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Evening star., 1927-08-25
Hoover to STAY on the lob.

Secretary Hoover is not to quit the
cabinet to launch campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination.
He has lot of work to do in the
Department of Commerce and a lot
more in connection with the Mississippi
flood, and he conceives it to be his
duty to do the tasks he finds at hand.
The country will think no less of
Mr.. Hoover because Of his decision,
nor will his chances of the presidency
be lessened because he declines to be
drawn into an early scramble for dele
gates. 1t is conceivable that the eff
forts of Mr.. Hoover's admirers to put
him in the presidential running may
reach a point where it will appear
seemlysto him that he should retire
from his present post, but that time
is not yet. 1t has been made plain
that he has not sanctioned any move.
ment in his behalf, and at least until
he does there is no impropriety in his
remaining in the cabinet. He cannot
be held responsible for what Is done
without his sanction, and it Is not at
all certain that he could stop it if he
would.
1t is gratifying to the country that
since President Coolidge took himself
out Of the reckoning by not choosing
to run again, leading Republicans who
are regarded as presidential possibili-
ties have conducted themselves with
such proper dignity. An unseemly
scramble for the highest Office within
their gift always has left bad taste
in the mouths Of the American people,
and history discloses that ardent seek
ers Of the high Office more often than
not have suffered disappointment of
their hopes.
1t Is to be expected that along next
Winter the political pot will begin to
boil, and before the early Spring pri.
maries there will have to be a show
ing Of hands by prospective candi.
dates. but in the meantime the coun.
try will be not ungrateful for a po-
litical moratorium.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

| 1t may be realized that ii takes
something of magician as well as a
downright human genius to achieve
| such results.
Mostly when an average player
! tries the rubato he gives the hearer
| the impression that the thing is diff.
fcult to play, and that he is just
stumbling along the best he can
Radio organiSts seem TO feel that
playing monkey tricks with the time
| of composition some way sets them
| up in the air as ultra artistic.
1t takes more than rapid transitions
from soft to loud. from slow to fast,
to entitle player to be called artistic.
There are too many of these moody
fellows ambling around on organs.
evidently pleasing themselves with the
Thought that they are terribly "artis.
tic when all the time the hearers
who know music are wishing they
would play 1t as written.
Music as written" might we'll be
the motto placed in every broadcast
ing station.
We have been hoping for the past
year that some orchestra, band or
organist would play Rubinstein s
'kaincnoW OstroW" correctly, but in
stead of doing that they drag it out
until one gets the tidgets.
Organists. in particular, indulge too
much IN sliding, and trick combina
tions of tone values, the latter fondiy
believed to be modern" whatever
that means, or "flturistic," which
means almost nothing at all.
Proper dissonance (or. at least. what
we call such) has its place in music.
and in the crash and rumble of organ
music may add certain zest to a
composition, especially when the per-
former smooths everything out in the
end
The misuse Of dissonance. on the
other note, merely becomes annoy
ing. This is particularly true when
the organist plainly indicates to the
trained hearer that he is simply COW
ering up his mistakes.
This trick includes the use of
runs, slides and other acrobatics
which add little to music and not
much more to the prestige of the
performer. unless it be some colora-
tura soprano. whose startling loops
and dives draw down rounds of ap-
plauSe from those who value such
antics. In similar manner any tenor
may get "hand' if he will simply
below on the last note. particularly
If it be high one. Even Caruso
succumbed to this lure.
X x X K
We would not imply, of course,
that to satisfy us land others who
feel as we do) it is necessary for an
organist, either over the radio or in
person, to play large, solid chords at
all times.
Variation is the spice of music, as
well as of life. Music demands that
its full resources be brought into
play. Wherefore we ask for due
use of the lesser organ effects.
Our point is. as we are trying to
make 1t. that the wall of the violin
may be given us better by violin
than by an organ. that the flute can
give us better flutelike tones than
any organ ever built.
But nothing, positively. not even
the great symphony. can give us the
majestic swell Of the organ.
Only the organ can sound like the
organ. Therefore, we plead, when
you play the organ, make it sound
like an organ. Battle us in an ocean
OF sound. We like it.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

