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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Mexico City that aid for the Nicaragu.
an rebels under Sacasa has not come
from Mexico. The new orders hurry.
ing 1000 more Marines to Rear Ad-
miral Julian Latimer's command In
Nicaraguan waters are the direct re-
suit of the failure Of the factions to
agree to peace.
The United States has a particular
interest In Nicaragua--thec canal route.
At a cost of SO, 0OO, 900 it has purchased
q perpetual option on that route from
Nicaragua. Many Americans have In
vestments in Nicaragua and many
Americans are engaged In business
there. They did not acquire these in
terests or go to Nicaragua in viola
ton of the laws of Nicaragua, but In
conformity with those laws. II the
United States is determined to protect
these Americans, and the lives and
property of the nationals OF other
countries now in Nicaragua. it is be-
cause the Nicaraguan government Is
unable to give such protection in &C
cordance with international law.
Critics of the administrations policy
in Nicaragua might do we'll to con-
slider what would be the result OF the
of Nicaragua to a period
of revolution and anarchy. They
might do we'll to consider, too, the re-
suit of abandoning the Central Ameri-
can republic to the influence OF
Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN d. d, LII. d.
Bishop of Washington

tian disciplehood rather than the oph-
cations. An occasional attendance
upon q church service or the conVen-
lent recognition of religious duty IN
the exercise Of personal religious nap-
its is too frequently set forward as
satisfying all the demands which the
Great Master laid upon men. glited
preacher recently said: The reason
why Christianity no longer makes ap-
peal to men is that they are TOO pros
porous. They have greeted new
god, Comfort, and they are so con-
cerned with worshiping him that they
have no time for the God OF their
fathers" The preacher went on 10
say that the modern American ideal
of life seemed to be to put comfort
able baby in a comfortable GRIP, TO De
watched over by a comfortable nurse
until 1t was able to go to comfort
able school, then to send 1t to com
Portable college, where com1ortaple
teachers would see that 1t dld not
work too hard; to find its way INTO a
comfortable profession, marry Wl1e
with a comfortable fortune; to spend
twenty or thirty comfortable years,
and then to pass through comfort
able opiate to a comfortable grave.
We cannot believe that comfort
able gospel of this type will make any
appeal to the virile youth of our DAY
Chesterton Is right when he says
that christianity has not been tried
and found wanting; it has been tried
and found difficult" The message OF
the church has been too largely an
appeal to the emotional. 1t has en-
phasized too largely passive religious
habit and has been too ready to over
look the weaknesses and foibles or
those who essayed the role OF Chris
tan discipleship. If, as has been Wen
said, the only source of the church
power is the vision of the uplifted Son
of God upon the cross" then we need
to be solemnly reminded that the cross
with it's uplifted Savior is the symbol
of supreme sacrifice. The cross has
lost none of its appealing power; 1t
still focuses the vision of mankind.
He who hung thereon declared. IF
any man will come after Me, let him
deny himself, take up his cross daily
and follow Me-" Such a declaration
makes it's appeal not to that which is
weak and insipid but to that which is
strong and fine in our nature. 1t is
growing increasingly clear that If the
Christian Church is to affect in large
way the present age, it must once
again present to the world a Divine
Master who lays His calm upon that
which Is noblest and finest in life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

