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Evening star., 1927-03-09

wear ana tear upon the human spirit.
VOW the spirit of man is a very in.
tangible but none the less real thing
tnan the body OF man.
:, wear and tear upon blood vessels
- treated by the physician. Nourish-
ing food, freedom from excitement,
perhaps moderate exercise, abstinence
1fom all substances which tend to
raise the blood pressure--these are
some or the measures used.
Such wear upon the human system
is readily understood--the wearing
upon the spirit is not so easily seen.
Yet some of its manifestations, its
symptoms, are noticed by every one,
tnough they are generally and popu.
larly ascribed to the physical being.
The sad look in the eyes may come
about through a lesion in the soul as
well as result from hurt to the lin.
ing Of the stomach.
There are diseases in the spiritual
Iapr1c OF man no less severe than the
ordinary ones which the doctors treat
every day.
1t is only In the last few years.
comparatively speaking. that clinics
for the soul have been established.
Only the other day a prominent
minister Of one great denomination
was quoted as lamenting the fact that
his church had no soul clinics such, as
another denomination has enjoyed for
centuries.
The fact that the soul OF man, or
his spirit, may be sick. and hurt, Ill
and falling, is just coming to be rec.
ognized by man, so material has been
the life Of the great majority through
the centuries.
1t Is profitless to qlibble over words.
There is a physical man, and there is
spiritual man, and II no two mean
exactly the same thing, every one
knows quickly enough that opposites
are meant.
Vengeance Is mine, saith the
Lord"
1t is not for us lesser beings to spoil
our soul-substance, and to give our.
selves indigestion, by taking upon
ourselves the business of melting out
personal justice. AS self.preservation
Is a law of life, we will strike out. and
strike hard, If necessary, but IL not
called for we will pass 1t up If We have
sense.
II should worry and get wrinkles.
as the actress flippantly though
truthfully sang.
II this attitude be scored as just
another phase of the doctrine of in.
differency,, then 1t may be said that
indifferency Is not as black as she has
been painted.
If thinking of you all day long, as
the song said, is forgetting.
II refraining from punching another
in the jaw is indifferency, then in
differency is sometimes good thing.
There is a pleasurable stimulus. al
most physical, in allowing an injuri.
Gus person to go scot free that ought
to be tried by every one who wants to
get the most out of life.
Purge the soul of animosities, tell
anger to ''lay down, SIR" and enjoy
for once the sublime feeling of being
on the heights of being.
Not every one can be a bank presi-
dent, or be free from the worries of
economic necessity, but almost any
one. If he try, can become greater
than these in the spiritual world,
though the material world may know
him not.
He knows--he knows-and, after all,
personal knowledge is what counts.
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lawn Of which he, and the neighbor-
hood, and the city, may be proud.
Rowing dogs can be kept off Of others
grass; children may be taught to run
as little as possible on the soft sward
Of early Spring; proper spirit of
tolerance may be cultivated toward
the property Of ones next-door neigh.
bor.
A woman membersof citizens as
ISOLATION recently told of having made
q little speech to the pupils OF all
the grades in the neighborhood school,
asking the children to help make and
keep the lawns in good condition.
Children normally like nothing bet
ter than to be made partners with
their elders in the everyday work of
life. Here is fine opportunity for
teachers of the District public schools
to interest the children in a worth
while endeavor. An appeal to the
children seldom fails to get results.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Lowden's law classes at Northwestern
University.
A sidelight on the high strategy of
those Republicans who are not en-
Enthusiastically for Calvin Coolidge's re-
nomination drifts this observers way
The Presidents aspiration (if such
there Is to be) is not to be opposed on
third term" grounds. It's recognized
that an unanSwerable case exists for
contending that Mr.. Coolidge is now
In the midst Of only his first term So
the opposition has decided upon
slogan more strictly in accord with
mathematical truth. 1t will read. mo
Ten-Year President in the White
House." The Democrats, In the event
they have to beat Coolidge in 1928.
probably will fight it out on the same
line.
big Sam" Winslow of Massachu-
setts. chairman Of the new United
states Board OF Mediation, is address
Ing the American Railway Engineer
ing Association at Chicago this week
His purpose Is to explain the work.
ings OF the railway labor act. which
went into force in May, 1926. Cor.
daily supported by both executives
and brotherhoods, the law is the most
constructive step In the realm of
transportation peace ever worked out
In this country. 1t has been called
the "Locarno" of the rail industry
Authorities expect 1t to prevent strikes
much as the Federal Reserve Board
prevents panics Statesmanship has
yet to evolve anything as effective as
the railway board for preserving peace
fxN
months of existence, the board has
settled 28 cases by mediation and 10
by agreements to arbitrate.
\ r X r
DR. John J. Tigert, United States
commissioner Of education. has been
digging into the question of cabinet
officers tenure Of life. He finds that
during the so years between 1851 and
1921 the average tenure was only 2
years and months. Since 1921 at
least three members OF the present
cabinet have far outstripped that
average-Mellon, Hoover and Davis
Games J.). DR.. Hubert Work, Secre-
tary Of the Interior, who completed
four years in that post on March
1927, has filled 1t longer than all but
three predecessors-Columbu Delano
Of the Grant administration, Ethan
AllGH I1IACICOCA III tUC MChlnlCX AQ-
ministration and Franklin K. Lane of
the Wilson administration.
X n X
Sir Austen Chamberlain's complaint
that the League Of Nations isn't Civ
ing women a square deal in its ad-
ministrative makeup recalls that
although the United States isn't
In the League American women
have held. and hold, number
of key positions in the organ.
ization. Until recently Miss Flor.
ence Wilson of New York was chief
librarian at Geneva, having occupied
the post from the beginning. Miss
Grace Abbott, chief of the Children's
Bureau at the Department Of Labor
In Washington. Is a member of the
advisory commission on the traffic in
women and children. Miss Julia c.
Lathrop. Miss Abbott's predecessor,
has served as an assessor Of the COM
mission. DR.. Alice Hamilton of the
Harvard Medical School Is a member
Of the Leagues labor bureau medical
staff Mrs. Hamilton Wright Of Wash
ington has been prominent in the
Leagues anti-opium activities. Miss
Sarah Wambaugh of Cambridge.
Mass, has functioned in the minori.
ties section of the League.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Greening Grass.

