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Evening star., 1927-05-06
owner of the dog was nearby, no effor
was made to call 1t off,

owner of the dog was nearby, no effort
was made to call 1t off.
There Is a police regulation which
forbids unleashed dogs in the park.
While the owners of these animals are
doubtless anxious to give them needed
exercise with a romp in the woods,
serious consequences will result If a
horse throws It's rider after an attack,
playful or otherwise, by an unleashed
canine. 1t Is we'll within the bounds
of possibility that the horse bearing a
novice in the art of riding might be-
come entirely unmanageable after
such an attack. There could only be
one result, serious injury to the rider.
Horsewomen and horsemen are not
asking that the regulation be needed
by owners of dogs and enforced by the
police at other places in the park than
the bride paths, but 1t does appear
that their request for tranquility in
their own realm and consideration
from the owners of CANNES is eminent
Iy reasonable. And so it would seem
that there Is plenty of room on the
reservation for both dogs and horses,
and that cooperation and harmony
should replace what can only be
termed a lack of thoughtfulness and
the violation of an important regula-
ton
Evening star., 1927-05-06
High and Merited Recognition

1t is a high tribute not only to the
individual recipient, but to American
journalism, that to Adolph S. Ochs,
publisher Of the New York Times, has
been awarded one of the four gold
medals bestowed by the National In
stitute of Social Services in recogni
ton Of his contributions to the welfare
and advancement Of the American
people. Not only in his production Of
a journal that is a source of pride to
the newspaper men of this country,
but in unexploited services to human
ity and to general development the
publisher of the Times has been fac
tor for the public benefit. One of these
was the underwriting of the American
Year Book for five years. Another
was the advancement of a generously
large sum for the preparation of the
Dictionary of American Biography,
monumental work sponsored by the
American Council of Learned Societies
Devoted to Humanistic Studies. In all
works of public benevolence and aid
Mr.. Ochs, personally and through his
newspaper, has been foremost and ef
ficient Meanwhile, in the conduct of
the Times he has aimed steadfastly
for the ideal of service to the great
community through the presentation
Of the news in the best manner. calcu-
lated to uplift rather than to degrade
the public taste and the public morals.
In accepting the medal at the cere-
mony of presentation, Mr.. Ochs said
that he believed that his efforts in
journalism have been worth while if
he has helped in some measure to
destroy the superstition that news
papers must be sensational, vulgar
and inane" in order to be successful.
The award OF this medal by the dis
tinguished organization is deserved
recognition of a great newspaper,
great journalist and a great citizen.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Taggart's "Favorite Son. "

Another Democratic presidential
boom has been launched, that of
Evans Woollen, Indianapolis banker.
Not the least interesting feature of
the launching is the fact that Tom
Taggart, veteran leader of Indiana
Democracy, gave the luncheon at
which Mr. Woollen's name was put
forward. In some quarters this may
be interpreted as a declaration of op-
position on the part of Taggart to
Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York,
whose presidential boom is riding high
in the sunlight today. But in politics
it is usually safer to look below the
surface.
The estimable Mr.. Taggart Is no
novice at the game of politics. 1t may
have occurred to him, whatever may
be his personal feelings toward Gov.
Smith, that to set in motion a cam
paign for the election of Smith dele
gates to the next Democratic national
convention in Indiana might sow
Democrats Of the State. Harmony is
the great desideratum of the Demo
cratic party today. Harmony is what
Mr.. Taggart desires. Furthermore, it
is quite clear that many States send
delegations to national political con-
ventions instructed for favorite sons
when it is we'll understood that sooner
or later the delegates will swing to
some other candidate. Without in any
way seeking to reflect upon Mr.. Tag
CART or his candidate, Mr.. Woollen, it
may be suggested that the latter's
candidacy is perhaps a lightning rod.
Of course, should the Hoosier man be-
come a real factor in the next Demo
cratic national convention, there Is
nothing to prevent, and nothing will
prevent, Mr.. Taggart and other Indi-
ana Democrats from sticking fast to
their favorite son.
The Democrats could go farther
and fare worse in the selection Of a
candidate for President. Mr.. Woollen
has the high regard of citizens of In
diana, Republican and Democrat alike.
He is, indeed, one of the foremost citi-
zens of his State. A great banker,
who might have been Secretary of the
Treasury in the Wilson administration
had not personal reasons prevented his
accepting the post, Mr.. Woollen halls
from State which, in part at least. is
included in the farm belt. He is of
the great Middle West. Many of the
Democrats turn longing eyes to the
West for leader to show them the
way out Of the wilderness. And Tom
Taggart, If reports are to be credited,
believes he has the man to do the job.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Washington's Duty.