May we address a few words of
remonstrance to those who play the
organs for the big broadcasting sta
| tions?
| Perhaps there is no musical instru.
| ment that comes over better than the
| organ, the majestic tones OF which
| thrill via the medium of ether in
much the same way they do in a
church.
What is the sense, then. we would
like to ask, of attempting to emulate,
on this great king of instruments. the
pleasing softness of the flute, or the
solo violin?
This is, to our ears, the greatest
single crime committed by organ
players over the radio. Here we have
the set adjusted nicely. The speaker
| is ready and willing to absorb large
| quantities of sound waves. and to
| throw them out at us in more or less
their true musical form.
We want the deep crash. the fine
| below, the intensity. without tonal
bottom, of the wonderful instrument
called the organ. From almost the
| first days Of radio broadcasting.
the organ has enjoyed wonderful
| popularity.
Even with the old crude sets, that
| took knack to tune, the organ tones
came over wonderfully well--so we'll.
indeed, that the instrument has re-
| tanned its place in radio broadcasting
to this day.
In fact, there is not a day goes by
that does not hear the organ rolling
through the wild, wild waves of the
air, bringing pleasure TO thousands
of listeners.
Yet for many of US some of the
keen edge is taken off our pleasure by
the prevailing habit of radio organists
in insisting on playing too softly, and
in deliberately failing to give us the
sonorous chords which constitute the
underlying charm of the instrument.
When we listen to the organ. we
want to feel that we have heard the
organ. We want the tones to come
rolling in with the vigor of the surf
We want to be bathed in sound. We
can listen to the violin, or to the flute,
some other time.
Wherefore, we pray you, radio
organists. do not attempt to emulate
the violin. or eke the flute, or even
the stringed quartet. The organ was
never made for softness, except in so
lar DIS IL Is SuperlmpOSeQ on nrm,
deep basis of woven tones.
Perhaps this is why we like to hear
Wagner on the organ. Even the
organist suffering from the next de.
feet we shall consider IS compelled to
send out real organ tone quality
when he plays Wagner.
X X
The next defect We spoke of, at
least to our ears. is the habit of so
many. too many, organists playing
rubato. This is an Italian word,
meaning. literally, robbed" 1t indi-
Gates the langthening of one note at
the expense of another.
Rubato is a form of syncopation.
really, populariZed by that great
musician, Frederic Chopin, who used
1t, according to the word of those
who heard him, with magic effect.
The rubato, under the hands of the
prince Of pianists. meant something.
His sense Of rhythm must have been
so wonderful that he could hold the
first, say, of a group of six eighth.
notes, almost the full time-value of the
half dozen, then sparkle the remainder
in before the count was up.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Men of Legion More Mature
To Nation Watching Reunion

always be welcome in France. and. ae
| i'm IT and '1S. the welcome will be
abunda ntly repaid" The Philadelphia
Inquirer believes that this convention
in Paris will go down in history as
wonderful idea and more wonderful
success" and the Erie Dispatch Her.
aid describes 1t as magnificent op-
portunity," with the suggestion that
'by rising to the occasion, the Ameri-
can Legionnaires and the French peo-
pie with whom they are to come In
contact will make this event a land
mark in Franco-American HISTORIAN
event to be remembered with pleasure
for generations"
Alabama's place at the head of the
American Legion parade is made Q
subject for congratulation by the An
nistOn Star, which records that the
veterans of that tSate are 'alert and
on the job" in view of the Importance
of the reunion, while the Montgomery
Advertiser, referring to the necessity
for adequate band music, says that "a
flrst.class band at the head Of the Ala
bama veterans on the great occa sion
in Paris will evoke stirring memories
in the thousands of Frenchmen who
watch the boys go by"
THE army of American veterans"
as viewed by the Salt Lake Deseret
News, will constitute the most power
full delegation that has ever been sent
abroad on mission of peace. The
doughboys will represent the finest
manhood of America, 10 years older
and wiser than when they crossed the
seas to march like crusaders and to
hght in the great struggle for human
liberty. They will take with them
pledge Of unfailing devotion to the
principles Of human liberty and an in
tense love of peace through justice
and honor"
"A pilgrimage so large as this one"
states the New Bedford Standard. has
deep significance in the field of inter
national relations. The visiting Legion
naires and those who accompany
them can be amba ssadors of good will,
much as Lindbergh was. We have no
doubt that when the service men leave
for home. they will have made a sub.
stantial contribution to international
good will" The Kalamazoo Gazette
also says: IF the gathering of our for.
mer service men in Paris has any ef'
feet at all upon Franco-American re.
iations, 1t ought to be favorable rather
han unfavorable. The Legionnaires are
going to France primarily to enjoy
themselves, but on their sightseeing
trips and tours about the country
they cannot fail TO revive pleasant
memories Of the international COM
radeship which prevailed 10 years
ago.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

