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Evening star., 1927-11-01

! Through sheer coincidence, no
| doubt. se> eral readers have queried
| this column Within the past week as
| to the best method of getting in "a
| iaily walk wnen ones time is limited.
| The value of walking as constitu-
| ttunal exercise. especially for seder =
| tary persons. is widely recognized.
| Walking increases the circula ton
! through the entire body. as the result
OF the call of the large muscles of the
| legs for more blood
Many persons are una ware Of the
sta@nation OF their own blood, who
readily enough note it in the com
pleXion of n friend. \ mans owI
blood, however, is closer to him than
that of any friend, and he ought to
pay more attention to it.
! The circulation Of athletes and
others who indulge in daily exercise
is more alive. the heart in better
trim and the complexion better.
Some. at least. OF these benefits may
he secured through walking.
Yet many find their time so occu-
pied with business and social duties
that 1-to-4 mile walk is almost
out of the question. they think.
Where is the time to come from.
il from sunup to sundown person
cannot ma so lnutll dS oO lliHuIt'>
for daily walk?
* X
The answer. of course, is simply
ths:
The walk must be taken after
niGhtfar
This is an easy and pleasant solu-
tion. so simple that many persons
never seem to think Of it. Yet it
will ena BILE the busiest man or woman
to get in certain amount of health
full walking almost every day.
To the truly sedentary person. who
mostly stays home and has plenty
OF time after supper. this solution OF
the walking problem will come as a
godsend. After week it will help
relieve that sleepy feeling that be-
sets all too many persons after they
have eaten their dinner.
This heaviness after supper, by the
way, is not always caused by eating
too much. Experts declare that i'm
proper lighting of room may in
duce it. Before placing the blame on
too much dinner or increasing age.
the living room lights should be
looked after
1t is not necessary, however, that
the evening walk be taken shortly
after dinner. or supper, whichever
the intending pedestrian calls It..
While a walk Immediately after a
meal will do no harm, despite the ad-
vice Of some to the contrary. perhaps
the best time Is shortly before one
goes to bed.
X X
One of the real gains of this walk
ing in the darkness is that it takes
the curse off the stunt. One feels
more or less silly just walking around
the streets in a large city in the day.
time.
After nightfall, however one may
walk his shoes off without any one
minding his feat, and without himself
feeling any embarrassment over the
matter.
The grip Of the crowd asserts 1t.
self in many ways not commonly
recognized. This, we believe, is one
Of them. Many a man who would
take daily long walk in the country
does not do so in the city.
After the selection Of the night as
the best time for the walk, the next
question is the route.
Evening star., 1927-11-01
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

Can modernist religion produce
saints?
This may. after all, be the test by
which the battle between the Ira.
ditionalists and the Modernists must
be settled.
1 find myself at sea between the
Scylla of Traditionalism and the
Charybdis of Modernism, left cold
alike by the unsound affirmat ations If
the Traditionalist and the sound ne.
cations of the Modernist.
There Is in me. as in men the world
around today, a hunger for a positive
faith that will satisfy the soul of the
saint without disgusting the intellect
or the scholar" Though neither a
saint nor scholar. | have this hun
ger because I belong to this genera
ton and this Is the modern religious
hunger
There is something in me that holds
me fascinated at street corner lis
tening to the exhortatiOns of an Hitter
ate street preacher, despite nv inner
revolt against what seem tn me his
inadequate conceptions Of duty anu
destiny: and at the same time ! an
drawn irresistihly into the more Iihnr9
camp in religion.
But through it all there j. an w
SlSleHt leSIlf1V tfldI FPHSlOuS itt"f3 llSil
has yet to find itself fully
And think the final test will D..
its capacity for breeding saints VIII.
out hair shirts or hysterical ascS'it
ism. but saints in the garb of rh.s
generation
Religion has always been appealins
in its saints even when appalling II
its syllOgisms; its good men have wOr
when its bad arguments lost.
Cotter Morrison. noted for his sav
age attacks on Christia nifty. wrote ar
amazingly understanding life of st
Bernard.
Paul Sabatier. a French theologian
Of ultra-liberal tendencies. wrote wha:
Is perhaps the best life of st. Francis
Of Assist.
"The saint" says Dean Inge
differs from the virtuous man in
possessing a strain Of heroism, of en-
thusiasm and of spontaneity in his
moral conduct. 1t Is abso.
lutely essential. IL the church is to
take its proper place In the twentieth
century. that some of our saints
should be thinkers. and some Of our
thinkers saints. Is 1t too
much to hope that liberal theology
may have it's own distinctive type
OF saint?"
Till this Is settled religious liberal.
ism will be on probation. :,
tconsrisht Mcclure Nswspspsr ssndlaabAA
Evening star., 1927-11-01
Norteck for Lowden.