With less than two days remaining
Of the week assigned for the contri-
button of funds for the erection of
a suitable memorial to the 535 Dis
trict men and women who paid the
highest sacrifice in the Great War
and the total of gifts still below a
third of the amount required, it Is in
order to urge that the citizens of
Washington take thought Of their
obligation to pay proper tribute to
their dead in the contest.
1t is unfortunate that this appeal
for memorial funds, planned weeks
ago and so organized that postpone
ment was impossible should coincide
with the necessity of free and
liberal giving for the succor of the
sufferers from floods in the Missi-
sippi Valley. But it can not be be-
lieved that there is lack of means
to meet both needs. The District
people have enough to give to both
causes, meeting their quotas in full.
Only a small fraction of the Wash
ingtonians have responded to this
second call for money with which to
erect the memorial to their soldier
dead. Only a tithe of the possible
contributors have answered the sum-
mons and grasped the opportunity
to express the sentiment Of grateful
reverence for the memory of those
who went forth upon call and did
their duty in their country's name
and fell in doing it.
1t is still possible to close the gap
between the receipts to date and the
total required to insure the erection
of this beautiful and inspiring
memorial. If the will is felt, the
results are certain. Washington did
not slacken in its response to the
summons to service in 1917. 1t
should not slacken now in answer to
the call to the service of commemo-
ration.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Horseback Riders and Dogs.

Horseback riders of this city who
are enjoying the Spring season along
the bride paths of Rock Creek Park
are protesting against the lack of con.
sideration shown them by owners of
dogs. On several occasions recently
unleashed dogs have jumped at horses
and riders while on their way through
the beautiful park. The CANNES have
not only shocked the riders by the on
slaughts, but have frightened the
horses to such an extent that only a
cool head and good horsemanship could
prevent a runaway. In one instance a
large collie circled horse bearing a
young child. The collie made a dying
leap at the horses flank, and IL the
youngster had not been a capable
equestrienne serious injury to her
might have resulted. Although the
Evening star., 1927-05-06

stant drainage OF the escaped waters
In that direction. The back-fow sets
in after the crest has passed and
keeps up a heavy volume behind the
peak of the current.
Not until the crest has reached New
Orleans will the crisis arrive. That
will be In ten or twelve days. Mean
while, there Is serious work to be
done in the upper reaches, above the
city, in the rescue of people from
newly flooded areas and the care for
the multitudes gathered in refugee
camps in many places, The work of
taking the marooned people out of
danger proceeds Systematically. Diff
Guilty is met in persuading some of
them to leave their precarious perch
es. But they must be taken off and
placed where they can be properly fed
and tended, otherwise they will sicken
and die in great numbers.
The country may be thankful that
agencies of the highest efficiency are
at work in this supreme emergency
and that through public generosity
funds are available for the largest
work ever required in the
United States.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

