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Evening star., 1927-11-03
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

I give you here the self-painted
portrait OF great mind.
Lord Bacon, the sagacity and sweep
of whose mind remain unmatched
even in this time of swiftly mounting
knowledge, is speaking:
For myself l found that I was
htted for nothing so well as for the
STUDY OF Truth: as having a mind
nimble and versatile enough to catch
tha resemblance of things, and at the
same time steady enough to fix and
distinguish their subtler differences;
as being gifted by nature with desire
to seek. patience to doubt, fondness
to mediate, slowness to assert, readi.
ness to reconsider, carefulness to set
IN order; and as being a man that
neither affects what is new nor ad.
mlres what is old, and that hates
every kind of imposture. SO I thought
my nature had a kind of familiarity
with Truth"
If every American would paste this
paragraph over his desk or work.
bench and, for Is minutes each day.
cross-examine himself in the light of
it's phrases, he would find a benefit
far beyond the proverbial benefit ad.
vertised as sure result of Is minutes
a day with the great classics.
AS my eye fell upon this paragraph
found myself asking these questions:
do Irhave this Baconian desire to
seek" or am I smugly satisfied with
what. already know?
Am I prodded by curiosity or
poisoned by contentment?
Do have this Baconian patience
to doubt" or are my doubts merely
quick flippancies?
Are my doubts of old dogmas merely
new dogmas in which my mind rests
or are they adventures in a patient
search for reality back Of the rhetoric
Of ancient assertions?
Do 1 have this Baconian "fondness
to mediate" or do l merely pile into
my mind as so much extra goods the
things l see and hear and read?
Am I capable of sitting down and
thinking about things, without book
or play to titillate my attention?
DO l have this Baconian ''slowness
to assert" or am / Overquick in the
capitalization Of my opinions?
Are my judgments manufactured OF
grown?
DO 1 have this Baconian readiness
to reconsider" or do l feel a vested
interest in my opinions, once / have
stated them?
Am the slave of a merely pride
supported consistency?
I submit this as a helpful exercise
in creative self-examination.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicatel
Evening star., 1927-11-03
Press Comment on Magruder
Reveals Contrast of Opinion

go over the head of his official supe.
rior," and the Union states that "the
only issue, in the official view, is re-
spect for naval regulations" That
the admiral was in error is also main.
tained by the Bluefeld Daily, Tele.
graph independent Repuhiican1s and
the Waterloo Tribune Qndependent
Progressivel
The appeal to the President seems to
the indianapolis News independently
to have been warranted. Consider.
Ing the nature Of the controversy pre-
cipitated by his criticism Of the Navy
and the manner in which he was re.
lieved Of his command without warn
ing." says the News, ''it appears that
Magruder had no choice but to appeal
to the President or to Congress" The
Charlotte Observer independent Dem.
ocratic) remarks that 'It would prove
interesting If 1t should turn out that
the admiral is vindicated on any one
OF the many points involved" and the
Kansas City Post independently recalls
that Admiral Sims and Fighting Bob
Evans often shook up the dry bones,
but both knew what they were about
and won public sympathy" The Post
adds that "even they were prepared to
take the full consequences; the stuff
or which Magruder Is made Is still to
be tested"
"It may be for the good of the serv.
ice, but 1t Is not for the good of public
confidence to have eminent admirals
and generals repeatedly recalled and
reprimanded." declares the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin Republican), and the
st. Louis Times Republican, states:
Washington, in the candid judgment
Of the intelligent average citizen. fell
down woefully in it's effort to discredit
Mitchell. We apprehend that the
Magruder case may have a like re-
suit" The Flint Daily Journal inde-
pendent insists that popular demand
VIII condemn the Government for any
attempt to muzzle or punish honest
critics Of military or naval policy
merely because they wear the uniform
or the United States"
Our belief is that his remarks
ABOUT too, many swivel-chair officers
hanging around Washington hurt
most" AYERS the Little Rock fArk.)
Democrat Oemocratic). and the Mil.
waukee journal independently con.
cludes: ut was the President who
took Summerall by the coat collar and
yanked him back from the Pacific
Coast. The policy of the adnninistra.
zion is to instill the Yes. yes idea In
the Army and Navy. 1t is because he
fits so admirably into that scheme of
things that Mr.. Wilbur is still Secre-
tary."
Evening star., 1927-11-03
The Demand for Coolidge.

