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Evening star., 1926-06-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACEWELL.

itual remains Of Cicero, who can be
| duplicated today in any American
city, and he had there Seneca, torn
| between the purest philosophy and
the crassest greed, and he had there,
too, no less a light unto all men than
Epictetus. who made no compromise
with wrong.
! in this section, his copy of the Bible,
together with various commentaries
| upon it.
| On the shelf above our host pointed
out a startling array Of health books.
| as he preferred to call them. disliking
the name medical works" lie had
! first taken an interest in the subject,
| he said, when a young man. having
read In one of his ancient authors that
"a man is either his own physician
| or a fool by the age of 30"
The Shelf above is devoted to dog
| and cat books, works by various
hands, including many worthy gentle
| men who cannot write, but who do
know a great deal about pets, espe-
cially dogs.
Our host was a bulldog fancier in
his earlier years, but since he was
adopted by a stray tomcat mas be-
come an enthusiast upon the sub
| JectS of cats in general. His list OF
books on the latter subject includes
The Tiger in the House" and 1.-The
Fireside Sphinx" two that ought to
| be In the library of all friends of cats.
We have omitted to mention the
shelf devoted to the works of Charles
Dickens. These stories were an en-
thusiasm of earlier days which is still
full of fire. AT any time the owner
can 60 to his Dickens shelf and re-
Vive old memories at will, finding an
ineXhaustible source of happiness in
the thirty some volumes bound in red
cloth.
Dickens, to him, is rather a world
than an author. His creations have
the smack of authenticity presented
by those Of the Supreme Creator. A
character in Dickens, to our friend,
is a breathing living human being,
great deal more alive than many or
the uninteresting, uninterested per-
sons he meets daily.
'Is not this the greatest crime in
the world?' he said, indignantly,
touching briefly upon this theme, TO
live in this beautiful world, so full of
interesting things-and to remain I'M
interested!
ITO go through life with only one
interest, when there are thousand
clamoring for attention--that IS the
great crime. it seems to me. Yet take
the friends you know-it is a waste
Of time to try TO talk to them about
any subject except their job or their
automobile. They listen to you po-
litely, and then forget that you had
ever spoken. Stars gleam above their
heads, and they talk about balloon
tires only What can you do with
such a fellow"
Our friends book enthusiasms are
by no means exhausted in the number
which we have outlined in this col
umn today and yesterday. lie has
many more, but we have gwen
enough to show how such hobbies
widen ones life, and give it new and
vet lasting sources of interest.
His latest hobby is gardening. TAX
ing up this fascinating subject at an
advanced age, he may often be seen
wagging his white whiskers over a
book on some horticultural subject. It
is inspiring to see him display as much
enthusiasm over these books as he
did over his beloved "Henty books"
of many years ago.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
SWeetser'S Illness.

Golfing America--in fact, all Amer
| ica---is shocked to learn of the illness
of Jesse Sweetser, the sterling New
York amateur, who raised the banner
of United States golf supremacy in
England and won the coveted British
amateur championship. From his
comrades on the Walker Cup team
come stories of Sweetsers illness even
before the start of play and they at
tribute his final victory to iron nerve
and stamina. Immediately at the
conclusion Of the championship Sweet
ser was put under the care 6f physi-
clans and throughout the trip home
was constantly attended by the ships
doctors. On arrival in New York he
was taken from the boat at Quaran-
tine and is now confined in a hospital.
His personal physician announces
that he is suffering from complica-
ton of throat diseases and that it will
probably be a year or more before he
will be able to WELD a golf club.
Those who still regard golf as an
"old mans game will have their con-
victions rudely shaken by Sweetser's
experience. Although he undoubtedly
contracted a cold on the way to Eng
land and probably was unable to give
it the proper attention and treatment,
it was the grueling struggle which
sapped his reserve energy and led to
his now serious condition. Champion
ship golf competition is a. great strain
on both muscles and mind. Thirty-siX
holes a day under these conditions is
an effort even for the healthiest
young human who ever existed and
it is small wonder that there is
severe let-down on the part Of all con-
testants at the ending of tourna-
ment.
Sweetser made a game and gallant
fight for victory. He brought credit
to his native country and it is hoped
that the physicians announcement is
unduly pessimistic and that he will
soon again be able to indulge in the
game which has lifted him to the pin
nacle in international competition.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
President Born0's Arrival.