The greening of the grass in Wash
ington already has begun. Many
lawns, indeed, are in almost first class
condition, as the result of the balmy
days of February. Others have yet
to be got into shape.
Perhaps no one feature of the land.
scape makes more for the beauty of
a city than the lawns around private
homes and business establishments.
The term 'lawn," however, may cover
a multitude Of sins, as well as desig-
nate a thing of beauty and a joy for.
ever.
Poorly kept grass Is almost worse
than none at all. 1t Is unfortunately
true that the ideals of many house
holders, when it comes to the grass.
are not very high. A few blades, in.
terspersed with weeds. and patches
of bare dirt, satisfy.
1t takes effort, work and some
money to make and keep a good
lawn. but no finer effect can be Sc
cured for so little money, and no
equivalent amount of work can get
such large results.
A city-wide movement toward good
lawns this Summer would do great
deal to make the National Capital the
beautiful city which every one wants
Il to be. This is the part that every
individual home owner can play. One
does not have to be a member Of the
Fine Arts Commission to help make
Washington artistic.
Cooperation on the part Of all the
4 rasidents in a given community lie
kseessary II every one Is to have a
Evening star., 1927-03-09

from the State Of Missouri was de-
livered to Mr.. Lowden, now the spe-
cial champion and friend of the
farmer"
The Vice Presidency has been re-
garded in the past as the tomb Of
political ambitions. No Vice PreH-
dent of the United States since the
time of Van Buren, has stepped from
the office of Vice President into the
White House, except where the death
of the President has elevated the Vice
President first to the presidency.
Vice President Charles g. Dawes,
however. has failed to lose color be-
cause of his more or less colorless
Job. He began with a. row with the
Senate over its rules. He has lam
basted the Senate in season and out
because of the rule Of unlimited de-
bate. He has lost nothing by 1t, not
even the respect Of the Senate, who
recognize in the Vice President good
fighter If nothing else. Today the
chances of Gen. Dawes for the presi.
Dental nomination appear as bright
as those of any other Republican, If
President Coolidge should not be a
candidate to succeed himself. He
comes from q strategic State. He has
favored the principle of the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, which will
not hurt him In the corn belt. He is
favorably known in the East as a
successful banker and not calculated
to upset business IL he becomes Chief
Executive. He Is constructive and he
has a flair for the headlines, as proved
in his appearances before the con-
gressional committees after the war,
by his handling OF the reparations
muddle in Europe and more recently
by his activities as President OF the
Senate. Unless President Coolidge
determines not to be a candidate, how
ever, the presidential possibilities Of
other Republicans are not to be
classed as probabilities" Many OF
the Republican leaders from all parts
Of the country are convinced that the
President will succeed himself, that
he win be dratlsd for the uomtnAtiAns
Evening star., 1927-03-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The sweetest revenge, after all,
comes in doing exactly nothing when
the big moment arrives.
To 'get even with him'A Is the de.
sire of the uncivilized; the truly civ.
ilized man refrains.
The motive of revenge plays a large
part In the history Of all primitive
peoples The early books of the Bible
are filled with the thought Of ven.
geance.
Such thoughts stalk throughout the
world today with as much vigor as
ever. everywhere setting neighboring
nations at one another's throat, caus.
ing innumerable personal squabbles,
making for unhappiness, misery and
death.
The saving grace is that in every
city. In every town, there are hun
dreds who do not bow the knee to
the Baal of wrath.
These wiser ones, who may be truth.
fuily called connoisseurs of living.
know that nothing SO hurts the holder
as thoughts of hate.
They have come to that larger
vision which believes. with Emerson,
that he who thinks he slays is mis-.
taken; that what he kills first of all
Is every fine sentiment in his own
nature.
X X X
ooh, what's the use?" is the mental
sentence such a man asks himself
when his opportunity for revenge
finally comes. More often he phrases
1t popularly. Jaw, shucks, what's the
use?"
The big moment has arrived on the
dot.
The precious second one prayed for
has come. Now Is the appointed time
when he who has wronged one Is to
get his" Poetic justice, still a force
in the land, has turned events around
