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Evening star., 1927-03-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

be overgoverned and have too many
laws, we love individuals and indi-
viduality. Perhaps the more we
recede from these ideals, the more we
love them.
The man who can apply "a wooden
club to a ball harder and with more
surety than others Is regarded as a
great man. as no doubt he Is, IL one
has wide views on greatness. 1t is all
q matter of viewpoint. The serious
philosopher who would readily grant
Einstein's claim to greatness might
be inclined to refuse the title to Ruth.
whereas those interested in base ball
would twist the thing right around.
II the rights of the individual are
becoming more and more restricted,
as many strenuously claim, they
should be pleased at this insistence of
our writer's to turn out bigger and
better biographies.
May 1t not be this way: That as
they see individual liberties vanishing
they turn more and more to the solace
of the printed page in which strut the
ordinary heroes of everyday life?
The men and women we talk about
as we go along?
The old heroes made human?
X X X
The mass tendency of these latter
day biographies is TO humaniZe human
ity. Too long there has been a trend
toward the dedication of great per-
sons.
Civilization demands that great men
be placed before us as they really
were, not as the softening, effieminate
hand of time would paint them.
Perhaps we understand the heroic
character of Patrick Henry better
when we read that he kept a barrel of
whisky in his front yard, with tin
cup on top.
The clear perspective of years al
lows the present-day biographer, hap
PLY freed from the trammels of bind
ing custom, to set before US his man
''as big as life," blemishes and all.
Just as with our own acquaintanceS,
the eccentricities of great men of past
days act only as a foil to finer charac-
teristics.
Give us the whole man, that we may
rightly Judge If he was such stuff as
heroes are made of. ION what meat
hath this, our Caesar, fed, that he has
grown so great?"
x x X
The surprising thing is that writer's
only felt themselves free to expand In
this biographical direction within the
past or 10 years at most.
Benjamin Franklin himself gave
them a tip when he wrote his tremen-
dous Autobiography. The mental
side of his own life, his personal ac-
tons and reactions. interested him
most of all.
The way he thought when a. boy.
and why he thought that way, and the
methods he used to make himself
think better-these were what inter
ested this truly great American.
In it he says very little of his ac-
complishments as a statesman, but
much of the seemingly trivial happen
ings of every day. What intensely in
terested him, he figured, would inter
est others.
Despite this autobiography and
many other supremely good examples
through the ages. biographers until
comparatively recently continued to
work along old, accepted and dull
lines.
The brighter day of biography has
dawned. May it continue until Bruce
Barton produces book on Napoleon.
the Man." or Walter Johnson, the
Hero"
Evening star., 1927-03-10

History Is properly only biog
raphy," some one has said.
Every institution is the heightened
shadow of some one man." another
has declared.
During the past FIVE years those
who wrote and published books have
acted more and mere on such dicta.
A veritable succession of thick biog
raphies has poured from the American
press, until today one may find a
biography on almost any man.
In the old days heroes, warriors and
statesmen were about the only ones
admitted to the distinction of having
their lives written up," with the ex-
ception of authors themselves, who
generally have been neither warriors
nor statesmen, although some of them
may have been heroes.
Today, however, all is changed.
A busy tribe has been industriously
raking over the lives of every one
who during the past 100 years con-
tributed any individuality to the
American or English scene.
The result is a book on Franklin,
and another on =. T. Barnum, and a
third on Anthony Trollope, one on
Brigham Young, one on John L. Sulli-
van, one on Bill Nye, or whom you
will.
Each one is a large, well printed
volume, filled with pictures, and sell
ing generally for SIS. That seems to
be the standard price.
Each biography aims at being
'gayly written" Each author pines
to linn sparkling picture" Of the
era in which his character lived.
The happy part of it Is that they
have generally succeeded IN both
these important points.
The new school of biographical
writing, which is only new because it
has been adopted so whole-heartedly.
has practically eliminated the old
style:
"On the morning of July 4. 1S46,
the subject Of our sketch was born in
a lonely log cabin. 19 miles from the
seat of Hick County, Nebr.," ETC., etc.
These modern biographies aim to
intel est the reader from the start. AS
the men treated were themselves in
teresting, so must their lives, If prop
erly told. be interesting.
Expansion of the American mode Of
living, which brings more leisure to
more persons, makes possible not only
a lighter, breezier style in biographi-
cal writing, but allows an author to
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have been regarded as trivial and in.
consequential.
Not only is this true. The very
lives treated may have been super.
fetal, sophisticated, measured with the
standards of a more plodding, serious
age, but in the light of modern sophis-
tication are readily seen to have added
much to the gayety of nation.
In the days to come Babe Ruth will
be the subject of a gay biography"
which will give the reader of the year
2027 a sparkling picture Of 1927
America"
Babe Ruth, the Man." will be the
title. 1t will sell for SIS, and be very
thick. quite large, and fairly ooze pic
lures. The Babes mighty feat of
slamming out four home runs-we be-
lieve it was four-in one world series.
three of them in one game, will be
given a chapter.
X X X
America, in other words, is a ma
ton of individuals European meth
DDS of mass-handling of human beings
have not made a hit" in these United
States. Despite the fact that we may
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Ceorg Brandes Is Acclaimed
Worlds Most Noted Critic