No, we did not go to the circus.
No one who has ever read this
column ever expected that we would
go. There is something about circus
and the aforementioned person Q927
version) that does not go together any
more.
Nor are we so foolish as to believe
that we have ''outgrown" the affair
under the big tent. The simplest eX-
planation we know is that we hate
crowds-and a circus is the crowdedest
thing we know of, bar none
Circuses peeved us, too, when they
abolished parades.
A circus parade still moved us to
stand on the curb and comment upon
the lady riders, and the elephants, and
the big wagons with tiger" painted
on the outside, but woefully bare of
tigers inside.
We enjoyed, with almost childish
enthusiasm, the gathering of the
throngs, the pushing and showing of
Johnnie and Billie, the shouting of
Susie. the restraining shrieks of
mamma, the clang of street car bells,
the moaning of the calliope and its
hot blasts of steam. There, if ever,
is red-hot music.
Even at that date, however, we had
banished the circus from our indi-
vidual life. One had to go too far
to get to it. If an enterprising amuse-
ment had pitched it's tents upon the
Monument grounds, say, we might
have gone, although we are not sure.
We hope no one will pop up and
say, "You are getting old"
We all are doing that!
X k
No, sir, we hate crowds. and would
walk q mile to keep away from one.
Believing, as we do, in the integrity
Of the human mind, and realizing that
once q man inserts himself into the
center of a crowd he voluntarily gives
up such intelligence as he has, and
becomes merely a part of the crowd
mind, we consequently have fled large
gatherings.
Crowds, too. cause physical suffer
ing. another thing which we are not
fond of. We would make a poor
martyr. At the first touch of the tor
ture we would have Wilted and have
said anything the large gentleman
wanted said. Martyrs must have been
built of tough fiber. When we con-
trast what we would have done with
what they stood, our hat goes off to
all martyrs.
A circus, with It's showing and jam
ming, it's blare and noise, is a sort of
petty martyrdom for many sensitive
persons, and this despite all the blah-
blah about taking little Johnnie, etc,
etc. If persons who naturally shrink
from crowds had a thousand children
apiece, which would be a high enough
average for any one, they would none
the less hesitate to brave the tempes-
tuous afternoon in prospect.
We sincerely hope that no enter
prising circus press agent will feel
peeved if he does us the honor to read
this. What we think about a circus
won't keep a single person away!
This world is matter of tastes.
Thousands love the circus, and like
nothing better than to go. They have
said so in print thousands of times.
Surely, some one ought to be allowed
to write the other side of it-after the
circus has left town, anyway.
X X X Il
The seats are too hard, in the first
place.
And when we used to go they
Evening star., 1927-05-06

Appreciations of the late Albert j..
Beveridge of Indiana accord him
high place among the Nations great.
Editorial tributes recognize his lit
erary genius as well as his courage
and brilliance as a statesman, and
there are many expressions of pro-
found regret that the author of the
life of John Marshall could not have
lived to give the country complete
the life of Lincoln, on which he was
engaged during the closing years of
his life,
There was no man in Indiana of
Beveridge's time whose abilities
could have been compared to his"
SAYS the Cincinnati Times Star.
which adds. che had all the graces of
craftsmanship" The Baltimore Sun
believes that had he been returned to
the Senate, "the Republican party
would have gained a figure as
scholarly as that Of Lodge and a
statesman of far broader vision and
more generous impulses" The
Evansville Courier pays the tribute
that 'in intellect he ranked with
those giants of other days-Webster,
Clay and Calhoun" and places him
as zone of the few really great men
in public life during the last quarter
or q century.
The Nashville Banner finds that he
was recognized as a man OF great
strength in many directions and of
unblemished character" and that
Sin every line of his endeavor he be-
came distinguished. Enumerating
his achievements, the Kansas City
Journal recalls: "He was the first
battler in the United States Senate
against child labor. His was a fine
Americanism. He saw the RESPONSE
bilities and the opportunities or law
as few have viewed them. And If Al
bert J. Beveridge in these last five
years of his life has been less In the
public mind than for the two preced-
ing decades, it also may be said that
his country has come more and more
to be what he sought earnestly to
have it be"
"Beveridge revealed his habit of in
tense, sustained intellectual lahors,
says the Canton Daily News. ito the
surprise of every average person who
had followed his career with some in
terest. The brilliant man ordinarily
is not supposed to be Industrious"
And the Racin& JournalNews adds:
"He approached his duty-his respon-
sibility to society with his spirit un-
daunted. And when he had completed
his work he left 1t to the judgment of
his fellow citizens with a courage as
devoted to it and to them as ever was
given to any man." The Elkhart
Truth appraises his intellect as lone
of the most brilliant and vitalizing
that have made their impress on the |
political history of Indiana and the
Nation" and the Jackson Citizen
Patriot credits him with mote
worthy contribution to the political
history of his time.''
"He had a passion for upright gov.
ernment," observes the Atlanta jour. {
political linliMtio.jT ia inc realm of |
literature he came Ntaly Into his OWN.
Evening star., 1927-05-06

