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Evening star., 1927-11-04
InVective.

The question Of a proper way to
denounce an evil is always an inter.
esting one. Should one allow the heat
of belief to lead one into using all the
strong words at ones command, or
will restraint in the use of language
get results more eXpeditiously?
Evidently the Baptist Association of
Jacksonville believes heartily in the
former method, for at its forty-hinth
! session at Yulee, Fla, it branded
dance halls as 'incubators Of hell, :"
went on record as describing careless.
ness as ''the gigantic monster from
which all other evils come" and pic.
tured ''moonshine" as 'the damnable
traffic that drags down. degrades and
debauches human souls, uniting
them to live and certainly upfitting
them to die" y
When these resolutions were
adopted, no doubt the good people
present felt a virtuous thrill, but it
Is questionable whether good people
elsewhere, reading about it. managed
to do aught but snicker at the report.
Carelessness is, indeed, a great evil,
but whether the term gigantic mon.
ster" exactly fits is a question with
the careful student of the English
language. Dance halls certainly have
their seamy side-perhaps in Florida
they have several seamy sides-but is
not the phrase 'incubators OF hell g
trif1e unnecessary?
AS for the true evil of "moonshine,"
1t reduced the meeting to the extreme
of declaring, in effect, that the imbiber
thereof is fit neither to live nor to die,
and therefore, one is left to deduce,
must live on forever, state which
many would gladly assume.
Invective, in other words. is not so
forceful as restraint. To say a thing
is an ''evil" is better than to brand 1t
"a crying evil" Just as women, as
they grow older. tend to discard frip-
perry In dress and so in for lines. rich.
ness of material and simplicity. so
users of words come to realize, sooner
or later. that a case for or against
anything Is made stronger by the
choice of plain. simple words, properly
put together.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

sons win eventually be married and
by undertaking that, to them. new
and interesting contract will obtain
the increased tax exemption. At any
rate the representatives OF the pro-
fessional and business women have
given them at least a new reason for
matrimony.
Married men. even though they do
not have children. maintaining homes
and providing for their wives, have
been considered by Congress as en-
titled to a lower tax burden than their
bachelor. brothers and sisters. Just
because the bachelor women or the
bachelor men desire to spend. or even
feel required to spend, all their in
come on themselves does not appeal
as a particularly good reason for
changing the law.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Judiciary system, as amended four or
five years ago. a jury consists of 13
persons. The extra juror is inn
psneled for emergency purposes. He
sits with the other II throughout
case in order that if any one of them
takes Ill, dies or for any other reason
is prevented from continued presence
in the jury box No. 13 can pinch hit.
II the first IL are on duty at the
finish of court proceedings juror No.
IL fades from the picture. though
subject to draft until a verdict is
reached.
Politics took the air for the first
time this week when the Federal
Radio Commission was called upon to
intervene in bitter squabble between
rival radio stations in Iowa. Station
kSCJ. owned by the Sioux CITY
journal. has asked the commission to
assign it a frequency of 1,17O kilo.
cycles, now used by Station KTNT
at Muscatne. Norman Baker. owner
or station explosively lettered
kTNT, enlisted the support of Sen.
ators Brookhart Qowa), Nye North
Dakotal and McMaster (South Da:
kota), all Republican progressives. and
convinced the Radio Commission that
the Sioux City papers demand was
unjustified. "The Muscatine station
broadcasts the progressive thought in
politics. contended Senator Brook.
mart before the radio supreme court,
whereas the Sioux City station
speaks for the reactionary school "
Admiral Bulard and his fellow com.
missioners thereupon voted progress
sive.
The Republic OF Panama celebrate
the twenty-fourth anniversary of its
independence on November 3. and the
event was fitting]y marked in Wash.
lngton by the elevation of her ac-
compl1shed young Minister to the
United States, Senior DR.. Don Ricardo
j. Alfaro, to the vice chairmanship
OF the Pan-American Union. This is
the annual blue ribbon of the Latin
American diplomatic corps in Wash.
ington. The chairma nship goes ex-
off1cio to the American Secretary of
state. DIR. Alfaro recently completed
nVe successive years of service on
the Potomac. His latest achievement
was the negotiation with Secretary
kellogg of the new Panamanian-A Amer.
lean treaty, which Is still the bone of
bitter contention in Panama City.
The Minister, during his 45 years of
life, has been assistant secretary of
foreign affairs in Panama: counselor
OF the Panama legation here, a mem.
Der OF the United States Panama
Joint land commission, and premier
or the Panama cabinet. In his spare
time he has taught history and civil
law In his own country. travelled ex.
tensively abroad and written several
DOCKS. Italy. France, Spain, Perm
ana Venezuela have at different times
bestowed distinguished decorations
upon DR.. Alfaro.
Downright 1927
Evening star., 1927-11-04
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years 40 Today

