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Evening star., 1926-10-08
A Wise Decision.

The decision of the superintendent
Of police to station Il full-time
traffic officer at the dangerously con-
gested intersection of East Execu-
tive and Pennsylvania avenues will
be enthusiastically approved by
Washington motorists. Maj. Hesse,
for some time aware of the need for
traffic control at this and other busy
intersections in Northwest Washing
ton, has been seeking to establish the
best method Of meeting o difficult
problem. The choice had to be made
between leaving the intersection un-
guarded or detailing to it's control
one Of the regular patrolmen Of the
number one precinct. The Star be-
ieves that the superintendents
choice was wisely made and assures
him Of its continued support in the
effort to obtain from Congress po-
lice appropriations adequate to meet
the legitimate and naturally increas-
ing needs Of the National Capital.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACETELL.

The great trouble with all this sort
of thing is that the musician, whether
he be conductor, singer or player.
has forgotten the distinction between
musicians music and listeners music.
When one is actually making mu-
sic he is able to appreciate and really
love the intricate patterns that some
great musician has woven for him.
The violinist who has practiced
hours, days, years, upon theoretical
exercises amounting to fine music in
themselves is naturally enough in a
splendid position to appreciate the
most intricate works that may come
under his bow.
The man who in any line OF mu-
steal performance has made a life
work of music will not be bored by
a. program held at a tremendously
high musical level.
He might play the deepest master
works for hours at a time, reveling
in the wealth Of theory put into prac-
tice by the worlds greatest COM
posers.
In music there is great deal
more than just tune. There is pat
tern, a broad term for the whole
theory and practice of the art, and
one in which we include counterpoint
and all the other difficult branches
of which the jazz composers of today
are largely ignorant.
The listener, however. has his own
earpOint, il one may put 1t that way.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred in
any cultured musical audience are
| simply lovers Of the art, and only
practitioners in mild sort Of way.
Their appreciation is greater than
| their technique.
| Performers ought to realize that
even the best intentioned listener has
| put no such great amount OF time
upon the master works as ne mas
X X X x
1t is the duty, therefore, Of every
musician to so vary his programs as
! to eliminate, as far as humanity pos
sible. the element of boredom.
| Only recently we heard over radio
| a wonderful concert. 1t opened
with a great-and long-numher by
| VioliniSt and soprano. For the pur'
poses Of this concert, with thousands
| of nlusicaIiy uneducated persons listen
| ing in, the repetition after repetition
might properly have been omitted.
This was followed by three long vio-
lin numbers. There was no let-doWn
in the high plane Of this concert.
| Five short songs by the soprano
followed, Inc NlDllnlSl pldN6u Il SoO-
pie more great violin numbers. The
whole repertoire of Kreisler's light,
melodious numbers was open to him,
but the player did not delgn Ito
stretch Il point. It was now $3.50 pm.
ard when the bland announcer told US
we were to have the pleasure of
listening to tho soprano sing four
more "short" songs we turned off the
set. And we knew that if we, who
have had a lifelong interest in music,
went off the air, hundreds had pre-
ceded US. And we couldn't blame
| them q bit!
! The listener, in concert hall or
| home, has Il right to ask for con-
| s!Ceration. Programs should not be
| made from the musicians standpoint
| but from the listeners. the man or
woman who has to foot the bill, in
! the last analysis.
We would not ask for a popular
concert. but simply for the use OF dis
elimination, and a bearing in mind
on the part Of the musician. that the
| one who listens is a human being
and not Calliope, the muse OF music.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Gus: that the ground swell Of the sea
Is high and that weakflsh. frostfish
and mossbunkers came to the coast
early. Everybody will understand
that frostfsh and mossbunkers are
danger signals.
Winter in our latitude Is not as
Winter in Maine, New Hampshire and
Dakota, but sometimes we get Winter
weather which would be creditable to
those States. The chances are that
our Washington Winter will be Of the
usual kind. There will be many clear
days. some warm and others crisp.
There will be number Of gloomy
days with snow and rain. There will
be some street car tie-ups and a few
days Of skating on the Lincoln pool
The Weather Bureau may say that
last night was the coolest 18th Of
February which Washington has had
in nine years." In February there
will be cold winds and ice may form
on the pavements. Some man will
find the first blooming hepatica and
the song of the first robin will be
heard. Early In March the crocuses
and peach trees will bloom and men
will leave overcoats at home and talk
Of the delights Of Spring. Then snow
Will begin to fall and the North wind
will blow. A great many household
he 49, x,,lf1 ~, 1~A "a n
degrees colder than 1t Is, but men and
women will be walking to office be.
tween the car tracks because the
snowplows have blocked the rest Of
the street and the cars are not run.
ming.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Christian Science
Not s'Faith Healing''