of-the-road driver is conspicuous on
every highway in the District. He IL .
menace to traffic from the potential &C.
cident standpoint and he clogs the
even flow of travel. Many Of this type
OF driver refuse to give way for an
overtaking car, thus forcing the motor
list behind them onto the wrong side
of the street.
IL IS to relieve this condition that
the proposal for right or left side pass.
ing was taken under consideration by
the traffic Office. Both Mr.. Eldridge
and Col. Moller have expressed them.
selves as favorable to the plan and
Will in all probability recommend its
adoption to the Commissioners. 1t Is
necessary. even now, to pass on the
right on certain occasions, but due to
the regulation against this practice
in Washington 1t is confusing and
dangerous.
Little change would be required in
the habits of Neutrality-suspicious. to make
successful the two.way plan here.
Those who insisted in hogging the cen
ter of the street would merely have
TO be consistent in their manner of
driving, because veering to right or
left, or webbing" as 1t is known in
traffic parlance, would be fatal.
In the cities where this plan has
worked satisfactorily it has not only
resulted in the maximum use of avail
able street space. but has made park.
ers more cautious when they pull out
from the curb into the traffic stream
and pedestrians wary in stepping into
the street from behind parked automo-
biles. 1t cannot be denied that these
are two phases of the traffic problem
which should be treated with the i'm
portance they deserve.
With all of Washington's wide
streets used to their fullest advantage,
and a new era of carefulness on the
part of all motorists and pedestrians
necessarily inaugurated by the new
system. it would appear that the Ma
tional Capital would be vastly bene-
fitted by tearing a leaf from the traf-
tic ledger of the larger cities. Two.way
passing is certainly worth trial here
and it is evident that with conditions
daily becoming more congested there
Is no time like the present to adopt
this measure of relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Lafayette Square Environment.

The proposition to buy the John
Hay house, on Sixteenth street at
Lafayette Square, as the site Of a
branch public library, a memorial to
the Presidents. is a definite move in
the vigorous fight which public-spir-
tied and broad-visioned commissions
and individuals are making to save
the environment of Lafayette Square
from skyscraper commercial disflgure.
ment. 1t is highly desirable that the
National Government should get con-
troll of this site and hold II until an
artistic and impressive public build
Ing can be erected upon it.
Very clearly. however. the PROPOSE
ton is not public library project. or
part of or in harmony with the
library's own five-year program Of
library extension. That program con-
templates through regular expendi.
lures. accompanied by rigid economy
In the utilization of free or cheap
library space, to spread a system of
bhSl TIC llISltiCIs 80 LIldl
in five years the library service will
be brought conveniently to the doors
of the people, both i'm the residential
and business sections. The total ap-
preparation suggested in connection
with the acquisition and library use
of the Hay site is one million dollars.
IF this purchase were made with ma
tional money as memorial to the
Presidents and it's use for library pur-
poses was then donated to the Dis.
trict, the transaction would not inter
fere hurtfully with the five-year pro-
gram. But If the money came from
District revenue and was charged as
public library expenditure, the
transaction would show a lack of the
sense of due proportion. For the mil
lion dollars to be devoted to a single
branch and to the service of q limited
area would go far to finance the whole
hve.year program, and to bring the
library service conveniently near to
the residents of the whole District.
The safest and best way to avoid
the architectural evil which is threat
ened would be for the public-spirited
men of means who are SO wholesome.
ly and helpfully active in protecting
Washington as the "City Beautiful
to contribute to purchase this site
and to hold it until the National Gov
eminent will be in position to erect a
suitable public building upon it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Washington's Appreciation.

Organized Washington, which is al.
most unitedly fighting for District
national representation. owes a debt
of gratitude to Senator Wesley l..
Jones and the Senate District commit
tee for reporting favorably from that
committee the joint resolution submit.
ting our national representation cor.
stitutionaI amendment Washington
recognizes this debt and pays it in
hearty thanks and grateful apprecia-
ton.
This approval by one of the strong
est Of the Senate committees, reaf.
hrming similar action by the same
committee in a preceding Congress,
ought to cut through and dissipate the
fog of misundersta nding which some
times obscures the intent and effect
Of the proposed legislation. and should
cause the special bugaboos, which in
imagination threaten, to vanish into
thin air.
Next December the combined civic
organizations of Washington will
make a vigorous fight at hearings be
fore the Senate Judiciary committee
in promotion of the cause; and will
also hope confidently, with or without
a. new hearing, for a favorable report
from the House judiciary committee
The AmericaniZation of the Wash
ingtonian is absolutely certain at some
time in the future unless meanwhile
principles is subverted, or our repre-
sentative form of government is over
turned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