to the point where the bitter Is to get
bit.
He who fixed the pit for the victims
feet is about to fall into it himself.
and it will serve him right!
All one has to do Is to give him a
we'll deserved push, and in he goes, to
the applause of the multitude. Every
one knows that you have been grossly
treated. You have been needlessly in.
suited. You have been defraude,l, or
basely slandered.
A sneaking use of facts and half
facts has placed you in a bad posi-.
ton. Or perhaps the villain has gone
| out of his way to do you q mean in.
jury. Or maybe he hurt ones feelings,
WeFely. IL makes no d1nerencS. re.
venge is sweet" The opportunity has
come to serve him in his own coin, to
pay back with interest what he gave
out, to make him see personally Just
what 1t means to be downtrodden.
The stage is set, the lights are
turned on, the audience is breathless
with expectancy. The plot has placed
the villain at last at the mercy of his
righteous opponent.
And then, suddenly, the victor turns
away, and pretends he does not see
the fellow! "Oh, what's the use?" he
murmurs to himself, walking off stage.
Is 1t any wonder that the audience
all his friends and acquaintances, do
not understand. that some even think
him cowardly?
The world has not yet progressed to
the point where such Christian action
is esteemed as it yet will be, or as
1t is now by those who believe in the
supremacy of Jesus Christ and Him
crucified.
X y Il
Refraining from revenge saves
Evening star., 1927-03-09
The President and the West.

President Coolidge Is going West for
the Summer Immediately politicians
are busying their brains in an effort
to decide whether his determination
to spend several months in the West
is a political move or just a Summer
vacation.
For the politically minded, this is
the season of signs and portents.
Every step taken by the President,
every appointment, even his attend.
ance at this or that entertainment liz
weighed in an effort to forecast Mr.
Coolidge's attitude toward the Repub-
lican presidential nomination next
year. It is not unnatural that the
party leaders should be anxious to
know what is in the presidential mind.
If Mr.. Coolidge is to be a candidate to
succeed himself, none of them wish to
stray to other pastures. If Mr.. Cool
idge is not to be q candidate, then
many of them would like to be in on
the ground floor with the most likely
candidate of the Republican party for
1928. That is practical politics. The
original" Coolidge men, the original
Harding or Wilson men, are popu-
larry supposed to have an inside track.
The expressed wish of the President
to go West has more than ordinary
significance for the politically minded.
The West has been the scene Of such
revolt as has arisen against the Tres
ent administration. The Presidents 8
veto of the McNary-Haugen farm re-
lief bill has been reported as the signal
of an outburst against Mr.. Coolidge in
the corn belt. To pick the West now
for the Summer White House is re-
garded in some quarters as an effort
to placate that section Of the country.
On the other hand, the wish of the
President to spend some time in the
West is not new. II antedated many
months his veto of the McNary-
Haugen bill. The President has a sin
cere desire to know Intimately the
problems of the whole country so that
he may deal with them understanding.
ly and sympathetically. He is respon-
sible not only for the administration Of
the Federal Government, but he is
expected to make recommendations to
the Congress for legislation to meet
the needs of the whole United States.
Efforts have been made frequently to
show that the President cares nothing
for the problems Of the farmer of the
West. But these have been unjust.
The feeling that the East does not
understand the West and its needs,
and does not care to understand them,
Is far too prevalent in the West. This
feeling extends to Eastern men in high
public Office. 1t is unfortunate. The
West needs the East and the East
needs the West. The East clothes the
West and handles In great part it's
huge crops. The West purchases the
products Of the East and feeds it's
workers. There has been talk in some
of the Western States recently that
the great need is a man in the White
House with the Western point of view.
The West, according to those who ex.
press this view. has been treated like
red-headed stepchild.
Whether he intends to be a candi.
date for the presidency or not next
year, President Coolidge Is wise If he
seeks to dissipate these ideas. Sectional
jealousies can only do harm. All sec.
tions of the United States are i'm.
portant links in the chain which up.
holds American prosperity and happi.
ness.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

