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Evening star., 1927-05-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

the whole world of moods, although
often enough it is one of the most
foolish, too.
Enthusiasms are for the moment
the whole of the moment They are
the moment.
Maybe this may be made clear by
instancing the two high school boys
going along the street. They are dis
cussing their classes, their, lessons,
their knowledge.
To the listener, who left his high
school and college days behind him
several years ago. their conversation
seems decidedly trivial until he recalls
that this-this--is their life in the
present, this their conversation, this
their interest, just as the interest of
the business man is in business, of
the musician in music. of the pro-
fessional golfer in his golf.
Where ones treasure is. there his
heart is Also" says the Good Book.
Where one is interested, there will his
mind and heart play together. Shake.
speare summed up the various inter-
ests of mankind, although in a some
what cynical fashion, in his famous
Seven ages of man." Alexander Pope
did much the same thing in a still
more cynical way in enc Of the books
OF his Essay on Man."
In the preschool age the interest
and enthusiasm lies in scooters,
velocipedes, the first playmates; in
the grades they lie in various Sub
jects." broadened social contacts,
sports; in high school. in larger con.
facts, in knowledge and society, to-
eether with increased scope of sports,
and so on; in college, in an intensified.
ton Of the same, coupled with an in
creasing maturity and the necessity
for thinking of making a living; in
after life, in that making living"
primarily. with it's relaxation in the
form of luncheon clubs. and so on.
Throughout life, enthusiasm is the
thing.
We returned, let us say, to the old
Bozo pipe.
1t was as sweet as a nut.
The first puff, and we felt a sneak
ing suspicion that Freddy was right
At the second puff. the suspicion
grew to near-certainty.
At the third, it became certainty.
At the fourth. conviction.
During this cycle. our 7etermina-
tion to make full res ution to
Freddy for the injury we had done
him was growing by leaps and
bounds.
Finally, it leaps into print, here
and now, and we feel better, and we
hope Freely does. What difference
does it make If Freddy never read
the article, and had no idea that We
had censured his taste in pipes?
Truth is greater than Freddy, or
ourself.
AS we smoke the fragrant Bozo,
stuffed with Bozo mixture, we glance
admiringly at the grain Of the briar.
Yes, it is trifle heavy, but that
Is because it is the real thing. This
bowl despite that salesman Is gen.
uine briar. and there is no putty in it.
This great pipe makes tobacco taste
like tobacco.
Hereafter. we will not be lured
away; and If we want information
about pipes. we will present ourself
before that repository of all pipe
knowledge. Freddy, and humbly crave
audience.
So be it,
Evening star., 1927-05-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

