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Evening star., 1927-11-20
Make Your Will!

British and Norwegian royalty are
In somewhat of a stew over the way
the late Queen Mother Alexandra of
England left the items of her tremen.
dous real and personal estate. Her
gold and silver plate alone is appraised
at two million pounds sterling.
1t was apparently the Queens in.
tention to leave the bulk of her per.
sonal treasure to Crown Prince Olaf
OF Norway, said to be her favorite
grandson, but whatever her intentions
were they never were formally set
forth beyond the penning or penciline
OF numerous and sometimes brief con.
fiicting memora nda. The Prince OF
Wales desires to inhabit Marlborough
House, but is disinclined to do this az
long as occupancy involves virtua,
| custodianship of the great personal
treasure. A gathering Of the British
royal family worked hard and long
! but has not yet succeeded in straight
ening matters out. A law suit is un
| thinkable: yet without one the fina
distribution may be delayed for man,
years.
| Royalty are not in the habit Of Civ
ing up what they consider to be thei
just claims to heritable property an.
more than any other persons. The.
are human beings. And above al
other persons royalty ought to be mos
SCI upulously careful to make their las
wills and testaments early in life an
to keep them up to date by necessar
codicils or superseding wills.
The thought of a Queen who live
to be more than eighty years OF age
and who. from girlhood on, was tn
owner and potential disposer of grea
possessions, dying intestate Is almos
ridiculous 1t will draw many a cau'
! tic comment f1m common men an
women of affai.I who, should they di
Evening star., 1927-11-20

tality which was keeping some of
these children back, but poor ears.
His examination of children's ears
produced some astonishing results.
Foreign bodies of all sorts were found
and dislodged. and they included-in-
credible as it may seem-beads, sticks
of wood, macaroni, beans, wheat, pea
nuts, rice, oats, grape seeds, paper,
cotton wads, flies, spiders and stones.
In addition the examinations revealed
trouble from enlarged adenoids and
tonsils, discharging ears and hardened
earwax. DR.. Books ear clinic treated
all such cases free of charge. and the
benefit to the hearing in many cases
was astonishing. Cases beyond medi-
cal help were given the lip reading in
the schools, as the SturdieSt crutch
the deafened can have.
In this work for the hardofhear-
ing child care is taken to keep him
free from contact with the child who
is congenitally deaf, or has become
deaf so young that he has not normal
speech. The deaf.mute or the near
deaf.mute children need constant in
struction in gaining speech, and the
work for them is of an entirely differ.
ent nature from work with the hard
of-hearing children. Deaf-mute schools
either run by the State or by private
management are the places where
they can receive the most help.
1t is particularly desirable to sepa-
rate the hard-of-hearing child from
the deaf.mute child because the for.
mer needs to hear the normal speak
ing voice of his hearing mates If he
Is to keep his own speech normal.
Again, mingling with deaf mutes
would give the hard-of-hearing child
a feeling of inferioNty, which would
have an unfortunate effect upon his
mentality.
From the start which was made in
the Rochester schools, the work has
spread over the country. Cambridge.
Mass; Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati.
Ohio; Erie, Pa: Fall River and Lynn.
Mass, and Chicago are well In the
swing of this work, and great many
other cities are falling into line.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Whv Thanksgiying?

