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Flood Control Cost
Resented by Residents

Continued from First Page9
any stretch of the imagination CON
ceive of the Government undertaking
so colossal protective project as
flood control for the specific benefit of
the lower valley. without the districts
so benefited paying some little proper.
ton Of the cost.
President Coolidge apparently has
satisfied himself that the valley can
find a way TO work out its financial
problems, with the help Of the Farm
Loan Board. the special flood emer-
gency credit corporations organized by
Secretary Hoover. and with the CO
operation Of private banking interests.
No one is more optimistic over the
economic horizon down i'm the delta
than Secretary IIooVer-and his sum
mer-long first hand observations Of
conditions at their worst have not i'm
paired this vision,
The Commerce Secretary, no doubt,
will hear the rumblings of uneasiness
that come with floods and privation
when he makes his present tour of the
valley, but il is a safe guess that by
the time he leaves much of the faith
and optimism so manifest after tho
flood will have returned.
The valley residents are pinning
their hopes for future prosperity and
for Justice at the hands ot the Nation
to Uncle Sam-and to many of the
flood refugees Uncle Sam is none
other than Herbert Hoover, himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Breaking Lamp 3ulbs
Dangerous in Mines

Electric miners lamps make for
greater safety in mines while they are
whole. but they may become sources
of grave danger when accidentally
broken. The possibility of explosions
Of the dreaded firedamp, caused by
the glow of the exposed tungsten fila
ment, is pointed out by the British
Safety in Mines Research Board.
1t was found that tungsten tilament
burns at a temperature of about 800
degrees centrigrade. When bulb
was broken the heated wire oxidiZed
very rapidly until the ignition tenn
perature Of the wire was reached. IT
then burned for a very small space of
time with n bright flame.
This fame was capable of lighting
I mixture containing methane TO an
extent Of not more than II per cent.
1t is methane which when mixed with
air forms the deadly firedamp. a
platinum wire of not more than on"
millimeter in diameter fused without
igniting such a mixture.
1t is therefore advised that all
lamps should he provided with an au
tomato circuit breaker which would
be operated by the breaking of the
glass,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Political Study of
Andrew Johnson