didn't have any backs. Maybe they
! have backs now. At that, you are
always scared you will fall down
and break leg or something.
| Then those fellows who drive the
chariots seem terribly reckless. And
we always had the misfortune to
get placed in about the third row
where we could feel the whisk of
the horses tails as they roared by.
And there was always some kind
soul nearby to suggest in our i'm
pressionable ears that the tent might
fall down. If they couldn't think up
anything worse.
At every circus we ever saw the
very things you most wanted to see
were over in the ring farthest away.
| 1t didn't seem to make any differ
ence which place you chose. If you
| got near the first ring the perform
| ing bears, your favorite artists, were
over in the third.
| If a peculiarly fetching lady,
| spangles and all, made an appeal to
| your childish heart, as pretty circus
ladies often do, you know, the beau
tiful creature was sure to do her
stuff so far away that all you could
see was the glimmer of her tinsel.
And those darn clowns!
Popularity, clowns are held to be kill
| ingly humorous. The American
populace is supposed to be thrown
| into convulsions, more or less, at
| the very sight of their painted faces.
Some of them, of course, are first
rate comedians. But when the cir
cuses got to herding them into the
arena, they lost their prestige with
many. Such mass attacks upon the
American funny bone fell fiat
Usually a herd of clowns got right
in your way when you had spotted
something that looked particularly
exciting.
Then the ugly bozos would slap
each other on the pants and all the
other kids would scream and holler
and you felt as If you had better
stayed at home.
So, you see, ones reaction to a
circus is purely a personal thing.
If you. kind reader, like the cir
Gus we have no quarrel with you and
hope you will have none with us for
not liking it so well.
AS stated at the beginning. no one
who has followed our mental gyra-
tions in this column for so much as
week (and many have done so for
three years) would have supposed for
4 second that the writer hereof would
have been a circus fan"
To put ones thoughts honestly
upon paper is not the easiest thing
in the world to do and we take a
proper pride in the fact that the
integrity of our purpose has met
with universal respect.
Like a letter from home" was the
kind sentence in a letter upon our
desk the other day, referring to these
daily writings.
We feel sure, therefore. that our
innocent remarks upon circuses will
be taken in the spirit in which they
are written.
The circus, with its life, pep"
animation, something doing every
minute. it's hustle, hustle and bark
ers, is an American institution and
for those thousands who like it has
no imitation.
Some of us, however. prefer good
book.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Tip for Political Prophets.

From the New York Times
One things always turks like worm
in the bud of political forecasts. This
is the lapse of time. In the year be-
fore national convention anything
may happen in either party. Our
politics have shown so often that they
change with Kaleidoscope rapidity
that cautious men refrain from pre-
dieting what colors will next be show.
ing. Then there is always the bill of
mortality to be reckoned with. Early
in 1919 the confident prophecy was
that Theodore Roosevelt would be
the next Republican candidate for the
Presidency. Very likely he would
have been IL he had lived. But he
suddenly died. The untimely death
of Gov. Russell of Massachusetts 80
years ago removed one who seemed
destined some day to receive the Dem
ocratic nomination for the Presidency.
With so many reminders that we are
all shadows, and purely shadows, why
should the spirit of the prophets be
proud?
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Beveridge Given High Place
Among Nations Great Men

