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Evening star., 1927-10-08
Looking Forward.

A dispute over the text Of a Latin
Inscription over the main doorway OF
the library at Louvain. destroyed In
the war and now being rebuilt by
American donations, has halted work
for the time being on the facade. The
dispute is between DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler. representing the
Carnegie Founda ton, chief donors in
rebuilding the library, and Whitney
Warren Of New York, architect In
charge of the work. Original plans
called for the Latin inscription:
"Destroyed by Teutonic Fury; Re-
stored by American Love-" DIR. Butler
and others object to this text. and
the suggestion has been made that 1t
be revised and the words substituted
destroyed by War; Restored by
American Love-" Mr.. Warren does
not agree, basing his contention on
the fact that the original text In
terprets the sentiment OF the ma jority
II the people of Louvain and OF
GslgiYm.
,.yMr. Warren undoubtedly is correct
Evening star., 1927-10-08

trusted to others, and he now claims
that he was betrayed. i,
There will be but little public con-
cern In the eternal triangle" aspect
Of Remus' crime, but a decided In
terest will Be- shown in the disclosures
relating to the administration Of his
ILL., gotten estate during ana since his
conviction and imprisonment. The
man himself Is a unique character.
A few years ago he was a lawyer In
small practice in Chicago. specialize
ing in criminal cases. Next he de-
yeloped a considerable divorce prac-
tice, It was then that he conceived
his scheme for cornering the bootleg
business, and from modest means he
rapidly progressed to such great
wealth that he was able to live in a
style befitting a Croesus. A point
OF particular interest in this matter
lis the fact that the Government
agent who was chiefly responsible for
Remus' detection and conviction iA
now named by him as the cause of
his marital unhappiness. Nemesis
surely works in extraordinary ways.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Now it is not what she says, but
it il the way she says it
II see you have a new golf club" )"
just SO!
indulge the old chap in his peculiar
weakness.
Suppose he should come wagging
home with the club wrapped up in
brown paper and should find a smil.
ing wife waiting at the front door.
He would be, Of course, all set for
the inevitable remark. His stance
would be a good one. from long expert.
ence He would be all ready to be made
| to feel as If he we're taking the food
out of his children's mouth, or rob.
bling grandmother of her bedroom
slippers.
He would almost be ready to de.
clare. "Weli, go on and say itr' He
but suppose his dear wife. instead
of greeting him with the aforemen-
toned inevitable remark. would calm.
ly ask:
| "Ill bet you can't guess what
lust bought for you DOWNTOWN"
OF course he couldn't guess.
| Then she would placidly haul forth
q box. and say: Here are a dozen
of those new Hawkroute golf balls
YOU saw advertised the other day. ]
| thought you might like them. They
only cost $40, too"
Another good way for a wife to
! please her husband is to surprise him
| with the gift of new kind of shaving
soap. Remember that the stores are
filled with all kinds of tricky gadgets
for old shavers as well as young
| shavers.
| No man wholly outgrows his child.
hood-in fact, women get great deal
of fun out of pretending that their
! husba nds are only big boys. Remem
| him a fancy shaving bowl" from
abroad. with a nicely scented cake OF
soap in its wooden receptacle.
The chances are 10 to that he
has never seen anything like it. and
will appreciate it very much, even II
| he pretends to think that it is toe
smelly" Men openly affect to de-
spise perfumes, but your average male
has a decided preference for really
| good ones in moderation.
/
| the so.called head Of the house for
the good and simple reason, as Pen
| rod was wont to say, that he is toe
often neglected.
The custom of bringing home gifts
Of candy and flowers to wives Is more
established, and needs less reminder
in the public prints.
| But perhaps the habit of purchas
| ing little trinkets, now and then, al
unstated and unknown intervals, for
various members of the family, might
go long way toward making life
more pleasant.
Men and women are but boys and
girls grown up, it is true, and yearly
| tend to look more like children, with
their golf trousers and their short
skirts and bobbed heads.
None of US should forget, IL We
could, nor would we, the glorious an.
ticipation and delight of the child as
it asks, What did you bring me from
downtown"
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millionaire. He would doubtless have
been perfectly satisfied with his
achievements had he not had an up.
per class ancestry and a youth in
which traditions of culture and IDEAL
ism prevailed. As things are. indus
trial success leaves him with a life
stripped of all that might have made
his later years satisfying. Reymont's
earlier four.volume novel. THE
Peasants" deals with Polish peasant
life in the four sea asons, as THE Prom
ised Land" deals with Polish city in
dustrial life.
n r
A leading French literary Journal,
in making a forecast of probable men,
bers of the French Academy in 1850,
calls attention to the fact that many
notable French writer's in the past
have not been elected to membership
in that celebrated company of I'M
morta,s. Neither Flaubert, nor the
Gonccurts, nor Maupassant, nor Dau-
Diet. nor Zola, nor Mirabeau, nor many
others, have Aorn the green habit"
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Pardoning of Doty Accepted
AS Goodwill Act by France

