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Evening star., 1927-09-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES r. TRACEWELL.

The pitiless scrutiny of the bench
show brings physical points into
startling contrast, even as the beauty
! contests do among human beings.
The physical contrast of one dog
with another is what decides the
| judges in their award of ribbons.
| In the home the merits of dog versus
! dog stand out even more. being mostly
| judged according to traits, as they
! show up in the daily conduct of the
! animals.
| fectionate in disposition, more trac-
table. more kind to the children, than
! q somewhat sufly mate.
The latter is veritable dog in the
manser. perhaps. in relation to the
! other, who. therefore, shines all the
more by-Contrast.
To many persons domestic cats seem
! amazingly alike. but to those who ap.
preciate the creatures no two of them
| are alike, either in physical or dispo.
| stional traits.
Compared with the indifferency of
Nipper |. the plain preference Of
| Nipper III for n csrtain person is
striking: and the contrast makes the
recipient of this feline affection all
the more kindly disposed toward the
| latter animal.
If it were not for the blank stare
of the former, which did not seem to
know that any being. human or other
wise. existed. other than himself, the
solemn appeal in the eyes of Nipper
III would not be valued at. it's true
worth.
The expressive COuntenance of old
Jack Spratt. with it's kindly expires.
sion, needed the sly. evil face of Il
stray cat to make it appreciated to it's
fullest.
Absence makes the heart grow
fonder,' said the old song, longing
to he near your side
Many n husband found that out
during the Summer just past, as he
came back to A silent, dusty home,
where the milk bottles were piling up
in the kitchen sink and the refrigera.
tor pan was as likely as not to be
overfiowed.
The contrast of the home, as he was
running 1t, with the way it is when it
has a real manager. is startling proof
of the efficiency of the average wife.
Absence Is contrast of a definite.
tangible sort. that bears fruit OF
a coming home again, and vice versa.
I y
In the larger affairs of life. the les.
son of contrasts is so plain that there
is no need to go into detail.
Sickness makes health the more de.
sirable by mere contrast
Suspicion and i'll will. il met, as they
most assuredly will be, may throw US
all the more into the arms of trust
and good will.
Flippancy and mistaken humor
make one appreciate the more the
calm beauty of gravity and the happi-
ness of good nature.
Living, indeed. makes one know that
true sense of humor. by enabling
one to get the benefit out of life's CON
trasts, small and large. is one of the
greatest gifts given man.
Evening star., 1927-09-20
Rudolph Kaufman.

In the death of Rudolph Kaufman
Washington loses one of its most val
liable citizens. many Washingtonians
lose a beloved friend, and The Star
loses an associate worker with whose
interests it's own were intimately woven
during many years, and who served it
in vital executive capacities with devo-
ton to the highest ideal of journalism.
His personal qualities endeared him to
an exceptionally wide circle. 1t is lit
orally true of him that he had naught
hut friends, who appreciated his un-
usual merits as a man whose friend
ship was precious and helpful, whose
character and life were an inspira
ton to all who knew him. Though
not native of this city he loved
it, for it had been his home for
the greater part of his life. He was
deeply interested in all works for its
development. He was always ready
for service in its behalf. As news
paper man. as a reporter of news and
during many years as the chief execu-
tive in the administration of The Stars
news department, he had a broad
vision and was indefatigably industri.
Gus. Though during the past few years
he had relinquished somewhat the
more exacting duties of the serv-
ice, he maintained his close con-
tact and remained keenly interested
in the work of keeping Washington
fully informed of the happenings of
the times. His judgments were tenn
pered with a mellowness of disposi
ton that won and held the affection
ate fealty of all whose activities he
directed in the exacting and expand
ing work of this newspaper. Having
himself passed through an appren-
ticeship of news writing and inn
portant assignments, he knew. the re-
uuirements and the difficulties OF the
task of news service and this estab-
ushed sympathy of relationship that
won the hearts of all who were priv.
ileged TO serve under him. His pass
ing is the cause of inexpressible sor-
row to his friends and fellow workers
and his associates in the conduct Of
The Star. His memory will remain
green while those who knew him and
worked with him survive.
Evening star., 1927-09-20