Three Americans killed, wounded
ana !0 captured in German raid on
American front line position. Pershinr
cables story of loss. German forces
learning of position of the new enemy
from overseas" launched a desperat ! e
dr1Ve to overwhelm them. Heavy
barrage fire isolated a salient of the
American trench and apparently left
a small force of Americans at the
mercy of their enemies. . . MANY
French and British military writer's
have warned the Americans that the
Germans would hurl terrific blows at
them as soon as the news of their To-
cation reached the German side.
Favorite trick Of the Germans when
new troops go into the trenches for
the first time. Berlin reioices
over American prisoners and Germa n
newspapers in humorous manner ex.
tend welcome" to them. y
Diary of German soldier recently cap
tured disclOses that Belgian wome y
and girls are being compelled to build
concrete dugouts under artillery fire.
United States Shipbuilding Ad.
justment Board announces minimum
wage scales for the Pacific Coast ship.
building yards. Decision affects ar
increase of 10 to 80 per cent over the
old scale. based on the cost of living
Evening star., 1927-11-04
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

Man does not live by bread alone.
but also by the myths that abound
in his diet.
And suspect that the endless glori.
fication of life in the country is one
of the myths, which. though 1t al.
fords imaginative escape for many
harassed city men, is essentially
false.
Years ago, heard Frank Nj. Bris-
tol. speaking of the blessings of soli-
tude. contrast city and country as
environments of the human spirit to
the decisive advantage of the coun.
try.
'They say Socrates never cared to
go beyond the bounds of Athens. -
says Mr.. Bristol, land that accounts
for his sour temper. Had he and
Eanthippe gone more frequently into
the country, there would have been
less gossip and scandal about their
domestic infelicities. Dante felt that
he was an exile if out of the streets
of Florence; that accounts for his
melancholy: that's why he wanted to
write about hell. Milton loved old
London, and his greatest poem was
Paradise Lost"
or course, Mr.. Bristol was speaking
lightly here, but | want to question
TINS persistent myth of the country
as place of light and laughter and
leisure in which clear air washes our
spirits clean, the winds from the hills
DloW the cobWebs from our brains.
ana the dewWet daisy stimulates high
and holy thoughts.
L have lived in village Of 1873 in.
habltants; l have lived in America 's
largest city; during the last 20 years
have seen the country sections of
every American State save three, and
l nave just returned from a motor
Jaunt that took me through hundreds
OIL mics of the American countryside.
on thls 1aunt l ate in the country
sept IN the country, met and talked
with hundreds Of folk i'm the country
and tried to think in the country.
Out or all this experience. | venture
the guess that for physical health
intellectual stimulation, spiritual viror
and sheer human happiness the citv
more than holds it's own with the
country
On this motor trip. found myself
constantly contrasting the sights and
Halisiactlons OF the country with the
sisnts ana satisfactiOns of the CITY.
Ihe chlidren l saw along country
roaas ana In farmhouse yards looked
=, oAiN ocSlIleu no napier than
the children OF congested section of
q great city.
have green vegetables in season
ana out Of season in a city apartment.
ate canned good in these country
places.
sleep with open windows and a
rush or air through my bedroom win.
DOW In city apartment; the windows
OF most of the country bedrooms I
earrled IN were stuck from disuse.
have less sense of solitude and
that apartness the soul needs in Pos.
sum Hollow than in New York.
| meet more folk of rich Individual.
Wy IN a week in the city than in a wear
in the country.
Inc logic all leads in the other III.
rect1on; the country should be bet.
yer environment for the human spirit
tnan the city: we are to blame for
the 1act that logic lies here; we have
exhausted our ingenuity in the effort
10 make city life livable: America n
rural life Is an INTENDED garden.
Inc politician will be content to talk
OF rural economics.
life. '''ii'N vi rural
'copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Beauty of Falls
Inspires Writer