| The chief advantage and value of a
national Thanksgiving day il that it
compels us to think no. in terms of
our own individual or community life.
but rather in terms of the Nation as
a whole. Most of us grow insular
| and provincial in our ways - think
! ing. We measure the success or hap-
| piness of the community or the Nation
at large by our own little measure of
happiness and success in the sphere
! in which we live. Some one once on.
served that most of us are about as
| large as the place in which we reside.
which is largely true. We have our
| little beaten tracks that lead us to and
from our places of occupation. We
think in terms of the group, the fra.
| ternity. the trade or profession in
which we are engaged. That what we
do bears any necessary relation to the
larger concerns of the country as a
whole rarely seems to cross our minds.
1t is only when some great calamity
like the Mississippi flood or the San
Francisco earthquake and fire comes
to pass that we realize the force Of
the old adage, "A touch of pi. makes
the whole world kim
Unlike the call which a great ma.
tional calamity lays upon us, empha-
sizing our essential unity and solidar~
ltys ~ thanksgiving DAY emphasizes the
common heritage and blessings that
we all share in the rich and bountiful
harvest that after all constitutes the
basis of our prosperity and security
If the day means anything to us indi.
vidually, it must mean that we are
bound together by indissoluble ties for
better or worse. for richer or poorer
and that we are common sharers in
what makes either for our adversely
or our prosperity. We are swift to
cry out in days of adversely. Unfor-
tunately most of us are less prone to
recognize with grateful hearts the
bounty that is ours from the hands
of a gracious and loving Father.
Thanksgiving day, if it has any
value for us. is designed to compel
our attention to these things and to
direct it more largely to that which
relates to our broad fields and their
indispensable products. Beyond all
else, this national day compels us to
think of Him in whose hands are the
issues oil life. No matter how our
wealth may increase, no matter what
our genius may disclose of our ability
to carry forward vast undertakings,
nor, indeed. what our teeming cities may
represent in themselves of amazing
progress, when we soberly and serious
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Hee HaWi

A good many years ago certain
Senator, who had been savagely at
tackled in debate by another and who,
having himself an exceptional power
of verbal assault and OF soaring
satire, was expected to rejoin in kind
and utterly blast his critic, disap-
pointed and yet greatly pleased his
audience on the floor and in the gall
leries by declaring that he would be
guided i'm restraint by a Spanish
proverb to the effect that it is a
waste of lather to shave a certain
long cared beast of burden.
This proverb applies now to the
rawlings of a. certain Midwestern
municipal executive who is raising
resounding outcries against the per-
nicious influence of Great Britain,
which, he AYERS, is seeking the re-
domination of America. From time
to time he challenges the country to
deny that England is trying to con-
quer the United States. He points to
the literature spread throughout the
country from the British presses and
to the school books that are put into
service in advancement of the propa-
ganda. He recently sought to have
all pro British volumes in the public
library of his city burned "by the
public hangman," but changed his
mind when the proposal, put forth
by henchman, was ridiculed and
even challenged as illegal Now he
is undertaking to nominate the VOL
umes suitable for a "five-foot book
shelf" 100 per cent American, abso-
lutely non British. guaranteed not to
taint the mind of any reader and to
preserve his nationality intact and
pure.
Such gatherings and brayings are
of the kind to merit retort by the
sensible American such as that which
was made in the Senate long ago. OF
course it is known that there are
some Americans who cannot always
distinguish the voice of the equus
asinus. To them it may sound like
the scream of the eagle. For verify
there are such who are tone deaf.
Yet their cure lies not in the lather-
ing of the donkey, but in the arousal
of their own reasoning faculties.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

rate increases. then horizontal de-
crease or so. These changes were in
rates, not in the differential. so that
the upward trend threw the difference
in the freight charges between the
two sections out Of the original
proportion, tending to favor the
Southern coal shippers. The proper
tionate difference. for example, is less,
between 81 and 1925 a ton, than be.
tween 81 and $1.25 a ton. Southern
soft coal operators found it increasing.
ly easy to enter the great consuming
market of the Northwest.
Several years ago. the Ohio and
Pennsylvania operators asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
widen the differential in freight rates.
The commission, by a divided vote,
declined to make a change. Then
came an application for rehearing,
which was granted. The case be.
came political when the term of
Commissioner F. I. Cox, who had
voted against changing the rate. ex.
pired. Southern Senators opposed the
appointment of Cyrus E.. Woods Of
Pennsylvania to succeed Cox, and the
Senate withheld confirmation, the
place finally going to Ezra Brainerd.
jr.. of Oklahoma. who did not par.
ticipate in the subsequent commits.
sion proceedings in the case then up.
The commission last Spring again,
by divided vote, granted an in
creased differential. ordering North
ern carriers to reduce their rates
cents q ton, thus making the differ
entail as cents q ton against the
Southern shippers. In this decision,
the commission majority took into
account the higher wage scale in the
Northern unionized mines, the lack of
operations in many Of these mines.
with their workers idle, while the
Southern mines were fairly well oc.
cupied, and frankly tried to adjust
economic conditions between the two
sections as to coal.
Southern railroads responded by
fling voluntary rate cuts of 20 cents,
thus multiplying the effect Of the com.
missions order to the Northern car
riers. saying they could not afford to
lose the traffic II Southern coal were
cut off from the Lakes. 1t is on pro-
tests against these voluntary cuts of
the Southern roads that the present
hearings are being conducted.
The Northwestern consumers,
whose trade is the issue in this con.
test, are represented at the hearing
and are whole.heartedly for the re.
duction by the Southern roads, for it
would be reflected. they feel, in lower
prices for their coal.
tCopyright. 1927, A..a4A-.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D, Ii. D..
Bishop OF Washington