ceau's only comment or answer was.
'Adieu, Brandes!'
Perhaps the outstanding critic of
his time" is the Judgment of the New
London Day, which remarks that "his
breadth of view was tremendous" and
that "his study of Shakespeare is re-
garded as the most significant work
on that poet published by one not
native to the English language. The
Portsmouth Sun states that "he hu.
manized events by making great per-
sonalities the pivots of his studies, "
while the Muskogee Times Democrat
offers the estimate of his work: ut was
his cleavage of outworn forms and his
devastating revaluation of artistic
principles which caused the old Vic
torian emphasis upon form to be dis
regarded and brought about the rise of
modern realism. With George Ber-
nard Shaw and Anatole France, he
composed trio of radical new writ
er'S who with wit and sarcasm served
to clear away the wreckage of the
rule of kings and prepare the way for
the coming of democracy"
X X
mo less than Darwin or Spencer,
Huxley or Haeckel," declares the
ASheville Times, must Brandes be
held a typical exponent of that third
quarter of the last century which,
like the earlier ERA of enlightenment, >
strove to make reason the unchal-
lenged arbiter of human destinies.
Byron, Heine and Taine were
his literary forebears and ideals.
Truth and freedom were his gods
Before Brandes there was lit.
tie in Scandinavian letters worthy of
outside attention. After the sounding
of his bugle call to battle for genuine
and original literary values there
stood forth Ibsen and Bjornson, Jacob
son and Strindberg and scores Of lesser
lights or later comers. all of whom
combined to impress the spirit of an
awakened North on a world that in
it's turn had to listen and follow"
The San Francisco Bulletin con-
cludes: For nearly go years his name
has been on the lips OF all readers and
writer's seriously interested in ANALYSIS
of literary art, and now that he has
gone it will continue to be bracketed
with those Of the three or four mod.
erns whose work has significance be-
yond the language in which it was
written"
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Equal-Rights Decision
By High Court Praised
a tho Editor of The Star.

TO the Eultor OF Tne star:
The decision of the Supreme Court
giving equal rights to colored voters
is a just and fair decision-a decision
which has endeared that high tribunal
in the hearts of 10000, 900 Of long.suf-
fering, brave and patriotic citizens of
these United States of America. That
just decision will rekindle the sparks
and flashlights Of love for the Stars
and Stripes which have been burning
low in the hearts OF many who don't
really understand that God moves in
a mysterious way His wonders to per-
form"
No part of the American citizens
should be made to feel that they
haven't a lasting duty to perform al
ways when the honor of the flag must
be preserved. And hence not only
should the colored citizens feel proud
of that just decision handed down
unanimously by the highest tribunal
of this God-blessed country, but there
are multitudes Of white Christians.
men and women, throughout this
broad land of ours who rejoice with
them.
AS American citizens we should
seek to get closer together, and perish
the thought that there'll be no more
wars, even when the belching cannons
NAV be heard almost at our doors.
Unlike the ninety and nine. the col
ored race comes back as a whole and
thanks the justices of the Supreme
Court for their highly appreciated de-
cision. God grant that their days be
much longer upon the earth!
I. G. CUNNINGHAM.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Magistrates Fees.

