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Evening star., 1927-10-28
Natures Way.

DR.. Raymond Pearl, head Of the In.
stitute for Biological Research of the
Johns Hopkins University, writing in
the American Mercury, says that su-
perior people do not produce superior
children. An exhaustive study into the
parentage of sixty.three great philoso.
piers showed that the fathers of fif.
teen of them were entirely unknown,
and of the remaining forty-eight
Just two were sufficiently dis
tinguished to leave public record Of
the fact" OF the forty.eight, DIR.
Pearl declares, the group ''is mainly
composed Of mediocre people with a
few superior persons in the lot, and
a few badly inferior. Some of these
parents would have been segregated
or sterilized IL recommendations of
present-day eugenical zealots had
been in operation"
These statements may well cause
the average person. who perhaps ID
not a psychologist, to pause and con.
slider. Psychology. in the past nifty
years, has brought forth veritable
brood Of theories. many of them oi
impr essive plausibility. The same 1,
! true of eugenics. Yet within the yer,
49, A.
Evening star., 1927-10-28

| will be taken with the fast-driving
diplomatic guest" of this country.
The majority Of Official representa-.
tives sent to the United States by for.
eign countries are conscious of the
dignity Of their Offices and conduct
themselves with decorum. This Is al
most invariably true of the higher
ranking officials, and in a good many
cases, when involved in motoring diff.
culties, these men have graciously
waived immunity and met charges on
their merits. But, unfortunately for
Washington, there have been a small
number of diplomats who violate every
rule of the traffic courtesy. every rule
Of traffic regulation, and when appre
hended by guardian Of the law
fiaunt their diplomatic immunity not
only to the policeman, but to the world
at large.
Traffic regulations are made for the
safety of all, and all, diplomat or not,
should observe them or take punish
ment fitting the offense. There are
too many automobiles and pedestrians
on the streets today and life Is too
precious for any city to harbor a reck.
less driving. arrogant coterie OF mo-
torists. The quickest possible way for
this evil to be remedied Is for all the
diplomats themselves to follow the
lead that has been set by other for.
eign representatives and operate their
automobiles with care and considera.
ton, with diplomatic immunity waived
in case of an accident.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
The Animals Do Not Choose.

rrom the New York Herald Tribune.
whenever foreigner departs in re-
vuislon from bullfght, exclaiming
that no art can justify such cruelty
to terrified old horses. his Snanfsf'
MeX1can or Peruvian hosts unfailinglv
seize an American sports mage and
cry, Tu quoque" If you are talking
ABOUT cruelty, they argue, what mod
ern spectacle Is more bloodthirsty than
heavyweight boxing? We pav for.
tunes to watch giants belabor one an.
other and feel cheated unless blood
mas flowed. Is that not more barba.
rous than forcing mere horses to be
gored and having bulls maddened by
carts or fire? Compared with the bull.
ngnt anc1onado, are we not, indeed.
posltlVeIy cannibalistic? If the time
ever comes when an old horse agrees.
Tor a million bushels of oats and a stall
lined with swansdown. to ALLOW one of
olS teeth to be knocked out and his
nose placed askew, and if nothing
more than that is done to him in the
arena, then bullfights will be far less
opJeeIionable than priZefights. If
Jun decides to take n chance in the
sadlatorlal ring for the sake of the
applause, the thrill and the opportu.
nity or acquiring ranch to live on for
the rest OF his days in a few minutes,
tI1 slen no one ought to hold him back.
When the animals play their grim
parts Tor price. because they have
CHOSEN to do so and prefer money to
sa1ety and risk to work, like the
espadas, then the bullfight will become
quite as humane as the impending
spectacle in Chicago-as we'll as far
more artistic and beautiful. But man
cannot fairly seek his pleasure through
sne agony of unwilling, innocent
Evening star., 1927-10-28

States, Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Russia. Nippon omits no
opportunity on these international oc-
casions to assert her rightful place in
the sun. The Japanese national con-
sciousness has been especially Keen
edged since 1922, when the treaty of
Washington officially anointed Japan,
along with America and Britain,
as one of the three f1rst-class naval
powers of the world. With extensive
colonial dominions in the Pacific. ia
pan demands as large a representation
in radiotelegraph regulation as any
other country.
Albert Boardman Kerr, a former
Washingtonian and Oldest son of the
late Representative James Kerr of
Pennsylvania-who was clerk Of the
House during the Cleveland admins.
tration--is the author of an unusual
book. entitled Jacques Coeur. Mer-
chant Prince of the Middle Ages" 1t
Is a maiden literary effort. Mr.. Kerr
practiced law in Washington after
and Yale University. During the war
he was the "dollar-a.year" counsel for
the housing bureau in Washington.
For the past two years Kerr has lived
in retirement at villa in Cannes,
France. Jacques Coeur" is the epic
story of remarkable Frenchman in
the colorful era destined to burst forth
in the full glory of the Renaissance.
Though merchant and mariner by
occupation, Coeur fell upon the field
of battle during q crusade against the
Turks. the elimination of a medieval
romance narrated by the American
author with the fascination of a Jules
Verne.
It's just become known in Wash.
ington that still another late Con.
gressman's widow aspired to fill the
unexpired term of her departed hus-
band. She is Mrs. William Newell
Vaile Of Colorado, who planned to be
q candidate for the Denver district,
which will hold a special election on
November Is. But Mrs. Vaile found
that the Republican powers that be-
principally Senator Lawrence c..
Phipps-had plans of their own. These
didn't include Mrs. Vaile. The nomi.
mating convention put up a Denver
automobile dealer, Finley Macfarland
but the latter has since withdrawn
and Denver lawyer named Francis j.
Knauss, a State Senator and reputed
Klan leader. was substituted. Knauss
ranks as Phipps satellite. The Dem
yer special election Is a clean.cut
prohibition contest, with the Demo
Gratis on the wet side.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-28

those who dispute the findings of the
remainder. so that the layman may
be forgiven for looking askance upon
much of what he is told. The same
holds true for eugenics.
All along. without possessing any
Of the knowledge of DIR. Pearl, the
average citizen has believed that there
was a great deal of foolishness and
much danger in the theory that any
government or board should ever be
given the authority to deny marriage
on eugenical grounds.
Many parents have felt much the
same way concerning the so-called
intelligence tests" in the schools,
whereby little ones are Jumped off
with certain Intelligence quotients. /"
What science. there Is to psychology
and eugenics has not yet reached the
state where man. by taking thought,
can infallibly predict the future life
history of the child, or positively say
who should or should not marry.
Nature, in her profusion, adopts a
hit -and-mis plan, whereby out Of
nothing she produces something. From
the most unpromising beginnings she
brings forth greatness. No parents
of child can say whether their little
one will be failure or be numbered
among the great of the earth.
This is the hope of parentage, and
1t will be enheartening to the average
parent to believe with DIR. Pearl that
sit is high time that eugenics cleaned
house." Much wisdom of the pres
ent day is a false wisdom, built on
premise, brilliant but misleading,
clever but not unmistakably truthful
Natures way is the best, and while
there may be many a miss in it. also
much good has come from 1t, and
shall come in the years to be.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
THIS AND THAT


/ deeply offended. Think I'm gonna
hurt your old suit?"
| X kx*
TOUGHER No. 3 has a mania for slap
ping one on the shoulder as he passes.
| An Office mate may be deeply en-
crossed in a most perplexing problem;
it makes no difference at all to the
merry No. man.
The sight of a poised shoulder.
hunched over work, stirs deep primi-
tive instincts. He Is seduced into
action. Suppressed desires foam to
the surface.
| His arm goes round, and his mighty
hand easily as large as that of Long
fellows village blacksmith, descends
with a wallop upon the unusupecting
shoulder.
Hello" he calls, leaving his friend
smarting under the impact.
A variety of this brand Of TOUGHER
is the fellow who insists on poking
| one in the ribs. Now the ribs are
notoriously ticklish. Tickle me, love.
| in my lonesome ribs" says one of
James Whitcomb Riley's poems.
| TOUGHER No. 4 specializes in the
poke, deeply implanted between two
ribs Of his helpless friends.
How are you. old top?" he in.
quires. Usually the term "old top
| is used by this TOUGHER to denote the
person whom he is addressing.
Suiting action to word, he digs an
extended thumb squarely into the
place where it hurts most. If his
thrust were just thrust, 1t might be
| forgiven, but it is more than that.
1t is q jab-a vicious, unfair punch
that leaves ones side aching for min
utes afterward.
X X X +
TOUGHER No. S is widely known
perhaps the best known of all these
gentlemen.
He is the man who buttonholes his
acquaintancss.
Conversation with him is impossible
unless he is touching the other party.
Like a ship, he must warp to.
He feels more at ease anchored by
forefinger neatly tucked into that
otherwise useless buttonhole on the
left lapel Of the coat.
No doubt this is why the button
hole was placed there. Yet it seems
somewhat absurd that the tailors of
the world should be so thoughtful OF
the Touchers.
1t would seem that their plain duty
is to make their garments as free as
pOSSlDl0 lTOIIl IlduuicSs 50 tLdI OH tiC
touchy tribe of Touchers would be put
to as much trouble as possible in
carrying on their nefarious work.
One sometimes wonders about the
Touchers-do they touch because they
want TO or because they cannot help
themselves?
Are they lonesome creatures or are
they simply nuisances?
Is their sense Of touch more highly
developed than that Of most persons
or less?
If their touching prowess denotes
affection. one might be inclined to
submit without a twitch, but II it he
otherwise, then surely a left hook to
the jaw might be exactly suited to
their needs.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