| ly consider life and its security, we are
forced to recognize our impotence and
out utter dependence upon the Giver
of every good and perfect gift. Moth.
ing could more largely imperil our
prosperity and happiness as a people
than for us to grow Indifferent and
unresponsive to the God and Father
of us all. The admonition given by
great leader to an ancient people has
striking application to our life today.
Reminding his nation of Gods evil
dent leadership. he says: Beware
that thou forget not the Lord thy
God, lest when thou hast eaten and
art full, and hast built goodly houses
and dwelt therein. and when thy herds
and thy f1ocks multiply. and thy silver
and thy gold is multiplied, anG all that
thou hast is multiplied, then thine
heart be lifted up and thou forget the
Lord thy God, but thou shalt remem-
Der the Lord thy God, for 1t is He
He was reminding his people that as
they had sought God in the days of
their adversely. when they were little
and insufficient as a nation, now in
the day of their larger prosperity and
happiness they were not only to rec
ognize with grateful hearts His abun-
dant blessings, but they were to rem
der homage and obedience to Him
whose directing hand had guided and
led them all the days of their pill
grimage.
All over this broad land today We
shall gather at our family boards.
Those who have been long absent will
doubtless return again. Here and
there empty chairs will witness to the
broken circle, and with sweet and
blessed memories we shall think of
those whom we have loved and lost
awhile. We shall feel again the in
fluence of those mystic chords that
bind us together in an unbroken
unity. Shall we not as we review an.
other year, year made up of days
of rich sunshine and days of cloud, of
days of happiness and days of bitter
sorrow, recognize anew that, through
all the strange circumstances and
vicissitudes of life, we are still the de-
pendent children of Him :, in His
gracious mercy has made and pre-
served us a Nation? Our national
Thanksgiving day will signally fail of
it's high purpose unless it witnesses in
each one of us a deepened sense OF
obligation. a finer spirit of gra atitude
and a more complete conservation to
those ideals of Christian living that
alone constitute our security. our
peace and our highest prosperity.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Washington's Improvements.

The Star today prints chart show
ing the most important developments
in the heart of the Nations Capital
which the incoming Congress will pass
upon. It should be studied closely by
all those who patriotically desire to
see the City of Washington beautifully
improved to meet the growing demands
of the expanding Government, and to
be in the best possible condition when
people from all over the world come
here in 1882 to celebrate the bicenten'
nial of Washingtons birth.
- The projects included in this chart
constitute the longest forward step in
Capital development since the Federal
City was laid out. Within a mile and
quarter they visualize the entire
Government in it's proper relationship,
from Congress and the Judiciary on
one end to the Executive Mansion on
branch to carry out the will of Con-
gress and the executive authority
lying between.
:, This represents the best judgment
of the best expert authorities and of
congressional leaders and Government
officials as to what should be done to
meet certain imperative housing de-
mands for the best. future interests of
the Government, while at the same
time carrying forward the general
plans for the Identification of the
Capital City.
Each individual project has been
carefully considered by competent Off.
cials and most of them have already
been approved by Congress. While
each is being carried out on its own
merits it is extremely desirable that
they should all be carefully co-ordi-
mated by an understanding of the com.
.posite plan.
The several projects are explained
in news article accompanying the
chart. Each, in itself, is worthy. If
Congress. in its wisdom. finds itself
able to carry out the entire program
simultaneously it will mean a big saw
ing in the ultimate cost besides the ad-
vantage of getting done as soon as
possible what Congress intends to do
eventually.
~, 1t gives Congress and the people Of
washington their first graphic pic
.ture of what Washington, from the
Capitol to the White House, will look
like in the relatively near future.
"'Tis a consummation devoutly to
be wished"
Evening star., 1927-11-20
This and That
By Charles E. Traceicell.