A thousand pities that his biography
of Lincon lies unfinished! His sym
pathies and intuitions, as well as his
unwearied research and study, fitted
him to tell the great commoner's
story. The future, let us hope. will
bring America more politicians with
Beveridge's love of letters. and more
men of letters with Beveridge's in
stinct for politics" The Springfield
Union also states that by his emf
nence in literary and political fields
he carried on the traditions of Indiana,
a State famous for its many sons who
have been highly successful in poll
tics or literature or both"
His untimely death will be widely
deplored," declares the Indianapolis
News, mot only by his friends, who
are many, but by hosts of people who
never saw him. but who will realize
the extent of their loss in the death
of the man to whom they owe the
Marshall life and from whom they
were expecting so much more--in
Guiding the life Of LinColn-in the
way of biographical and historical
writing" The Muncie Star offers the
comment: "If Senator Beveridge had
never done anything else but to write
his Life Of John Marshal he would
the literature of his age. His presen-
tation of the great Chief Justices part
in the work of the formative period
of our constitutional government is
an Interpretive masterpiece of the
forces that We're at work to insure the
of the principles outlined
by the founders"
{cs L.r
Wayne News-Sentinel as zone of the
worlds most eminent historians and
one of the most picturesque public
figures of all time" while the Chicago
Tribune feels that 'his untimely
death is serious loss to American
history as well as to American pub
lie life, in which Mr.. Beveridge was n
and useful participant"
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, Hart
ford Courant, Raleigh News and OBJ
server. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
South Bend Tribune and Topeka
Daily Capital also pay glowing trib
utes to his literary achievements. The
Times remarks that 'He
himself will no doubt become the sub
ject of more than one biography-and
quite properly so, for the story OF his
life, struggles and achievements will
fit easily and helpfully into the Amer
lean tradition
ut may interest modern youth" the
Oakland Tribune suggests, Ito learn
that this man, who was United
States Senator and an author OF dis
was q plowboy at IL years.
AT IA he was working on railroad
and at Is he was a logger and a
teamster. Out of those experiences
and the poverty which forced them
upon him he learned the value of an
education and determined to win one
for himself" The Lansing State Jour-
lal reviews his work, with the con-
,lusion that he made himself master
II subjects with which he dealt in the
Senate. In this he was in contrast 10
he men around hirn.s I.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Chevy Chase Circle
Should Be Improved
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
This is to thank you for your edi-
torial, "a Neglected Opportunity, re-
ferring to Chevy Chase Circle and its
possibilities as an adornment to the
community.
The Chevy Chase News has repeat
edly called attention to the deplorable
conditions existing in our circle. and
urged that curbing, landscaping and
other improvements be made. The
influence of your great paper brought
into action on the subject will, we
hope, assist us now to achieve some
of the things desired.
At present the circle is playground
and q parking place for automobiles
and busses. The citizens of Chevy
Chase have recently invested over
$4,000 in a playground situated
about three blocks from the circle.
therefore no loss would be inflicted If
your proposal to landscape and other
wise improve the circle were adopted.
May / respectfully suggest further
publicity in the matttr, and this pub
lication, as we'll as the Citizens AS
sociation of Chevy Chase, D. c., will
do all that it can toward the desired
achievement. FRED s. LINCOLN,
Editor Chevy Chase News.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
The Backwaters.

A condition prevails in the south
ern stretch Of the Mississippi outlet
that gives rise to serious alarm for
the safety Of New Orleans. The river
has broken it's bounds in many places
far above that city, and the southern
tributaries have likewise spread out
into the adjacent lowlands. Enormous
quantities of water have been thus
distributed over great areas, tenn
porarily relieving the channels. These
waters must reach the sea. A small
percentage may be evaporated or alb
sorbed by the soil, but otherwise the
food must return to the lower chan
mel and thence get TO the Gulf. The
question now Is whether the return
how into the river above New Orleans
will carry the crest above the levees
there.
The crest Of the food, which is still
above New Orleans, is advancing at
the rate OF about thirty-flve miles a
day. Were there no waters beyond
the levees it would be possible to COM
pute the height Of the stream when
the maximum has reached the city.
But, with the great lakes that have
been suddenly formed by levee breaks
still to be drained, no close reckoning
of the maximum flow is possible.
These escaped waters, now flooding
the country on both sides of the Mis-
sissippi and its southern tributaries
cannot go back into the channels
until the main stream levels have
fallen below those Of the flooded areas
The natural courses cannot care for
Z Them. The slope Of the land is gently
seuthward. and thus there is a con
Evening star., 1927-05-06
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Berlin Zeitung declares disappoint-
ment will follow the entente's
drunken fit of rejoicing" over
America as a real factor in the war.
Former Austrian Ambassa-
dor to the United States says Presi-
dent Wilson alone drove this country
to take up arms. Estimated
that 100000 clerks will be needed in
Washington to carry on Government
war plans. Rear Admiral
Sims represents this country at inn
portant war conference of allies held
in Paris during past few days.
Two hundred thousand men, all be-
yond draft age, declare their willing
ness to follow former President Roose.
welt to France If War Department
permits raising of volunteer army
corps.