An important ruling which pro-
hibits judicial officers in the various
States from sitting in cases in whlch
they have pecuniary interest has re-
Gently been handed down by the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
This decision. based on liquor case
in Ohio, invalidates the system In
that State as well as Arkansas, Ken
lucky, Nebraska. North Carolina
Georgia and Texas. in which inferior
judges, such as mayors and Justices
of the peace. are dependent for their
fees entirely upon conviction. The
Supreme Court holds that this system
violates the constitutional guarantee
Of due process of law.
This ruling does not apply to
Maryland or Virginia, because magis-
trates In these States are either paid
on a per case rate or receive
straight salary for performing the
duties of their office. In Maryland
recently, however, there was recorded
the case of motorist arrested for
speeding who was brought before a
Justice of the peace, tried and acquit-
ted, but, strangely enough, found HIM
self forced to pay for the costs.
Through intervention of the American
Automobile Association the justice was
eventually compelled to refund this
money, which he later collected from
the State.
1t is source of qualification to
the entire Nation that the highest
court has ruled definitely on this
practice. No inferior judge should
be allowed to mix up his own
pecuniary interest with impartial
Justice. Motorists, in particular.
have suffered from this system in
small cities throughout the country.
Traffic policemen would bring in
huge numbers Of automobilists, prin-
cipally on Sundays when the traffic
was heaviest, for arraignment before
the judge. And in some instances
the magistrate or justice of the peace
has not been content to work by
indirect methods. He has simply
stationed himself on the main
Travelled highway and held court by
the roadside, thus reaping a golden
harvest from the hapless motorists.
1t has now been recognized by the
highest legal tribunal that these
practices destroy the constitutional
guarantee of fair trial. No matter
how honest or impartial a Judge
may be, 1t is an extremely difficult
matter to brush aside the fact that
his living depends on the number OF
convictions he hands out.
In connection with the judicial
officers who are paid by the State
on a per case rate, it should be
noted that there is a possibility Of
practically the same pecuniary con-
sideration. 1t would be to the interest
OF such a Judge to do great volume
of business. There appears to be no
reason why every judge should not
be paid on straight salary basis.
This procedure would tend to produce
the ideal condition, as it would then
make no difference to the Judge
whether the defendant was convicted
or acquitted and still less difference
as to the number Of cases tried dur
ing any fiscal year.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

that Industrial development is essen
tial to the city's well rounded growth,
and that those who are working for
the "City Beautiful are heart and
soul with these who are working for
the "City Practical" Here is time
when the artistic sense and the bust
ness sense are well merged.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

FOrwardness.
Old Father Time plods on his way.
He taps from door to door;
And hopefully he seems to say,
.'There's always something more"
He whispers of wondrous past
Manned by a classic crew.
But this is what he says at last:
There's always something new!'
Evening star., 1927-03-10

With all it's art and education Japan
IS still subject to geological conditions
which render it most famous for it's
earthquakes. The forces of nature
cannot be conquered. They can be
met with fortitude. and that is how
Japan always faces them.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

During the Summer the statesman
goes before his constituents and tries
to explain why he could not, single.
handed, settle some Of the most com.
plicated problems history has re.
vealed.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Compliments are interchanged by
radio. The demonstrations are a
hopeful reminder that in case Of dis
agreements communication will per
NIT affairs to be settled in hurry.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Marines in Nicaragua are contem-
plated with respect. Wherever a
Marine arrives he is credited with
perfect willingness to participate in
a real fight.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
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MARYLAND and Virginia.
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Evening star., 1927-03-10

New York is trying to clean up the
stage. Financially speaking, the
queer theater continues to accomplish
the cleanup
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Sovietism is at present distin-
guished by a generous willingness to
assume responsibilities for any kind
of trouble that occurs anywhere.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Oil might be cheaper IL its investi-
cations could be transferred from the
legislators to the geologists.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Busy Times.

Busy Times.
''You will now be able to enjoy a
rest"
"a restr echoed Senator Sorghum.
This is the time in a statesman's life
when he has to work day and night
to explain and apologize"
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Embellishments.
Simple song of long ago.
They jazzed it up a bit.
The melody you'd scarcely know,
But it's ragtime hit.
Jud Tunkins says life has become
like a three-ring circus; there is so
much to see that you don't really see
From time immemorial 1t has been
customary to make fun Of the Spring
poet" Nevertheless and notwith-
standing, he gets a kick out of life
that cabarets cannot impart.
It would be a grewsome episode If
all the Egyptian mummies could
gather round and sing II Dreamt /
Dwelt In Marble Halls"
Ancient WISDOM" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "is great, but it
has proved no protection against mod
ern folly
Evening star., 1927-03-10