shot, why in the world doesn't he join
an American police force. where such
a career can be truly glorious.
/ "Graduates from the school OF ex-
perfence have but one motto declares
| the Toledo Blade. ''It is never again
That Is what Bennett ]. Dety is say
ing. - Doty has had the kind
Of thrills that sometimes get into nc
ton. In the climax he has<corne to
life as from the grave, He says: 1
hope my mother In Biloxi. Miss. will
feel as good as do y Doubtless she
| will. Real mothers never fail their
sons. This mother will find a son
whose appetite for adventure Is sati-
ated, but there Is no moral 10 MS
story worth mentioning. Food one
man eats cannot satisfy another"
Sentiment might have prompted
complete forgiveness and an honor
able discharge long ago." in the opin'
ion of the Flint Daily Journal. but
sentiment is lacking in the European
military system, and especially in the
Foreign Legion. While the French
authorities knew that they must make
an example of this young American,
regardless of his distinguished record.
they did concede a point. or many
points, in waving the usual penalty
fer desertion in time of war.
The spectacle of a seasoned adven-
turer, globe -trotter and soldier of for.
tune deserting because OF a twinge or
loneliness for the far-away homeland
is not a common one"
He was no coward" asserts the
Wichita Beacon. conceding that 1T is
not hard to conceive of his sickness
at heart and resultant inconsistencies
and desperation" and concluding with
the statement that 1.-The entire affair
has that happy ending so demanded
by the American people in fiction and
real life" The Worcester Telegram
feels that the case seems so SPECIAL
that the French Government could
not refuse to release him without
causing an unfavorable impression in
this country"
The Charleston Evening Post refers
to the case as "a rather fragrant vio-
lation of the traditions of the Legion
and holds that Doty's "resubmergeffce
in it's ranks is doubtless made in an
effort to restore that so far as posi-
BILE. There Is no good reason why his
Government should exert itself to res
cue him from career OF his own
choosing" concludes that paper. The
Seattle Daily Times finds in his career
"a wholesome lesson for other adven-
turous youths" and states of his fu-
ture: young Doty will now servein
Algeria near the scenes pictured sin
Beau Geste.' One hopes that he does
not encounter another Sergt. LIE Jaune
or that he does not get too close to
the cantankerous tribesmen of that
troubled region. Also there is reason
to believe that when he has rounded
out the five years OF his enlistment
period he will head straight for an
America recruiting office the next
time he feels the urge to go to war;"
THE soldier of fortune is not called
by his country" concludes the Kala-
maZoo Gazette. "He goes forth solely
for the sake OF fighting, to risk his
life and kill other men in a war in
which his country has not the slight
est interest. He is entitled to none OF
the honors due the patriot"
Evening star., 1927-10-08

