Evening star., 1927-11-15

"There's glory enough for all"' de.
clared Admiral Schley. when the
enemy's fleet was annihilated at San.
tiago and there rose d question as
to who was technically in command
in the battle.
Has there always been "glory
enough" even for the man or woman
who has made a wonderful achieve
ment, destined to carry civilization
far ahead of all previous records?
Last evenings recognition of avia-
ton heroes and the heroine sets a
mark which the world has not always
reached, in giving honor to whom
honor was due. The crowded Audi
torium gave testimony not only 10
the public's appreciation of one hero,
but to it's proportionate esteem of the
feats of the other special guests.
It is proverbial that inventors are
not good business men. but they are
no worse in commercial instinct than
are explorers. There have been re-
ports of dazzling business offers made
to all the heroes of the air. Even the
one lone heroine is said to be daily
ing with wealth from lecture tour.
But all these exploits are too recent
to enable the public to make full
measurement of the rewards. Only
i'm the light of past experience can
the probabilities be weighed. VIII
their rewards balance their risks and
achievements?
Do we remember that an American
woman first flew over the English
Channelp Who was it that flew
around the world a few months ago?
Are their names remembered? They
accomplished their objective, they
spanned the seas and continents. How
rich have they become out of their
daring feat? One of the starters col
lided with a mountain IN Alaska, but
the others went on through the Orient
and Occident and brought world-envy
upon America which had produced
such nerve. And what of the heroes
who failed, through no lack of courage
or skill?
The poet AYERS that
Honor and fame from no condition
rise.
Act we'll your part--there all the
honor lies"
Then those who braved the Paclnc
and the Atlantic and never reached
their objcctiveS did not fail, Tor, IN.
deed. they did ''act well their parts,
which was all that the triumphant
ones could do.
The naces of history are filled with
tales of the worlds injustice to its
heroes. Hardly has there ever been
one of glorious achievement VINO mas
not heCn misused, inSulted and perse-
cuted even unto death.
The man who discovered the New
World, Columbus himself, was I'M
prisoned in place of being enthroned.
The man who found the Pacinc
Ocean. Balboa, was executed. MaSei-
Ian. the hero who first went around
Cane Horn and sailed to the Orient.
was slain by savages before he could
go on over the rest of the way around
the world, though all the rest was
path already known. Cortez, who
with a handful of adventures con-
quered the Aztec Empires millions or
people. was not permitted to rule even
loyalty for his royal master. but was
eXiled to a Quernevaca estate aS
private subject. PiZarro quarreled
withs his co-conqueror of the Inca of
Peru and was ingloriously murdered.
Capt. James Cook explored the Pacific.
avigated New Zealand. visited
the Antarctic Continent, discovered
important islands. made the first east
ward circumnavigation of the globe.
made the British Empire of the Pa.
cific Ocean possible-and then was
miserably murdered by savages of
Hawaii.
Sir Walter Raleigh. the explorer of
the Carolinas. the man who gave po-
tatoes and tobacco to England and
the civilized world, the cOurtier, the
favorite of Queen Elizabeth. fell into
disfavor with her successor. James /,
and was sent to the ~oWer. accNed
of treason: then when he was released
because the King wanted to use him
for an expedition to America. he ended
his career with failure and the tragic
death of a son.
Vasc0 da Cana. who first rounded
the Cape of Good Hope and found
water passage to India. was wholly
neglected by his government for Fl
years. then when at last he was made
viceroy of Portuguese India he died
within the first year. What of J.iv-
ingstone? What of John Cabot. the
discoverer of North America-lost at
sea? Not one of the worlds great
discoverers ever received full recogni.