To the Editor OF The Star:
AT this season of the year. lust at
sunset, natural conditions render the
unique beauty of Great Falls esne.
clally spectacular. BY risking a dan.
gerous climb over jutting rocks a
point may be reached almost level with
the rapids where it is possible to get
the 1uil effect of the laundering mass
OF chocolate-colored water rushing
down the rocky gorge. and It is fasci.
mating TO watch while the setting sun
changes Its color from brown to deem
PINK. Or. ascending to a higher point
lar out on the rocks. one has the sen.
satlon OF being suspended between the
fast-darkening sky and that stsInen
dous fall of water. Under the strange
hypnotic influence produced bv these
surroundings an almost Irresistible
oesire Is experienced to fling ones self
in-a willing sacrifice to this mighty
power.
Ihe light gradually fades, and at
intervals where ugly black rocks pro.
trude above the cataract filmy fingers
or mist rise and point upward. as If
calling attention to the stars. fast
appearing in the vaulted sLy. AS
the darkness deepens, one of these
eery fingers-the Spirit of the Falls
assumes greater height. becoming so
tall that it finally reaches above the
top of the pine-crested cliffs. In the
speculative mood induced by such
conditions it is but natural to ponder
on what different sights this spirit
must have risen in long-gone years
when it reached upward from its
Watery bed to the wooded heights.
Perhaps it saw groups of duskv
Indians clustered around their camn
fire. smoking the pipe of peace or
dancing their fierce war dance. Per.
chance it was the solitary witness as
some stalwart Hiawatha sat with his
Minnehaha In front of his wigwam
wrapped "in uninterrupted silence
CLARA MANDERSCHIED
Evening star., 1927-11-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

me thrills to my heart like praise.
ut is a game of giving and with,
holding revealing and screening again;
some smiles and some little shyness,
and some sweet, useless struggles.
This love between you and me is
simple as a song.
mo mystery beyond the present: no
striving for the impossible; no shadow
behind the charm; no cropping in the
depths of the dark.
This love between me and you is
simple as song.
I'VE do not stray out of all words
our hands to the void for things be-
yond hope.
"It is enough what we give and we
get.
I'VE have not crushed the joy to the
utmost to wiring from Il the wine of
pain.
This love between you and me is
simple as song
What a relief this is from the murky
sentimentalism Of many novels, from
the oversexed movies. from the Love
Poems" of Laurence Hope.
There is no pale hands I love"
business here, but healthy. honest
emotions, such as any father would
want decent young fellow to have
for his daughter.
The happy love of the maiden finds
expression here:
Tell me if this be all true. my
lover; tell me if this be true.
when these eyes flash their light
ming the dark clouds in your breast
make stormy answer.
us it true that my lips are sweet
like the opening bud Of the first con.
scious love?
do the memories Of vanished
months Of May linger in my limbs?
Does the earth, like a harp, shiver
into songs with the touch of my feet?
rs 1T then true that dewdrops fall
from the eyes Of night when l am
seen, and the morning light is glad
when it wraps my body round?
rs it true, is it true, that your love
Travelled along through the ages and
worlds in search of me?
THAT when you found me at last.
your age-old desire found utter peace
in my gentle speech and my eyes and
lips and flowing hair?
rs it then true that the mystery of
the Infinite is written on this little
forehead of mine?
Tell me, my lover, if all this be
true"
Playful, kindly mockery finds its ex.
preston here:
Reverend sir, forgive this pair of
sinners Spring winds today are blow.
ing IN wild eddies, driving dust and
dead leaves away, and with them your
lessons are lost.
do not say, father, that life is a
vanity.
For we have made truce with
death for once, and only for few
fragrant hours We two have been
made immortal
Even If the Kings army came and
nercely fell upon us we should sadlv
shake our heads and say, Brothers.
you are disturbing us. If you must
nave this noisy game, go and clatter
your arms elsewhere. Since only for
few fleeting moments we have been
made immortals
"If friendly people came and hocked
around us, we should humbly bow to
them and say, This extravagant good
fortune is an embarrassment to us.
Room is scarce in the infinite skv
where we dwell. For in the Spring.
time flowers come In crowds, and the
busy wings of bees jostle each other.
Our little heaven, where dwell only
we two immortals. is too absurdly
narrow -
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Political Game in Tax Plan.