there now. One will enter Yale next
year. and the two youngest sons are
at Grotton, ''prepping" for New Haven.
*.*.* u
President Coolidge has just told a
delegation Of Porto Ricans that he
wants their island country to become
an English speaking community as
rapidly and thoroughly as possible.
While Porto. Rico is Spanish. in origin,
language, literature and traditions, 1t
is the Presidents opinion that as it is
now under IAN English-speaking gov
ernment," the tongue of Washington
and Lincoln should prevail there. In
the Old World the language question
among subject peoples has more than
once led to bitter and serious contro.
verSy. Germany's fight to crush the
Polish language in the former Prus.
sian province of Poland was one of the
things that kept the Polish independ.
ence movement alive. Imperial Ger.
many's systematic warfare on French
in Alsace-Lorraine played no less a
part in Frances generation Of deter.
mlnation to recover the lost prov.
inceS."
An interesting Washington visitor
is Mgr. Eugene Tisserant, assistant
librarian Of the Vatican at st. Peters,
Rome. He Is in special charge of the
priceless collection Of manuscripts of
the Holy See. Mgr. Tisserant has
come to the United States to acquaint
himself with American library meth
DDS, and Is naturally scrutinizing with
eagerness the inner workings Of the
Library of Congress. He will tour
New York. Chicago and the univer-
stiles of Michigan and Princeton be.
fore returning to Italy later in the
year. The young prelate was a SOL
dier in the fighting ranks of the
French army during .Joffre's first Of
fensive and was severely wounded
While in hospital at Nancy the allied
offensive at the Dardanelles was
launched. and on account of Mgr.
Tisserant's scholarly knowledge of
Oriental languages he was drafted as
soon as possible for active service at
Gallipoli.
Emile Berliner. maker Of the mi
crophone and inventor of the tele
phone transmitter, is celebrating his
10th birthday this week by a profess
sional visit to New York. The veteran
Washington scientists fastest inven.
tion is acoustic tile, whereby hearing
facilities in assembly halls are vastly
improved. Not long ago the New
York Cotton Exchange decided to in.
stall the tiles in the big room where
it's principal transactions are conduct
ed. Berliner has gone to Manhattan
Island to see his unique cOntraptiOn
put in the walls of the Cotton Ex-
change and have it's first try-out.
(COpyright, 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Chicago Daily News holds that "bu.
reaucracy is not fitted to exercise gen.
eral censorship of arts and letters,
and states that ''it is absurd to con-
denim any literary work because Of q
few of its paragraphs or pages" The
Minneapolis Tribune dismisses the
matter with the statement: This
meddling with books by officious busy.
bodie is getting to be a nuisance in
the United S:H-"s. II there We're any
thing to the theory that books 4cor.
rupted people, the self-delegated cen.
sor3 would have to be about. the most
corrupt individuals in the world'<
With friendly attitude toward the
censors. the Worcester Evening Ga.
zette is vigorous in rr ,ntings its
opinion: THE stuff one heafs and
reads about the artness of The De.
cameron and the Arabian NIGHTS in
connection with this Treasury Depart.
ment matter seems a lot like. what
college :oys call drool. The effiores-
cence springs from a basis Of truth,
but - is watered. pruned and trained
by considerations anything but arts.
tic. The imrJr,ers affected are i'm.
porting with only one object. namely,
to sell. A legitimate enough object,
too. it Is, but they have no intention
of indulging in any Improbable rever-
ence for art. 1t does seem
that Godfrey Chaucer and William
Shakespeare constitute but a trif1ing
percentage of the total number of gen.
tlemen and ladies who have conned
The Decameron' and the Nights
t. ese gentlemen and ladies' seem not
to h reacted literarily."
y X II y
mo one who has ever read the
books in question in early life" as
serts the Lexington Leader. "but that
regrets, if he has not cultivated degen-
crate tastes, that he ever saw them.
They mar and stain the mind and
leave behind the scars that last al.
ways pictures upon the wall Of mem.
ory that offend and outrage, and sug-
gestions that rise like foul vapors long
years afterw >rd. 1t may be
that efforts to censor books of the
character of those under discussion,
with the consequent publicity given
their titles, merely tend to spread a
knowledge Of them and induce people
to read them surreptitiously But that
has nothing to do with the main thesis
that there are books called classic
which are essentially bad. which defile
the imagination, which depraye the
taste. and which lower tbs loral
standards of those who read them"
Quoting paper which refers to the
fact that somebody has raised the
question whether Uncle s'am should
permit unexpected additions Of the
Arabian knights to come from
abroad, the st. Paul Dispatch sug-
gests: "An occasional queen, prince
or baron here on a tour is not unac-
ceptable, but the attempt to bring in
800 knights" should be nipped in the
bud. and this goes whether for Ara.
bian knights or Algerian deys in guam
tity shipments. The country is estab-
fishing shipments. The country is
establishing its own index expurga-
torious,' having already created IT'S
index prohibita,' in fulfiliment Of It's
paternalistic duties. and the customs
officers might just as well make
good start by barring unexpected ad-
ditions. for the expected are bad
enough"
Evening star., 1927-05-23

