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Evening star., 1927-05-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

for fire engines. Truck Company
No. IA completed a similar test in six
and four.fifths seconds.
No. 81 Engine Company did not
equal its record Of six seconds fiat
last year, falling short Of the mark
by two.fifths Of a second. But it
showed speed enough to keep the
trophy and IL next year it can do the
same The Evening Star cup will rest
permanently in its quarters on Larier
place between Adams Mill and
Ontario roads. Truck Company No. II.
Connecticut avenue near Porter street.
lowered the record made last year by
Truck Company No. IL, which made
a speed of seven and four-fifths sec.
onds. and wins for a year the cup
awarded by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
The notable thing about this years
test has been the greater speed on
the part Of all the contestants and
the narrow margins by which the
winners gained their victories. The
Improvement has been shown from
year to year and indicates that annual
tests Of this sort have their place in
the general program of increasing
efficiency needed in a rapidly growing
city. where expansion serves con.
stantly to place additional respon.
sibility on the fire department.
Engine Company No. Fl and Truck
Company No. IA are to be con-
graduated!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
CONCENTRATIONS!

Hold your watch in hand and note
the second hand travel six and two.
fifths seconds. Then imagine that
within this time two men, standing
fourteen feet away from their posts,
have raced the distance, one to the
crank, another to the drivers seat,
Of a fire engine. One has cranked and
started the big motor Of heavy ma
chine and jumped clear of its path.
The other has waited In the drivers
seat until the fire gong has tapped
out the signal "13" (Bong!-Bong.
bong bongD. then let in his clutch and
travelled a distance that will bring the
tail Of the apparatus thirty-nine feet
from the door sill Of the engine house.
Picture this in your mind and ycu
have an idea Of the accomplishment
Of No. 81 Engine Company. which
this year, for the second successive
time. has wen the annual apsed tssts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
Returning Air Heroes.

All the enthusiasm for successful
American aviators was not expended
when young Charles Lindbergh re.
turned from France and was received
with unparalleled emotion and &C.
claim wherever he appeared in this
country. Yesterday Comdr. Richard
Byrd and his associates of the New
York-to-Paris flight and Clarence
Chamberlin, who flew from New York
to Germany, returned by steamship
from the other shore and on their ar.
rival in New York were greeted JOY
ously and tremendously despite un-
favorable weather. A few days ago
Lester j. Maitland and Albert F.
Hegenberger reached San Francisco
from Hawaii in return from their re-
markable fight half way across the
Pacific and were likewise welcomed
vociferously. They will arrive in
Washington Thursday and will here
be given an appropriate reception.
The time, of course, will come when
transoceanic flying will be so frequent
that those engaging in it will be re-.
garded as simply capable performers
of ordinary deeds Of skill. But just
now is the time Of experiment and
pioneering, and all of those who have
gone awning overseas are entitled to
the plaudits Of the multitude. In each
case there has been some particular
accomplishment. Lindbergh few
alone. straight to his objective. Byrd.
Neville, Acosta and Balchen saved
themselves after a successful flight
across the sea by dint of the most re.
markable maneuvers Of plane man.
agement. Chamberlin, with his com.
panion, exceeded the distance covered
by Lindbergh. making the longest Of
the fous fights. Maitland and Hegea'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
Right Of Counsel.

The Personnel Classification Board
bases it's refusal to deal with unions
of Federal employees, lawyers or other
Of their representatives on the ground
that anything said by a person other
than the aggrieved employee is "hear.
say" Such persons do not come be.
fore the Classification Board so much
to present the facts as to ARGUE" the
points at issue, it is commended.
If these are the reasons why the
Classification Board will hear only the
employee, and will not hear the rep.
resentative Of the employee or the
group of employees. it is a strange
stand. The board may be right in it's
assertion that it is able to decide a
point in controversy by the facts
alone, without argument. The same
thing could be argued by any court.
But how elusive are the facts! And
how few persons are able to present
fact! 1t would seem that the logical
way Of settling a difficulty, when
large group of employees is concerned,
would be to hear the constituted rep.
resentatives of the group, familiar
with the subject and skilled in the
ability to present facts. argue the
point.
There should be no dissemination on
the part of the Classification Board
to hear argument as well as fact. A
fact unadorned by argument often
loses its strength. The right to ad.
vice Of counsel, argument by counsel
and of collective presentation Of griev.
ances should not be denied the Gov
eminent employe in matters vitality
affecting his welfare. Nor should such
privileges impose any unreasonable
hardship upon, or serve to make more
difficult, the decisions Of the Classic.
cation Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