Unheralded by advance notices and
unsaluted by the customary twenty
one booms Of the big guns in New
York Harbor for presidential arrivals,
President Louis Borno of Haiti disem-
barked yesterday and is now seeing
the sights of the United States. AL
though the cannon did not go off, and
the President was met by a large
group of his countrymen, who gave
him anything but welcome reception,
Mr.. Borno seemed to enjoy it hugely.
Catcalls and Kisses rent the air. but
the Haitian executive bowed gracefully
and accepted them as his homage. 1t
is understood that he does not spealH
English.
The failure of the presidential sa-
lutte is explained as due to mix-up
as to the time of Mr.. Bornos arrival.
The presence of his countrymen at the
dock and their attitude toward him
are put down as political. These points
having been made clear. he is now
free to enjoy his visit as becomes an
executive of another nation.
Unless there is a misunderstanding
as to the time his train reaches Union
Station in Washington he will be met
by a detachment of troops to escort
him to a local hotel. Here he plans
to study the working of the Govern.
ment and gain ideas for use in his
native republic. He is expected to ar.
rive on Monday, and, with all plans
working smoothly, should have a pleas.
ant visit in the National Capital.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
Strength Of Lloyd George
Conceded in Liberal Fight

maintains that there will have to be
a genuine reconciliation between Lord
oxford and Lloyd George before the
Liberal renaissance becomes a real
ity."
The situation appears TO the Chat
tanooga News to have parallels else
where, for it states, Divisions and
disorganization among Liberal forces
have resulted disastrously almost
everywhere in recent years. Reaction
airy sentiment has proffted immensely
as consequence. That has been no
tably true in Great Britain. Germany,
Italy and even this country. If lib
eralism cannot unite, it is destined TO
perish The New York World, how
ever. declares that liberal tenets were
never stronger. but the Liberal organ
ization seems doomed" 1t holds that
there is really no place for a third
party midway between the Laborites
and Conservatives"
The Newark Evening News thinks
it is quarrel between elder states
men, and that they do not repre-
sent the present political alignment OF
the British people. Liberalism Is pro
gresSive," continues the News, land
must be adapting itself constantly to
the advance of the times. Other men
must rise up to speak for Liberal
Britain and find for her the way out
of her difficulties
That Lloyd Georges following is
now small is the declaration of the
Roanoke Times. which declares. the
general belief is that he will wind up
in the Labor party and that the
Liberal party is apparently in it's death
throes." while the Worcester Tele-
gram, criticizing the war premier. re
marks that "mind-changing is not TO
be condemned in general. but a leader
must have degree of stability"
Evening star., 1926-06-12
THINK 1T OVER
Poor Publicity
By William Mdther Lewis.
President George Washington University
Poor Publicity

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said. Il
cannot hear what you say you are be
cause what you are speaks so loudly"
A city may carry on q vigorous cam
paign to secure new Industries and
new residents, but If 1t fails to recog.
nize its real publicity features, little
will be accomplished.
The city's show window is the land
along the railroad right of way. Thou
sands of people are carried through
this district daily and receive vivid
and lasting impressions from what is
usually the most unsightly section of
the community. Lined by unpainted
tenements. unsightly waste heaps and
dingy factories, 1t repels rather than
attracts.
But there are cities in America.
where well kept grass plots line the
railroad tracks; where factories invite
Inspections; where one is likely to ex
claim, II would like to live in this
town.
Thousands of automobile tourists
pass through the city annually. Are
the thoroughfares they use i'm good re-
pair? Are the principal streets and
routes well marked at important cor
ners? These are some of the things
by which the city is judged.
1t is obvious that, other conditions
being equal. that city will attract the
greatest quantity and highest quality
of business which provides the best
housing, the most pleasant public
parks, the best school facilities. the
most efficient city government; in
brief. which maintains at the highest
level what we like to call the Ameri-
can standard of living. 1t pays to
clean UP the front yard.
(Copyright. 1926.l
Evening star., 1926-06-12