70 The dispute between the District OF
e,Colum5ia and Virginia over enforce
ment Of a statute which has lain dor
mant for years through the workings
of the so-called reciprocity agree.
oment between the two jurisdictions
eventually will end in an amicabie ad-
sdustment. If Virginia is right, there
will be no further complaint from the
District interests adversely affected.
But Virginia should first prove her
point, not through a series OF arbi.
--trary rulings by roadside Justices of
the peace, bat through a dignified
study Of the whole question after the
District has been afforded ample op-
portunity to present its side of the
case. Repeated trials" by justices OF
1.-The peace, with side bets between the
presiding justices az to which one Of
them knows the more law. plus impli.
cations on the part of one OF them
that the other owes his skill In 3uris-
prudence to conscientious study OF the
fHagerstown Almanack, will do more
harm than good. Lack of dignity In
: the courtroom. however informal the
courtroom may be. automatically
works to detract from the dignity of
the law, and law without dignity loses
1.-The respect of those who otherwise
would be glad to obey it. Right
minded virginians, as well as residents
eof the District, will agree on this
point. Together they should find a
means OF assuring fair and dignified
weighing of the law by those in whose
hands rest the delicate scales Of JUS
tiCe,
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cradle father. We drank coffee slipped
| oyster soup, ate scalloped oysters and
played blind mans bluff: that is, the
| younger ones did. We old men talked
politics, fought the old battles over,
and broke up just in time not to In.
trude on the Sabbath"
| On January IA. 1859. he writes:
went to see Kossuth. Gen. Tay.
lor of Chilicothe had opposed inviting
him before our body, and had,scored
him for it. threw the House into
| laughter at his expense, and he was
very angry. The next day a Mrs
Browning of Cincinnati was at the re-
ception for K, and who did she see
come in but Taylor. She wanted to
know why he was there If he didn't
| want to see the patriot, and he left
very mad. X. was dressed in a rich
green velvet suit He is a fine fellow.
Grace says he is too holy and fine a
| man to get married
In 1912 he writes to his daughter:
II am here in this forum Of the
concerted wisdom OF the Nation. Mr..
Goode OF Virginia Is holding forth In
| terms of moving eloquence on the hos.
| pitality, patriotism and moral excel
lence of the Old Dominion. Some OF
| the members are going to their din
| ners, some are taking a nap. The re
| porters are lounging about the hall
| and some are drawing caricatures on
| the paper before them"
In 1855. in the midst of bitter anti
slavery debate, he writes:
II am here In my room alone on the
| Sabbath. I try to turn my thoughts
| to the future, to that elevated exist
ence which awaits us. The voices of
departed friends reach me. On me,
more than any one else, do they de-
pend for carrying through the work
which we have begun. The country
also is looking toward me. Indeed,
looking down the vista of time, / be-
hold coming generations looking back
upon me. No other man could have
girded our little corps to our present
position"
The Julian letters in particular con-
tain an invaluable collection OF auto
graphs. Julian was elected to Con-
gress as a Free-Soiler in 1849, and was
one Of the most prominent anti.slav'
cry advocates. There are letters to
and from Charles Sumner. George F.
Hoar, Grover Cleveland. Benjamin F.
Wade, Cassius II. Clay. Salmon p.
Chase, Chief Justice Fuller. Secretary
stanton, Samuel Tilden, Julia Ward
Howe, Elizabeth Cadv Stanton. Lu-
cretia Mott, William Lloyd Garrison,
Wendell Phillips, John Stuart Mill,
Horace Greeley, Gen. Fremont, Win
field Scott, George Bancroft. James
Russell Lowell. Whitelaw Reid. Henry
Willard, Murat Halstead. William
Dean Howells and other leaders OF
r~A ES,,~nMnavA thAnNht
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The pardon Of Bennett J. Doty.
American soldier OF fortune, after he
had been sentenced for desertion from
the French Foreign Legion, Is &C.
cepted in this country as evidence OF
good will on the part of France-a
graceful response to an appeal from
the American Legion. For Doty him
self there is not overmuch sympathy.
He ESCAPES prison and death, but must
serve out his enlistment of several
years in the Foreign Legion.
American opinion favorirg leniency
in this case is believed by the Jersey
City Journal to have been based
more on sentiment than fact, which
was natural in the case of a man who
had served well not only in the French
Foreign Legion but also in the Ameri-
can Army in the World War" The
Journal adds that ITO satisfy that sen.
timent France has made a sacrifice.
The success Of its Foreign Legion is
directly proportional to the success
with which it can maintain absolute
loyalty and military discipline. Sym.
pathy has little place in solution of
the Foreign Legion's problems. With
that to consider. the letting on of q
soldier who committed q capital Of
tense must be looked upon
as a valiant act Of international friend
ship" .s
$50 the Paris reunion already has
paid at leaet one dividend" says the
Eeliirgham Herald, which describes
Doty's eleven months in the Syrian
desert during the Druse uprising"
when he received two citations for
extraordinary bravery" Following
the sentence to be shot and the COM
mutation to eight years in a French
penal colony. of which. he had served
II months, the Herald concludes: 81
crave no more adventure is Doty's
reaction. And one would think so
or not"
"Our Doty was probably not fighting,
with France against the rebellious
Moroccans and Syrians for money
merely" suggests the Miami Daily
News. 1.-THE love of adventure was
doubtless his ruling motive. But kill
ing men merely for the love of adven-
ture is not now a highly regarded
trade. Doty would have done better
to leave the French to reduce their
own subject tribes. If he wants ad-
venture and a chance to shoot and be
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Remus' ''Service to Society"