!
| Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dl
kota has declared in unequivocaI
terms for the nomination of Frank o.
IIowden of Illinois for President. So
the Senate, now urging Senator
George Norris OF Nebraska for Presi
dent, loses a prospective member.
Senator Norheck in his statement az,
serts that Lowden is the only sup
porter of the McNary yIlausen bill
who has 4 chance for the Republican,
nomination.
Perhaps Mr.. Norbecli forGets thu:
A large block of delegates to .he lie
publican national convention will
come from States which are not a all
friendly tc the McNary.Haugen farm
relief bill with its price-fiXing equal
ization fee. Mr.. Lowden. by his
espouSal of the principles OF the Nc
Nary.Haugen bill, has scarcely en-
deared himself to the Republican lead.
ers Of those States. Yet 1t was in
many Of the Eastern States that Mr..
L.owden. as regular and conservative
Republican. was particularly strong in
1920 when he made q bid for the presi'
dental nomination.
The Pr gressive group in he Sch
ate. headed :: Senator Borah o1 Iiaho
and Senator Norris OF \ bra ska. is
not favorable to the nomination OF
Mr.. Lowd.n. it scouts th1 idea nat
he is a Progressive. 1t ,''.' il, his
support OF the McNarN-l!ausen bill
,nly bid for the supper, OF the aS-
riculn al States of t.y 4.
What Senator Norbeck c"2rS, and
what Gov. McMullen Of y br's ska. ii.
o den man. fears Il! o. II that
tne interj ction Of Senator Norris nto
the roca for the Republican homiha-
ton for President will divid' the
stern forces and make i'ir eff
forts Of little avail when the natio lal
convention meets next June. Ind ed,
there seems little doubt that their fears
will be realized If the 80. lis move.
nent takes real hold in sov rtl States
Of the Northwest. Congress the ma.
'onal forum. is about to open. The
sun porters of ator Nor:is and op.
ponents Of Mr.. Lowden re Likely to
air their likes and dislikes on the
fec. Of the Senate and House. |hen
rrogressives fall out, they fall out
fully. A row over the qualifications
and availability of MIR. Lowden and
Mr.. rris. respectively, is likely to
injure the chances of both
1t has become increasingly ap.
parent, however, that the 'Dowden
camp would have more and more d'ffi.
Guilty, as time progressed, in lining up
the old Progressive Republicans for
it's candidate-the Progressives who
followed Roosevelt in 1912 and Hiram
Johnson in 1920. The farm organiza
tions backing the McN"~vHar on
bill have been a source of strength
to the Lowden candidacy. 1t remains
to be seen whether these organizations
are strong enough to overcome the
Progressive dislike of the former Gov
ernor OF Illinois in the Statea of the
'-r~thwest and the Middle West.
Evening star., 1927-11-01
Grade Crossings.