The glad season approaches when
base ball will be played instead of
talked.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Liquidation of debts is a topic that
prompts frozen attitude.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

Envy" said Uncle Eben. 'is de
compliment paid by de man who can't
to de man who kinn ..----
Evening star., 1927-03-10
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

TAs Evrninr star with the Sunday morn.
fng edition, Is delivered by carriers wl.ni,n Will,
che city 81 60 cents per month; daliSS cenis "i
rer month Oriers may he sent by man or
teierhone Main 5000 Collection Is maue ny
carrier as end of each month.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
First and Last.

The last rose of Summer
Was mentioned in song.
But now the first robin
Comes hopping along.
We hail the first crocus
with happiness great.
The last rose of Summer
Is quite out-of-date.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
An Eye to Publicity.

"How Is your boy Josh doing at col
lege?"
Fine" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. HE passes his examinations, but
not with enough brilliance to make
him more prominent as a scholar than
as a foot ball player
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
COURT OF HONOR
MAKES AWARDS
TO BOY SCOUTS

Al the Nav meeting of the Court
o1 Honor, held at the Wilson school
last night, q number OF merit badg-
es were awarded. The following is
the last Of those receiving honors:
Second class rank: Ralph Hall.
Troop / Standlce Duke. Troop +;
Mnrrel Mayne, Troop 2S; Charles
Reed, Troop :; Fernando Escalantc,
Troop IL; ana Russell Wagner.
Troop %.
First class rank: William sun
ptrom aud Frederick Neliguette.
Troop 25; Roy Busby, Troop 1t:
Max Atflerbaugh. Troop 2l, and ".
+. Hancock, Troop :.
Merit badges: Robert NaMsek,
Troop 16, automobiling; Richard
Wilson, Troop /, camping and ath-
letios; ice Schevehe, Troop l6, pub
lie health and carpentry; George
fiives, Troop 16, personal health;
Milton Finley, Troop Is, pioneering
and camping: George Conner, Troop
2l, safety first; Every q. Moline.
Troop %. safety first. patkf.nding,
and agriculture: George Read,
AfeHp = patbllHu4HS. pioneering.
eivics: Robert Reid. Troop q, ciec-
triciiy, persona! health. cooki ing;
Howard Rovce, Troop y, craftsman
ship; Charles Thompson. Troop %.
electricity, safety first and cycling:
Lewis He'll. Troop %, personal
health, first aid, scholarship; Dale
Sha1p. Troop %, electricity and a9
rieulturc; James Thomas. Troop %,
oairyine.
Richard Wilson. Troop one. be
came a life scout and Joe Ralph
Schevene. Troop IL, and Lewis He'll
Troop 25, star scouts
Men present for the court were
". L. Grant. O. ". Afflcrbaueh, s.
l.. McCrorv aud J. F. Broek.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
VESSELS COLLIDE
OFF NANTUCKET
IN HEAVY FOG
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, May 25.-The Mat
son Navigation Companv's new 81
000,000 liner Malolo and the steam
ship Jacob Christensen collided in
q heavy fog in the Vicinity Of Nan
/, tueket Light late today. according
to a radlogram to the independent
Wireless Company here.
The Malolo was reported heavily
damaged. The radio said there was
four feet Of water in the engine
room and indicated the ship was in
danger Of sinking.
The Jacob Christensen also was
badly damaged but was standing
by 10 give assistance.
The forepeak Of the Christensen
was stove in, the radio advices said.
No one was injured.
The Malo!o was Just launcehd at
PhiladelPhia yesterday. Aboard
were the crew, the staff for the test
run from the shipyards. officials of
the Matson Company and few
guests.
Tie ship Was built for the San
Francisco Honolulu trade and was
10 make the run between those ports
IN four days. 1t was expected TO
prove one Of the finest liners un-
der the american flag.
After the first radio message. a
second was sent cut asking all ships
in the vicinity OF Nantucket Light
to hurry 10 the assistance Of the
Malolo. The radio messages did
not say the Malolo was sinking but
their argent nature caused radio
Hen to believe the situation was
serious.
The Jacob Christensen is a steel
steamer Of 1894 tons, owned in
Bergen. Norway.
At the hour Of the collision a
heavy storm was gathering in the
vicinity Of New York with the skies
black and the darkness intensified
by the fog which was hanging over
the vicinity.
1t was understood that the coast
guard from New. London was pre-
pairing TO give assistance if neees-
sary.
II was believed many vessels
were in the vicinity to give aid as
the ships were in line of heavy
travel by coastwise and deep sea
shipping.
y half hour after the collision
was reported. Matson navigation of.
ficials here still were without def,
mite information
The weather station at Sandy
Hook reported the weather exceed.
ingly unfavorable and visibility
poor.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
Famous Painter
Called by Death
by United Press Leased Wire