An amazing letter, written by Eman-
uel Swedenborg. famed theologician
and scientist, somewhere between 1912
and IT'S. or more than 200 years ago,
and recently published. shows that
Swedenborg dreamed dreams of some
of the greatest inventions of the later
centuries. Writing from Paris to his
brother-in-law, Eric Benzelius. Swe-
denborg said:
II have the following mechanical
contrivances:
THE construction of a sort of ship
in which q man can go below the sur
face Of the sea, and do great damage
to the fleet of an enemy.
"A new form of siphon. by which a
large quantity of water may be raised
from any river to more lofty situa.
tons in short time.
ION lifting weights of water, by
means Of this siphon, with greater
ease than by the mechanical powers.
"On constructing sluices in places
where there is no fall of water, by
means of which great ships. with their
cargoeS, may be raised to any height
within an hour or two.
"A machine driven by fire, for pump.
ing water, and lifting at FORCES, where
the water has no fall.
"A bridge which can be opened and
shut.
New machines for condensing and
exhausting air by means of water
Also a new pump, acting by water and
mercury, without any siphon.
"a new construction of air gun. by
which thousand balls may be dis.
charged through one tube in a mo-
ment.
"a universal musical instrument by
means of which the most inexperi
enced musician can execute all kinds
of modulations which are found in no
tation.
Likewise a mechanical chariot con
tanning all kinds of tools, which are
set in motion by the movement OF
horses, a flying chariot, or the posi-
bility of floating in the air and NOV.
ing through it.
"A method of discovering the de
sires and affections of the minds OF
men by analysis"
Thus 200 and more years ago there
existed the germ idea of the subma
rine, hydraulic power, the steam en-
CINE, floating docks and canal locks,
the drawbridge, compressed air, the
machine gun. the airplane and the ul
tra-modern science of psychoanalysis
A writer in the New Church Mes
senger, published by the Sweden
borgian Church. aptiy says:
Nearly all of these ideas were borr
too early to be of much practical use
t. la,v h. 90
engine and the internal combustion
engine had been invented and per
fected the steam engine was already
being experimental with Hiram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
HEATING YOUR HOUSE

The gas heater is compact, simple
and, it is claimed, foolproof- 1t has
no moving parts except for the ther-
mostatic and safety controls operating
the gas supply valve. Gas is supplied
by the line pressure, and the proper
mixture with air is accomplished by
aspiratory action, so that electrically
driven pumps or blowers are elimi
mated. There is no storage of the
fuel, such as is necessary in the case
of either oil or coal, and fuel sup
ply Is always ON hand. The dirty old
coal bin is done away with. as well
as the manual labor of shoveling coal
and getting rid of the ashes. Oil. of
course, likewise has that advantage
as fuel.
All that it is necessary to do to
operate a gas heater is to wind
clock every eight days and pay your
gas bill once d month. The thermo-
stat does the rest. 1t may be set SO
that any required temperature will be
maintained all the time, or 1t may be
set for one temperature at night and
another during the day. and when il
comes to dependability it has the bes'
furnace man who ever lived backed
off the job. 1t Is never late, sick or
overturned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SHIFTING THE EMPHASIS.