Secret duration flights are being made
by planes heavily loaded with bombs.
At the moment war Is declared giant
fleets of airplanes. airships and sub.
marines will be informed by wireless
Merchantmen will be destroyed imme.
diately. and any nation that is unpre.
pared will he exterminated within
forty-eight hours.
This is a gloomy picture the former
Kaiser paints 1t is remembered. how
ever. that he has always dealt in the
superlative. When he was ruler OF
Germany everything was in the high.
est degree. The war which he per
sonally fostered and in a measure con
Quoted was to be the swiftest and. most
successful the world had ever known.
1t lasted four years, and while it was
unparalleled in cost and suffering and
loss and devastation, it did not work
out according TO the Wilhelmic
schedule.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the former kaiser's statement is
that with which the interview was
concluded: Il could show the road to
peace. but the world prefers regarding
me as scapegoat to consulting me as
an adviser" The idea of Wilhelm as
the apostle Of peace and as refused a
hearing by war-bent world is inter.
esting. 1t is especially so in view of
the regret which he expresses as being
unable to return as a sovereign Ito
teach the world how permanent peace
might be secured"
Is this bid for restoration? The
war lord as the peace angel. What
change.
At any rate. Herr Hohenzollern will
get attention on the score of his decla.
ration that secret preparation are be-
ing made for the most destructive and
the shortest war in history. If he is
well Informed, he is being kept better
advised in his retreat at Doom than
he was at Potsdam before 1914 Ger.
many's tragedy was due in great
to his msinformation regard
ing what other powers were doing and
would do in the emergency of conflict.
Evening star., 1927-09-20
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

A while ago I had the privilege ot
participating in ceremony that
seemed to me significant.
In a crowded hall. packed to the
doors with the representative farmers
of a Middle Western State, great
university conferred honorary recog-
milton upon half dozen farmers who.
in one way or another. had made
genuine contributions to the sanity.
the efficiency, and the protitableness
of the farming procedures of the State.
In doing this the university was
placing its seal Of appreciation upon
creative work in dairy barn, on stock
farm, or in corn field, exactly as uni
versities have always placed their seal
of appreciation upon creative work In
laboratory or library.
1t was gesture toward tearing
down the wall between labor and
learning.
1t was a genuine acknowledgment
of the dignity of work.
1t marked a happy redemption from
academic exclusiveness.
1t was in harmony with the action
of the Legion of Honor in France.
which. year or two ago, expanded
its ranks to take in the great work.
ingman as well as the great states
man and the great literary genius.
One OF the first workingmen to he
honored by the widely coveted little
ribbon Of the Legion of Honor was
an old molder. 20 years old. who had
spent his life making casts in CO.
operation with some Of the great
artists of France.
la hOr ayhihit;0r tt,ak hold
to dramatize and to stimulate in work
ers a sense Of the dignity OF toll. this
old molder exhibited one of his cast.
ings, which artists hailed as a master
piece.
Another workman who received the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor was A
1eweler who. in his craftsmanship. had
displayed distinguished trustworthiness
and skill.
We have not explored the possibi
tiles OF real recognition of good work
by the workers of the world.
We scatter knighthoods and honor
ary degrees lavishly among men who
wear the statesman's robes. WELD the
artists pen or brush, or marshal
soldiers ON battlefields; we leave the
recognition of the dignity and social
Of work to times when we
need to head off social unrest by
pretty preachments about the dignity
Of labor.
We even give to sport a dignity
and recognition we do not give to
work.
Why should the striking gesture OF
! priZehghter i'm the ring have Z
greater popalarit and distinction
han the striking ire OF "A black
imith at his anv
Why should tn, he champion
'hips' for the ! Of a tool as
veil as for the ing of a golf
tick?
Evening star., 1927-09-20
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