COolidge-for-Pr President talk will not
! down, The New York World sought
20 canvass the Republican national
committee in an effort to learn
whether these party leaders believed
the President could and should he
drafted. Replies from forty members
showed eighteen favorable to drafting
Mr.. Coolidge, fourteen accepted the
Presidents II do not choose" state
| ment as taking him out of the pic
ture and eight We're non-committal
Less than half of the total member.
ship Of the committee made reply to
the Worlds query. But it is clear
there is still strong sentiment for the
nomination of the President. and
there have been indications in REF
cent days that this sentiment is grow.
ing stronger.
The Republican party has able men
other than President Coolidge. 1t has
men who could and would fill the
office of Chief Executive both honest
ly and efficiently. Their names have
been brought out for public inspec-
tion. even though, with one excep-
ton, these gentlemen have made no
announcement of their candidacy. To
date. however. none has captured the
ina gination Of the Republican voters,
generally speaking. Hughes. Hoover,
Dawes. Lowden, Curtis, Willis, Nor.
ris. Longworth. all have their friends
and admirers. But none of them has
so far reused a wave of enthusiasm.
One of them may later. Most of the
talk Of presidential candidates is still
confined to the politicians. The poll.
ticians have their favorites. They
have their aversions. They all want
a winner. They have seen Mr.. Cool.
idge carry the country by an enor.
NOUS vote. They believe he can do it
again.
The interest of that Democratic
organ. the New York World, in the
candidacy of President Coolidge may
be open to suspicion. Beware the
Greeks bearing gifts" But the World,
in common with other observers Of
politics, has sensed the demand for
the denomination of Mr.. Coolidge,
which continues in many quarters.
An examination of the replies re.
ceived from the members Of the Re.
publican national committee, in an
swer to the Worlds query, indicates
that the sentiment for the renomina.
tion of the President is more prevalent
in the East and the South. and that in
the West the Republican committee
men and women are more inclined to
accept as final the announcement Of
the President that he does not choose
to run. ..4
This demand for the denomination
Of MIR. Coolidge Is scarcely calculated
to give heart to other potential can.
didates. 1t leaves the President still
dominating the situation Unless he
makes a further statement taking
himself finally out "f the race. this
uncertainty which now prevails may
continue until the opening Of the Re.
publican national convention next
June. On the other hand. IL he makes
no further statement. the demand for
his denomination may so increase In
volume that when the convention
meets no other name will be seriously
considered.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

ing no note Of what was going on.
This officer il the an.ithesis of a good
traffic policeman.
The Police Department should con
luct careful survey of it's traffic con
troll squad. 1t should single out the
men who by their actions demonstrate
L superior fitness for the position. Il
should then take some of these men
and have them act as teachers for
those who appear unable to grasp the
essentials of traffic direction. When
this is done, there will be less nickins
OF Tenders, fewer accidents and less
congestion on the busy streets of
WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKfN.