due season. The millionaire who is
| used to having men obey him on
shore, will find that wind and wave
know him not when he puts himself
at their mercy.
Our big possessions and our little
possessions, each and every one Of
them Is loaned us for a day or a
year or for lifetime, but If we lose
them, in a day or year or in a life.
| time, it must make no difference.
It is necessary to school ones self in
that thought, If one is to live happily
here below. and not be the slave of
every possession that one has earned,
or has had given him, or has thrust
itself upon him.
BY trying faithfully to achieve this
state Of mind, surprising things may
be accomplished.
Perhaps it's sternest working out
may be seen in the words, "The Lord
has given and the Lord has taken
away, blessed be the name of the
Lord"
When death comes and sorrow at
flicts a household in a world where
every one else seems happy, these are
the solemn words that carry, not for
getfulness, but God-given remem-
bering.
X X X II
There is a mother in this town
| who treats her children as If they
were highly amusing and diverting
toys.
She seems to contemplate them as
II they were funny puppies playing
on the hearth rug, to be loved, en-
joyed and taken care of, but to be
no particular source of worry to her.
self or themselves.
She has given them the most alb
surdly happy nicknames, by which
they are universally known by friends
and strangers alike.
If she hears one of them crying at
play. out she comes to discover what
is the matter, not In querulous
mood. but in one of lively interest.
Her face is never furrowed with
frowns.
One may suspect that a little of
this Is a pose, but mostly it is an
attainment of this happy state of
mind of which we speak.
She seems to say: Little things
that are called mine. what are you
up to now?
DO not cry, pretty toy.
1T makes no difference, little boy.
"The bad bumblebee knew no bet
ter. And you. in your turn, if you
smack little Janet. as no doubt she
deserves, will know no better.
mo one is to blame. There Is
neither blaming nor placing blame.
There are only things that happen.
Hush, toy child"
X
To accept life as sort of game.
to find whatever happens interesting,
If not always welcome, is to attain,
in some measure, at least, a wonder
full success.
This is the success that experience
ought to give every man and woman.
1t requires neither money nor execu-
tive ability, but only a moderate
amount of that precious commodity,
time. No one viii achieve this sue
cess, however. who does not have the
desiring heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

"You must not worry about that at
ALL" said one elderly lady to another.
as they sat at the restaurant table.
Why should any one over 80 years
old ever worry at all?
What a wonderful world this would
be If worrying could be left to chill.
dren and young folks. and all so.called
mature persons live in a constant at
mosphere of peace and happiness!
If experience means anything at all,
it means just that much. The at.
tainment of experience ought to be
happiness. and no one can ever be
happy who worries.
With experience, however, come
cares, and. with cares, worry, so that
our advice may be seen to be a coun.
sci Of perfection, only to be realized by
a few rare spirits.
Yet If the rest of us could but attain
a certain state of mind, which we
propose to explain here as best we
may, most of us might easily attain at
least some approximation of complete
happiness.
In all probability the matter over
which the one lady told the other not
to worry was a matter not worth
worrying over.
There lies the crux Of the question.
When there Is something to worry
about, not even a philosopher would
tell one not to worry, but when the
thing under consideration is utterly
worthless in itself, a thing Of no mo.
ment at all, it Is worse than useless to
worry.
Daily living Is crammed with things
of no moment. Considered from the
viewpoint of eternity, Of beauty, or
art, or mechanics, or from almost any
angle one wishes, they do not amount
to a row of pins.
1t actually makes no difference
whether cherished possession Is
broken or not.
What difference does it make to
you, the living person, that the art OBJ.
ject presented by an old friend is
knocked over by the dog. and smash.
ed into a thousand pieces?
You could not help it, the dog could
not help it, and certainly the mani.
mate object itself could not help it..
There are a thousand more to be
purchased at the place from which it
came. The association of the years is
something in your own mind, not in
the thing itself.
Keep the associations, then, clean,
free from sorrow.
When the dust of bitterness begins
to gather, wipe it off with the rag Of
applied happiness.
The worry is not in the broken
bits, nor in the dog, but only in you.
1t comes into being because human
beings are made that way. But there
is nothing which says Indeed, all life
shows the opposite) that one must al
ways stay tied to the worrying way.
1t is necessary to use resolution.
To do this, first it is necessary to
realize that nothing really belongs to
any one.
X X X
All wonderful and beautiful things,
all interesting and entertaining things,
have been loaned to us for little
while.
We must give them back again. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

berger struck with unerring precision
their tiny goal in a vast expanse Of
water.
Every one Of these men has sus.
tanned the high standard Of American
efficiency. They have made a world
record Of cumulative significance by
their skill, their daring and withal
have borne themselves modestly as
becomes the real hero who has done
a great deed. They deserve all that can
be extended to them in ardent welcome
and applause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
Bailey, personal Journalist"
Sincerely Mourned by Fellows