George Remus. only lately released
from the penitentiary where he
served a term after conviction as
the bootleg king" of America, is
again In Jail. q prisoner charged with
the murder Of his wife. The crime was
committed yesterday in Cincinnati.
Remus surrendered to the police and
claimed to have acted in the interest
OF society. The shot which slew the
woman. he said. was a duty on his
part.
The spectacle of Remus moralizing
upon public duty and social RESPONSE
bility 10 not particularly edifying. 1t
is evident that his sense of obliga-
ton to the public is warped. He
went into the bootlegging business as
a means of making big money. He
was attracted to the field by the dis
covery that bootlegging had up to
that time been a scattered series of
individual operations, and he made a
bid for control which succeeded on
n large scale. He demonstrated a
genius for organization. His trans
actions ran into tens of millions OF
dollars. When he was caught and
proved guilty he paid totally made
auate penalty. If his punishment had
been determined by the magnitude of
his operations he would have been
sent to prison for long term OF
wears. As it was. he had an easy
time i'm prison for few months, liv-
ing luxuriously and performing only
light routine DUTY in the prison
library. While was in this tcchni-
"a, eonfnspa entl Ne AftAirs were en-.
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"What did YOU bring me?"

What did you bring me?"
This is the standard question Of
the child to it's parents, as the latter
arrive from downtown. AS to the
question of buying perpetual presents
for children, this is something which
we do not propose to discuss here.
The happiness Of receiving some
thing from downtown" however. is
known by their elders as well as by
the children.
The surprise of receiving something
zine. or a piece of wearing apparel, or
candy or whatnot, is something that
perhaps ought to be more invoked
than normally is.
Older people, as well as children.
re not immune to the appeal OF the
surprise.
In the country districts, even in the
year 1927. the surprise party Is etill
a large feature Of the social life, as
any one can see by picking up the
weekly paper from the old home town
Such gatherings no longer are in
vogue in the cities, but something OF
the same "kick" can be impaired to
life by the judicious selection OF per
sonal presents.
Grave and serious Daddy" will re
act quite as well to an Offering OF
good will as any one else.
If you doubt this. try it on the old
man tomorrow.
Select for him q nice blue tie with
bright orange stripes on it. and watch
the glad smile of surprise that fits
across his features when he sees II
for the first time.
The minute, dear mother, you re-
move it from it's paper bag, his eyes
begin to gleam with the light that
! never was on sea or land.
No matter what he secretly thinks
of your selection, he is man enouSh
to conceal it. He will put it on--once
without a murmur. even if he con
veniently manages to lose it some
where later.
And he does get quite kick" out
of the remembrance.
X X X X
Many a wife who chdes her dear
husband for buying SO many goli
clubs and balls would be surprised a,
the tremendous "hit" she could make
if she were to come home some after
noon with her handbag filled with the
very latest offering of some promi
nent manufacturer.
Ardent golfers are very fond Of in
duiging in clubs and new balls. A
man may have q set of some promi
nent makers best clubs. all initiated
by one of the great players. and that
sort Of thing. but when he goes by
the window and sees some particular
club, he has a hankering for 1t.
He falls.
He has the salesman wrap it ur
in brown paper, and hopes that wife
viii not spot 1t. as he comes through
the big front door.
But a golf club, wrapped or un
wrapped, is unerringly a golf club.
No amount of paper will make II
look like an umbrella.
Even little johnnie cannot mistake
it for q whip.
X X X
II see you have new golf club. y
says she, with a peculiar accent.
YES" he replies, something like a
whipped dog.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
A Plea for Tolerance.