To admit ones mistake in public
Is a rare enough phenomenon, there.
fore we take pardonable pride in pre-.
senting the following statement:
In the recent article in this column
scoring" as the headlines say, the
enthusiastic Freddy for his allegiance
to expensive pipes, we hazarded the
opinion that such pipes were no bet
ter than ones that cost a fifth as
much.
Well. we're all wrong. and we don't
mind admitting it..
Right here. kind reader, t us say
that this Is something rarely seen in
print. Recall. If you can. a. similar
instance of a writer admitting that
he has been wrong.
1t simply isn't done, that is all,
except in This and That.
Yet our respect for the truth and
nothing but the truth is so large and
wholesome that we could not rest
with easy conscience until we had
set Freddy right with the world. or
such portion of it as reads here.
Freddy was right, and we were
wrong.
Freddy knew what he was talking
about. from sheer pipe intuition,
while we. in the mad pride of a years
experimenting, thought we knew, but
did not.
This humble state Of mind on our
part, arose after resmoking. if one
may use such a word, our one speci.
men Of the higher reaches of pipe
making
Please get the picture in mind.
Here we had been faithfully smok-
InS our newest pipe. a lirst-class imi.
tation of the lordly Rozo brand. The
clerk from whom we had purchased it
had cast several and sundry reflection G
upon the Bozo brand.
do you know why they use that
sort Of briar?" he had stated, with
tone Of great scorn. They can't get
this sort of briar."
Before we had left the store, how
ever. H. had assured us that the other
concern was going to make the same
81 It of pipes as BoZo, So
Well. being as wax in the hands Of
a peppy salesman, we bought the
pipe, and by that very act determined
to like it.
We smoked It faithfully. madly: COM
me.lted upon it's light weight spoke
enthusiastically of its lack Of odor
after smoking.
Them pipes" the salesman had
said, referring to the Bozo, "have got
putty put into 'em to fill up the
cracks"
OF course. we knew that was not
so, but he was so convinced, himself,
that he half way convinced US, too.
To be ''sold" on what one is selling
is one of the first rules for ambitious
statesmen, We believe. tAnother. and
none the less important. is do not
knock your competitors" But more
of that later)
X
Anyway. we did our best to convince
ourself that the new pipe was the
equal Of the old one, and went so far
in such conviction as to indite for this
column several remarks about the SUI
periority of common sense over mere
enthusiasm.
Personally, il it interests any one to
know it. we have the highest respect
for enthusiasm.
Enthusias sm, IL you will listen to US,
is one Of the most beautiful things in
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Robert T, Small.

The sudden death in this city yes.
terday of Robert Toombs Small pro
foundly shocked and deeply grieved
the community. Though not a native
Of Washington, Bobby" Small, as he
was affectionately known, had made
this city his home and the center of
his journalistic work so long that he
had become identified with it. For
some years a member of The Stars
staff, he was beloved by all his asso-
ciates of this newspaper organization.
He went from that duty to broader
field, and gained a wide reputation as
one of the most accomplished men in
American journalism. He covered
Evening star., 1927-05-23
An UNPARALLELED Feat.

One OF the most amazing things
about "the greatest individual triumph
in history" is the uncanny accuracy
with which Charles Lindbergh guided
his small ship over thirty-six hundred
miles of land and sea with only
compass to direct him. To laymen
and airmen alike it is a. marvellous
feat Of navigation. AS an illustration
of the manner in which fellow avia.
tors regard this unparalleled exhibit
astonished question of Sir Alan Cob
ham, world-famous flyer, when he
met Lindbergh. do you mean to tell
me, my boy, that you flew from
New York to Paris with only com.
pass? 1t is the greatest thing ever
heard off,
&. Lindbergh, with characteristic mod
esty. depreciates this amazing ex.
ample of navigation skill, the skill
which enabled him to strike unerring-
ly for Newfoundland after leaving
New York, to fly in the dead of night
through wind, sleet and rain and to
hit Ireland squarely the next day,
within three miles OF the theoretic.
point at which he had planned, and
to dart from there again at night
over the English Channel and over a
strange country to the landing field
at lie Bourget.
When it Is realized that in all at
tempts and plans. to span the Atlantic
navigator, sitting beside the pilot,
has been considered a necessity, the
true nature Of Lindberglf's feat
stands out. In the ill-fated and world
mourned flight of Nungesser and Coli
the latter was taken along solely to
keep the plane on it's course by sex.
tant, by compass and by'an elaborate
array of instruments. AS in Comdr.
Byrd's flight over the North Pole,
in his soon-to-be-attempted European
trip navigation by every known
means will play a conspicuous part.
In the now abandoned Wright-Bel.
lanca flight 1t was announced early
that either Chamberlin or Acosta
would have to be dropped to make
room for a navigator with his array
Of instruments and his ability to guide
the ship. Yet one lad of twenty-five
years old starts out to do what no
other has attempted, and as unerr
ingly as bird lands safely thirty-six
hundred miles away. His simple ex.
PLANTATION is, '"The weight Of naviga.
tor would have cut down my gasoline,
and so I just took along compass"
Lindbergh is known as Lucky"
but this is a deceiving nickname. The
sportsman by his skill makes his own
luck, and If he has luck he deserves
every bit of it. With two stops, one
at st. Louis, Mo-, and one at New
York. he has f1own--and here again 1t
may be stressed by compass alone
from San Diego, Calf, to Paris,
France, a distance of something more
than six thousand miles in approx
mately fifty-fve hours in the air.
Luck alone. could not make possible
such a feat Skill, courage and dar-
ing and incidentally luck are needed.
And Lindbergh has them all to a
superlatiye degree.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Lewis Joins Group
"Telling the Churches''
From the Milwaukee Journal.

