Evening star., 1926-05-09
This and That

Shall we boycott our boy cat, Jach
Spratt?
This is the expressed wish Of a few
friends of this column, gentlemen
with stern ideas of the eternal mascu-
line, who feel somehow that cats are
feminine.
I'VE read you six days of the week
with pleasure" they said. "On Sun
days. however, we look TO see If you
are writing about cats, and when we
see his name we turn over the page"
Now, the name of Jack Spratt is
known and loved in a thousand
homes, we dare say, where the cog
nomens of these gentlemen are utterly
unknown.
The doings of this furry creature
have been set forth faithfully nov
for almost two years. His comings
and goings, his triumphs and disas-
ters. as chronicled here, have won for
him Christmas cards, New Year
greetings, valentines and Easter mes
sages.
AS his secretary we have been per
mitted to share in his triumph. We
are not unmindful of scores of per
sonal greetings. For the benefit OF the
protestants we might say that fully
so per cent of these letters have beer
from persons of the masculine per
suasion.
Pigs is pigs" as Ellis Parker Bu;
Ter said, once and for all. Equally.
cats are cats. They have as much
right to publicity as guinea pigs, al
though their stories may not be as en-
tertaining as Mr.. Buffers famous
tale.
Perhaps we might say that even he
only did 1t once.
We regret, Of course, that the ord
nary daily life of the alley cat Is not
replete with glamour. We are sorry
too. that we do not possess the ability
to do for eats what Mr.. Butler did
for pigs.
1t would seem that the weekly
week life of any animal, man or cat, is
scarcely a thing of tremendous deeds
1t hardly sparkles. We get up, we
shave, we eat breakfast, we go down
town. Cats arise, yawn, stretch, eat
breakfast and stalk a robin.
We are not able TO see that there
is anything more feminine about the
latter's actions than the daily life OF
the former (Which means most of us
under civilization.
He who would essay to chronicle
the life of a tomcat necessarily under
takes a somewhat hazardous task in
that he deliberately assumes the re
sponsibility of attempting TO make
the commonplace interesting.
If he secure the favor of many.
therefore, he must not feel too much
upset to lose the esteem of some
Many persons do not like Shake
speare! still others shirk from Dante
or despise the glorious Milton.
Is 1t any wonder. then, that some
shy from Jack Spratt?
X X v n
We believe that the main trouble
lies in the prevalent idea that women
alone like cats. While, like most
popular ideas. this has some gist of
truth in IL, in the main 1t is fSilacious
We point with pride to one major
among our readers, q hearty man of
impeccably masculine tastes, who has
served in the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard for years, went to
France, and now Is not ashamed TO
be faithful follower of the doings
Of Jack Spratt.
We love to please those who honor
us by reading our assembled words,
however, and II we could feel that
there were more than three who
would like rest from cats we would
be only too glad to give you some
thing else each Sunday.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