Other foundation can no man
tdI than that 1chich Is laid, tUhtch
Us Jesus Christi Corinthians,
HILL
Inc Christian Church Of every name
Is being compelled today to re-evaluate
Its methods, systems and organiza.
lions. To merely ask the question
Whether our Christian institutions are
really proving adequate and effective
to meet twentieth century needs is to
answer it in the negative. 1t will
hardly be gainsaid that the primary
business of the Christian Church is to
preach and exemplify the whole gospel
OF Christ. That this gospel has to do
with every human concern and inter.
est Is clearly obvious. The mission of
Jesus was to the whole man. He did
not come simply to assure men of an
immortal existence. He came to lift
the whole level Of life here and now
and to enrich and ennoble it. He
dealt with bodies as well as souls. His
message was bold one and made it's
appeal to the heroic element in man.
He did not preach a comfortable Cos
pei" but one that called for self-disci.
pline, self-cOntrol and self.sacrifice
lie did not seek to apply palliatives or
sedatives to the Ills of mankind He
saw sin destroying the divine image in
human life; He saw it in all it's gross
ness and enormity and He sought to
Danish it by calling men to a new
standard of living. Every great
prophet that has followed in His train
has dared to challenge the sins and
follies of his age. Strange as it may
seem, it has been prophets of this sort
who have been the most compelling
and irresistible. They have demanded
not only the whole-hearted belief in
the sovereignty and saviorhood of
Christ, but they have called upon their
followers to accept a habit and prac-
tice of life that involved real personal
inconvenience and sacrifice. True, it
has it's satisfactions-its deep and last
ing satisfactions-and a peace indie
scribably great. The foundation of
such life was grounded in devotion
to Him who declared. "He that loseth
his life shall find It,"
Christian faith in our day and gen.
Grafton has been too largely set before
men as the mere acceptance of some
form of belief. Salvation has rested
too largely in saying something rather
than being something. The emphasis
has been upon the privileges of Chris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
YOUR CHILD
in SCHOOL
By Dr.. Frank ". Ballou,
Superintendent of Schools. Washington.
d. c.
First Grade Methods.

The first grade Is really a momen-
tous stage of child's school career.
For great many of them. it Is the be.
ginning of the years spent in the class
room. Even for those children who
| have attended kindergarten, the first
grade represents transitional stage
from a life of play, though 1t is organ
lied and directed by the kindergarten
teacher, to round of duty which be-
character.
The kindergarten period is an intro
ductory one. Children who have had
kindergarten training come with def
mite social habits of adjustment to
other children. They come with abil-
ity to handle materials, with powers
to concentrate In a way not possible
for the child who lacks this training.
1t would be fine thing If every child
could attend kindergarten, but since
all do not, the first grade must adjust
It's training to both the children who
have had kindergarten training and
the children who have not.
The teacher of the first grade plans
to bring children in contact with the
community activities that are of vital
interest to them-the milkman, the
dairy, the farm, the sources of the
food that they are urged to take to
help build stronger boys and girls.
Where such trips are possible, they
are taken to the zoo, and the interest
In the animals there utilized in all
work In the classroom. The policeman,
the fireman, are to them interesting
members Of the community in which
they live. and they learn something Of
the lnterdependence of people in the
community. In a modern progress
sive first grade the manipulative in
stnct-the desire to make things
which has been fostered in the kim
dergarten is carried on, but in the
nrst grade the work begins to show
more purpose, more skill and the re-
suit OF a developing ability to plan
| and to make.
reaching methods also are different
as the child begins the work of the
grades. Actual class work. such as
would be conducted in later grades.
has been found impracticable in the
flfst grade. The tasks assigned in the
| nfst grade are quite similar to those
given in the kindergarten. The un-
! DERIVING idea that Is never lost sight
or Is that the child is being introduced
to new and different phase of his
life. He Is called upon to begin ex
: ercising type of self-control that is
| far from easy. To produce the great
est benefits, the methods of training
at this period of the child's life dictate
that nothing must be assigned that
! is unduly difficult nor requiring too
| constant attention.
| In the first grade the child knocks
at a new door--a door that opens for
| him many vistas both beautiful and
| interesting. This door is the art of
reading Ask any little child entering
the first grade, "Why do you go to
| SCHOOL," His reply will be, II go to
school to learn to read" Formerly
the child in the first grade was called
upon to learn the alphabet or to
manipulate sounds to form words. In
the first grades of today, the reading
| is based on the child's own interests
| and activities.
(Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SHOOTING STARS.
by pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Our Congressman.