THE Century Magazine, in it's
November and December issues.
carries a political study of Andrew
Johnson by the Washington novelist.
Marguerite Spalding Gerry. BY vir-
tue of its honest intent. it's research
and the clear quality of scholarship
projecting it. the study is receiving
good deal of attention. Latterly We
are coming to learn, through just
such efforts as the one made by Mrs
Gerry, the truth about one and an
other of the men who are counted as
of historic proportions. Rumor and
hearsay and the slamours of time are
giving way to the modern facilities
for digging the truth of history out
from its misleading and harmful over
layin2s. Here is a study definitely
shaped upon this wholesome re-surVeN
of history in the interests of authen
ITCHY. Let me quote. in part. some Of
the things that are heing said about
these two articles on Andrew johnson:
IN the course of time we NAV get
our history Strengthened out. These
busy btographers are telling us thar
the record. rs we have conued it, is
tull of kinks and misrepresentation
and they have gone TO great pains to
untangle it for us. There has been
much of dehunking in these new
representations. 50 an article that
seeks TO do belated Justice to some
man who has held Il di%credired po-
sition in our history may be deemed
altogether novel and challenging. The
Century Magazine carries such an ar
ticle, by Marguerite s. Gerry, dealinc
with Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's suc-
cessor in the White House, the target
Of as bitter criticism as has ever bcen
lodged against q President of the
United States.
The popular appraisement of Pres
dent johnson has ranked him in our
polltlcal history as an erratiC weak
Ing. Mrs. Gerry asserts in her study
that he was. instead. a man OF the
Lincoln mold and the most unfortu-
nate figure in American history. ijc
was the victim Of the unreasoninc
prejudice of the Civil War period chi
of persecution that was due % rs
efforts to carry out the policies 81
Lincoln toward the South. So mUc'I
tor comment on an article that iu-
vites 10 personal study, both for its
own substance and purpose I'm hoEaf
OF historic truth. and fcT its source
~ well in n novelist turned. fur he
time being. into political essaNist for
4 leading magazine. /. G.. NJ.
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81.
other Of group oil VultureS OF o'ne'
large BIRDS. ....,..,.. :.
Now Mr.. Moore Is I'r. ~ ,'t'i,s IA
ilthoeiaphN, ana ln'iuoru ia '''S NOV W
ing are HthoEraptS "' '',e l-l,'ool'i
Memorial ~. John ; 1nulC,l "I," otls
or TWO oIh'F aTttl',e't "''' TH'JJ' -
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- ~ "a, Nt,,sa,,,,, If t-ino Arts
So, a,d l54a, i, pa,.is ana in Italv'
a. ~ Ssn Eranrisco exnnsition he
,,acoi,,od bronze medal His nor
t,,sjt of GOV curtis Child is in
The Rostor Statehouse. \ figure
-, ,..-,,,+;,,.- - ,ftc,t,,,,a'' h,.
Mr. Recchia is on the Boston Museum
facade. and in the Mus.ane d'Armee,
Galler.ie Foch. Paris, is his Red Cross
panel
The present example Of his work is
strongly and simply modelled and at
the same time an excellent likeness
This portrait is something more than
a mask; there IS a spirit back of the
features. in modelling which the Sculp-
tor has recorded Observation-Disclosures
according To his own reading.
Mr.. Andrew is n Harvard man. and
during Tafts admnistra ton was an
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
under Air MacNeaeh. During the war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE PLAYBOOK SERIES-THF,
PLAYBOOk OF ROBIN HOOD.
Text by Susan Meriwether. Illus
trations by Esther Peck. New
York: Harper Il Bros.
TOMMY TINGLE-TANGLE. BY
Sarah Addington. Illustrated by
Gertrude Alice Kay. Joliet: The
r. +, Nolland Co.
FATHER TAXES Us TO NEW
YORK. BY Grace Humphrey.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing
THE STORY OF THE GATHERINGS.
BY Grace Humphrey, author of
The Story of the Williams" etc.
Illustrated by Hattie Longstreet
Price. Philadelphia; The Penn
Publishing Co.
THE ROWNTREE CHRONICLES
THE OVERLAND TRAIL; a Tale
of 40 and the Great Gold Rush
Across the Plains as Told by Daniel
FROST, Who Had His Own Wild
Part in it, to Reginald Wright
Kaufman, author Of "Seventy-SiX."
etc. Philadelphia; The Penn Pub
fishing Go.
THE GATEWAY TO AMERICAN
iiIS IOINI ny tNdIltbtEjH u. AUbfnS.
Illustrated by reproductions of the
work of the Old masters of art.
Boston: Little, Brown Il Go.
THE WEAVER OF THE FROST. BY
Ken NakaZawa. Illustrated by :.
Mizuno. New York: Harper &
Bros.
THE KEMBLE' EDITION OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINN. BY Mark
Twain. Containing the One Hun
dred and Seventy Illustra.
tons Drawn by +. w. Kemble for
the First Edition Issued in 1884.
New York. Harper e Bros.
UNKNOWN TO HISTORY. BY Char
lotte Nj. Yonge. illustrated by
Clara NJ. Burd. New York: Har-
per Bros.
MOPSA THE FAIRY. BY Jean Inge.
low. illustrated by Dorothy II.
Lathrop. New York: Harper &
Bros
THE NURSERY SERTES-A DAY
WITH BETTY ANNE; Small
Stories FOR Small Children and for
Their Mothers. BY Dorothy W
Baruch. New York: Harper &
Bros
a PATRIOT LAD OF OLD CAPE
COD. BY Russell Gordon Carter.
author of Red Gilbert Stories
etc. illustrated by Henry PITT.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publish
ing Co.
HIGH JINKS RANCH BY Louis,
PIatt Hauck. Illustrated by Harol
SNYDER. Philadelphia; The Pen
Publishing Co.
GILMAN or BEDFORD: A story of
Boston and Harvard College on thu
Eve OF the Revolutionary War
1770l775. By William Stcarns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Prisoners Thrive Outdoors.