Once for slI' the Supreme Court
OF the United States has laid down
rule Of conduct for all courts in grade
crossing accidents. In setting aside
q Judgment in favor of the estate of
q motorist who had been killed in a
collision between train and his au-
tomobile. the court holds that the vic.
tim of the accident had only himself
to blame. In making this important
ruling Justice Holmes said:
When man goes upon railroad
track he knows that he goes TO
place where he will be killed il a train
comes upon him before he is clear of
the track. He knows that he must
stop for the train. not the train stop
for him. In such circumsta noes it
seems TO us that IL a driver cannot be
sure otherwise whether train in da H.
gerously near. he must stop and get
out OF his vehicle. although obviously
he will not often be required to do
more than to stop and look. 1t seems
70 us that il he relies upon not hear
ing the train or any signal and takes
no further preca utiOn, he does so at
his own risk.
This ruling puts the issue squarely
up to the motorist. The grade cross
ing menace has long been recognized
as potent factor in the annual auto.
mobile fatality toll. Railroads are
working for the elimination Of grade
crossings. but the expense is so great
that it will be many years before this
desirable condition is brought about.
In the meantime. the railroads are
safeguarding motorists by gates. sig
nails and watchmen. In view of these
efforts 1t is logical 10 put the RESPONSE
bilIty upon the driver of an automo.
bile.
The extraordinary part OF accidents
that occur where railroad tracks and
highway meet is that in spite oi
watchmen. gates. bells, lights and
road hartl AIDES. motorists insist or
'sskinC chance" with their lives
as5aere have been innumerable cases
Evening star., 1927-11-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. IL Leon Enroll a native OF this
country? Where was he educated
NJ. G..
A. Mr.. Enroll was born in Sydney,
Australia. and started life with the
idea of becoming q surgeon. He at.
tended the University of Sydney
School of Medicine and Surgery. but
did not complete the course.
Q. When will the bridge over the
Hudson River be completed that will
connect New York City with New
Jersey?-L. n.
A. Work has been started. a nd, ac-
cording to the tentative time schedule,
the bridge win be open to traffic in
1882:
Q. Are English sparrows good to
eat?-W. r.
A. Their flesh is palatable. and. al
| though their bodies are small. their
numbers make up for their size. In
the Old World they have been served
for centuries.
Q. Who invented automatic telep
ony, and where was the first ex'
change installed?-B. w. =.
A. The fundamental idea OF auto
matte telephony was conceived in 1873.
| by Almon b. Stronger. While the
system continues to bear his name, 1t:
successful development is chiefly due
| to the continued efforts of the engi
| neeringSstaff Of the Automatic Electric
| Co. under the leadership of the grouI
of pioneers who took Strowger's idea
and gave it practical form. The first
public automatic exchange was in
stalled at Laporte, Ind, in 1892. /
was a somewhat crude arrangement
and had a capacity of only 100 sub
scribers. Nevertheless. compared tc
| other types of switchboards ofs the
| time. it was distinct improvement.
Q. What is used to adulterate coffee
| besides chicory?-G. ID.
| A. Dandelion root, carrots. seeds oi
| the common yellow iris, cereals and
sweet potatoes are used.
O. Which country was the first to
bury an unknown soldler?-M. s.
A. France was first.
Q. Has Kochichi Mikimoto had his
culture pearl process patented?-V. r.
A. Seventeen patents have been
granted to the Japanese, kochichi
Mikimoto. for details in producing
pearls and for Matching and caring for
the spat or young pearl oysters.
O. Why is the Book of Revelation
called the "Apocalypse"?-A. w. II.
A. Apocalypse is from the Greek,
and means II reveal" The English
name is a translation Of this.
Q. Exactly what are draft evaders?
A. NJ.
A. The term is ordinarily used more
Evening star., 1927-11-01
Costly Search for Lost Art
In Athens Excites Interest

in Athens. Nowadays Athens,
with it's teeming refugees from Thrace
and Asia Minor, has become a great
modern city, but the old market place
is still not irrevocably built upon.
The new undertaking goes to the foun.
tain head and imperishable shrine of
art"
The Reno Evening Gazette. noting
that a million dollars will he required
to pay present owners of the ground,
remarks: "Those who recall old Chi.
natown in San Francisco. with its
narrow alleys and its crowded houses.
can get some idea of what the site of
either the ancient Agora or the Roman
one is today. according to recent writ.
ers. To clear away such an eyesore
at no expense to itself ought to be
cause of gratitude from. the Athenian
city government. and it probably is
The possibilities in the enterprise
are declared by the Trenton Times to
challenge the imagination of every
one who is even superficially familiar
with the colorful story of ancient
Greece" and the Times calls this
actual and prospective aid in itself an
interesting commentary on the will
ingness of modern man to aid scholars
in their patient effort to recover tine
treasures Of the past
The San Francisco Bulletin specu-
lates on the question of the inspira-
ton behind the gift. saying. THAT
the money should have been supplied
by an American Is interesting as rails.
ing the question whether the donor
was moved to this particular gift by
reading the various American books
on Athens and the Athenians pub
lished in recent years"
"The extent of the time through
which the Agora existed and the diff
ferent periods of antiquity through
which 1t passed" suggests the New
York Sun. may be gathered from the
fact that it was occupied at least in
2300 Be. that here stands a wall
that was built by Themistocles to pro-
tect the city from Spartan invasion,
that here were erected marv Of the
structures with which Pericles sought
to carry out his ideal of beautifying
ancient Athens. and that here are
many evidences of the rule of the
Roman cOnquerors."
Evening star., 1927-11-01
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