Outgrowing the Henty stage, our
friend rapidly developed his various
book enthusiasms as his contacts
with life became more varied.
AS a young man he became inter
ested in the royal game of chess, and
nothing would do him but to go in for
the collection of books upon the sub
ject.
Rapidly he denuded Washington
bookstores of those days of their chess
publications, buying one here and an
other there, until not a volume was
left.
These books constituted his first
real enthusiasm, in the sense that
they were collected in response to an
outer urge that had nothing particu-
larly to do with literature. per Sc.
The gentleman made the momen.
tous discovery that there is no topic
in the world but what has it's books,
in the sense of the advertisers who
beseech the public to send for their
literature"
lie found out something that has
stood him in good stead over since
that to read about any subject Is to
make a hobby ones own, to reinforce
your own liking by the knowledge
that thousands of others have loved
the same thing.
To take up the game of chess is one
thing; to realize that it is older than
recorded history Is still another. Read
the story of Philidoi' first Of the old
chess masters, and then take a new
interest in the game.
X X X
In the special case devoted to the
array of the book enthusiams of his
life, our friend had many interesting
chess books, including a curious
tabular presentation of the games of
Philidor.
Philidor Is slightly out date today.
but his pawn play is still worthy of
study by ambitious enthusiasts.
Whether the study of chess is worth
while for the average player is an
other matter entirely.
Certainly there is something about
this game, however, that impels the
serious to play it the best he can.
Those who play ''slapstick" chess
ought not to play it. This much. we
believe, will be generally agreed to.
Our friends curious Philidor is
just hundred years old, having been
printed in Philadelphia, where most
of out old books came from, IL one
may judge from the table of the sec
ond-hand stores.
The book contains a pictorial rep
resentation of Philidor's games. play
by play, each move being actually
depicted. Thus a page is given to
each move. AS far as we know, no
ambitious publisher ever attempted
to duplicate the feat.
Among the other volumes are several
by Staunton. a bound copy of The
Chess Chronicle" the games of Paul
Morphy, in the reddest cover in the
world, and the minor Tactics,
MA jor Tactics and Grand Tactics,
by Franklin Young.
Our friend gave up playing chess
many years ago, but his face lit with
enthusiasm when he took up the
Minor Tactics a small book in
green.
This is the true gospel of chess"
he declared.
Next came row of ancient
authors. Horace was there. and Plato
Tor should it be Socrates0. and
Lucretius, who sang of atoms. and
Plutarch, amiable gossip Of the foibles
Of the great, and Caesar, who became
the symbol of kingship.
He had there. neatly cased, the spir-
Evening star., 1926-06-12
Psychiatry and Justice

During recent years many notable
criminal trials have been featured by
the presence on the witness stand of
so-called experts testifying to the men
tai condition of the accused. Their
testimony has in almost every case
varied widely. Those summoned for
the defense have sought to justify the
plea of insanity, entered in the face of
proof of actual guilt in fact, in Or
der that the accused might escape the
maximum penalty. Those called by
The State have. on the contrary. quite
as regularly testified to the mental
soundnesS of the accused, to justify
the imposition of the highest punish
ment.
This spectacle of divergent views of
the same subject has caused the
growth of feeling on the part of the
public that the scientific judgment of
these experts was influenced by the
source of the fee. Consequently, a
low estimate of the competence, if not
the sincerity, of the members of this
scientific school. has been formed. The
term mental expert" has become a
reproach.
Members of the American Psychi.
atric Association have been holding a.
convention in New York and have
adopted a report from a committee
which deals with the relations of the
profession and the courts. Following
is a summary of it's findings and rec.
concentrations:
The report found science and philos
ophy and law at loggerheads on the
question of free will; recommended
the substitution of the idea Of treat
ment for the idea of punishment; ad
vocated the elimination of expert wit
nesses for defense and prosecution fol
a neutral psychiatrist appointed by
courts from qualified psychiatrists
urged the abandonment of the hypo
thetical question and the terms "lu
Evening star., 1926-06-12