Sunshine and Open-air work are
the best and most advisable in the
treatment of prisoners. believe admin
istrators of Swedish prisons. In the
near future the obligatory one-year
confinement i'm cells for those under
sentences Of 20 years or more will
he reduced to months. 1t IL not
always wholesome for prisoners TO
he alone with their thoughts. the au-
thorities say, and often cases OF
psyrhical depression result i'm physical
ruin. Sweden also has found prison
farms practicable ami their number
will be increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
The Life and Letters of Woodrow Wson-New Novels and
Volume on Architecture - Interiors of
Virginia Homes

Davis. New York; The Macmillan
Co.
THE STORY or VASCO DA CANA
BY Sara Ware Bassett, author Of
The Story of Columbus" Illus.
trated by Max Schwartz. Phil.
delphia: The Penn Publishing Go.
TIE COCK AND THE HEN: 4 Czech
oSlOvak Folk Tale. Translated from
the Native Tongue by Rat d. Sza.
latnay. Illustrated by Rudolf
Mates Second edition. New York
Harper II Bros.
THE UNCLE WIGGILY BOOK. Rv
Howard K. CARTS, author Of Tam
of the Fire Cave" etc. Illustrated
by Lang Campbell. New YSrk; u
Appleton & Co.
\ LITTLE MAID or VERMONT. BY
Alice Turner Curtis. author OF The
Little Maid Historical Books" etc
illustrated by Grace NorCrOs>
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing
Co,
1 LIVE IN \ CITY. BY James s. Tin.
petit, the Lincoln School of Teach.
ers College Columbia Universltv.
illustrated by Elizabeth Tyler Wo'-
colt. New York: Harper & Bros.
LOUIE MAUDE AND THE MARY
ANN. BY sherman Griffith. author
Of Lefty Books" etc. Illustra ted
by Nora Sweeney. Philadelphia
The Penn Publishing Co.
IN THE HILLS OF GALILEE; Sto-
ries Of the Time OF Christ nv
Louis Tucker. Illustrated by Edna
r. Potter. Indianapolis Bobbs-
Merrill Cb
/ THE BLCSH1Nj; CAMEL BY Kent
Curtis. New York ID. Appleton &
Co
/ AFTER SCHOOL; A Story of Patriot
ism. BY Laurie York Erskine, au.
/ thor Of "Renfrew Rides Again" etc.
I New York: d. Appleton 4 Co.
THE GLORY OF PEGGY HARRI.
| SON BY Hartford Powell, ir., and
Russell Gordon Carter. Illustrated
by Ada G. Williamson. Philadel
| phia; The Penn Publishing Co.
JIMMY. JOHN AND JUNIOR HOME
AGAIN BY Joseph Chase. author
of The Happy House Books" II
/ Illustrated by William Bailey. Phila.
delptia: The Penn Publishing Co.
TIE SONG BOOK OF THE AMERI-
CAN SPIRIT. Collected by kath.
crime StanleyBrOwn Illustrated by
| Rudolph Stanley Brown. New York
Harper & Bros.
A YANKEE GIRL AT HAMPTON
ROADS. BY Alice Turner Curtis,
author Of The Yankee Girl Series,
etc. Illustrated by Nora Sweeney.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing
Co.
THE BROTHER BEARS AND
OTHER STORIES. BY Anna Will
liams Arnett. Illustrated by Llid-
wig and Regina. Chicago: Beekley.
Cardy Co.
/ SNUG THE PUP; The Story of a Real
Dog. BY Feza NJ. Reynolds Chi
CagO Beckley-Cardy Co.
ANIMAL PETS; From Near and Far.
y Book of True Stories. BY Anna
BogenhOm Sloane. Illustrated by
Marie o Hara. Chicago: Beckley-
Cardy Co.
CHRISTIANITY. PAST AND PRES
ENT. BY Charles Guignebert. Pro
fessor of the History of Christian
ity, University of Paris. New York.
The Macmillan Co.
AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION. BY
Henry w. Taft author of coca
sional Papers and Addresses of an
American Lawyer" etc. New YOrN.
The Macmillan Co.
THE CHURCH AND THE RUS.
SIAN REVOLUTION. By Matthew
Spinka, PHI. D.. Chicago Theolog
cal Seminary. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
JUGGLER'S KISS. BY Manuel Kom-
rolf. New York Boni & Liveright.
STEEP ASCENT. BY Jean starr I'm
termeyer. New York: The Mae
milan Co.
THE CRIME AT RED TOWERS. By
Chester X. steele. New York; Ed
ward j. Clode, Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
By LEILA MECHLIN.