In accord with Presidents proclama.
ton. churches throughout the country
hold special prayer services for the
success Of American arms in war
against Germany. United
States Is spending total of a billion
dollars this month. Average thus far
this month Is almost $4,000 every
minute of the day and night.
AS a result of the discovery of whole
sale plots to burn and otherwise de-
stroy the Nations food supply, Food
Administrator Hoover orders guards
doubled at food depots and other
places where food Is stored in large
quantities. London and Paris
newspapers express great satisfaction
over occupation Of front-line trenches
by some of our troops. Cabled
summary Of work done by the Ameri-
can Red Cross made public today
shows immense accomplishment al
ready. Big preparations being made
for the American soldier contingents.
President summons everybody
to sacrifices in the way of food con-
sumption to accomplish Americas OBJ
jects in the war. Says burden of feed.
ing allied peoples falls upon this coun-
try.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
The Curtis Example.

When Senator Curtis OF Kansas so
frankly threw his hat into the ring he
gave other presidential possibilities
something to think about. A kind of
shrinking modesty has prevailed so
far among them; an inclination to let
the job seek the man. A proper at.
titude. and dignified. But in the world
OF practical politics, the candidate for
the presidential nomination must
seek delegates. He must seek them
assiduously. Indeed, the presidential
primary system, which has been es.
tablished in a considerable number of
the States, makes it essential for can
didates to get into the race"
The nominating conventions are lit
tie more than seven months in the
future. The first presidential primary,
which takes place in New Hampshire.
is in March. Sooner or later it is in
evitable that the candidacy of those
gentlemen who aspire to the presi.
dental nomination must come into
the open. A great amount of work is
being done today by the friends of
Lowden, Hoover, Hughes, Dawes and
Norris on the Republican side, and
for Smith. Reed, Ritchie and Donahey
on the Democratic side. Most of it
is being done quietly. Fences are
under construction in many States.
Picking the psychological time or
day for the announcement Of a presi-
Dental candidacy is not dissimilar
from jockeying for the start of a
yacht race. The candidate who comes
forward frankly for the presidential
nomination Immediately lays himself
open to attack from the rest OF the
field. A candidacy may be announced
too soon, or 1t may be withheld until
too late. In both Republican and
Democratic camps this year the situa.
ticn has been even more difficult than
usual. The fact that President Cool.
idge is still in position to be drafted
Ii Mr.. Hughes, Mr.. Fess and some
others are to be believed-may well
make IL difiicult for Mr.. Hoover, Mr..
Dawes and other Republicans to take
the dive into open candidacy. Gov.
Smith, on the Democratic side, realizes
that he has only to announce his can.
didacy to have the campaign of re-
ligious and dry prejudice intensified
against him.
Obtaining a presidential nomination
is no simple matter. A vast amount
Of organization is usually necessary
to land the delegations from the vari-
Gus States. This cannot be done over
night. It cannot be done on mere
suspicion that man is a candidate
for the nomination. The time is rap
idly approaching when the fight must
get into the open. Senator Curtis has
started 1t.
Evening star., 1927-10-28