@. In what year was the world
series last played in four games?-R.
G. III.
A. The world series Of 1914 was
played in four games, the Boston Ma
tionals winning four consecutive VIC
tories from the Philadelphia Ameri.
cans.
@. How did the average size of
artillery ammunition used in the
World War compare with that used in
the Civil War?-T. L.
A. The estimated average size used
in the Civil War was IL pounds; of
that used in the World War. ?5
pounds.
@. When were Jack Dempsey and
Estelle Taylor married?-F. A. w.
A. They were married February g.
1925.
@. When was the Alliance Fran.
caise organized?-C. E. T.
A. 1t was founded in 1902 for the
purpose of encouraging in the United
States and Canada the study and cul.
tivation of the language. literature,
art and history Of France.
Q. Where is the oldest college II.
hrary building in the United States?-
d. r. NJ.
A. The University Of South Caro-.
lima, at Columbia. claims to have the
oldest separate college library building
In America.
Q. What is ecology?-B. T.
A. 1t is a comparatively new branch
OF botany which deals with the rela.
ton of the plant to its environment,
plant associations and plant distribu.
ton.
Q. Who painted the portrait Of the
Iate President Harding for the U. s. S.
Leviathan?-T. B.
"A. Howard Chandler Christy.
.. Is the spring of a phonograph
motor fully wound, but with brake an.
piled, subject to any wear; or would
Its life be prolonged IL permitted to
run down when performing no serv.
ice?-B. A. w.
A. The Bureau of Standards saws
that the spring of a phonograph mo-
tor will last longer il allowed to run
down.
@. Is Eugene ". Debs dead?-F. NJ
A. He died October 20. 1926.
@. What are the English equiva
lents for the perfumes called Fleurs
denial and Chevre- e-Feuille?-E. r.
A. Fleurs-de-Mai is 'lilies of the
valley" while Chevre-Feuille is "hon
eysuckle."
@. When was the first periscopt
made?-W. E. L.
A. The earliest record Of its us,
was on the Federal monitor Usage dur
ing the Red River expedition in 1854
The instrument was devised b,
Thomas Daughty, acting chief Of en-
gineers Of the United States Navy.
@. When was Cumberland Gap dis
covered?-C. D.
A. Daniel Boone discovered thi.
passageway through the mountains Ii
1863 while on hunting trip. Si1
years later he and his companion.
blazed a trail through the gap, which
was afterward known as the Wilder
| ness road, and played an importan
part in the Civil War.
@. How many similes are in Beo
| wulf?-N. p.
A. There are but five.
@. Who is called the architect" o.
modern Italy?-C. E.
A. Camille de Cavour, born 1910
| died 1861, is so called, because a!
Prime Minister of Italy under Kinf
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Victor Emmanuel he was largely re-
sponsible in bringing about the unfit
cation Of the Italian states.
@. What modern notabies are In
cluded in the new Tussaud wax
works?-D. G.
A. Valentino. H. G. Wells and Ra.
sented.
Q. How does one pyramid in a deal
on the stock exchange?-C. V.
A. Pyramiding is the speculative
process OF using the profits on stocka
bought on margin in n rising market
to buy more stock also on margin, and
a similar process in selling on a de.
clining market. -
Q. Is It true that American women
prefer imported shoes to those Of
American make? Does not the United
States lead in the manufacture Of
women's shoes?-T. w.
A. The United States does lead In
the manufacture OF women's shoes,
but the Department Of Commerce re.
ports that during the first half of the
present year 492 ,S97 pairs Of women's
leather shoes were imported. The
principal countries sending them were
CZechOslovakia, Switzerland, United
Kingdom and France, in the order
named.
Q. What is the acreage Of Cen
trail Park, New York City?--E. z.
A. 1t contains $40 acres.
Q. How many home, runs has Babe
Ruth made?-W. f. r.
A. Babe Ruth had made $50 home
runs prior to the 1927 season. He
made so home runs during the 1927
season and 2 home runs during the
world series.
@. How is the word conduit" pro.
nounced?-E. H.
A. 1t is pronounced as IL spelled
''condit."
Q. Is 1t possible that jewelry and
coins were marked I'm Portuguese
more than 1000 years ago?-M. s. F.
A. The records show that there was
a mint for making coins at Ementa
In Portugal established by the Suevic
Goths between the years 430 and 457.
1t Is. therefore, quite possible that
Jewelry and coins of Portugal are
marked with dates Of more than 1000
years ago.
@. How old Is Sherwood Ander.
son?-D. L.
A. He was born in 1876. His first
book was published in 1916.
| Q. When was Christianity intro
duced into Russia?-A. G.. N.
A. 1t was introduced under Vladi-
mir about the end Of the tenth CEN
| tury.
| @. Do greyhounds follow their prey
by scent or by sight?-W. D.
| A. They are remarkable for their
swiftness and keen sight, upon which,
instead of smell. they depend in hunt.
Ing. They are one of the oldest varie-
ties known, being found depicted on
ancient Egyptian monuments.
Stop minute to. think about this
fact. You can ask The Erenin0 Star
| Information Bureau any question Of
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idea introduced into the Hves of the
most intelligent people in the tcorld-
American newspaper readers. It Is Q
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cents In stdmps for return postage.
Get the habit of asking questions. Ad.
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Information Bureau. Frederic j. Has
! Kin director, Washington, d. G.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDFR JOHNSON.