Our Congressman.
Our Congressman Ia wondrous wise
In many worldly ways.
He knows what measures to advise
And whom to blame or praise.
His head Is great; and yet his hands
Create a happy bunch.
We must admire the way no lands
A timely Right.Hand Punch.
Our Congressman will do his part
In following campaigns.
He has a strong and willing heart
And also feet and brains.
Though prohibition may curtail
The beverage at lunch,
Enthusiasm cannot fail
For his stout. Right-Hand Punch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Two-Way Passing Endorsed.

movement to permit two-way passing
of automobiles in the National Capital
The latest Endorsement has come in the
shape of a letter to Commissioner
Dougherty from Gen. Anton Stephan,
president of the Merchants and Manu-.
facturers' Association, who points out
the manifold advantages of following
the traffic plan used in such cities as
New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Washingtonians are wastefui of
street space The slow moving center
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Russian Communists have issued an
appeal for aid to American miners
when a new agreement is discussed.
The miners of Russia have for many
years been having sufficient trouble
to afford full opportunity to test out
methods of regulating relationships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

There is a disposition in Nicaragua
to welcome the idea of American in
PREVENTION. Amy struggle is likely to
reach a point where everybody liz
ready to welcome q firm, unbiased
umpire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Aimee proves at least that It is pos.
sible to start a great sensation without
a background Of homicide. with incl
dental dialogue by detectives and
alienists. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Holding an Audience.

"You didn't say anything about poll
tics in your recent speech"
"A first.rate politician" answered
Senator Sorghum. "shows his greatest
ability in keeping an audience inter-
ested while he talks about something
else.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Some new surprises are looked for
from Henry Ford. Nothing he can
ever bring to attention can surprise
the observant world 80 much as Henry
Ford himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Maxim. Thomas Edison and the
Wright brothers must have been
under the necessity OF looking for
fresh worlds to conquer. In the alb
sence of cheap mechanical power
most of Swedenborg's inventions fell
like seed upon the wayside. Except
FOR the use of mercury in n pump all
of them appear to have fallen into
oblivion: and nearly all OF them we're
discovered and put to use In modern
times"
If Congress carries out It's an
nounced intention of putting immigra-
ton from Mexico on a quota basis,
such as is applied against Europe.
some loophole will have to be provided
to take care of the political refugees
who flock across the border from time
to time. Southern California. Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas long have
been the happy hunting ground. the
refuge of persons accused of political
crimes below the Rio Grande. No
matter how bitterly he may have as
sailed the gringoes of the North, the
moment a general or a near-general
gets in bad with the powers that be
In the Southern republic he hurries
across the meandering boundary river
and considers himself safe ana souno
on the bosom of Uncle Sam.
That he is not so alfred safe. how
ever. has been proved in several re-
cent instances around FL Paso, where
men claiming to be representatives or
the Mexican government have boldly
kidnapped various persons and taken
them back over the border. Offers to
buy off the kidnapers with gold have
failed.
eve don't want your money" they
u v.f this wh0-
we assure you, will be given q fair
trial.
Most Mexicans along the border
know what this means-a trial
against an adobe wall. handkerchief
over the eyes, the volley of q firing
squad.
There have been so many stories OF
recent kidnapping cases along the Dor
der that the intervention OF the Fed
eral Government has been suggested.
though the persons concerned in the
"disappearances' have been Mexican
citizens.
The State of Texas is looking for
modern ST. Patrick. it wants to get
rid of it's rattlesnakes. Various
schemes have been proposed, including
poison gas attacks on the lairs of the
reptiles, but ii is generally recognized
| that individual hunting is the best
means of all, with clubs, hoes and
guns. The snakes seem to thrive in
| the cactus-covered regions Of the
State. A bill now has been intro
duced in the Legislature proposing
bounty of SO cents for each snake
killed. Whether or not this generous
offer will accomplish the desired result
remains to be seen. Most people would
give more than so cents to keep out OF
sight of RATHER.
copyright. 1927
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Some rather unpleasant topics are
perpetuated in attention, owing to a
tendency to proiong the scandal rather
than shut off the publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Billion Quite Ample.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Henry Ford may have two billion
dollars, but a single billion would be
regarded by most of us as amply suf-
iicient to keep the wolf erom iA1 ,s-~-s.>