from the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Representative Garner of Texas an.
nounces that it is possible to reduce
FEDERAL tax collections by possibly
SooO,o00.00O without endangering the
surplus or causing deficit. President
coolidge does not agree, nor does the
treasury. The President wants the
reduction kept within reasonable
limits, and officials of the Treasury
believe it should not go further than
$25O.000,00 Mr.. Garner wishes to cut
corporation taxes to II per cent, re.
peal the automobile, amusement, ex.
else and certain nuisance" levies, but
he would retain the estate tax.
:. Possibly this Texas Democrat, who
is the ranking minority member of the
House ways and means committee,
realizes he is asking. for more than 1t
Is possible to give. He wishes, of
course. to get as much credit as is
possible for the Democrats out of the
coming slash in taxes. He may be
able to worry the administration in
the House as Senator Simmons of
N2Eth Carolina issQreparing to Do IN
Evening star., 1927-11-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Golf.
"A man found loneliness complete
When to the links he came.
he sighed, What sorrow here I meet.
do not know the game!
The sky Is blue, the grass is green.
The squirrels there seem tame.
may not wander through the scene.
L cannot play the game.
oh, learn your golf. my son, as YOU
Your scheme of living frame.
For disappointment you are due
Unless you play the game"
Evening star., 1927-11-04

| Proverbs contained a song praising
the good housewife who takes proper
care of her family and her home.
| 1t renamed for a man of the East,
centuries later, to sing the old song
in a new way.
| Rabindranath Tagore, in his volume
of translations from his own Bengali,
1.-The Gardener" first published in this
country by the Macmillans in 1913,
| sang:
| with a glance Of your eyes you
could plunder all the wealth of songs
struck from poets harps. fair woman!
| But for their praise you have no
ear. therefore l come to praise you.
| You could humble at your feet the
proudest heads in the world.
| But it is your loved ones, unknown
| to fame. whom you choose to worship,
therefore l worship you.
"The perfection of your arms would
add glory to kingly splendor with their
touch.
But you use them to sweep away
| the dust and to make clean your hum.
| BILE home, therefore l am filled with
| awe"
There is many a man who has
looked upon the same phenomenon and
has wondered in the same way--it is
, not given to every one to express it
| so simply and we'll.
* X \ X
Tagore's poems appeal to those who
like simplicity and directness in words,
together with certain magic group.
ing which speaks of the inevitable.
The plain truth, that men glorify
women in their own minds, is sancti.
| hed by such a poem as the following:
"Oh, woman, you are not merely
the handiwork Of God, but also of
men; these are ever endoWing you
with beauty from their hearts.
Poets are weaving for you a web
with threads Of golden imagery; paint
ers are giving your form ever new
| immortality.
''The sea gives it's pearls, the mines
their gold, the Summer gardens their
| flowers to deck you. to cover you, to
| make you more precious.
'The desire of mems hearts has
shed it's glory over your youth.
You are half woman and half
dream"
X X X
Readers here who may not have
been acquainted with these poems may
say, "Oh, any one could write So"
An attempt to initiate the style of
| Tagore. however. shortly will convince
them that it is not so easy as it looks.
| One must have something to say.
His prose translatiOns, which still
manage to be poems, contain a certain
number of mannerisms which strike
the superficial reader as being easily
| initiated.
They are.
The result, however. is only an imi.
| tation. not the real thing. Ten years
ago, when the writer here first be.
| came acquainted with these poems. he
tried his hand at limitations. as he sup
poses every other person who ever
| read them has done.
He managed tolerable one whose
| first line he recalls. Il am waif on
| the streets Of life." Yes. that sounds
Tagorian--but it isn't Tagore.
Consider the difference, in the fol.
| lowing poem on true love:
Hands cling to hands and eyes
linger on eyes; thus begins the record
| of our hearts.
ut is the moonlit night of March;
| the sweet smell Of henna Is in the air;
my flute lies on the earth neglected
| and your garland of flowers is unfin.
ished.
This love between you and me is
simple as a song.
Your veil of the saffron color
| makes my eyes drunk.
The jasmine wreath that you wove
Evening star., 1927-11-04