during the reconstruction. One es-
innate is that six months will be re.
quired for making the needed changes.
but that is a maximum estimate and
perhaps the work can be done in less
time.
Many Of the timbers Of the roof are
those which were put up when the
White House was restored after the
woodwork Of the building was burned
by the British during their brief oc.
cupation OF the city in August. 1914.
Those timbers have deteriorated, and
the plan is to erect steel trusses TO
support the roof, which will rest on
the exterior walls and on interior sup
ports of stone or metal. At present
part of the roofs weight is supported
by interior walls OF wood
The plumbing in the White House
is not UP 10 the modern standard and
the plan is to install an up-to-date
plumbing system and do away with
the iron piping. which is rusty and
worn to the point. 1t is said, that full
water pressure cannot be turned on
That the White House is in this con.
dition will surprise many persons
The general belief is that its interior
is on a par with the fine, new homes
Of the city.
The electric wiring follows an old
system and contributes to the fire
danger. This danger will be removed
When the improvements have been
made there will be no change in the
external and internal appearance Of
the structure.
Evening star., 1926-06-12

macy" and insanity" in experts testi-
of resident psychiatrists in penal in
stitutions.
AS to the substitution of treatment
for punishment, there will be no gen.
eral agreement. Recent tendencies in
the modification of penalties in spir-
it of mercy have brought about a pro-
found feeling that the law is not suffi
ciently enforced to safeguard society
proposal for the elimination of the
partisan expert and the provision of
neutral pSychiatrists to answer all
questions that may be propounded by
both prosecution and defense, there
will be little, If any, dissent Indeed,
the idea has been widely prevalent
during the years marked by the ap-
pearance Of contending experts on the
witness stand.
Psychiatry has undoubtedly an i'm
portant part in the determining of the
real guilt and culpability of the law
breaker. 1t has a distinct bearing
upon the duty of the court in deter
mining the degree of punishment. AS
science it has been discredited by
the practice of partisan professional
testimony in court. and it is well
come sign of an appreciation of this
condition and a desire to mt the sci
ence on its right footing that the
convention Of the psychiatrists has
adopted its present recommendation.
- IS worthy Of the mcst serious atten-
tion of lawmakers seeking to increase
the efficiency of the judicial system as
a safeguard against criminal practices.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
Great Britain Protests.

The British government has acted in
the matter of the Russian aid to strik'
ers by sending a sharp note to the
Moscow Soviet protesting against the
dispatch of funds from P;;ssia to Great
Britain during the recent general
strike. The note DECLARES that the
transmission could have been made
only with the knowledge and consent
of the Soviet government, and sug-
geStS that such an action is not cal
culated to promote friendly relations
or a resumption of negotiations for
better understanding between the two
countries. Great Britain holds that
Russia's action is a breach of the
Anglo Russian agreement, by which
both sides undertook not to indulge
in propaganda against the institutions
of their respective countries. A second
note is contemplated dealing with the
money that is being sent from Russia
to the striking miners.
Russian representatives contend
that these funds have not been sent by
the Soviet government, but by the in.
dividual working men of Russia as an
expression of sympathy for the Brit.
ish strikers and a contribution to their
sustenance. British labor leaders de-
nOunce the governments action as de.
signed to prevent the receipt of finan-
cial support for the miners now on
strike. The incident will undoubtedly
intensity the partisan laborite feeling
in Great Britain and will render less
likely any approach toward full rec
oSnition of the Soviet government by
England.
A situation of this kind affecting the
United States is conceivable. In case
Of a large strike in this country, if
funds were received from Russian
sources, whatever the exact means of
transmission, for the support of the
strikers and the continuation of the
struggle, there would be keen resent
ment here. 1t is we'll known that
agents of the Soviet are planted here
to subvert the trade unions of America
and, i'll turn, to subvert the Govern
ment of the United States. Frequent
Acknowledgements have come from
leaders of the Third Internationale at
Moscow, which is practically identical
with the Soviet government there, that
this effort is being made to gain con-
troll of the leading labor organizations
In this country. Should funds come,
therefore, from Russia for the support
of strikers, especially in vital indus
tries, there would be ground for pro-
test by this Government such as that
which has just been voiced by the Brit
ish government.
1t is idle to seek to differentiate
between the individuals and the gov
ernment in Russia. They are identi-
cal. There is no individual initiative
there. The working men of Russia
are under the domination of the So
Wet. Therefore, when the invitation
was sent from the Soviet to the ALI
Russian Central Council of Trade
Unions to send contributions to aid
the British strikers it was an act of
government, a mandate that must be
obeyed.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

