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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

tional conclave of 1920 are fadeless
and make them long to return to San
Francisco.
Baroness de Cartier, wife Of the re-
firing Belgian Ambassador in Wash
ington, is an American. The other day
she told Mr.. Houghton, the United
States Ambassador to Great Britain,
to which country Baron de Cartier has
Just been transferred of her ambition
to create "a second American embassy
in London" The baroness, an &C
knowledged helpmate in her distin-
guished husbands diplomatic career,
serves notice upon her Washington
friends that she expects them to feel
themselves entirely at home at the
Belgian embassy on the Thames.
X X X X
At a recent dinner Of the Loyal Le-
gion in Washington, Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson introduced the two speak
ers of the evening with a novel state
ment. They were the highest ranking
officers in the United States Army and
Maj. Gen. Sum-
neral, chief of staff, u. S. A, and
Admiral Eberle, chief of operations,
U. S. N. Col. Thompson called atten-
ton to the fact that both Summerall
and Eberle are sons of Confederate
soldiers. Summerall Is native of
Florida and Eberlee is a Texan.
X X X
Amid the Lindbergh excitement at
Washington during the recent week
end, inadequate attention was paid to
as important an announcement "A has
emanated from the State Department
in many day. The French government
has been informed of the United
States readiness to hold diplomatic
conversations over M. Brands pro-
posal of a Franco-American agree
ment to outlaw war between the two
countries. Evidently Secretary KEEL
logg thought "Lindbergh day" an ideal
moment for promulgating the news.
The State Department communicate
was issued just about the time the
gallant air colonel was delivering, on
the Washington Monument grounds,
the message Of good will which
France asked him to take home with
him.
No man in the world is entitled to
derive bigger satisfaction from inn
pending events at Geneva than Will
liam e. Borah. On June ~, lSZI, the
Senate passed Borah's resolution,
reading as follows:
"That the President is authorized
and requested to invite the govern.
ments of Great Britain and Japan to
send representatives to a conference
which shall be charged with the duty
of promptly entering into an under
standing or agreement by which the
naval expenditures and building pro-
grams of each of said governments, to
wit, the United States, Great Britain
and Japan, shall be substantially re-
duced annually during the next five
years to such an extent and upon
such terms as may be agreed upon,
which understanding or agreement is
to be reported to the respective gov
ernments for approval"
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13

long as real issues between them pre-
sent themselves. party loyalty flows
strongly. When opposing parties differ
little in aims and the issues are re-
duced to the vanishing point, with
only an effort on the part of one group
to climb to power over the backs Of
the other, there is no call for party
loyalty. If the Republican and Demo
cratic parties are to live, they must
be broad enough, strong enough in
principle to take in the farmer and
the city worker, the conservative and
the progressive. Otherwise, they will
fail. The division Of the people into
blocs such as those described by Mr..
Brennan is inimical to tn, country as
a whole. The farmer and the city
dweller are dependent upon each other.
They can never be otherwise. Strict
Of justice to both is the only
safe course for any political party.
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Commercial Flying in America.

Col. Lindbergh's statement about
the status of practical flying in the
United States, in his brief speech Sat
urday night, should awaken keen in
terest on the part of the American
public. He said that he found that
the foreign countries which he visited
are all loud in their praise Of the air
mail service of the United States, the
like of which is lacking in Europe.
But those countries, and others that
he did not visit, have developed COM
mercial passenger services to high
degree, in which the United States is
quite lacking.
This failure of American aviation is
the more surprising in view of the es-
pecially advantageous conditions prev
alent here. The area of the United
States is broad and exceptionally suit
ed to systematic air services. No in
ternational boundaries complicate the
situation. There is here field for
practical development such as can be
found nowhere else in the world. Yet
America lags in this respect, although
as the birthplace of the heavier-than-
air machine it has had reason to go
forward rapidly in the field Of COM
mercial flying.
To the end of developing this utility
Of the air Col. Lindbergh earnestly ad-
vocates the immediate provision of
airports in every American city.
There can be no systematic flying
routes for passenger and light-express
service If starting and landing facili'
ties are lacking. The Government
! maintains a number Of large and well
equipped flying fields, which are avail
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Brennan and the Blocs.