1t will be remembered that his best
was sufficient to bring victory to his
team in the world series of 1924. That
year the fans saw one of those rare
but satisfying instances of a climax
pleasing to their emotions and in har.
mony with their sense of the fitness
of things"
The Portsmouth Star gives a pic.
ture OF the climax on the Washington
ball field in the light of a descending
sun: The long arm swings back and
descends swiftly. The Old Master has
returned to his youth. In that great
crisis he filings off the shackles of age.
NO longer is he an old warrior, beaten
down at last by Time. His great cour-
age draws his youth back to him. And
before the sunsets glow has become a.
mist across the skies the roar that
goes up from the multitude tells him
that he has won as great a victory as
any man ever achieved. And as he
walks across the field in the twilight
ne knows that he has kept faith with
ms believers and that they will never
forget him.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

The ancient battle between author.
ity and freedom which has marked the
history of the church through the cen.
turies Is being fought in the modern
home.
The domestic authoritarian makes
most of direction by the adult.
The domestic libertarian makes most
of development by the child.
1t is important to know what free.
dom for the child really means. 1t
makes all the difference in the world
lively or positively.
Negatively conceived, freedom for
the child means giving all the bad i'm
pulses of a child free rein.
1t means letting the child get up
when he pieases.
It means letting the child eat when
and what he pleases.
1t means letting the child disgrace
the family by bad manners.
1t means letting the child muddy
the carpet and mar the walls.
1t means letting the child shirk re.
sponsibility.
1t means letting the child be i'm
pudent and insulting.
1t means letting the child go dirty
and defiant.
Such freedom, II these were its sole
results, would be indefensible as a
principle upon which to rear children.
Positively conceived, freedom for
the child means giving all the good
impulses of the child free rein.
It means letting the child try ex.
periments.
1t means letting the child follow it's
curiosity.
1t means letting the child formulate
his real desires, fears, difficulties,
ideas.
1t means letting the child try what
he thinks out.
1t means letting the child make
what he invents.
1t means letting the child discover
his world instead of giving him sort
of personally directed Cooks tour
through it.
Are we wise enough, as parents. to
know how to restrict the negative
freedom that gives the child's bad
impulses free rein and to grant the
positive freedom that gives the child's
good impulses free rein?
This cannot be done by deciding, in
cident by incident, whether freedom
should be restricted or granted. That
calls for an infallibility few of us
have. 1t can be done in two ways,
viz:
First, by organizing the child's sur
roundings SO they will stimulate his
curiosity. lead him to experiment,
and give him a zest for discovering
and understanding his world on his
own account.
Second, by trying to weed out of
the child's surroundings the obstacles
that will prevent these good impulses
from finding expression.
There are no rules for parenthood;
1t must ever remain an art, fortified
by knowledge and adjusted to the
family in question.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1927-10-28
Tom Brown Praised
For Base Ball ABILITY

To the Editor of The Star:
The death Of Tom Brown recalls
to my mind one of the few plays that
stand out in my memory and has been
recounted time and again. It occurred
in the morning game of Decoration
day when the Washington club,
owned by the late Moxley, the bill
poster, was located at Ninth and S
streets. Because of his f1eetness of
foot Tom was lead.off man for the
Columbus, Ohio, club of the American
League. The first ball which Bob
Barr pitched to him Tom knocked over
the right fielder's head for a home run
and, as 1 recall it, not another player
on either team reached second base
during the nine innings. Tom Brown
was probably the most graceful player
that ever adorned a uniform and, al
though not as heavy a hitter as Ty
Cobb, could run the bases faster than
any man l ever saw.
w. J. DWYER.
Evening star., 1927-10-28