and railroad so that the canal horses
and mules would not be scared by the
trains. Instead of building a fence,
the railroad company unlocked it's
engines and pulled the cars by horses
along that stretch of the way. BY
1884 the iron horse entered Harpers
Ferry, but even then no railroad
reached the city of Washington. as
the route to Harpers Ferry was from
Baltimore.
The railroad not only encountered
rivalry with the canal company, but
with the turnpike interests as we'll
In 1888 the Maryland Legislature au-
thorized a State appropriation of
100000 to aid in building a railroad
from Baltimore to Washington. with
n proviso that the fare should be
$3.50, of which the State treasury
should collect so cents tax. II was
not until 1871 that the tax was can.
celed. although years before a COM
peting railroad between Baltimore and
Washington was authorized without
a passenger tax.
X X X r.
In those pioneer days of railroad.
Ing there were far more appalling ac-
cidents than there are today in avia-
ton. Today statistics of accident
companies show that a passenger is
safer on board regular passenger
railroad train than he is in his own
home. More people are hurt at home
falling out of windows or stepping on
soap on the bathroom floors than are
hurt as railroad passengers. Ocean
steamship travel is still safer. and,
judging by the claims of some avia.
tors, air travel even now in Europe
has a safer record per million miles
than any other mode from walking
to flying.
Quite apart from the historic de-
velopment of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, there is interest in the eX.
hibition of far older discoveries or in
ventions of transportation. Europe
America few years in steam
locomotives, but the first locomotive
run by steam was invented by a man
named Hero. in Egypt, $50 years
b. c. His machine was called an "aeo-
lipile." The Standard Dictionary de-
scrlbeS 1t. 1t was sort of steam tur-
bine, with boiler in which the steam
was generated, and equipped with two
orifices. so arranged that as the steam
under pressure came out it's reaction
turned hollow metallic ball. The
Standard Dictionary describes it in
detail Centuries before the aeoli-
pile there were o6ds operated by
sails, and in the sixteenth century A. d.
such sailing cars were put on iron
tracks. and gained speed of AZ niles
an hour. Their trouble was that they
must always fly with the wind they
could not tack like sailboats without
being thrown off the tracks.
Copyright. 1927 by Paul " Collins.o
Evening star., 1927-09-20
Wilhelm as a Prophet.

Wilhelm Hohenzollern. who failed so
as prophet few years
ago, is essaying the role again in his
retirement in Holland. Interviewed
by a correspondent at Doom. he fore
sees another great war in 1887, a war
more awful than any that has ever
been known before. and that will last
only few days. possibly only few
hours. The world. he says. Is pre-.
pairing for this conflict. experimenting
horrid gases. Secret discussions are
carried on Regarding the employment
of poisonous ses on the oceans.
Evening star., 1927-09-20

Contrast plays such wonderful
part in life that it's role often is under.
estimated by hurrying human beings
Sometimes thing is accepted as an
i'll when, IL properly viewed. it is bu,
contrast. to set off its opposite in a
truer. more beautiful light.
The value Of contrasts, therefore. is
seen to he comparative, rather than
positive or negative.
Every event, every word of friend
or enemy, every pleasant or unpleas
ant situation, must he accepted not
alone for what it il. in itself, but also
for what it means in relation TO some
thing else.
Only by so doing will one come to
the enjoyment of life and the under
standing thereof.
X II
What on Internally hot place tele
phone booth is, for instance
Even those that are supposed to be
ventilated by fans nearly smother a
talker. as he attempts to get through
his call as quickly as possible.
While the important message is
being relayed over the wire the
speaker mentally is cursing the ne
cessity for telephone booths
The thing is insutferable. If he
does not get out Of here in a minute
he surely will die.
Franticaliy he hangs up the phone,
grabs for the handle Of the door, and
staggers out.
How wonderfully cool and airy the
room seems.
Before he had gone into the booth
the big place had seemed the very
anteroom of Hades itself. There had
not been a breath of Air string, and
the world had been very hot,
But now, in contrast with the booth,
the place seemed cool. airy beyond
compare. His appreciation, too, of
GOODNESS and airiness. had increased
tenfold He sees the need for these as
he never understood them before.
Just a little contrast, in small
thing.
Sociable and kindly children are set
off. as it were. by unframed and mean
minded ones.
The parents of the former may say.
"Oh they are not angels" but really
they are as much angels as children
ought to be.
Contrast is what makes them stand
out.
So a person who has an iota OF judC-
ment will be able to discern. at last,
the difference between good and bad
neighbors, between those who mani
fest true spirit of kindliness and
those who are eternally selfish.
The fact that the good neighbors
IRE human beings and therefore have
their share of faults. will not prevent
him from appreciating them at their
true worth.
Again it is contrast that turns the
trick.
Even in the field of brute creation
the thing works out very we'll.
The furry friends of home and for
est are different from each other. to
those who are able to appreciate their
worth as fellow beings in the world.
Dogs of the same variety, for
example, differ tremendously.
Evening star., 1927-09-20
Pullman Porters' Anti-Tipping
Plea Wins Public Sympathy