AS one by one international con-
ferences on the limitation of arma-
ments end in tragic futility. the whole
world, for all the bland professions
of peaceful intent, faces afresh the
almost certain catastrophe Of another
suicidal competition in arms.
AS the world Is organized. all ma
tions will run in the armaments race
unless all nations, or at least the
dominent ones, agree on an iron clad
limitation Of armaments.
/ set this down with a heavinesS,
not to say sickness, Of heart.
War is the ultimate insanity.
The next war may indeed prove
the suicide of civilization.
In the next war there will be no
rules of the game.
The distinction between combatants
and non-combatants will be wiped out
The sweater knitting debutante will
be as legitimate target as the griZ-
zled gunner.
The next war will mark the burial
Of decency.
Chivalry, bled weak by the last war,
will die on the first battlefield.
When the world fights again. it will
be an orgy of scientific savagery.
Clearly, any Senator, Congressman,
or President who does no dedicate
himself to an effort to limit arma-
ments and to outlaw war in some
effective way. or who trif1es with inter
national policy for any petty advan-
tage, is a traitor to the human race.
But the world Is so interrelated
that until all nations, or the decisive
majority Of nations, display an econ
omic craftsmanship that will remove
the major causes of war and agree
upon a limitation Of armaments that
will remove the tempting instruments
of war. every nation will polish it's
suicides weapons. build navies, train
armies, and stretch it's wings In war
like preparation. .
Today economic craftsmanship is at
a minimum.
And governments talk blandly of
armament limitation in one breath
and in the next permit negotiations
to reach a pass that is likely to result
in naval and military expansion.
And, added to all this, the world
Is in moral slump.
When new international order
failed to arise automatically after the
armistice in 1918, we returned. under
the cover of fine professions of fair
intentions. to the old order of COM
petitive ornaments and poisonous
suspicious.
In such world the average
nation will feel that 1t has no choice
but to make decent defensive prep
arations.
1t is game we have to play even
while we work to destroy the game.
And there lies the tragedy.
(Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-08-25
"Bold Britons, Follow Me-"