The first battalions of Americans in
the trenches have been relieved by
others, and the movement of the
troops was made without the enemy
being aware of what was going on
Many men of the relieved hattalions
are suffering from trench feet" and.
with only two clear days while they
were In the trenches. it was a tired.
dirty. wet. mud caked body of men
that returned to billets. Navy
Department announces that the Amer
lean Army transport Finland was re
Gently tOrpedOed while under naval
convoy err route to this country No
lives were lost and the transport was
able to return 20 port under it's own
steam. British First Lord OF
the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes. says
allies are mastering the U-bOats. Have
sunk nearly half of those in service.
but Germany is now building them
faster than ever. Col ROose-
Welt in stirring speech on patriotism
at big political rally In New York.
warns of the dangers of pacifism and
the negotiation of an inconclusive
peace. Russia worn out. United
States and allies must take up burden.
kerensky teffs the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1927-11-01
Tax-Reduction Estimates.

In statement yesterday before the
now holding hearings preliminary to
the drafting of the new tax bill Sec
retary Mellon placed the total net
reduction of taxes safely to be made
by this legislation at $22o,oOO,Ooo
This is considerably lower than the
estimated reduction heretofore made
at least SIS ,000, 900 less than that which
has been regarded as the probable rec
ommendation of the administration.
Democratic tax reduction proposals
have gone as high as $500, 900.
In justification of his estimate of
tax reduction of $22o, 900. the Sec
retary stated that the surplus of 1929
must govern, and that this surplus
would be only approximately $200.OOO,.
600. Secretary Mellon in his statement
to the committee, admitting that there
have been underestimates of revenues
by the Treasury for several years, eX.
plained that this has been because of
the impossibility of foreseeing the in
crease of special revenues. which are
Of a non-recurrent character.
II there have been errors OF esti-
mates during the past few years, the
result has been beneficial rather than
harmful, for these conservative fig-
ures have resulted in a surplus rather
than a deficit in the Treasury. 1t is
far easier to deal with an excess Of
revenue than with a deficiency. 1t is
not so embarrassing to expend as to
find new resources. While Secretary
Mellon yesterday declared that the
Treasury has not consciously or as
matter of policy played safe" in it's
figuring. it has unquestionably been
on the safe side.
A competition for taxreduction cred
1t naturally follows any opportunity to
lower the imposts through the accu-
mutation of surplus funds. At each
session for several years this competi-
ton has been in evidence at the Cap
itol. The taxpayers have found the
burden. which was increased to such
4 great extent by the war, steadily
tessened. The prestige of these sue
cessfve reductions has Injured to the
administration rather than the oppo-
sition, despite the vigorous efforts of
the latter to scale the tax schedule
more severely. The tax-paying public
has looked TO the accomplished fact
rather than the rejected proposals.
Already there are differences of
opinion as to the details of reduction.
Secretary Melons project may not be
adopted as 1t stands. Some Republi-
can members of the ways and means
committee have indicated their dispo
sition 10 modify it.
So long as there continues to be a
lowering OF the burden, the average
taxpayer will not concern himself
about the technical details. 1t is the
fact that the amount of annual pay
nents lie on the whole being steadily
reduced that counts. And. further
more. the country is well "sold" to the
proposition that debt reduction is quite
es important as tax reduction; that,
indeed. debt reduction means tax re-
auction through the saving of interest
and the advancement Of the day when
the country can return to normal
hscaf operations. having in an-extraor-
dinarily short time liquidated the OBJ.
legations incurred in consequence of
the war.
Evening star., 1927-11-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Vanished Institution.


Where Is that little German band"
Whose tune was once so pleasant?
1t never offered music canned"
Like much We hear at present.
1t played the melodies so dear
In generous profusion,
And never gave US cause to fear
The saxophone's intrusion.
We miss the music Of the past,
With all its prim precision.
Save when an orchestra so vast
Performs with fine decision.
Where is that little German band
We used to welcome daily,
Which scattered music through the
land
And ScOrned a ukulele1
Evening star., 1927-11-01