careful scrutiny to the points raised
by the porters and then furnish the
travelling public with an exact state
ment of fact, generating the com
pany IL that concern is guiltless, ex-
posing it If it is as unscrupulous as
the charges make out"
Fhe Charleston Daily Mail feels that
there are some who, having the
means, think they will get a little
better service than the ordinary by
tipping" but the Daily Mail takes as
an example of different practice "the
famous Wayside Inn. under the con-
troll of Henry Ford. which 'makes
special request that there be no tips,
on the ground that those who serve
are sufficiently paid for their service.
But, then, this is one of Henry Ford's
ideas" adds that paper. with the fur
ther remark. Now that the vaca-
tion season is over, how many of US
can sit down and count how much
we paid in tips and how much that
amount added to the total OF our ex-
penditures?"
IF any group of workers by its 10y
atty and dependability has won the
right to self-respect." according to the
New York World. lit is the Pullman
car porters. One can only sympathize
with their plea, then. whether or not
they have a good technical case he
fore the commission. But to denounce
such a firmly fixed custom as tipping
is one thing and to break it is another.
There will probably always
be people who will insist on feeling
personal service. We should
like to see the porters attain their
goal of independence. but they are
going to have a hard time breaking
the travelling public of its bad habits"
Nevertheless. the Detroit Free Press
has a theory that some of the dis
gruntled on improbable runs have
grown tired of watching their fellows
bring in the sheaves of bills at the end
of each trip. while they themselves
are lucky to collect a dollars worth
of dimes a day"
Evening star., 1927-09-20

Q. Is it true that rattlesnakes are
blind during dog days?-A. 3. 3,
\. The milky appearance of the
eyes Of a snake shortly before the
slough is cast is due to the sepa
ration of the outer layer of epidermis
from the cornea. resulting in i'm
paired vision. This gives rise to vari-
Gus superstitions regarding snakes
going blind during the dog days of
late Summer.
Q. What is tin plate e. J..
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that tin plate. as the term is used
commercially. refers to sheet steel
or iron which has been coated with
a thin layer of tin.
q. should like to know what will
gcmove lacquer from the sun face of
Nome silver loving cups.-A. l..
"A. Lacquer may % removed from
the surface of silver hving cups by
using warm lye.
Q. Are monocles ever worn as
other than ornaments?-M. f. Fl.
\. The purpose of the monocie is
to serve as an eyeglass for one eve.
Its main object. therefore. Is not 20
serve as an ornament. although some
pei ISofiS uO dilttL tuFHi III 'liiS way :
Q. Were sundaes ever known by
any other name" A. +.
\. Sundaes 1t oaa time spelled
Sundays. were sometimes called Fri
days. when they were first intro
duced.
Q. What are the various titles of
the King of EnSland?-L. d. :.
4. The title of the King of Eng
land is by the Grace of God of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominions
Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of
the Faith. Emperor of India. III
was recently stated that the English
status of the British dominions
necessitated a change in the title OF
the King. So far as we know, how
ever, no official action has as yet
been taken.
@. How long does it take the vari-
Gus vegetables to mature?-R. e.
a. According to a publication is
sued by the Department of Agriculture,
it requires from 60 to 80 days for beets
to mature, from 20 to 100 for carrots,
90 to 14O for radishes, 125 to $50 for
parsnips. 130 to $50 for onions grown
from seed and 60 to 120 for onions
grown from sets, 100 TO 140 for pep
pers, so to 125 for tomatoes, so to -
for lettuce 40 to so for peas. 100
to 120 for watermelons and 120 to $50
for celery.
Evening star., 1927-09-20