Premier Baldwin's address to Amer
lean Lesionnaires in London Will
strike close to the heart of all Amer
lea. II calls vividly to mind days
when British, French, Italian, Belgian
and American soldiers stood shoulder
to shoulder in the greatest war OF all
time. 1t makes a plea for return
Of that feeling of comradeship ana
good will which knit the men OF these
nations closely together a decade ago.
The British premier unerringly
placed his finger upon an unfortunate
truism. 1t is more difficult, he says,
TO make peace than it is to make war.
A truism that the world has realized
as the years passed. In spite Of bit
terness, the world Is n1uddling
through. In spite Of debts and ua'
satisfactory trade balances, In spite
OF the weight of huge tax burdens,
and in spite Of racial differences, the
friendships of the world continue.
Americas UNOFFICIAL ambassadors, in
cluding the American Legion. are do
ing much to cement those friendships.
It is intercourse and personal con-
tact that count in the friendship OF
nations as in the mere friendship OF
man to man.
Premier Baldwin's plea for toler.
Ance on the part Of America for the
problems which Europe faces today
,.akyroblems which have come down to
the nations through the ages-war.
Giants the earnest attention and SYM
pathy Of the people OF the United
States. This country IL particularly
blessed In it's escape fron such prob.
LENS. And it behooyss the United
aHtates to watch carefully that similar
problems do not develop In the West
=sern Hemisphere to trouble ~ In the
Nuture.,
The failure Of the Geneva naval
limitaticn conference brought regret
TO both Greet Britain ana tho United
States. The British premier 10 par
ticularly happy. however. Ia his dec
zlaration that the failure Of that con.
Ference has not ana win not result
In a great naval construction race on
the part Of the United states. Great
s1Britain ana Japan. The British navy
budget will show no such program,
s-he says. AZ tho premier remarks,
= conflict between the United States and
ss4sritain, between the two great Eng
ssiish-speaking nations. might well
wreck modern civilization, already
rzEocked severely by the World War.
: And, az Mr.. baldwin says, such con.
~f5ict is unthinkable.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

The acclaim Of Nation probably
leaves Charles Lindbergh exactly
where he started-with a desire to
visit the cities Of Europe and enjoy
an occasional luncheon unobserved.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

"The glorious climate Of California"
Is frequently referred to by politicians
Of the Pacific slope. The phrase should
be made into song to compete with
THE sidewalks OF New York"
Evening star., 1927-10-08
The Hidden Threat.

From the Charlotte Observer.
Ii is said that plate over the door
in Egypt indicates that a marriage
able girl Hives within the house. over
here a fellow gets caught without
warning.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

One point brings European powers
to general agreement. II is the as.
sumption that Uncle Sam has consid.
erably more money than he actually
needs.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Statesmanship employs. some COM
plicated phrases. It remained for
President Coolidge to impress the value
Of the word Of one syllable. ns-. -
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Nothing that the esteemed Judge
Lands can say will prevent the sue.
cessful pitcher from being the real
"czar'' Of base ball.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

"Wealth does not necessarily bring
happiness" Trite phrase. Yet boot
@leg riches constantly give it renewed
significance.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Aviators hop of in light.hearted
haste and seldom pause to think of
arrangements for return trip ticket.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Every United States citizen likes to
visit Washington, D. C.. Yet no ma
tional party thinks Of this city as the
place for q nominating convention.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Good plays are scarce. At present
the grand jury is the audience that
hears the big drama.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Bad Medicine.

From the Fort Worth Star-Teiesrari.
Bootleg whisky may be SUCCESS In
the fuel tank of an autonlobftei but II
will never do the steering wheel any
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Oil is lubricant that often causes
friction in political machinery.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Tns Associated Press is ex'i.siyely cntitlcd s1
IN the u,p for republication OF all news 0ae'
ns,rhes Trefjited 10 it or not Utuprnlse efcd'
tied in this payer snd ALSO the mSai ns"e
~ snerial siisnatches neren are also reeaF"ed