% the Editor Of The star:

To the Editor Of The star:
In a recent issue of your paper un-
der the title 1.-THE Library Table
there appeared a quotation concern
ing Christian Science from book
that was being reviewed, which needs
correction.
I wish to acknowledge the kindly
intent Of the authors as we'll as their
fair-rnindedness in discussing the SUBJ
ject of Christian Science, and IL IS
therefore not in the spirit OF reprool'
but rather for the purpose OF enign'-
enment, that this correction is mace.
In attempting to explain the reason
for the many healings accomplished
in Christian Science, the authors
make the common mistake or classl-
fying Christian Science with mind
healing and faith healing. also the
mistake that the healings in Christian
Science are brought about by sugges-
ton. Christian Science has nothing
whatever to do with mental sugses-
ton, nor are It's healings accomplished
in any manner similar to those OF
mind healing or faith healing. Chris
tian Science is founded on the tedcn'
ings of Christ Jesus as revealed In the
Bible and is the result Of the opera
ton of the one Mind, or God. over the
human or carnal mind, Wnlcn Paul
says lis enmity against God" 1t Is
accomplishing the same results IN
healing the sick and s1nrul py tiie
same method as in Jesus time. Az
tempting to explain the healings In
Christian Science by attributing them
to mental suggestion Is falling into
the same error that the scribes did IN
accusing Jesus of casting out devils
by Beelzebub. His reply Is appllca'
bic in this case. And If l by Beelze-
bub cast out devils, by whom do your
children cast them out? But
if l cast out devils by the spirit OF
God, then the kingdom of God Is
come unto yOu.'
dealings IN Christian Science VIII
always appear ''illogical' to the hu-
man mind, because 1t. the human
mind, must become evangelized before
| it can understand the natural opera
ton of divine law. On this subject
Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures page 4S2):
christian Science is the law OF
truth, which heals the sick on the
basis of the one Mind or God. 1t can
heal in no other way, since the hu-
man, mortal mind, so-called, Is not
healer, but causes the belief in dis
ease" PHILIP KING.
Christian Science Committee on Pub
lication for the District Of Columbia.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

of which George Washington In his
early manhood was Il member, has
Just been dressed up and rebound at
the Government Printing Office in q
manner calculated to last forever. The
restoration was accomplished by Ma
sonic bookbinders of the printing
office, who gave their own time and
money to the work. In place OF
the battered covers and torn and
faded leaves is beautiful morocco
bound tome, hand fooled, the torn
pages picced out with fine ledger
paper dyed in coffee to simulate age,
and every leaf covered with a fine
almost invisible silk yelling which will
preserve the pages for eternity. The
records cover a period from 1852 to
1911. Among the entries is the pay
ment by George Washington of
e. 3s-his initiation fee as an entered
apprentice. November 6. 1852.
X X X
When Congress reconveneS the
President will renew his efforts to
secure Senate confirmation Of E. B.
Broussard and Sherman j. Lowell as
members of the Tariff Commission.
The Senate failed to act ON these nomi-
nations at the last session, due to
commission and dissatisfaction with
its policies and progress-or lack of
progress. Mr.. Coolidge stood pat and
promptly gave MeSsrs. Broussard and
Lowell recess appointments. They are
holding office, but. by virtue of a ruling
of Controller General McCarl, have
been unable to draw their salaries.
Thomas p. Marvin, chairman of the
commission. has just returned from q
Summer survey Of European condi-
tions with a warning that American
manufacturers will find stiffer compe-
tition in the future in foreign markets
as result Of recent European indus
trial combinations.
For short and snappy definition
Of where he stands on the wet and
dry issue, the palm is hereby awarded
to Louis w. Stotesbury, nominated by
New York Republicans for the seat in
Congress vacated by Representative
Ogden l.. Mills, who is running for
governor. Asked his opinion of the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead law, Mr.. Stotesbury declared:
Il hate prohibition"
w toIA VAL NC Vic oCcllo VI Tile
FINALS" in the International Oratorical
Contest and President Coolidge will
grace the occasion with an address of
welcome. 1t will be- held October Is
in the CAPITALS new Auditorium. Rep
resentatives of England and France
will join with champion schoolboy
orators Of the United States, Canada
and Mexico in the final round, COM
peting for silver loving cup and the
title Of world champion orator. The
"finalists" and the subjects of their
orations are as follows: Herbert Wenig
of Hollywood, Calf, "The Constftu-
ton of the United States; William
NJ. Newton. Liverpool, England. THE
British Empire: Henry Rubidon of
Paris, France. 1.-The French Govern
ment": Jose Munoz Gotta Of Mexico
City, Mexico. Bolivar and the Latin
American Peoples; Herbert Moran Of
Toronto. Canada, "Canada's Part in
the New World"
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-10-08
THINK 1T OVER
FoOling the Children.
BY William Mdiher LesCis,
President George Washington University