FROM the milwaukee, journal.
John l.. Lewis, head of the United
Mine Workers, is the latest authority
to take his turn at the game of tell
I'M the churches where they get off -"
In letter to the Federal Council Of
Churches of Christ he declared that
the troubles in the bituminous coal in
dustry could be settled only by the
industry itself. That is an opinion
Mr.. Lewis is entitled to hold. just as
he is entitled to answer any sugges-
ton from any source he does not
think helpful. But to resent efforts of
Christian churches, to say that this is
none of their business. is pretty thick.
For the fashion has been to assail
t. churches, and not without some
good show of reason, for doing moth
ing about great abuses that were
moral questions. They were attacked
for not finding out more quickly
where they stood on the war. For
years they have been under constant
attack from labor for Indifference to
social conditions. Men went to church
on Sunday and took heavy toll from
the mills on Monday. it was said.
But let the churches start some.
thing real, and they get it from all
directions. When the Interchurch
on conditions in the steel industry,
financial support was cut off sharp
Men, themselves churchmen. said the
report was not practical" They said
1t had been proved inaccurate, and all
their sycophants shouted applause.
But it had not been shown untrue.
And it was not long after that report,
for all the withdrawing of support and
collapse Of the Interchurch Movement,
that the steel industry made revolu.
tionary changes which it had been
saying were impossible. But the
churches had stepped out to do some
thing for social reform. and they
caught it hot and heavy from men of
wealth and power who wanted to pen
them up again to fine moral utter
apces.
A. i now they catch it again from
the other side-NIr. Lewis side. All
right, then. let's hear no more of the
churches failure to stand for social
betterment; no more of the jibes from
politicians of the labor-agitator order
that the church tries to make work
men content and humble under inius-
tice. No fair-minded person can ask
to have it both ways
The church, we suppose, has the
mission Of giving men an ideal for the
individual spirit. If men presently
find that they cannot keep easy con-
sciences while listening to abstrac-
tions on Sunday and seeing the old
rule of grab prevail and enmesh them
on Monday. that is to their credit. If
in application the churches make mis-
takes, that is what every one does.
But for once that there is real
mistake" you are likely to find
Vryh hA oh ntrn
condemned for getting too close to the
truth
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Suggests War Debts
Be Paid as Obligation
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
There has long been a great pother
over war debts. Perhaps the nations
could simplify matters If they would
| regard one another as individual men.
and pay their debts as honest men pay
debts. C'Put them in fear, o Lord; that
the nation may know themselves to
be but menu When an honest man
owes money, he pays it if he can. If
he cannot pay, he goes to his creditor,
explains his inability to pay and asks
for an extension of time. A sensible,
merciful creditor will grant the re.
quest If he Is assured that his debtor
is honest, for he knows that an honest
debtors conscience has more power
over the debtor to force him to pay
his debts than any threat Of law could
have
Who is the real loser in a dishonest
transaction? Certainly the defrauder,
and not the defrauded. The one who
is defrauded has only the loss of his
money to lament and possibly some er-
ror of judgment or gullibility on his
part. But the defrauder has trans
gressed the divine law Of justice, and
whether he be sensible of his trans.
gression at the time, or not, some day
it will come home to his conscience.
have in mind a wealthy pioneer
business man who did not press his
debtors. Somehow he did not lose by
his forbearance. Some of the nations
owe us money. If they are honest, they
will pay, and they will want to pay. If
they cannot pay now, and can prove
that they cannot pay, let us not press
them unduly. II they can pay, and
won't pay. they, and not ourselves,
will be the losers in the long run. But
let us not cancel these debts. A can.
collation. would free the nations from
the onus of their duty to pay their
debts. or at least it would confuse and
obscure the ethical issue at stake. Let
the debts stand as a moral touchstone
of the nations. Our forbearance will
lose us nothing. America, at least,
must keep in mind Solomon's words:
righteousness exalteth a nation; but
sin is reproach to any people"
CHARLES HOOPER, .
Evening star., 1927-05-23
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today
MAY 90, 1917.