MONRONIA, Calf, May 90
Frederick Melville DGmont, 90, in.
ternationally known painter, died
at his home here today Of acute in.
digestion.
Dumont is best known for his
paintings Of the southwestern Amer
lean desert, both in Europe and this
country.
His masterpiece Dawn started
four years ago will be hung in the
Paris salon this season. according 10
advices received here recently.
Dumont has resided in MOnrovia
the past - years, save for frequent
continental tours.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

ears going out by frA;ght. Ship,
ments for the season now total 579
ears.
Local shipping point information
for Yesterday showed maximum
temperature 90, minimum 63. De,
mand moderate, market steady.
Quality generally good. Carloads f..
o b. cash track, standard 40 5, most
" $2.90-3. Kipes for western ship
ment. market slightly weaker, stan
dard ass, $3.25-50.
Los Angeles market, 1 California
arrived and approximately 600 pack
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

33s, ss.-7.50. mostly s.. Pony 45s,
and Jas, $500, mostly -. stand
ard flats. s. 2.15, mostly 500 -.
Jumbo flats, lbs $685..
Chicago--j9 degrees clear. Five
California. l Texas, | Mexico arriN-
ed. Eight ears ON track. supplies
moderate, demand and trading mod
crate, market about steady. lmpe'
rial wrapped, Jumbo Sos and 45s,
$3.50, standard Sos and 45s, $3.50;
pony 45s and 54s, $3.50; standard
flntc 81. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
Davis To Urge
Medal Fer FLYER
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHfNGTTN. May 25.-Secrc-
tary of War Dwight Davis will do
everything IA Lis power to have
the Conpr" ,sional medal of honor
or. the distinguished service FLYING
cross awarded 10 Charles Lindbcrgh,
New York Paris flyer, he declared
today,
He also will lend every assistance
to plans for Il fitting reception -
to the daring youngster when he
comes 10 this city ON his return
from Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
ESTATE PAPERS Tiled

Petitions for letters OF admins
trstion were filed at the county
clerk = office this morning III the
natter of the estates Of Harry A.
Terwilliger, deceased, and John P.
Marcacei. deceased. jeanette K.
Terwilhgcr, widow of the deceased,
is the applicant in the first instan ,e
while Joe Marcaeci, son Of the de
ceased, is the applicant in the see
ona case.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

ages bv express. Two ears on
track unhroLon, ten broken. De-
manG good. market barely steady,
Imperial, salmon tints, standard 45S,
S44.25; ionys. mostly $3.50, Jun,
bos, $4.25 80, flats $l.60-65.
New York, SO degrees cloudy. Six
California express arrived. Sup
plhs limited, demand moderate,
market steady. Imperial salmon
tints. Jumbo ass, $3.50, best most
lv $3.50. Standard 45s, $G.50.I,
mostly 81, eoft low as SO. Jdmbo
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25
Shipments Shy
of Century Mark

Imperial Valley cantalounc ship
ments are expected to go over the
100 mark today with 1876 ears ord
cred for tedav's loading. The cen
tury mark. expected for some days,
but delayed by the cool nights. was
almost reached yesterday with 9s
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

Too many women are killing tn +
husbands, say the police wom9I
This movement should be curtaiF
= little, to be successful.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

Schools on trains and in boats q
among the new ventures. Anythib
10 keep the Young folk from coo
mitting suicide! I
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

The ex kaiser has the best Of in
tentions for his former subjects. He
announces he is not intending 70
return 10 Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

Riverside will vote on $250,000
bond issue June q for funds TO
build a bridge and an auditorium.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

Tie state railroad commissiI
will hear Fresno s petition to b,
the city water system, in Fresno, |
Septembe Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-25

A young Ohio ex-sailor knows
100 different kinds Of knots. Send
him 10 China, send him to China!