| the Old Guard as beloved old fellows
who had great followings because they
were just what they WERE" However.
laments the Democrat. 1.-The world
isn't interested in editors any more.
1t finds it's heroes in the movies and
among the home-run hitters."
Describing the life of George M.
Bailey as resembling the Autumn
flight of a bird as he intermittently
winged his way farther South" the
Providence Journal summarizes his
career: Born in Maine, he began
his newspaper career as a printers
age of IA. Before he was 90
he was a city editor in Columbus,
Ga. and thence he went to Texas.
where he spent the rest of his life."
There, continues the Journal, he be-
came IAN outstanding figure in' the
journalism of his State" And far be-
yond the confines of his state, too, as
the San Antonio Express points out.
saying: Col. Bailey's name and
fame spread far beyond his newspa-
per's immediate territory. Only three
months ago the Carnegie Foundation
paid him the honor of designating him
as one of so outstanding American
editors to tour Europe and study
it's political aspects. Failing strength
later led Col. Bailey to decline the
coveted mission regrets the Express.
How intimately Col. Bailey was iden.
titled with Texas and Houston, Tex.
is brought out by the Birmingham
News: Bailey saw Houston develop
from a sprawling country village into
what is now the most impressive
f%xr 1n&r
Orleans and Los Angeles. All this
concerning Houston. Col. Bailey might
have boosted he had seen-a vast deal
of all this he had been. But boast
ing was the stuff that Col. Bailey's
good taste was not made Of The
Richmond News-Leader adds of Col.
Bailey's paragraphs: They were the
best advertisement Houston ever had"
To the Spartanburg Journal he
looms as "a national figure in the
world of journalism" the Atlanta
Journal lauds him as fifty years
a newspaper man, and every year an
honor to his calling,a boon to his
comrades. light to his generations"
and the Chattanooga News sees him
as having occupied a niche in Amer.
lean Journalism which will now re-
main vacant"
All uIuSudI tribute Is PAID 10 MS
writing by the Nashville Banner when
it remarks, "His stuff. as all written
matter is called by newspaper men,
was the sort that newspaper men them
selves read and enjoy. and those in
the game alone may know precisely
what a compliment that is to the man
of whose work 1t may be said"
Some papers discuss the reason for
the passing of the day of old-time
editors such as Bailey. The Dayton
Daily News declares: THE great ed
itor' was product of the day of the
little paper. The modern newspaper
is the work of hundreds of men. 1t
covers worldwide fields. 1t focuses
attention on no single place or per-
son." But even so, as the News
affirms. ION all sides there are editors
who, like George Bailey. are 'independ-
ent, liberal and coura geous,' who are
lovers Of truth and decency and COM
mon sense and as long as the coun.
try has plenty of these it may manage
to set along without the great enes."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
Hunger.Strikings Against Law.

If Sacco and Vanzetti, the men con-
demned to death for the murder Of a
paymaster and his guard in South
Braintree, Mass, several years ago,
and now awaiting execution while the
governor Of the State gives the case
his final review, have begun "hun.
ger strike" as the news indicates,
fresh difficulty will be created. to
embarrass both the officials of Massa-
chusetts and the friends and advo-
Gates Of the prisoners. Hunger-striking
at this particular juncture of the case
is a challenge to the very process Of
examination and review which the
convicted men have sought and which
has been accorded them. 1t is init.
mated in the dispatches that one of
the men expresses himself as dissatis.
fled with the manner in which the
governor Of the State is conducting
his survey. Yet there is nothing to
indicate that Gov. Fuller has pursued
course otherwise than one of strict
ly judicial impartiality. He has re.
ferred the testimony. arguments and
decisions to an advisory committee of
three men eminent in the States at.
fairs. who are now engaged in a
thorough scrutiny of the record. There
is nothing to indicate prejudice on
their part or disposition to find
other than the full truth regarding
the guilt or innocence Of the con.
demned men. Full opportunity has
been granted counsel for Sacco and
Vanzetti to present the case, and &C.
casion will be afforded them for argu.
ment.
Hunger-striking is form of de.
mand for immediate and unqualified
discharge from custody. These two
men, If they have in fact undertaken
to abstain from food as a means of
coercion, have been ill advised or are
extremely wrong-headed. They are
inviting death, and it is always felt
that the prisoner who takes his own
life, under the shadow of the gallows,
rs m effect confessing guilt.
1t is not to be believed that any
such maneuver. if seriously intended
and consistently carried out, will af.
feet the decision Of the advisory com.
mittee named by the governor or by
the governor himself, nor is it to be
believed that Sacco and vanzetti will
be allowed to starve themselves to
death pending the final decision. For.
chile feeding will probably be engaged
in if they persist. In the case of
Terrence MacSwiney, imprisoned in
Ireland for completely in revolutionary
outrages in that country, a hunger
strike was conducted for long period,
with forcible feeding for a time, and
then, upon the abandonment of that
method Of sustaining life, MacSwiney
finally died, martyrizing himself to
no end or effect.
The folly Of those who are trying
to coerce favorable action for Sacco
and Vanzetti is illustrated by an event
just reported by cable from Nice,
France, where a bomb was exploded
in front of the American consulate.
1t caused no casualties and did but
slight damage. 1t Is believed to have
been another demonstration" for the
condemned men. as futile and ill-ad.
vised as all other efforts to terrorize
American judicial authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
Rubber Heels!