Little Nipper. tiger cat, has perhaps
the best disposition of any creature on
four legs. 1t is improbable, indeed,
that any human being is so even.teni-
pered.
Never once, since we rescued Nipper
from tree, has he bit or scratched.
or in any way shown any ill.feeling.
He is cat philosopher working out
in daily living (the hardest place to
work anything ouD a creed of right
action.
Evidently he believes in the saying
of Marcus Aurelius, 1T is not so much
necessary to talk about a good man
as to be SUCH"
Just how a furry creature without
abstract notions of things can have
reached such a perfection of temper
is another of the mysteries OF the ami
NAL kingdom.
Many a man would give his soul
to be as free from perturbation as
Little Nipper. Thousands of human
beings, choked with unwanted ire,
finding anger holding forth in them.
despite the instruction of religion.
would pay all they possess for the
happy spirit Of Nipper. cat.
We have carefully watched this
creature for several months, and more
than once put him to the test, with
out managing to evolve the slightest
manifestation of anger from him.
Even holding his hind legs, an ac-
ton much disliked by all cats, results
only in a mild look of protest from
Little Nipper.
If pestered too much. sometimes he
will raise his right forepaw in a
threatening manner as if to say. See
what could do to you if / wanted TOT"
The look in his green eyes. however.
also notifies one, But / do not
choose to-"
Jack Spratt. our old friend. is
great deal more touchy than Nipper.
Holding hfs rear extremities will re-
suit in rapid movement of his right
foreleg. and unless one Is skilled In
rapid movements on his own part, he
is very likely to receive a neat scratch.
Nor can one blame Jack Spratt. 1t
is distinctly unpleasant to have ones
hind legs held, to say nothing of hav-
ing finger roughly poked into ones
tummy.
No cat can be blamed for resenting
such an indignity. The fact that
Nipper does not feel outraged by such
treatment does not prevent old Jack
from meowing his own hearty disgust.
When he is outdoors Spratt does not
care to be picked up. II he is, he will
lay back his ears and give a few
Kisses to show how he feels about it.
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Nipper is very game in his play with
the older and larger cat. His best
sport comes in throwing his forepaws
around Jacks neck and dragging
Spratt to the ground.
Boxing contests between the two are
extremely amusing, as well as exam
Piles OF feline grace and pawterity.
Their footwork is marvellous. Pranc-
ing hither and yon, each cat in turn
darts out a few wicked rights. .mixed
with several lefts, but more of the
former.
The straight right to the top of the
head is the favorite cat blow. Usually
1t lands on an ear, where II does little
damage.
These bouts are entirely friendly in
character, let it be said, in order that
no one may think little Nipper any the
less we'll dispositioned.
He is that rare thing, a living crea-
ture without a grain of anger in his
system.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Lake Cargo Case is
Before Commission
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Questions which go straight to the
heart of railroad rate-making policy
and force the pulse Of broad economic
problems to a high count are involved
in the latest phase of the lake cargo
case" which Is being heard by the In.
terstate Commerce Commission.
1t remains for the commission to de-
termine whether the remedy it has
prescribed for one ward Of patients
shall be denied another class who de-
sire to swallow the dose voluntarily.
This medicine-lower freight rates on
bituminous coal to Lake Erie ports
for transshipment to the Northwest
cannot improve both sets of patients,
for If either takes 1t alone the other
suffers, and If both take it the effect
is neutralized and the doctor is right
where he started.
This case is not primarily strug-
gle between railroads, although the
carriers necessarily are deeply affect
ed. Fundamentally 1t Is one between
ailing coal-producing districts and
others in a more healthy condition
and a fight by the latter to keep their
health. In the background are many
thousands of coal miners and their de.
pendents, the merchants whose trade
comes from these families and several
million consumers of coal, all of whom
have stake in the issue.
Beyond this there has arisen in the
lake cargo case" questions OF policy
in the effort Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, by orders fixing
freight rates, to adjust unbalanced
economic conditions between compel.
ing sections of the country that reach
far beyond this coal rate case and
which. if followed in all group rate
of the country.
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Nor is the case free from a political
aspect, although this does not touch
the hearings or considerations OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
politics in this freight rate case was
sufficient to defeat Senate confirma.
tion of a presidential appointee last
Winter. and it's repercussions will be
heard again in Congress this Winter
unless all signs fail. 1t has arrayed
State against State. railroad against
railroad. coal operator against coal
operator and union miner against non.
union miner.
Basically the flake cargo case" In.
wolves the difference between freight
rates on soft coal to Lake Erie ports
from the mines of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, largely unionized, and the mines
of West Virginia, Virginia. Kentucky
and Tennessee, most of which employ
non.union labor.
Years ago, the commission ordered
that rates from the Northern mines
be rs cents per ton lower than the
rates from the Southern mines to the
lake ports. Ir some cases the diff
ferential was up to 40 cents, but the
| basis was 25 cents. This was not SO
bad when rates were comparatively
low, although neither side was salts.
! fed. naturally. But then came the
war and series horizontal freight
Evening star., 1927-11-20