MAY S5, 1871.
Secretary Lansing denies passports
to Socialist delegates to Stockholm
convention and warns Americans to
take no part in the Peace Conclave.
. War taxation BILL passed in
House by vote of 329 to 76, levies
about $1,S57 ,OOO, 900 year in direct
taxes. King George receives
American base hospital unit at Buck
ingham Palace as pioneer American
American destroy
ers helping materially to cut down
German U-boat toll. Arrival
of Joffre and Viviani i'm France is first
fntimation they had left this country
President calls Senate con-
ferees on Espionage bill to White
House to urge congressional agree
ment on censorship without further
delay. Two-hour conference
later in day proves fruitless.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Quotations from Henry Ford are to
the effect that a superdreadnaught
could be built for million dollars,
including all kinds of facilities for the
distribution Of explosives. This kind
of talk is calculated to emphasize the
failure of the peace ship expedition in
which Rosika Schwimmer was so
prominent. Peace needs not only the
word of persuasion, but certain note
of authority.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Is Smith Crowding the Mourners

From the New York Herald Tribune.
NORFOLK, Va, April so Especially
"Al Smith for President" buttons have
made their appearance in Norfolk and
other sections OF Virginia and North
and South Carolina. Many persons are
wearing them. The first man In Nor.
folk to wear one was W. w. Burfoot.
a. retired real estate broker and life.
long Democrat.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

A '"sham battle would be a great
relief to the. mind IL there were any
assurance that a real battle would fol.
low the pattern it lays down with any
degree Of respect. .,.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

The entire country is enthusiastic
about aviation. The publicity regard
ing new possibilities should be valu.
able. Having set the airship pace
both in invention and application,
America should take care to maintain
air supremacy under all conditions.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

A great deal of preliminary advice
was disregarded by Lindbergh. Ger
trude Eberle refused to take sage ath-
letic counsel. The successful contend
er knows his powers. measures condi-
tions by his own intelligence and then
goes to it.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Not Pr0phesying.

DO you claim to be political
prophet"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
II feel pretty sure. that I will be re.
elected, but I don't want to risk ere.
ating bad impression by Dragging"
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Boccaccio liz forbidden circulat ton,
though his works are rated among the
classics. Yet the current dialect Of
the night club is on sale at every
newsstand.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
No Room for Doubt.

From the Boston Herald.
The medical authority who says that
many Of the worlds ills are traceable
to poor health might have added that
much of the worlds lumber is trace
able to tree&
Evening star., 1927-05-23

When Charles E. Hughes says he is
too old. for political demonstration
the statement cannot fail to appeal to
Chauncey NJ. Depew's sense Of humor.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Langley understood the principle of
flying, but invention had not yet pro-
vided the mechanism. Were he alive
today he would be another Of the
idols OF the hour. ..
Evening star., 1927-05-23

1t Is probable that the Mississippi
River would be as impervious to a
congressional investigation as many
human individuals have proved.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Lindbergh showed the world how
to make the big fight. America will
be fortunate If she can utilize the
knowledge as an exclusive national
advantage. -..-- ....... -.-.. ,...
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Uncle Sans Idle Ships.

From the Boston Transcript,
President Coolidge tells the Ship.
ping Board that we already have
more than a sufficient number of
cargo carriers as idle as painted ship
upon a painted ocean.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Crap experts have habit Of intrud.
ing on excursions. It is almost i'm.
possible to enjoy, a shad bake without
being annoyed by tho bones.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Depressing Discussion.

They tell Of how the war was lost.
That, f1ght--most men regret it.
Why not just settle up the cost.
And then seek to forget it?
Evening star., 1927-05-23
Member OF the Associated Press.

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Evening star., 1927-05-23
Thrill OF Travel.

ThfIII OF TFaVeI.
II never went buggy.riding with a
young man." said grandmamma.
"And I'm not going motoring" an
swered Miss. Cayenne. Anybody who
wants me for, travel companion will
have to produce an airplane.''