Phillips Brooks, the great preacher.
loved TO tell Of the predicament In
which he was once placed because
of his liking for children. Going
along the street one day he saw Il
little fellow on tip toes trying 10
ring a bell. Observing that the ef-
fort was unavailing, DIR. Brooks went
to his aid and gave the button q
vigorous push. Hearing the bell jan.
gle. the boy ran down the steps
shouting. Come on, mister: we have
to run like thunder! We have been
fooling them"
Usually on our city streets Il is
not the children who fool the adults.
The grown-ups deceive the children.
Instinctively little folks trust their
elders implicitly, feeling that those Of
greater strength and wisdom will pro
tect them. One suspects that this
faith Is misplaced when he learns
that last year on the streets of New
York City alone 38i children were
killed by automobiles. Ninety OF
these unfortunates were under
years OF age. And, in addition to
this. according to member OF the
City Club in New York. the
wounded ran into thousands. Lit
tie MANNED bodies, crippled for life.
WHen lie WttS u1lcly DCb ull' 1hcS
will hobble about New York for as
long as you and I live. and longer.
handicapped and hurt to the end OF
their twisted days"
Entering the City Of Albany. y. Y.
one Is confronted by the sign, "Al-
bany loves her children. Drive care
fully" That Is a good slogan. Chill
dren are the greatest asset city
has. Careless, reckless. and stupid
drivers are among it's greatest liabil-
tiles. They are the ones who deceive
the children. They take for their
motto the admonition of Phillips
Brooks young friend. Run like
thunder! We've been fooling them!'
(CopyrfKht 1921
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Latest Teapot Dome Decision
Approved by Press of Nation

finds q warming to- reCalcltrant WIZ
nessnS that their silence I'm rehear-
ing will count in an honest court az
3-,,iSl,;o, ~ uf yronrdoirE." The
christian Science Monitor Qndepend-
entl argues: surely IT should not De
pOssible for one thus accused or so
serious u breach Of public trust 10
invoke the personal privilege oI
silence. One may admire the courage
of one falsely accused who stands
fearlessly in an honest effort to estab-
Iish his innocence against overwhelm-
ing odds. But no such sympathy goes
out to those toward whom the learned
appellate court, after mature dellD-
Grafton of all the evidence appearing
in the record, points an accusing
finger"
As to those who were guilty of
vrongdoing in the original transac-
ton, the Hollywood Citizen Gndepend-
ent) asks what will happen to them,
and adds that 1.-The honor of the Ma
ton is involved" The Columbus
Ohio State Journal Republican) de-
mands that "the bribed and the briber
alike be exposed in their shame ana
made examples Of" Similar declara-
tions are made by the Oklahoma City
Times Democratic). Brooklyn Daily
Eagle (independent DemOcratic), Bos-
ton Transcript independent Republi-
CAM. Knoxville Sentinel independent
Democratic) and New York World I'm
dependent DemocratiC). The Pitts
burgh GaZette-Times Republican) re-
marks: we are in fair way of wit
Messing complete vindication of JUS
tice which President Coolidge has In
sisted shall be had. Let no guilty
man escape was his order fitting in
with righteous public demand"
1T will not be enough to- regain the
loot" according to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger independently. IF
there is guilt it must be personal. and
it is the business of the courts to
find and fix it IL it exists. II Albert
4. Fall sinned he did not sin alone.
Getting back the oil lands is but half
of the Governments job. The guilt or
innocence of those involved must be
determined. Meanwhile the Govern
ments victory in the Teapot Dome
case will be hailed with national sat
isfaction." -
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Henry as a Colossus.