or less loosely. 1t may include any
one OF three classes-men who failed
to register under the selective service
law; men who, though registered,
lafled to file a QUESTIONABLE or report
Tor an examination; men who failed to
report for military duty. Men in the
last mentioned class are known as
dratt deserters, and may be arrested
and tried at any time. Draft evaders
are amenable to prosecution and trial
WITHIN three years of the date Novem-
Der IA. 1924.
Q. For what is the degree LII. D.
conferred?-E. V. G..
A. LII. ID. is an honorary degree.
When LII. D. Is conferred upon a man
1t indicates that he has a profound
knowledge of the laws of his profes-
sion or that department Of knowledge
in which he Is working. LII. D. Is the
Oldest, highest and most valued uni.
versity degree. and is conferred only
on such as have made themselves very
eminent by their skill, learning and
original work. 1t Is seldom conferred
before the recipient is so years OF age.
Ill. d. is usually conferred as an hon.
orary degree, but Shurtleff. Chicago
and McGill propose to confer it upon
the completion OF required work and
examinations in any OF the higher de-
partment of knowledge. LII. d. In
sometimes conferred az a third degree,
in line with LII. b. and Ill. NJ. with
work in law schools. d. G. l.. is more
often conferred in this way.
Q. How many parts are there In q
typewriter?-Z. B. B.
4. Various models differ to some
extent. One standard make contains
$500 parts.
@. Does Emil Ludwig enjoy reading
history?-N. d.
A. The biographer and historian II
quoted as saying that he hates" his
tory.
Q. How many registered nurses are
there in the United States in proper
ton to the population?-A. l.. T.
A. In the United States there are
slightly less than % registered nurses
to every 10000 people BY far the
largest supply in any State Is found
in New York. where there are about
105 registered nurses to every 10000
people.
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feeds uf tiendiShueSS ~ he nt,w coy,
fesses have cause to ponder well the
words of the Judge on that occasion
ma to give thar nkS that his hope that
they would themselves never he vic
inns of this tirebug was fulfilled.
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Brilliantly lighted highways, moving
throngs and numerous police did not
prevent woman from stepping into
complete oblivion. There is no, loneli.
ness so great as that to be found In
a crowd
Evening star., 1927-11-01

| 400, 900 Turks. Where to locate this
great influx of repatriated Greeks
was problem of unprecedented com.
| plexity, which Greece solved to q large
extent by compelling holders of great
estates in Greece, and especially in
Grecian Macedonia, to sell the land
/ to the state. in exchange for bonds,
| and the refugees who could till the
| soil were given small holdings on
long, easy terms of payment.
| 1t was necessary also to equip them
with machinery. with live stock and
| with seed, and to support them until
the maturing of the first crop. For
this purpose, a loan was f1oated, prin.
cipally in the United States, amount
ing to about $4,000, 900. Recently
the League Of Nations has recon.
mended another loan of $45 ,00O, ,0Oe,
one-third to be, used to fund floating
Indebtedness, one-third to stabilize
| the currency and the other third large.
ly to complete the equipping Of the
| refugees. both on their farms and in
industries for non-farmers. Part of
the loan will also be used in develop
ing roads and in draining swamps of
Macedonia. thereby making the coun.
try fnhabitable for it's greatly in.
creased population. Much of the coun.
| try now is afflicted with malaria, so
that 1t il almost uninhabitable, but
drainage will cure that and convert
worthless land into rich farm terri.
| tory.
| y
| In 1912, prior to the Turkish war
and the Greco Bulgarian war, that
part OF Macedonia now known as
Greco Macedonia held a population of
Greeks. $4,000; Mussulmans, ATS 900;
Bulgarians, 10000, and mixed races,
| $4,000; total 1905 900.
In 1925 the population in Greco.
Macedonia is recorded aS follows.
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Plans for superalrplane are now
engaging the attention of Mr.. Levine.
often regarded as something of joke,
this indomitable air enthusiast is evi-
laugh.
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Having accomplished about every
thing else he has undertaken, Mr..
Hoover is regarded by many as man
who could carry presidential race
through very successfully IL he were
to put his mind on it.
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Rumania occasionally pauses to re-
mind the world that the amount of
politics country can hold is often in
inverse proportion TO it's geographical
size,
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Moorish kidnapers are raising the
ransoms demanded for numerous dis.
tinguished captives. There is scarcely
any exception to the upward tendency
of the cost Of living.
Evening star., 1927-11-01

Aviators remain unterrified by the
disasters in the air. A man capable
of fear would lack the first requisite
of an aviator.
Evening star., 1927-11-01
And scorned a ukulele?
Usefulness.

Your old enemies say you have out
lasted your usefulness in Congress.
They are more generous than some
Of my old, good-natured friends who
indulgently remark that / never had
any,"