George E. Brennan, genial Demo-
cratic boss of Chicago and national
committeeman for the State of Illinois,
looks darkly upon the state of party
politics. Too many blocs and too little
party unity, according to Mr.. Bren-
nan. During a vacation at French
Lick, where in the past party leaders
have gathered to map their programs,
the Chicago leader, looking into the
future, sees strict party government
abandoned in this country. Economic
and geographical interests are divid-
ing the country along new lines. The
farm bloc, the factory bloc, the finan-
cial bloc, are forgetting party loyalty
in the scramble to improve their own
conditions. The city and the country,
the farmer and the factory worker are
more and more at odds with the pass
ing years, Mr.. Brennan says.
Mr.. Brennan is now and then de-
scribed as an old-time political boss.
His name calls to mind those of Char
ley Murphy of New York and Tom
Taggart of Indiana, and, more recent
ly, William S. Ware Of Pennsylvania.
Can it be that he sees the passing of
the political machine? Scarcely, in
view of the solidarity of the Ware ma
chine in Philadelphia and of Tammany
in New York.
There is a certain amount Of truth
however. in the forecast of Mr.. Bren
nan. The recent record of the Re
publican party, for example, has beer
one of turmoil and dissension. Its
successes at the polls have been due
not 80 much to the strength of the
party as to the weakness Of the op
position. If the Republicans have
been torn between the farm bloc ant
the city bloc, between the East ant
the West, the Democrats have beer
worse torn between liquor and pro
hibition, between Khan and anti-Klan
As long as political parties are bafe'
~On principles Of. government and a.
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PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

The ascetics Of older Gays were, In
many ways, unlovely creatures.
We are not greatly drawn to the
man who leaves the crowd to save his
soul.
We like better the man who is
willing to lose his soul to save the
crowd; and. in the end, the man who
Is thus willing to lose his soul in the
service of the crowd is most likely tc
save his soul, at least he is most
likely to have a soul worth saving.
And yet there is much that the rest
less American can learn from the re
firing ascetic.
1 commend these serene words
from Amiels Journal:
I'VE are too busy, too encountered
too much occupied, too active!
1--WE read too much!
1.-THE one thing needful is to throw
off all ones load of cares, of preoccu
pations, of pedentry, and to become
again young, simple, childlike, living
happily and gratefully in the present
hour. We must know how to put
occupation aside, which does not
mean that we must be idle.
"In an inaction which is meditative
and attentive the wrinkles of the sou
are smoothed away, and the sou
itself spreads. unfolds, and springs
afresh, and, like the trOdden grass OF
the roadside or the bruised leaf of q
plant, repairs its injuries, become,
new, spontaneous, true and original
'Reverie, like the rain of night, re
stores color and force to thought!
which have been blanched and weariet
by the heat Of the day. With gentle
fertilizing power it awakens within u!
~ ell
though in play, gathers round US ma
terials for the future"
The over-busy American needs Il
cultivate that secular worship which
is solitude.
Ali of modern civilization is in con
spiracy against our privacy.
We have all become public charac
ters.
The walls of our houses have be
come glass.
We are goldfish in bowl, swimming
with a nervous and often aimles
swiftness.
Our daily calendars have become 81
crowded that we can rarely edge in al
appointment with ourselves.
We cannot forever wear our soul!
on our sleeves without their takins
on a secondhand appearance.
We must arrange to be alone will
ourselves more and we must maste
the art Of being quiet.
The hectic hurry of our time is no
a mark of strength, but of weakness
The man who is ever rushing about
with never an hour of healing medita
ton, becomes the man of Coltoni
biting little picture:
Like at turnstile, he is in every
body's way, but stops nobody; he talk
a great deal, but says little; looks int,
everything, but sees nothing; and ha
hundred irons in the fire, but yer,
few Of them are hot, and with thes
few that are he burns his fingers"
We must achieve the ascetic's seren
ity without his selfishness. And mos
Of us must find our solitude in thu
| crowd, our silence in the midst O
noise.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Cheering crowds greet Pershing's
arrival in Paris. First time in history
that a soldier wearing the American
uniform has landed on European con-
tinent to wage war. 80 Urgent de-
ficiency bill carrying $3,2S1, 900 900
passes the Senate and goes to Presi-
dent for his signature. So" American
Mission, headed by Elihu Root. and
American Railroad Commission,
headed by John f. Stevens, reach
Petrograd almost simultaneously.
War Department announces that
Gen. Pershing's status is to be that OF
an independent commander, like Field
Marshal Haig, necessarily co-operat-
ing with the French high command
while on French soil. 80" Nation
rushes to subscribe to Liberty loan
as closing time approaches, with some
districts already exceeding their quo
tas. -" Anarchist in New York gets
three-year sentence and $4,000 fine,
with deportation at end of sentence,
for defying draft. 49, Deposed Greek
King, moralizing on loss of throne,
blames entente, and adds that ne
never has had asquare deal from the
America people. New officers;
training camp sets age limit at so. -"
Leyland liner Anglican sunk by Ger
man submarine.
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''F1yin' Fool" Carries
Memories of War