Down comes another idol! One more
cherished tradition has been smashed
The iconoclasts are never content. but
must seek further victims to their de.
sire for change, their passion for ac.
curacy. This time the researcher"
have gone after that famous sentence
attributed to Admiral Nelson as the
battle cry at Trafalgar, the classic
contest in which he lost his life. For
q century and quarter it has stood
among the worlds st-known express
sions. AS the fleets at Trafalgar
Joined in battle Nelson caused to be
flagship a signal which read, as the
world has always been given to un.
derstand, England expects that every
man will do his duty" And the Brit.
ish seamen did their duty as England
expected. The stirring sentence has
served on many later occasions to in.
spire deeds of valor.
Recently there was discovered in
England a volume which appears tc
have been a private log book--in any
other line of activity 1t would be called
q diary-kept by a seaman on II. NJ. S
Defence. one Of the units of Nelson.
feet at Trafalgar. This seaman was
from Nelson's birthplace. the village
OF Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. and HI
doubtless had a tremendous admira
ton for his commander. His log book
or diary. has just been found in th'
possession of his granddaughter. Th
entry. under date of Monday, Octobe
y, 1905, the day Of the battle, reads
Admiral Nelson made a general sig
nal saying: Bold Britons, follow me?
There is no other evidence than this
OF an eyewitness and participant
Just how the other, the classic, rer
dering Of the signal came to be Q!
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Tobacco Consumption
In the United States
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
In a recent conversation with Mr..
D. c. Patterson of Montreal. president
Of the Imperial Tobacco Co. OF
Canada. Ltd, the writer was given
the following astounding but interest
ing figures concerning the vast
quantities Of SNUFF and tobacco used
in the United States. In 1925 there
were consumed 3S.500.000 pounds OF
snuff, 400. 100000 pounds of tobacco.
5000 900 900 cigars and 10000, 100000
cigarettes. Most of this tobacco was
grown in the States, but today Canada
Is producing a fine grade in an ever
increasing quantity. 1t may be Of
interest to know the alien races are
big consumers Of snuff, as are also the
negroes in the South, The converts
are no small buyers.
1. ~ b. r. HOWA2D.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What is meant by capital
ships?-aG. f.
| A. The Navy Department says that
this term is more or less elastic and
| refers to the larger and more modern
| naval vessels.
Q. Is there a big hay crop this
| year?--F. 2.
| A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that this years crop of hay Is
the largest crop recorded, according
to estimates that have been received.
This applies to tame hay. The timo-
thy production in the North Central
States and in the Southeastern States
is the largest. There is q greater pro-
| duction in every State in the Union
| with the exception of Oklahoma, Utah.
Colorado and California.
| @. Is Black Tom Island connected
with the mainland by land?-W. F. A.
| A. Black Tom Island is really a
| peninsula which extends out from the
Jersey shore toward Redloes Island
in New York Bay.
Q. What member of Roosevelt s
cabinet was continued in the Taft
ca binet?-C. B.
| -. L,
| Postmaster General in ROOSEVELT s
cabinet. was made Secretary of the
Navy by President Taft.
@. What is done with uninfected
| children whose parents are in leper
| colonies?--W. n.
A. An effort is made to separate
them from their parents. In the
Culion leper colony in the Philippines
2S5 children under Is years of age
were removed in 1925. They were put
in nurseries. institutions or with
friends. Periodical health examina-
tions are given them, school training
Is provided, and they correspond with
their parents.
Q. How long was a league?-R.
A. The league is an ancient meas
| ure Of land. whose length varied in
the different countries. 1t ranged from
2.42 to 4.6 English statute miles.
Q. What is the oldest cultivated
| fiber plant?-G. r.
A. Hemp IS said to be. 1t was
grown in China as early as $500 BIC.
Q. To what country does Libya be-
| there?-E. S.
| A. 1t is an Italian colony on the
north coast of Africa. The total popu-
lation is 10000, of which per cent
are Europeans. About 80 per cent are
| Arabs, % per cent Jews and 40 per
| cent negroes.
@. How long are the Volga and the
| Danube rivers?-M. C.
A. The Volga is 1900 miles long
and the Danube 1,725 miles in length.
! Q. How many people belong to the
National Geographic Society?-R. H.
| A. The organization ended the year
of 1926 with a membership of more
than 1.O50,O0O.
O. How much does the parachute
| of m airplane cost?-G. W.
| A. The ordinary Army parachute
costs between $500 and $3.50.
! Q. Where in this country was the
! first law passed against cruelty to
animals?-N. II.
| A. The earliest was passed by the
Massachusetts Colony in 1641, provid
! ing that no man shall exercise any
| tyranny or cruelty towards any
brute creatures which are usually
| kept for the use of man."
@. Why are Frenchmen called
''frcgs"?-B. J. G..
a. During the early years of its
history the streets of Paris were so
quaggy that the French court in de.
rision called the inhabitants frogs
@. How does a mans speaking
vocabulary compare with his under
standing of the written word?-R.
]. G.
A. The spoken vocabulary is moro
| limited than the written and the
written more limited than the
, vocabulary which one is able to read.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Thieyery and Communism.