Legal briefs are usually dry and
in them to thrill the reader. They
rarely depart from the traditional
style of plain statement and explicit
exposition. But a brief just filed in
railroad case with the Interstate
Commerce Commission furnishes an
exception 20 this rulo and moreover
hints at an important prospective de-
velopment of interest TO others than
the parties to the immediate case.
This brief is filed by the minority
stockholders of the Detroit. Toledo
and Ironton Railroad. which Henry
Ford. the motor magnate, proposes to
consolidate with his previously ac-
Quired Detroit and Ironton line. So
deeply moved are these protestants by
what they regard as a trespass upon
their rights that they engage. through
their attorneys. in eloquent language
rarely to be found in the types Of
formal law papers. Here Is q stirring
passage:
The financial colossus perhaps i'm.
agining that he bestrides the world, is
shocked that these pygmies dare to
question his assumed right of the
power of eminent domain. by the
confiscation OF their holdings. They
should. he maintains, be grateful that
he throws them as largesS $104.27 per
share, because in former times the
stock was worthless. What matter
that the investments of these minority
stockholders were made with the hard.
earned money of early manhood and
that they were investors in his prop.
erty years before Henry Ford had
reached aftiuence?
This presents a picture of the De-
tToit motor maker. now railroad
owner, that differs somewhat from
public conception. Henry Ford as a
colossus" is not exactly according
to the general judgment Of the man,
apart from his business. True. he
has lately been seeking to corner his
toric shrines and literary relics. He
has been going in somewhat for air
plane making. He may be contemplat.
ing the role of universal provider.
But the idea OF him as a railroad con-
solidator. ruthlessly sweeping into his
bag Of personal ownership line after
line Of roads. is new one.
Henry Ford is tremendously wealthy,
made 90 by his genius for organiza-
ton and his fidelity to a type Of
production that put q PRACTICABLE.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

First Said to Have Been Operated
BY Gov. Spotswood of Virginia.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The star
In your very interesting editorial
recently on Early Iron Furnaces
you say that it has been set
down in history that the first sue
cessful iron works were established
near Lynn. Mass, in 1643, and then,
after mentioning several early Mary
land furnaces, you add, There IS a
record Of the opening Of mines and
the building of a furnace by Gov.
Spotswood of Virginia at Germanna,
a few miles above Fredericksburg.
The Germanna furnaces were long IA
nous in the colonies"
In 1892 Col. William Byrd Of West
over, on the James, the most promi-
nent man of his day in the colony Of
Virginia, writes most entertainlngly
of a visit to Gov. Spotswood at Ger
mama, and in recording particulars
of q conversation between himself
and his distinguished host says
II let him understand that besides
the pleasure of paying him visit I
came to be instructed by so great a
master in the mystery of making iron,
wherein he led the way and was the
Tubal Cain of Virginia. He corrected
me q little there, saying that he was
not only the first in his country but
the first in North America who had
erected a regular furnace; that they
ran altogether on bloomeries IN New
England and Pennsylvania until his
example had made them attempt
greater works"
Gov. Spotswood had at this time
four furnaces at work, which, he said,
circulated q great sum Of money for
provisions, ETC., In the adjacent coun-
ties.
HE told NO." records Col. Byrd.
that he had iron in several parts of
his tract of As 900 acres Of land, but
that the mine he was at work upon
was 13 miles below Germanna."
Gov. Spotswood evidently believed
he had the first iron furnace In North
America. and Col. Byrd and myself
both believe he was light. The refer.
ences above are from Slaughters "St.
Marks Parish" pages 4 and 5.
MRS. BERKELEY G. CALFEE.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Musicians music and listeners music