William Gibbs McAdoo, in Wash
ington the past week, left behind him
the usual flow of political gossip, al
though he insisted once more in some.
what vehement tones that in the fu-
ture he was to be merely an onlooker
at the great political game.
Mr.. McAdoo, like a great many
other public men, seems to have. a
touch of Washington in his blood. He
finds the Capital very difficult to keep
away from. In this respect he Is
like John w. Davis and Charles
Evans Hughes, both Of whom had
| their chance at the presidency in the
days gone by.
The exception to the political rule
is former Gov. Cox Of Ohio. He ap-
pears to have no overweaning love
| for the Capital City, and seldom II
ever, is a visitor. His last stay o.
anv consequence in Washington was
when he addressed the famous Jack.
son day dinners In 1920, when all or
the men mentioned for the nomina-
| ton that year were speakers. Inc
governor must have made the pest
speech, for eventually he won the
right to head the party ticket IN tne
| League of Nations campaign.
Mr.. McAdoo invariably has finee
time In Washington. Both he ana
his wife, daughter of Woodrow VIII
son and a White House bride, have
| hosts of friends in the Capital. ana
| there is always d round of social en-
| PERTAINING as well as political con
ferrine. Like most other Democrats,
Mr.. McAdoo says he is paying little
heed to the prospects OF 1928. No
body knows what the lineup VIII De
at that time the Republicans peins
| lust about as much at sea as thelr
opponents, for no one Knows. or pro,
fesses TO know. what is in the MIND
Of the White House sphinx, one Cai'
vim Coolidge.
| Inasmuch as the National House OF
| Representative has determined fo
| 10 reapportion itself III accordance
! with the 1920 census, which wouio
cause a shift of IL seats from certalI
States to certain other States, Whicf
| have grown more rapidly than their
sister commonwealths, some one mas
suggested that perhaps the houst
| would like to go back to It's or1suiai
| constitutional status
| When the House was ORGANIZED the
| Constitution provided that the Iiu,iluei
| NJ congressman should not exceed one
! for every 10000 Of population In the
limited States. Not being good at fig
ures. the writer has had to take the
word of one who has figured 1t out ana 1
COWS that under such an arrangement!
.he House would consist of some 5,oot
members. All of which wouldn't cause
much more confusion and disturbance
than is possible at times with the pres
ent force of 435 Republicans, Demo
| Gratis and what-nots. AS q matter OF
fact. fact the old order has quite an ap
peal TO the politicians. Think mink. Of S,sSt stS
congressional seats TO be niieo aI sI",
600 per each year. 1t Is contended NO"
that only about 35 of the 4S5 in The
House actually earn their salaries s les
That might still hold good for me the
3.s66. The list of absentees and the
nav roll would be larger. that is an.
There never has been any deviation
| in the senate rule. Always there have We
been two Senators for each State, re
gard1ess of the population of the
State. In the House the present ratio TIC
is one congressman for every 1f5,0ot
Evening star., 1926-05-09
The Callous Type.

\ new tabulation has been issued by
the traffic office showing that for the
first three months of this year the
number of accidents totaled 1,577. An
interesting fact in connection with
The figures is that experienced driv-
ers were involved in most Of the mis-
haps. Five years experience was
claimed by CSC of the drivers, two to
FIVE years by 405, less than two years
by 4s4, and only 20 had two months
or less experience in operating auto
mobiles.
This tabulatlon is a sad commentary
on the carefulness and obedience to
regulations of motor car drivers who
are supposed to he more or less ex-
pert. 1t merely goes to show that
many of the so-called experienced driv-
prs are the ones who take the most
chances, not only in traffic. but in VIC.
lation OF traffic regulations when they
think they are unobserved by the po
lice. This is the callous type of driv.
er. the one who refuses to give right
of way, who swerves at high speeds
around corners and who comes out OF
alleys and side streets at a breakneck
pace
Figures have proved him 10 be the
cause of the majority of accidents
When the present traffic situation is
In a more settled condition the police
should wage unrelenting war to elm
mate him from the streets of the Ma
tional Capital. Then. and then only,
will conditions here begin 30 Improve.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

enced in such matters gives Il as his
opinion that such q line would not
pay expenses. 1t would require 1:
coaches and 60 horses, q veterinary
surgeon, drivers, stable men and so
forth. and unless all Of the seats could
be sold at 81 n piece the enterprise
would not pay A New York paper is
of the opinion, however. that many
persons would be willing to pay $lo
a seat, at which rate the line certainly
ought to remuneEats It. propristors.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Scientists might have averted much
developing the undoubtedly practical
possibilities of delivering heat from
other sources than the coal mines.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Women have the vote and enjoy a
chivalrous respect that modern Gus
toms have not effaced. A Mothers
day. signifies courteous attitude of
mind. AS matter of fact, every day
is Mothers daY.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

The vets are wetter and the drys
are dryer in Pennsylvania than in any
other place on the map. Politically
speaking. Philadelphia becomes liable
to prominence as the town where
brotherly love ceases.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHmANDER JOHNSON
Gems and Flowers,

tens and Flowers.
Old Jack Frost KEEP hangin' round
Way up into May.
He scattered crystals on the ground
In lavish spendthrift play.
His crystals were most fair 70 see.
As jewels always are.
The blossoms on the April tree
Proved lovelier by far.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

In about thirty days an announce.
ment by the Weather Bureau OF a drop
in temperature will be hailed with
satisfaction. There are two things
with which the average citizen is
never absolutely content: the Govern
ment and the climate.