Dreams Come True,
Long ago, in a far.off land.
1 hoped through the dreaming day
For speeding cars to hold full COM
mand
OF the long, mysterious way.
The air was filled with the winged
ships
That sped. as we gazed anew
And we're living now. as time swiftly
slips.
In the land where those dreams
come true.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
THIS AND THAT


! jasmines, but lilacs. fresh In some
long-ago Spring, or hollyhocks, stately
i'm the vivid pictures of childhood
1t makes no difference; Tagore
brings them back again in freshness
and light, and forever brings them
back. upon the reading.
No parent or other person who loves
children but has paused to wonder.
at times. over the play of the little
ones.
Supervised play" may be left to
educators. TagOre gets to the heart
Of playtime-and something more.
"On the seashore of endless worlds
children meet.
1.-The infinite sky Is motionless over
head and the restless water Is bois-
ferrous. On the seashore Of endless
worlds the children meet with shouts
and dances.
'Tney build their houses with sand,
and they play with empty shells.
With withered leaves they weave their
boats and smilingly float them on the
vast deep. Children have their play
on the seashore of worlds.
'They know not how to swim, they
know not how to cast nets. Pearl
fishers dive for pearls, merchants sail
in their ships. while children gather
pebbles and scatter them again. They
seek not for hidden treasure, they
know NOT how fo cact note
"The sea surges up with laughter.
and pale CLEANS the smile of the sea-
beach. Death-dealing waves sing
meaningless ballads to the children.
even like mother while rocking her
baby's cradle. The sea plays with
children. and pale CLEANS the smile of
the sea-beach.
"On the seashore of endless worlds
children meet. Tempest roams in the
painless sky, ships are wrecked in the
trackless water, death is abroad and
children play. On the seashore of
endless worlds is the great meeting
of children"
y
The uncompromising simplicity of
Tagore is no better illustrated than in
the following. with its repetitions and
reiterations taking the place of rhyme
and meter:
when bring you colored toys, my
child understand why there is such
a play of colors in clouds, on water,
and why flowers are painted in tints-
when I give colored toys to you, my
child.
when I sing to make you dance,
l truly know why there is music in
leaves, and why waves send their
chorus of voices to the heart Of the
listening earth-when I sing to make
you dance.
when bring sweet things to your
greedy hands / know why there is
honey in the cup of the flower, and
why fruits are secretly filled with
sweet juice-when I bring sweet
things to your greedy hands.
when kiss your face to make
you smile, my darling, / surely under.
stand what pleasure streams from the
sky in morning light, and what delight
the Summer breeze brings to my body
when / kiss you to make you smile -
Philosophers and scientists may la.
Dor endlessly to explain life-Rabin.
dranath Tagore, a man Of another
land, yet brother to mankind. found a
better explanation in little child.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Dictator" IL the new name for "po.
Btical boss" The man who gains the
title must WELD all the power Of the
ward leader over an immensely ex-
pa nded territory.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Charles Lindbergh has met more
people than any other American citi.
zen. He could be strangely potent
figure in political affairs. II Roosevelt
were alive today, he would no doubt
be an aviator as well as an explorer
and a lion hunter.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

ns the governments concerned were
trying their best to maintain order.
the recent Incidents which were
the work Of irregular bands of undis.
ciplined marauders had little signifi.
canoe. As far as Greek Macedonia
was concerned, the. situation, he said,
was absolutely quiet and normal.
r. ". C,
Evening star., 1927-11-03