America reads of the turmoil in
China with realization of, the immedi-
ate possibilities of disaster to the
thousands of foreigners who may be
caught between the contending
armies at Shanghai, but with no gem
orally accepted ideas of what should
be done about it or as to what may
be the outcome of the civil war.
Evidence that "the danger to
Americans in China is a real one.
and that the commanders OF the con.
tending armies in the Chinese civil
war could not or would not give pro-
tection." Is seen by the Fort Wayne
News.Sentinel, which argues: Even
If we could find it possible to rate
Chinese promises as sincere. events
warrant abundant doubt that the
makers of those promises are able to
keep them. Troops of British and
other European nations are in Shang-
hal to protect the lives of their peo-
pie, and there will naturally be CO.
operation of Americans with them In
defense of the 10000 foreigners in
the Shanghai district. We have
taken these sane and practical pre-
cautions that our citizens shall not
be killed or plundered while the rival
Chinese military factions are fighting
for decision as to which shall act
for China in making new treaties"
The possibility of "a union of all
the Chinese armies for the purpose
of driving the foreigners out of the
country" is suggested by the San
Bernardino Sun. What such a war
would develop can scarcely be fore
toid," continues this paper. Even
with the advantage of warships and
airplanes, the 10000 to $4,000 soldiers.
sailors and marinesof Britain, United
States and Japan would be sadly in
sufficient to cope with the more than
a million well equipped soldiers that
would be opposed to them. Japan
might have to be relied upon to send
in a great invading army and then
what?" The Hartford Times points
out that China Is the only country
other than Japan east of the Urals,
Turkey and Arabia, which has large
Evening star., 1927-03-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Q. what was the nag OF ancient

Q. What was the flag OF ancient
Greece ?--J. X.
A. Ancient Greece had no national
flag since II was divided into many
separate Kingdoms. The standard
of Attica bore q white war horse:
that OF the Corinthians, the winged
horse: the Lacedemonians, the letter
L; that of the Thracians, a death
head; that of the Thessalonians, the
immortal sorrel horse, xanthes: that
Of the Messenians, the letter M.
@. Are slip covers ever used on
drapes in the Summer?--L. T. III.
A. Occasionally 1t Is desirable to
put slip covers on heavy window and
door hangings instead of taking them
down, because Of having no place
to store them. They may be made
to look well by fashioning baglike
slips which may be drawn UP over
the curtains and fastened at the un-
der side OF the top. The curtains
should be left drawn back and hang
ing in their natural folds, after they
have been thoroughly cleaned and
busted. The valance. too. may have
a slip cover adjusted to hide 1t and
keep 1t from the dust.
@. Are diamonds mentioned in the
Bible ?-R. }. III.
A. They are mentioned several
times.
@. How many lawyers are there
in New York City,. A. r.
A. The New York City Directory
lists about $4,000.
@. How much Egyptian cotton
was imported last year?-C. d. P.
A. For the year ending December.
1926. there were 181 900 1893 pounds of
Egyptian cotton imported into the
United States.
Q. Are there natural partings in
the hair?-G. G.
A. Yes. A left part is commonest;
next. middle; then right. The left eye
brow tends to part.
@. Can swapping turtle bite under
water?-W. A. +.
A. It can and does. This turtle Is
a dangerous type.
O. What minerals are used In the
manufacture OF automobiles?-J. T. w.
A. The following minerals are list
ed as raw materials used In manu-
featuring motor cars and trucks:
Iron, steel. plate glass. aluminium,
copper, Til, Iectus LlIiC hhu hhNhSi'
There are numerous alloys Of the
above minerals that enter into the
manufacture of this product.
@. Where were diamonds found be-
fore the Brazilian ones were known?
ID. X.
A. Previous to the discovery Of the
Brazilian mines in 1927. diamonds were
found chiefly in India and Borneo.
They have been used as a gem from
very early times.
O. When was Steubenville, Ohio.
settled?-J. w. NJ.
A. The first authorized occupation
on the site of Steubenville. Ohio. took
place in 1856. when a small block
house was built by Capt. Hamtramck
of the Army. BY February. 1887. he
had built fort called Fort Steuben-
Vile. This was burned down in 1880.
The place was neglected until Janu-
ary, 1898. when Bezabel Wells Of Penn
sylvania laid out the town of Steuben-
willie on the land, including the site of
the old fort. and gave it its name after
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Baron Steuben, a Prussian offscer IN
the Revolutionary Army. 80