A ENCOURAGEMENT Is made 10
n day by the president of th'
Il Corcoran Gallery Of Arr
4 \ Charles c. Glover, that Mrs
William A. Clark Of New
York, the widow of the former United
States Senator from Montana, has DO
mated To the Corcoran Gallery or Art
the sum Of Sl00 900 10 he invested a.
a permanent trust fund, the income
Of which shall he used Tor the pur-
pose Of defraying the expenses lnci'
dent to the organization OF the blen
niaI exhibitions Of contemporary Amer
ican paintings held by the Cor
roran Gallery. Should any surplus
remain when these expenses are met,
il NAV he expended. AT the discretion
Of the trustees, for the purchase Of
works of art by American artists Tor
ahe permanent collection.
This is indeed \ generous and hen
eficent gift As il l.. the entire eN-
penSe of these important biennial OK
7libitions Of American art-the prize
awards. the cost Of assembling and a
purchase fund-hss now been parma
nentlv provided by combined trust
funds created by the tate Senator
Clark and Mrs. Clark. The latter was
moved TO create this additional trust
fund of 800 ,000 through desire to
have part in this enterprise in which
her husband took such deep and gem
7line interest. Thus this series Of eX-
Eihitions henceforth will stand not
only as A memorial to Senator Clark,
nut as a Joint contribution from the
Senator and his wife FOR the advance
ment OF American art and the encour-
a-ement of American artists.
TIE Corcoran Gallery OF Art held
its first biennial exhibition about -
years ago. Under ordinary conditions
the eleventh in the series would I've
held this season. presumably, since
the date was changed last time, in the
Spring. hut as the trustees of the Cor
roran Gallery expect TO formally open
the w. A Clark collection in the
newly erected wing az that time 1t has
been deemed advisable by them 10
postpone this exhibition of cotem-
Dorary American art until the follow
ing Autumn. This would mean re-
turn to the original time at which the
exhibition was held. and better time
than the Spring. many are inclined 10
believe. coming. under these circum-
stances. at the first. rather than the
Inst. Of the season. when interest Is
fresh rather than tagged, and when
also for the encoura cement of the
artists. buying is a little bit more &C
tive than later
The wings which will house the
W. A. Clark collection and additional
collections Of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art are now practically complete. or
will be in a month or six weeks time,
so that the installation Of exhibits
will soon begin. The time which has
elapsed since the arrival of the Clark
collection at the Corcoran Gallery and
the present has been occupied i'm go
ing over the exhibits carefully study
ing them and cataloguing them,
work of considerable magnitude and
importance.
An excellent idea of the extent and
quality of the Clark collection was
given in an article by Mr.. Glover,
president of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art. published in last Sundays Star,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Old Dutch Windmills
Rapidly Disappearing

Hollands famous windmills are
doomed to disappear If actual steps
are not taken to preserve the char
acteristic feature of the Dutch land
scape. The Society for the Prcser-
walton of the Dutch Mills reports
that Of 1904 windmills in 1923 no
fewer than ] .626 have been demol-
ished. being replaced by electric farm
machinery. Dutch lovers OF the old
mills. however. have been encouraged
in their efforts TO save what few
remain by the interest Americans
have taken. The NetherlandAme
can Chamber Of Commerce has re-
reived letters from Americans asking
for designs of a typical Dutch mill,
with the object of duplicating them
"A the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Largest Floating Dock.

A floating dock with a lifting capa.
city OF $1,000 tons and said to be the
largest ever constructed, will be towed
from Newcastle-on.Tyne England, to
Singapore during 1928. a distance OF
about 10 900 miles, 1t is to he used at
the British naval base in the latter
city.
When completed the dock will con.
tain more than 10000 tons Of steel and
there will he more than 3 500, 600 rivets
~ the structure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