What. after al. is literature but the
saving in unforgetable words OF a
rea! thought:
The truth Goes not make something
written notable. any more than clever
ness does, or any one of a dozen other
oualities that might be. named.
The dictionary is truthful. but 1t is
not literature The poems OF kaDln-
dranath Tagore. az contained In Ihe
Crescent Moon" "Gitanjali" and The
Gardener" are literature.
There is that much difference.
Looking over some old books the
other day. we came across these three
slender volumes, issued just before
and at the beginning of the World
War by the Macmillan co.
These contain the English prose
translations which the author made
of his own poems. and which won for
him the Nobel prize.
AS we read here and there in ',rhe
Crescent Moon" memories came.
whispers OF word music and word
odors. word colors and word winds.
which, heard and seen and appreciated
10 years ago, have never been lost
since.
How could one ever forget the fol-
lowing:
Bless this little heart. this white
soul. that has won the kiss of heaven
for our earth.
S.'He loves the light of the sun. he
loves the sight Of his mothers face.
He has not learned to despise the
dust and to banker after god.
CLASP him to your heart and bless
him.
"IIe has come into this land of an
hundred crossroads.
Il know not how he chose you from
the crowd, came to your door, and
grasped your hand to ask his way.
'.He will follow you, laughing and
talking, and not doubt in his heart.
Keep his trust, lead him straight
and bless him.
"Lay your hand on his head, and
pray that though the waves under
meath grow threatening, yet the
breath from above may come and fill
his sails and watt him to the haven
of peace.
Forget him not in your hurry. let
him come to your heart and bless
him."
Childhood's flowers bloom in ones
mind forever after reading:
"Ah, these jasmines, these white
jasmines.
II seem to remember the first day
when filled my hands with these
jasmines, these white jasmines.
Il have loved the sunlight, the sky
and the green earth;
Il have heard the liquid murmur of
the river through the darkness of
midnight;
Autumn sunsets have come to me
at the bend Of road in the lonely
waste, like bride raising her veil to
accept her lover.
Yet my memory is still sweet with
the first white jasmines that held in
my hand when I was a child.
Many a glad day has come in my
life, and l have laughed with merry.
makers on festival nights.
On gray mornings of rain ! have
crooned many an idle song.
Il have worn round my neck the
evening wreath of bakulas woven by
the hand of love.
"Yet my heart Is sweet with the
memory Of the first fresh iasmines
that flled my hands when / was a
child.'
To the reader it may not have been
Evening star., 1927-11-03

The tariff again asserts itself as a
proposition which reaches all the way
from primary elections to interna tional
dipiOmacias
Evening star., 1927-11-03
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Evening star., 1927-11-03

AS an adaptable local statesman
Mayor Walker is now expected to show
that In his heart Coney Island is a
more dazzling resort than the Lido.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Teapot Dome has had so much pub.
licity that realtors may yet consider
the possibility of exploiting 1t.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

The ideal Juror, content to stop
look and iisten," is becoming each
year more difficult to locate.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

In mentioning Gentlemen of the
jury" there may. be some few who are
not even entitled to be referred to as
gents"
Evening star., 1927-11-03

wonderfully weli-unless they die as
bootleg victims.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Detectives may often be found work
ing on both sides of a case.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
Hats i'm the Ring.

-- Hats I'm the Ring.
why don't you throw your hat into
the ring?"
Il have done so." answered Senator
Sorghum. Its buried somewhere in
the heap
Evening star., 1927-11-03

Jud Tunkins says an unhappy man
usually has himself to blame; which
makes him still more unhappy.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
Explanation.

How did you happen to lose in the
beauty contest?"
There wasn't room enough In my
bathing suit for my makeup box"
Evening star., 1927-11-03

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn
ing edition is delivered by carriers within
the city at 80 cents per month: daily only
as cents oer, month. SUNDAYS only. 30 cents
per month Orders may be sent Ivy mail or
telephone Main 5000. CoiiPt tion IL ulaue by
carrier at ENG nf each month.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
Feet az Well as Hands.

l danced and dined one night, until
The dawn arrived anew
So Satan finds some mischief still
For idle feet to do.
Evening star., 1927-11-03
HardsIliDs,

Life proffers us q bitter cup,
Which spoils our simple glee.
We often lock the Jurors up
While prisoners 60 free.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

"Some folks seems light.hearted,"
said Uncle Eben. when deygas only
light minded"
Evening star., 1927-11-03

In an appeal to the multitude
said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown
"a large voice may do wonders with
small thought"
Evening star., 1927-11-03
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"lIe has come into this land of an
hundred crossroads.
II know not how he chose you from
the crowd, came to your door, and
grasped your hand to ask his way.
'.He will follow you, laughing and
talking and not doubt in his heart.
Keep his trust, lead him straight
and bless him.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

"On the seashore of endless worlds
children meet. Tempest roams in the
painless sky, ships are wrecked in the
trackless water, death is abroad and
children play. On the seashore of
endless worlds is the great meeting
of children"
Evening star., 1927-11-03

"The sea surges up with laughter.
and pale CLEANS the smile of the sea-
beach. Deathdealing waves sing
meaningless ballads to the children,
even like a mother while rocking her
baby's cradle. The sea plays with
children. and pale CLEANS the smile of
the sea.beach.
Evening star., 1927-11-03

@. Who is called the architect" Of
modern Italy?-C. E..
A. Camille de Cavour. born 1910,
died 1861, is so called, because as
Prime Minister of Italy under King