The storm.swept area showed once
more that while the forces of nature
are terrible. they are not unconquera.
BILE. Already the work of rebuilding
is in rapid progress. Generous assist.
ance may be relied on where needed
among those courageously willing to
help themselves.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

Fashion assumes no obligation to
please masculine taste. No sooner has
bobbed hair become rather pleasant
to the eyes of the male than the su'
pervisors of style make the announce
ment that hair will again be worn
long. Husbands who Indignantly in
quired why women bobbed their hair
will be asking no lesS indignantly why
they do not go on doing so.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Efacenent.

| shall request a place obscure
Among the friends of mine.
No jury calls me to endure
Research severely fine.
No sleuth assumes 1t as his task
To scrutinize my lot.
In such a moment / but ask
To live and be forgot.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

First described as a simple colo.
quialism, the phrase II do not choose"
now prompts efforts to expand it into
international significance. Words are
delicate things whose meaning depends
largely on who speaks them.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

Although a very influential man,
Gov. AL Smith cannot induce his
friends to pay the slightest attention
when he expresses doubt as to his be-
coming a presidential candidate.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
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Evening star., 1927-11-20
Our Modern Vocabulary.

From the Detroit News.
Thrilling" Is one of the Younger
Generations most flexible words, GOV.
ering as 1t does everything from a
new nut sundae to the s1xvage OF
Ruth Elder in midocean.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Peace Influence.

TCHCt IHHU6HCe.
Are you fond of music?"
Very" answered Senator Sorghum.
"A good concert is the only event
know of that will cause my family to
relapse into respectful and attentive
silence"
Evening star., 1927-11-20

In some of the great trials, after a
certain time elapses the incidental gos-
sip becomes more interesting than the
evidence.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Tough on the Horses.

From the Cleveland News.
Russia is said to be planning to buy
10000 horses from Canada next year.
Let's hope q horse would rather go TO
Russia than to the stockyards.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn.
tng edition is delivered by carriers within
.hs city at 90 cents Der month; daily only,
45 cents pet month: Sundays only. go cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main; 1000. Collection is made by
carrier at end Of each month.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

Oil transactions become no less com.
piex near the dome Of the Capitol
than at Teapot Dome itself.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
Put in Unconvinced Glass.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
The only ones who remain uncon-
vinced that farm relief is not an issue
are the farmers who want relief.
Evening star., 1927-11-20

The first Monday in December is a
time Of glad reunion for legislator
The family quarrels will come later.
Evening star., 1927-11-20
CrOnS.

Although the beans and bacon may
not thrive
Where quarrels cannot stop,
Most any little nation can contrive
To raise a trouble crop