Paris officials are now convinced
that the mobs which ragged through
the streets Of the French capital the
other night voicing anathemas upor
America because of the execution OF
Sacco and Vanzetti were largely com
thieves. who thus sought to manufac
ture an opportunity for looting on a
large scale. 1t is impossible, of course
to determine the numbers of these
professional crooks as compared with
those who Were sincerely aroused to
the pitch of violent protest. But Paris
unquestionably contains enough van.
dals and professional criminals to OF.
ganize and conduct disturbance of
this kind on large scale. 1t is known
that in the course of the so-called
demonstrations against the United
States great quantities Of goods were
stolen from the shops and that the
damage inflicted amounted to several
million francs.
There is little real difference be-
tween the professional thieves and
criminals who thus manifested in
Paris and the rank and file Of the ex.
treme radicals who seize upon an oc.
casion Of this kind to agitate for a
change in government institutions.
The criminals and thieves are trying
to take the property Of others. Com.
munists are trying to rob society of
its safeguards as well as it's property.
The Communist is, after all, a would
be thief on political scale.
Russia's communistic experiment
has been chiefly marked by the whole
sale appropriation of property. Estates
and valuable assets of the old regime
have been seized on an enormous
scale. Lands have been taken from
their owners and distributed among
the peasantry. Dwellings have been
xorcibly transferred from their former
possessors and allocated to supporters
of the commune. Securities, jewels
and other forms Of wealth have been
stolen. Theoretically these properties
have gone into a common pool of state
ownership. Actually they have passed
into the holding Of individuals favored
by the new order. Wherein lies the
difference, If any. between this form
Of theft and that which was under
taken by the apaches of Paris the
other night?
Communism defies the law and
seeks to set up its own system. The
thief defies the law and Institutes in.
dividualism. Communism denounces
private ownership-it calls it capital
ism"-and would merge all titles into
one whole. theoretically for the benefit
Of everybody, but actually for the ad-
vantage OF the few. Thievery takes
what IL can grab for the benefit of
the thief regardless of law and owner.
ship.
Organized society is equally men,
aced by these two evil forces-the in.
dividual thief and the collective thief
calling himself a Communist. Those
who advocate radical reforms in gov.
ernment Of varying degrees, though
not quite Communists themselves, are
giving aid and comfort to this common
enemy Of the state, Of the people-this
combination Of thievery and Com.
munism.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

A number Of movie stars are allow.
ing themselves to be made more IA.
nous for what they have done apart
from the screen than for their artistic
endeavors.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

It may yet be necessary to estaD.
lish a UNITED Order of Columilists"
to protect the American exponents OF
pure humor from the insidious intru-
sions Of the propagandist.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

It is generally admitted that the
average farmer is no business man.
Country estates conducted by men of
wealth also reveal the fact that the
average business man is no farmer.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

One of the cheerful reminders
brought to attention by archeologists
Is that ancient palaces did not possess
anything to compare withs the COM
forts and conveniences Of modern
apartment building.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

of water at sea level) There has been
no attempt yet in California to har.
ness the natural steam, but the expert
ments of Allen and Day have been con-
fined to ascertaining it's temperature,
volume and gaseous mixtures.
=. gCopysisht. 1e27. by Paul v. celhns!,,
Evening star., 1927-08-25
SHOOTING STARS
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Threat.
Saw a comet in the sky.
1t really did not scare me,
Although for terrors drawing nigh
Pretending to prepare me.
Across our ken that comet moves,
Like many a prophet "classy."
Who, at the finish, only proves
Conspicuous, but gassy.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

In order to be a good radio an.
nouncer 1t is necessary to be a good
enough actor to convey the impression
that some of the titles are to be taken
seriously.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

Paris Is in need Of few more tips;
not those which relate merely to pour
boire," but the kind which conveys a
friendly hint of common sense.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Member OF the Associated Press.

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60 the use for republication Of all news Cis-
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied In this paper and Also the local news
published herein. All tights OF publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1927-08-25

Before accepting any invitations to
public demonstration Italy offers the
discreet suggestion, "See Mussolini
first"
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Unrestrained Expression.

"Are you willing to say exactly what
you think?"
"Yes." answered Senator Sorghum.
but l am going to exercise deep dis
cretion about the subject I put my
mind on
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Comparative Costs,

Comparative Costs.
"Silk stockings have become remark
ably cheap"
"Yes," answered Uncle Bill Bottle.
top, "but bootlegs have become ter.
rible dear"
Evening star., 1927-08-25
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All Other States and Canada.

Daily and Sunday. i vr. 5000: mo-. 75c
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Evening star., 1927-08-25

Honor" said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, "is not to be had from
the voices Of the crowd, when a re-
lentless conscience accuses"
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Work Masters.

In vain do they their efforts bring
And toll redOuble
Who never seem to make thing
But some new trouble.
Evening star., 1927-08-25
Innocent Bystander.

The radio announcer says, Please
stand by"
yep. Night after night, have been
an innocent bystander.