An interesting reaction to the title
bestowed upon Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh by the public comes from men
who served in the World War. In the
current issue of The Post Pest, pub
lished by Alan F. Waite Post 299, of
the American Legion, Yonkers, N. Y,
the following editorial appears:
1.-THE FLYNN FOOL"
"Why not let that title stand? To
the French it may translate awk-
wardly. Remember how queer their
mon xieux' and mon brave
sounded to us? But what a world of
tenderness. or love and respect. it
carried!
1--WE remember a chap who lay in
the hospital in Vittel in the Vosges
Mountains, during the war. He was
badly wounded, nearly done for, going
west. A buddy, also hit, told us of
him. How he had fought and carried
on until he dropped. And with a real
choke in his voice, he ended. He's a
f1ghtin' fool, he is, a fightin' fool"
'Ships we have. Guns we have.
Wealth untold is ours. But when the
jam begins, when the country calls,
give us Lindberghs, give us flynn
FOOLS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Effort to Abstain.
Myriad poets join to chime
Bout Indy.
Frequently the rapid rhyme
Grows windy.
Here's resolution bold.
Since the story has been told,
No more tunes shall I unfold
Bout Indy.
Are there none in fame to rate
With Indy?
Fighters wait to celebrate
A shindy.
Burglars burg and robbers rob.
Killers prompt the same old sob.
Why should we stay on the Job
For Indy?
No more lines let bards expand
Bout Indy.
Sing Of ragtime Nanny" and
"Lucindy."
Yet, there comes a sense Of doubt
AS you grind the measures out,
What is there to talk about
But Indy?
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Problem i'm Wallets Created
By New Size for Paper Money

The problem of the pocketbook is
one which seems chiefly to concern
the public as the United States Gov
eminent announces that inside of a
year the size of paper money will have
begun to be reduced. Beginning with
the one-dollar bill, the substitution will
continue gradually, and for a while
the wallet owner will be obliged to
carry his currency in new and old
sizes, only one of which will fit the
receptacle.
sit has been about % years." recalls
the Youngstown Vindicator, "since the
change was made in coinage under the
Roosevelt administration. The coins
of new design were criticized and the
banks found fault with them because
they could not be stacked like the old
coins, but they won their way to
favor. There may be regrets now
over the slight change in design of
the currency, now believed to be the
most beautiful of all paper money. and
the adoption of the smaller size. The
one thing to cause most satisfaction.
however, is the fact that our currency
is accepted at its face value the world
over, and the new money of smaller
size will buy just as much as ever"
Observing that among the adVan-
tages set forth in making the change
is 1.-The reduction in freight costs for
the shipment of paper money" the
Memphis Commercial Appeal remarks:
This benefit will have no large appeal
to the average man. who cannot COM
prehend such a shipment of paper
money as would entail heavy shipping
costs. Mr.. Average Citizen, however,
may derive some benefit through the
accommodation of the smaller bills in
his already small pocketboot.
What would be appreciated is a move
to make money larger, at least in its
purchasing power"
cit is abundantly and almost tragic
ally true" according to the Nashville
Banner, that a great many Ameri-
cans have experienced great difficulty
in finding money while it was in its
present shape and form, but their
hardship will not be increased along
such lines. Money has also been ire
mendously hard to keep hold of under
existing conditions. but that will be
no better and certainly no worse in
the future under the new PLAN"
AS to the size of the pocketbook.
the Lexington Leader feels that as
lit lasts only about year, the mat
ter will adjust itself shortly" The
Leader. however, concludes that "the
chief concern on the part of most
men and women will be to find
enough of the new bills to line the
inside of any sort of pocketbook,
large or small" The Harrisburg
Telegraph regards the change as "a
wise move; much wiser move than
that which had for it's purpose the
coinage of millions of silver dollars to
replace the paper money. now so
popular. To be sure" continues the
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Telegraph. 'the silver dollar does not
wear out, and so would save the Gov
eminent new issues, but it wears out
everything else that 1t touches. Two
or three of them in a trousers
pocket just about ruin the pocket
in a day or two"
ANY ex-doughboy who has tried TO
carry francs knows what assorted
currency means" protests the New
York World. 1.-THE little notes fall
all over the street; the 1,000-franc
notes are so big that you feel as
though you had come off with n set
of hand-painted paper napkins. When
you try to bundle them all together
it is perfectly hopeless; the only way
to do is to tie your roll in bandanna
handkerchief and carry it on the end
of a stick. And now we, who had
the perfect currency, have gone
French" But the Des Moines Trib-
une- Capital suggests that 1.-THE col
lectors will be cornering the old
large size bills. They will pass out Of
circulation rapidly"
X X ~
Economy to the Government" and
convenience to the public" are seen
by the Elmira Star.Gazette, which
holds that the decision to cut down
the size is a wise one" and the
Watertown Times finds an advantage
IN the fact that 1.-The new size is exc
pected to make counterfeiting more
difficult, as the amateur printer Of
paper money must necessarily be
more accurate in his engraving and
do better job"
As potent reason for the change,
the Great Falls Tribune explains,
the normal increase in the popula-
ton and wealth of this country has
resulted in constantly growing de-
mand for currency, which now
reaches such proportions as to make
the matter of replacement a very
serious problem. The increase in this
demand for currency is, perhaps, best
illustrated by the delivery figures OF
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. In 1917, the bureau delivered
1857, 045 sheets of currency; in 1920,
63,S60,74S sheets: in 1923, III ,955 ,335
sheets; in 1924, 1875, 1881 $40 sheets; in
1928. 206,059, 1858 sheets, and in 1926,
227. 566,949 Sheets"
Further developments in a CONNER
clal way are set forth by the Boston
transcript, with the comment: at is
noteworthy that while the Govern
ment is reducing the size of paper
currency, an organized effort is being
made also to bring about a standard
ization of the size and arrangement
of bank checks, Using the Federal
Reserve banks as a medium, the
Bureau of Standards, the American
Bankers Association and other repre-
sentative groups last March sent
around circulars directing attention
to the advantages of simplified prac-
tice in the matter of checks, notes,
deposit slips and other bank sta
tlonery."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13