The old Iron Horse" is regarded as
worth preserving under scientific aus.
pices. He is surely worthy of as much
respectful study as the horse, who
ascended step by step from small
animal to the big, patient friend of
the present day.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

A gentleman ana lady marry and
maintain separate apartments. Both
appear to find the arrangement salts.
factory, especially as it makes a little
more publicity that may prove of pro.
fessional advantage.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

the Senate. Mr.. Garner is in the
happy position Of being able to de-
bling himself or his party about a
probable deficit. 1t Is the Republicans
who must take the responsibility IL
the proposed cut Of S250.000. 900 -
doubled.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
II the use for republication OF all news dis
matches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news ;W
Of special disoatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

A visitor to Mussolini finds him
affable in manner but distant. The old
political boss who slapped everybody
on the back is out of date in Europe
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Henry Ford is mentioned as the rich.
est man in the world. This Is an i'm.
portant distinction, one which enables
him to rival Solomon himself.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Pilgrim Fathers celebrated Thanks.
giving with wild turkey. Modern de.
scendants consider wild prices for
poultry.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

A good politician keeps his name
before the public and Is also able,
when an emergency arises, to keep it
out Of the newspapers.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Much of the news about husbands
who do not get on well with their
wives is true, but. after all, not par.
ficularly important.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Reticence.

why don't you get out and talk to
your constituents"
What's the use?" rejoined Senator
Sorghum. Every time / use the radio
I'm afraid l have madeSmyself un.
popular by interrupting a ukulele con.
cert" .
Evening star., 1927-11-04
The Chosen WAY.

From the Providence Journal.
The only way a President of the
United States can get a real vacation
Is by retiring to private life.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

A race horse is like a politician
whose nature it is to run even though
there is little prospect of great ad
vantage to himself.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
An Obstinate Germ.

From the Indianapolis Star.
The sunshine may be great help
In curing some diseases, but it is prac.
tically helpless in overcoming the golf
bug.
Evening star., 1927-11-04

In OIL research the geologists may
become Of less Importance than the
lawyers.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Privacy impossible,

The oyster Is gentle brute.
Sequestered life his taste would suit.
We drag him out in social pride,
On exhibition, stewed or fried.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
DikguiSes.

ut Is becoming difficult to know
your friends
There should be some way" an.
swered Miss Cayenne. Ito prevent q
woman from changing her makeup" !"
Evening star., 1927-11-04
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Evening star., 1927-11-04

Trouble" said Uncle Eben, ''is SO
easy to make dat 1t never brings q
proet 10 nobody. - 4
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Jud Tunkins says a "quitter" Is
usually man who never honestly be.
gan.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
Effectual Regulations.

Effectual Regulations.
This earth keeps going night and
morn,
And we in safety ride.
1t needs no lights or horn to warn
Strange worlds that might collide.
The law of gravitation stops
The threat Of bad or worse.
We do not need the traffic cops
To run the universe.
He who loves the sound Of his own
voice." said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. "is often musician. but seldom
a thinker"
Evening star., 1927-11-04

Colorado has new jury law that
might have saved Uncle Sam oil.
trial money IL it were now on the
statute books Of the District Of Co.
lumbia. Under the States present
Evening star., 1927-11-04
THEODORE W. MOVES. :. Editor
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Evening star., 1927-11-04

@. Does the college for the deaf in
Evening star., 1927-11-04

y. How many of the proverbs were
actually writeen by Solomon?-E. A r
n. According to I Kings, fourth
chapter. And Solomon's wisdom ex.
celled the wisdom of all the children
or the East and he snake
three thousand proverbs and his songs
were one thousand and five"