Baron Steuben. Prussian oficer In
the Revolutionary Army. F .-7'F.
@. What is meant by 'Pittsbursh
plus"?--W. G. 8,
A. pittsburgh plus' IL a term usAd
In the steel industry. Market prices
of steel are based on the prices in
Pittsburgh. Any purchaser of steel
products outside Of Pittsburgh must
pay the price quoted in Pittsburgh
plus the freight to the place OF deliv-
cry. For instance, a Chicago pur-
chaser might get steel from Gary.
Ind, but he would pay the Pittsburgh
price plus freight from Pittsburgh to
Chicago.
Q. What Is the quotation to the ef.
fect that a man would sleep under a
blanket of flowers, were each good
deed blossom?-A. c.
A. Probably the quotation is the
one from Robert Ingersolrs address
at the grave of his brother: "IIe add.
ed to the sum of human Joy, and were
every one for whom he did some low.
ing service to bring a blossom to his
grave he would sleep tonight bensath
wilderness Of flowers
g. Please describe the United States
shield. J. l..
A. The United States shield has IA
vertical stripes. white and red, with
blue chief one-third its length and
without stars.
Q. What Ia encaustic tiie?-M N
A. The word "encaustic" means
burned tn," and encaustic tile fs an
earthenware tile having a pattern In
different colors. made with different
colored clays inlaid I'm the tile and
fired with 1t.
O.. Why was Philadelphia called the
Red City"?-S. r.
A. The term Is probably due to
the fact that red was the predom.
mating color originally. many OF the
houses being built Of red brick.
America or of Europe?-N. C. r.
A. Iceland is classed as part OF
Europe. and is under the sovereignty
Of Denmark.
@. Where can a copy Of "Oid Iron.
sides" be purchased In order to help
provide for her preservation?-L. B.
A. Prints of "Old Ironsides" may
be obtained from Rear Admiral Philip
Andrews, Boston Navy Yard. Boston.
Mass.
@. When and how did the corn
borer enter the United States?-
J. B. l..
A. The European corn borer prob
ably gained entrance into the United
States In 1909 and 1910 in broom
corn imported from Hungary and
Italy.
Our Washington Infornsotton Bn-
reau does not take q vdcotion. 1t 10
on the job every day during the yedr,
dnstcering questions for our readers.
It's special service is to dnstCer onD
question of fact on any subject for
any reader at any time. 1t is tnrpos-
sible to nadEe a complete enumeration
of subjects DiUin0 an GdeQuGte idea
Of the scope and range IN tchach the
bureau con serue you. Its activities
can molly be summed up In the phrase
"1chuterer you tcGnt to kno1c." Send
in your question. Address The Ere-
ming Star Information Bwreou. Fred-
eric J. Haslein. director. Washington.
ID. C..
Evening star., 1927-03-09

Bolshevism has secured a great
deal of undeserved prominence by
adroitly creating the impression that
Ii is responsible for every disturb
ance that arises in any part Of the
globe. Bolshevism has at least the
Ynodesty to refrain from assuming to
be a contributing cause to the earth
quake in Japan.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

1t might be necessary to change
the personnel of a board of theater
censors frequently. A full seasons
attendance at New York openings
would be calculated to demoralize
even the most righteous reformer.
Liberal compensation should be pro-
vided. The moral risk is worth some.
thing.