Rubber heels! Shades Of hobnailed
marching shoes-rubber heels!
The Army Is putting rubber heels
on its shoes. Such is the progress of
modern warfare. Time was when a
company Of Infantry coming in from
drill snapped smartly into Squads,
right" and to the command of Com.
pany, haltw ceased it's rhythmic tramp
with thunderous clapping Of hard
leather heels. Time was when the SOL
der, approaching an officer to speak
with him, stopped to clap his heels to-
gether with such a noisy bang that
his presence was made known to all
the surrounding world. Time was
when the soldier, entering the orderly
room, showed his skill by swapping his
heels together and maintaining, at the
same time. his balance despite the
tendency of hobnails to skid on hard
wood floors. Time was when the Of
ficer's passing a group of lounging sol.
diers was marked by a clap as of
thunder as the soldiers leaped to at.
tention.
And now-rubber heels! The stimuli.
taneous contact Of four hundred heels
will be a noiseless thud. The soldier
springing to attention will be unheard.
The company of Infantry will glide,
rather than tramp, along a concrete
road.
Are Infantry drill regulations to be
revised? May we live to hear the
command Put on overshoes, march,"
or Umbrellas, right shoulder, arms!"
as the company goes marching away
through the rain on rubber heels?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

Newspaper men everywhere mourn
the passing of Col. George NJ. Bailey,
editor of the Houston Post-Dispatch
and one of the last of the famous
representatives of the old school of
personal journalism. For nearly half
a century Col. Bailey's characteristic
comments on public affairs and per-
sonalities had been read far beyond
the boundaries of Texas.
His passing is not alone Houston's
loss" says the Fort Worth Record
Telegram. He belonged to the
Fourth Estate. No way will ever be
found to estimate the number of young
men and women who derive their in
spirations and develop their ambitions
from such influences. Such men do
not arouse professional jealousies and
seldom envy. They are admired for
their purely personal equations" OF
the nature of his work the Record
Telegram continues: "In his famous
column, which was his personality
and his genius combined, he met the
job of living standing up He had
something for every reader every day.
He gave nothing of obsequiousness
and asked nothing Of flattery. He
told the world kindly but succinctly
what he thought of it, and, a S ever is
the case. it told him frankly that it
liked him for it."
In a similar tribute the Houston
Chronicle records that ''the call of
death has brought home to the news
paper people revelation of how pass
ing are all the works and institutions
of man: how fragile the world in
which we live. And it has done more
than that" says the Chronicle; ut
has brought home to them sense of
keen personal loss. For George Bailey
was their friend; he was interested in
every reporter; he was helpful to all
with whom he came in contact; he
never lost his interest in news gather
ing and news writing; he stood tena-
ciously for the highest in journalistic
ideals; he represented leadership and
talent and accomplishment for the
younger people Of his craft. So they
mourn him today as a master crafts
man in the craft which they follow,
as a champion of the ideals which
they would see preserved and as an
ever thoughtful friend whose place in
deed can never be filled.
"They say that the day of great
editors passed long ago." comments
the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
but Col. Bailey in all that he wrote
was conscientious, Independent. lib
eral, courageous, and he had charm
ing style. He preached sound doc
trines and preached them in way to
attract and hold attention. He was
a lover of truth, decency and common
sense. And how clearly he saw
through the Astounding shams Of the
times and how numerically he rid
died themr'
The Dallas Journal rates Bailey as
"a member of the Old Guard" belong
ing to the period when stalwarts like
Watterson fiourished in their perigee."
and the Arkansas Democrat describes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Want to Be an Angel.
I fain would play a heavenly harp,
When earth at last I've quilted.
I'll hope to read the warning sharp,
mo saxophones admitted"
hope in yon angelic ease
To read celestial dailies,
Which print the brief announcement
please
Omit the ukuleles."
When choir rehearsals I begin
crave a moral station
That will disclose me free from sin.
And also syncopation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

Threats Of a European duel should
sibilities discussed, small but spirited
matter like two-man fight should be
welcomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

Photographers have persuaded Mr..
Coolidge to don cowboy costume. The
Prince Of Wales is no doubt waiting
to hear whether the President has
any luck in holding his mount on a
skittish horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

It might be advantageous in the
practical business of nations If Judge
Gary could be induced to interest
himself in bringing the naval ratio
to the binding terms of "gentlemen's
agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

The world will be we'll satisfied if
an alteration as to relative strength
Of naval equipment can be made to
take the place of actual hostilities to
test out question Of dominant force.