HE that doeth evil things, they
shall roll upon him; and he shall not
know whence they have come upon
him."
So says the son Of Sirach, in the
book called "Ecclesiasticus," which is
| not contained in the so-called author
lied version of our Bible.
| We attempted the other day to Gull
some of the good things from this old
| book, written about 200 BIC, accord
| ing to the best authorities, and said in
the previous article that herein would
be found the nearest approach to
humor in biblical literature.
With this slight twist to the corners
Of the mouth went a very shrewd
mind, as shown in the above quota
ton. Although this idea was a ia
| vorite of the ancient Hebrew writer's
| he who wrote "Ecclesiasticus" gave
| it new turn by adding, land they
| shall not know whence they have
| come upon him."
1t is common thing to see per
| sons who have acted meanly to others
| yet are themselves tremendously Of
! Tended when injury comes to them, In
| roundabout way, as the direct re
suit of their own actions.
Usually they are the last persons In
the world to admit what is plain
enough to others, that the chain of
events which they began inevitably
led to what they did not foresee in
relation to themselves.
When it came to loans, he was very
canny.
MANY have reckoned a loan as a
windfall and have given trouble to
those who helped them.
"Till he hath received, he will kiss
a mans hands; and for his neighbor' S
money he will speak submissly; and
when payment is due he will prolong
the time, and return words Of heavi-
ness, and complain of the times"
There is more than the suspicion of
smile there.
"If he prevail, he shall hardly re-
ceive the half, and he will count it
as a windfall; if not, he hath deprived
him of his money, and he hath gotten
him for an enemy without cause; he
will pay him with cursings and rail.
ings, and for honor he will pay him
with disgrace"
Modern realtors, who today praise
the beauty of owning ones home, In
preference to renting, ought to know
that the son of Sirach wrote one of
the best advertisements along this
line ever penned. He said:
1.-THE chief thing for life is water,
and bread, and a garment, and a
house to cover shame.
Better is the life of poor man
under a shelter Of logs then sump-
tuous fare in another mans house.
with little or with much, be we'll
satisfied.
"It is a miserable life to go from
house to house; and where thou art a
sojourner, thou shalt not dare to
open thy mouth.
Thou shalt entertain, and give to
drink, and have no thanks; and be-
sides this thou shalt hear bitter words;
Come hither, thou sojourner, furnish
a table, and if thou hast aught in thy
hand, feed me with it! Go forth, So
journer, from the face Of honor; my
brother is come to be my guest; /
have need of my house."
Such is ever the fate OF the poor
relation"
"These things are grievous to a
man of understanding" says our
writer, 1.-The upbraiding of house-room
and the reproachings of the money
lender"
Healthy sleep, he says, cometh OF
moderate eating.
On the subject of wine, he seems to
have been somewhat divided, so that
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Lauds Flag Program
AS Boosting Respect
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1 think the program Of the United
States Flag Association regarding the
holding of a religious-p patriotic cere-
mony in connection with Capt. Lind
bergh's reception eminently appropri-
ate.
Too much respect to the flag and its
meaning on the one hand, and religion
on the other, cannot be shown by us
Americans, who are intellectually In
debted to God, whose gracious hand
has showered benefits upon us.
... @. II. BUTLER.