A TOUGHER, young or old, Is a fellow
who insists on paving one as he
passes, or as he stops to converse, OF
as he meets one in the elevator.
The genuine TOUGHER simply can
not resist the impulse to slap his
friends. to poke them in the ribs, to
feel their clothes.
He is especially in evidence when
one dons the latest thing in nifty gray
suits, fresh from the hands of the tai
lor, spick-and-span and immaculate.
Seated at the old desk, the victim
has a hunch. from past experience
that it will not be long now before q
TOUGHER comes along.
Sure enough, before minutes have
passed, here comes old No. /, who has
Just been handling grimy carbon
copies.
His paws are covered with black
but does he care?
Not q bit of it,
Deity he brings down his right hand
upon the shoulder of the nice new suit
leaving finger prints from the end OF
the triceps to the collar.
The victim writhes in agony, but II
does him no good. Old TOUGHER No.
is without pity.
Fine day. amt it?' he asks, re.
moving his hand with sweeping mo-
ton, which smears the rest of the car.
bon down the sleeve.
The victim moves as much as two
thirds of an inch in protest.
whats the matter?" Indignantly
bellows No. l. "'Fraid I'm gonna hurt
your old suit?"
Then he goes away and tells what a
crouch the wearer of the gray suit is.
X X X X
The wearing Of new garments, of
course, is tantamount to waving a red
flag at a bull-the TOUGHER simply
cannot estimate the quality of the
goods unless he feels it.
In reality he knows no more about
cloth than you do, and he knows it
and you know it, but the process of
nipping the coat between thumb and
forefinger looks very professional.
Men commonly throw many bluffs,
and this is one of them. Very few
are willing to admit that they have
never studied the process of weaving.
They want their fellow men to believe
that they are universally wise.
Mice suit you got on there" COM
ments TOUGHER No. 2.
Thanks, old man."
The shrinking gentleman in the
nice suit knows what is coming.
Sure enough, out shoots a none-too-
clean hand. and the drape Of the suit
front is grasped between thumb and
four fingers.
Good CLOTH" is the sage verdict.
Then the goods is subjected to a
rough massage, which injects at least
two wrinkles where only smoothness
was before.
The victim shrinks back as much
as a quarter of an inch, and only after
peacefully submitting to the touch of
the TOUGHER.
But the latter has never been known
to miss a shrink.
whats the matter?" he groWls.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
A Harsh Sentence.

James Moore Of Lawrence, Mass,
was found asleep in a subway sta
ton the other night in New York
He had been working hard as a con-
crete mixer and In court the rext
morning, charged with disorderly con-
duct. he was sentenced to three
months in the workhouse despite the
fact that he told the magistrate that
he had money in two banks and could
afford to hire room, but that he
was SO tired from his labors that all
he could think of was sleep. infiu-
entail citizens of the metropolis,
aroused at the seeming harshness Of
the sentence. retained a lawyer in
Moo-e's behalf. The matter was
thoroughly investigated and it was
found that he was not only a hard
working lad, possessed of a remark
able sense OF thrift, but that since
last June had sent six hundred dol
lars home to his mother.
The case has been referred to the
chief magistrate in New York, and
the only offense that Moore appears
70 have committed is that he was
dirty and unkempt in appearance and
protested to the policeman who
awakened him. 1t would appear that
the Judge who originally heard his
case rendered snap Judgment, en-
tirely unsuited to the circumstances.
Thrift and work are to be commended
rather than condemned and the judge
should have taken more pains to
ascertain the true conditions under
which Moore was brought before him
1t IL very probable that the hard
working, saving young lad will be
allowed to go his way without the
stigma Of serving time"
Evening star., 1927-10-28
Condemns Selection
OF Fire Station Site
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
In the vicinity of Sixteenth and
Varnum streets northwest there is
now nearing completion a group of
buildings of unusual architectural
merit. This group includes the Ham,
line Methodist and the Grace Lu.
theran churches. constructed at the
great expense of perhaps a half mil
lion dollars. together with other costly
homes ranging upward to several
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is now
proposed by the District government
to place directly within the center of
this distinguished group a fire engine
house. This engine house Is to be SO
placed that hose could be played
directly from 1t on these two notable
churches. which are in themselves
absolutely fireproof. We are told by
newspaper reports that the cost there
of will be $4,000 and that the ground
has already been purchased for such
use. in spite of the fact that large
areas of vacant land exist between
Fourteenth and Eighteenth streets in
the immediate neighborhood. Both
these churches, built with the contri-
buttons of hundreds of people, built
with unusual beautiful architectural
lines unsurpassed in Washington.
were located purposely in a neighbor.
hood which apparently gave the high
est assurance from the intrusion of
an engine house.
1t is not too late to rectify an error
In judgment. by placing this building
in some other location, where the VIC.
lation Of esthetics will not be so no.
ticeable. Certainly, some heed should
be given the wishes Of those groups
OF people, who have erected costly
buildings. for they at least have
shown greater vision than those who
now contemplate the erection of a
building which not only violates the
architectural qualities, but the spirit
Of this unusual neighborhood.
WALTER C. BRANDES.