the lean years" and the "fat years
Of attendance. This year will not be
lean year" The increase will be
above the normal annual growth.
More families are moving into the Dis.
tr;ct. More residential building has
been going or. The city's population
is on the upgrade, and the schools
population is growing with it.
The five-year school building pro
gram agreed upon by Congress in
1925, and which went into effect last
year, will not be completed until 1881.
Already it is becoming apparent to
those watching the growth of the
schools that a five-year building pro-
gram will not be enough, but that the
program will have to be stretched into
additional years to catch up with the
long period of non building, when the
population OF the schools jumped far
beyond the facilities of the schools.
some extent the congestion in the ele-
mentary and the senior high schools.
But the junior high schools are only
a few in number. And the adoption of
the Junior high principle will mean an
increase later in the number of pupils
beyond the eighth grade. Instead of
leaving school when they have fin
ished the grades. the vast majority of
pupils will continue their work through
the Junior high, corresponding to the
seventh and eighth grades and the
first year of the senior high.
The demands upon the schools are
increasing steadily. There must be no
ltt-up in answering these demands.
There must be no talk of delaying
OF the building program.
but rather talk of continuing it until
the schools catch up with and pass the
demands of education. 1t is difficult to
of anything more important
or more pressing than an adequate
school system.
Evening star., 1927-09-20
Public Buildings and Traffic.

Consideration is being given to pro-
posals for certain car track changes
in conjunction with the development
of the Mall.Avenue triangle for pub
lie building purposes. With the con-
centration of the public business in
comparatively narrow area there will
undoubtedly he a material increase In
traffic congestion in the center of the
city.
While it has been more than once
suggested that the day of the street
railway is waning and that ultimately
all routed traffic will be borne by the
more flexible unit. the bus. it has not
been contemplated that there would
be any track removal in the near fu-
ture 1t is hardly to be believed that
there will be any immediate change
in the street railway system to con-
form to the new conditions resulting
from public building concentration
But the question must be studied
thoroughly now to insure future de-
velopment consistent with the traffic
requirements.
There are proposals of subways, to
give unimpeded transit facilities into
and out of the public building area.
But subways in the region of the
Mall-Avenue triangle are not as fea.
sible as in other parts of the city, ow-
ing to the fact that the soil through.
out that section is alluvial to a con-
for underground transit lines would
he very difficult to secure. There is
thus a geological aspect to the situa-
tion that has to be taken into consid.
Grafton.
Evening star., 1927-09-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKiN.

Q. What is the largest religious
denomination IN the United States?
I'm the world?
A. In the United States the Roman
Catholic membership is the largest
totaling 1S.s7S.722. The largest world
membership is that of the Com
fucianists and Taoists. 5o1.l55,ooo.
Q. What is the correct pronuncis-
tion of the name Joan. and it's de
rivation"-I w. r.
4 Joan is the feminine Of John
and means Grace of the Lord The
correct pronunciation of the name
Joan is Jon.
o. Kindly explain the difference
between hotels operating on III
European plan and those employing
the American plan.-E. NJ. w.
A. A hotel which operates on the
European l.lan charges merely
tariff for the room which is occupied
by the guest. The charges made ~
n hotel operated on the American
plan include three meals a day.
Q. Are there modern motion pie
ture theaters in Malaya?-C. +.
A. There are a number of movie
houses. In Penang. northern MalaYa,
it is said that the local theaters are
crowded for each performance. The
two theaters at Penang will seat ap-
proximately ! 500 people each. The
equipment is primitive. The cheaper
seats are located on the lower floor.
which is equipped with wooden
benches This part of the theater l.
patronized by native men and boyS.
The side galleries are reserved fcr
native woman patrons. The highest
priced seats are in the main gallery.
where comfortable willow chairs are
furnished The main gallery is
patronized exclusively by Europea ms
and the better class of Chinese. The
price of admission to the theaters Is
as follows: Main gallery United
States,. SIC and SIC; side galleries for
native women, lie; lower floor, SIC.
23c and lie.
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Evening star., 1927-09-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Grand PreIiminaries.

Grand Preliminaries.
An epithet to the jaw Is sent.
And metaphors fiercely swing.
1t takes long weeks for the argument.
For an hour or two in the ring.
Alas! Some day they may spoil the
bout
In the festive and formal scenes.
And begin, when their tempers have
given out
To throw their typing machines,
AS an epithet to the jaw is sent
And the metaphors fiercely swing.
We 1T least had fine long argument.
Regardless of time in the ring.