hut to be fully appreciated this col
lection must be seen.
Certainly to the public spirit and
generosity OF the late Senator Nll-
liam A. Clark and Mrs. Clark the
Washington public is and will be per-
petually indebted.
X < <
A n interesting small exhibition OF
etchings and Autographs by Ben
son q. Moore of this city is now on
view in the cases in the upper a.rium
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art.
Mr.. Moore is n Washingtonian and
is 10 a great extent self-taught. lie
was early brought into association
with works of art through his father :
connection with the establishment OF
the late V. G.. Fisher and later in the
possession Of a small gallery Of his
own As a very young man, however.
Mr.. Moore entered the mechanical en-
craving business. in which. as a half
tone engraver. he rose TO eXceptiona
skill and prominence. Drawing, paint
ing. etching and now photography
have been his play work, his recre-
alton. He began some years ago
painting landscapes. and his work
work very soon found admission and
welcome in the local exhibitions. lie
is a member. and one Of the strongest
members. Of the Washington Lana
scape Club His pictures, invariably
painted from nature. are sincere, col
orful, significant, with not little
poetic quality.
He has, however, attained even
greater success in his etchings, which
have been purchased for some of the
leading public collections. He began
by etching architectural subjects
street scenes, scenes on the loca
wharves and in outlying districts OF
the city. but he has specialized of late
I'm etchings of animals and birds
which he has rendered with great
nicely.
Quite a number of these subjects
are included in his present exhibition
Not only are these works scientifically
correct and artisticallY rendered, bu
they indicate on the part of the arts
a sense OF the decorative. Their sub
iects are 50 rendered as TO make ex
cellent design. Some of the etching
are In color. and among these perhaps
one OF a group Of foxes is most pleas
ing. But his etchings in black ant
white have colorful suggestion. on
recalls with special interest and salts
Saction one Of Alaskan bears, an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
New Bible Version
Stirs Much Criticism

Martin Buber, Jewish apostle of old
fashioned monothoism, is carrying out,
together with committee of learned
men. new translation of the Old Ties.
lament, incidentally causing some con
troversy. Buber asserts that in his
translation the true meaning of the
Old Testament writer's is made clear
for the first time. Ills critics declare
that if tn, writings of the fathers are
really no clearer than Buber's trans
lation, then they did not know what
they meant. Typical is the sentence
in which the messenger OF the Lord
tells Hagar that she shall have a son.
In Buber's translation it reads: He
shall be a wild-ass man. He
sits in the face of ali his brothers. ="
And critics wonder whether Buber' s
Bible will not sit in the face of most
of his readers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

has considerable scope in the adapta-
ton of technique to interpretation
and the resulting prints may have the
delicacy of silver point the lnclslNe
character of drypoint or any one or
a variety Of qualities. 1t is apparent
to even casual observation that the
qua litv Of the prints in this exhibition
is predominant ngly high.
Despitc it's limitations, Photography
is a medium wonderfully suited 10
capturing the outward appearance OF
scenes. persons and objects, as these
British prints manifest. occasionally
one will find print that seems 10
utter mood as well, as in the pholo,
! graph of castle on mn, sllhouetteo
against a storm swept sky. There is
drauatic quality of an unusual sort
! in Prof K. Coppitz's figure study OF a
! nude and three dark.robcd women, and
essential pictorial charm i'm the we'll
! wondered subject of "FiShing Boats
! Leaving Venice" by James Mckis-
( sack.
/ The exhibition will continue on view
/ throughout this month and Will well
repay a visit
( THE Art Promoters Club announces
an exhibition Of paintings of
Welsh and English countryside sub
iects. as well as subjects about Wash
iucton. ard one or two portraits by
Mrs. Constance \. Groom, an Eng
lsh artist. now on view in the clubs
studio, 1909 Twentieth street. Mrs,
Groom studied at the WoVerhampton
Art school. in England. and has exc
cuted several notable commissions.
She is spending the Winter in Wash
! ington and is painting a portrait OF
| Nine Josephine G.. de Lagnel for the
| Art Promoters Club. Mrs. Groom and
Nine. de Lagnel will he the guests OF
the club this afternoon. The public Is
! invited.
| A COLLECTION OF water colors by
! "A Col. II. Il. r. Donne of England
| can now be seen at the Pyne.Welles
| shop, 1929 Connecticut avenue.
I Col. Donne is an officer of the Brit.
! ish army. and his water colors have
! been his holiday work. For this rea-
son perhaps they have been painted
I chiefly in Switzerland and on the
Italian lakes They charmingly record
he beauty of these most lovely re-
sorts.
! An exhibition Of Col. Dunne's water
colors was held at the COrcoran Gal
Iery of Art some years ago and proved
SO popular that practically all Of the
works we're sold, a second collection