q. How many Chinese women are
there in this country?-G. V.
A. The Bureau Of Census says
that there were 7,748 Chinese women
In the United States in 1920.
c. A says that cucumbers are vege-
tables Of recent development-B con.
tends they are mentioned in the Bible.
H. ID.
A. In Numbers, chapter II, verse
.. Revised Version of the Protestant
Bible, there is reference to cucum-
bers, melons. leeks, onions and garlic.
Q. Where do we get the expression
cold shOulder"?--B F.
A. In medieval days in France it
was customary to serve hot roasts
guests outstayed their welcome, a
cold shoulder" was served instead of
hot meat,
q. What is the story about the
Sepoy Rebellion being caused by. the
Sepoys being forced to eat meat
J. w. c.
A. Sepoys are the native British In
dian soldiers. In religion they are the
most part Mohammedan and Brah-
man. One considers the COW sacred,
the other is not permitted to eat pork.
The Enfield rifles which were put in
the hands Of the Sepoys had car
tridges creased with tallOw and lard.
1t was necessary for the soldiers to
bite these cartridges with their teeth.
On May 10, 1857, the Sepoys mutinied
in Meerut, when native troops rose
and liberated some of their comrades
who had been imprisoned for refusing
to handle the English cartridges.
@. In cribbage. what is meant by his
nobs and his heels?-F. NJ. X.
A. If the card cut for a starter in
cribbage is a Jack, the dealer imme-
diately pegs two points 'for his heels, "
and the Jack held in hand or crib
which is of the same suit as the card
turned for starter counts one and is
referred to as Ibis nobs''
Q. What is 'balk" in a coal mine
ID. G. r.
A. When bed of coal suddenly
thins out, it is termed 'balk.'
O. Is it true that there is an instru
ment that will measure the heat of a
candle five miles away?-B. G. b.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
tU6 statement concerning lIe tIIcl
mometer that measure the heat of a
candle five miles away is correct
There is in the bureau an instrument
% measure the heat of a single star
which is made 50 delicate that it is re
Sponsiye to the heat of a candle sew
eral hundred miles away.
@. If marriage at sea is contem
plated, where should the license be
procured "A. 3. 5.
A. The captain of any ship has the
right to perform a marriage ceremony
No license is required for such a cere
mony to be performed.
O. How long have toys been known
and made?-B. T.
A. The custom of playing with
dolls is almost as old as man. The
development of the manufacture OF
toys was very slow. Even leo years
ago toys were few and simple in con
struction. Children's toys of ages past
still survive. Metal, wood. stone. por
celain, earthenware, leather anc
papyrus were employed in making
them The fact that rattles, balls and
tops are still popular shows how few
changes have occurred in the popu
larity Of toys.
Q. Woodrow Wilson was said to
have been elected President in 1916
because he kept us out of war" Was
a President ever elected who was
pledged to get us into wars. NJ.
A Madison was >renominated by