Musicians music and listeners music
are not necessarily the same thing.
Lack of such discrimination on the
part of those who provide concerts
for the American public perhaps ac-
counts for much boredom.
Honestly, now. haven't you been
bored at some concert?
No matter how we'll educated musi-
cally, one may be- he Is bound to yawn
a few times when the distinguished
vioinist plays three movements from
concertoS in succession.
We know it is great music. The
world long ago agreed upon it. Not
for so much as one second would we
attempt to take away from the com
poser the honor which is due him. But
why not play the "Old Refrain" too?
Again, we have sat at orchestra con-
certs where thrills undoubtedly would
have played up and down our spine
had we not met the foe Of human hap
piness tracked to its lair by Schopen-
hauer.
Only one gentleman of our acquaint-
ance ever had the courage Of his con-
victions. 1t was during a concert by
an eminent bandmaster and his band.
They were indulging in a Commute
fantasy" the program called It. upon
a popular song of the day.
The bandma er-composer no doubt
had an exceilently good time writing
the thing-but he had forgotten that
an audience would not have any
fatherly interest in it. It was sup
posed to be humorous. too--and what
is more deadly, in music, than the at
tempt to be funnyo
After our courageous friend had
listened for a solid Is minutes to
L. So, f.-tI II,
the clarinet and thumps on the big
drum, the effects of which were sup.
posed to set him and the rest Of us
into commissions, he firmly stuffed his
program into his left coat pocket,
grabbed hts hat and left us to hear
the thing through.
y X \
Who that loves music but has
writhed. at some time or other, at the
endless repetitions in some OF the
great master works?
Interminable little songs" about
birds. and waving blades Of grass, or
subjects of a similar nature, cause
us much mental anguish especially
since the composers have not man
aged to evolve real melody between
them.
A fashionable trick in the song com.
posing world is to call a dull piece Of
music an ''art song" Evidently the
theory is that if a thing is art" it
may be dull without offense.
AS a matter Of fact, the series of
"short little songs Is u misnomer.
since each such song has three or
four verses, growing duller in Sc
quence. To simply holler on the last
note will not save them.
Every one in the audience is hoping
against hope that the singer will slip
in just one really tuneful song. The
classical world of music is full of
them. Schubert and Schumann and
Wolfe and others demonstrated once
and for all that tunefulness aptly
goes with greatness. THE Two Gren-
adiers" is a great song, and there is
not a dull moment In 1t. The flow of
melody keeps pace with the theoret,
ical construction. The climax would
make a wooden Indian wave his
wooden tommyhavk
Yet what have we? Something
about Sally and her beaux. with con-
struction valiantly trying to be cute
and musical at the same time, and
with melody nowhere in the song
picture.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Prophets.

That many prophets did no honor
to their calling in a recent prize fight
does not disconcert prophets in gen.
eral. This season Is a busy one for
prophecy. and the political fortune
teller, cold Winter soothsayer and the
base ball haruspex are in good voice.
Older oracles read the future from
the fight Of crows and the crooked
flashes of lightning. but many modern
oracles are not so painstaking. The
cold. Winter prophets are stalking their
reputation on fish. squirrels and wild
geese and are to be commended for
their industry. The political prophets
seem not to have such substantial
bases for prediction, but Democratic
prophets are giving plenty Of en-.
couragement to Democrats and Re-
publican prophets are roofing for
their party. There are prophecies
that Wagner and Wadsworth will win
in New York. Willis and Pomerene in
Ohio, Brennan and Smith in Illinois,
Wilson and Ware in Pennsylvania and
Butler and Walsh in Massachusetts,.
And some Of those prophets are right.
Many persons give more concern to
hard. Winter than TO political prophets.
Politics Is very interesting on cleo
ton night. but interest in a hard
Winter lasts longer. 1t involves
many questions. one Of which Is coal.
II is to be noted that some coal men
predict q hard Winter, and that Is
ominous. A news note says that New
Jersey fishermen have taken their
stand as hard.weather prophets. They
say that no bluefish appeared on the
coast last Summer: that gulls have
heavy feathers ana are coming from
the North: that llsh-hawks are uumsr-