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Evening star., 1927-05-15
Stock Exchange Records Broken.

With new record price of $4,000
paid on Friday--Friday, the 18th
for seat on the New York
Stock Exchange, new high" has
been scored, the latest peak price
having been 100000. There have
been numerous sales of late, all at
increasing quotations. Indeed. the
figures for Exchange seats have risen
more rapidly even than the most bull
ish stocks in the market. While
there has been a slight recession in
activity on the Exchange within the
last few days, the record of sales OF
securities on the 'big board" reaches
an enormous volume. Reckoning
from the first of January to and in.
cluding Friday the sales in all stocks
in terms of shares have this year
been approximately 196.5S9 900, as
against 166,2OS. 900 a year ago, 1867
2O3 900 two years ago and 90,2l6.00o
three years ago. At the present rate
the year 1927 will probably show the
greatest activity on the Exchange in
history. 1t is this fact that causes
the demand for Exchange seats and
in effect, therefore, places constantly
higher valuation upon membership.
The expectation of continued activity
is doubtless also a factor and this
may be accepted as sign of good
times,
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Reconstructed Lives.

"And the ressel that he made Of
clay acds mdrred in the hand of
the potter: so he made it again
another aeSSel, as seemed good to
the potter to make it. t."-Jeremiah.
GUiii4.
Standing one day in old Pompeii, we
were shown vessels made Of clay, still
perfect In form, that had come down
to US from a remote past. The very
fingermarks Of the artisans who made
them were still upon them. They
were the mute witnesses Of civiliza-
tion quite unlike our own, and yet
these objects spoke not only Of the
artistry Of the period, but of the skill
Of the workmen. They conveyed to
us across the centuries the genius of
those who made them. To watch the
potter at his work Is deeply interest
ing. AS the wheel on which the clay
is set swiftly revolves he gives form
and fashion to the object Of his MAX
ing. Every touch Of his fingers
changes the contour Of the vessel.
Now and again through some mis-
chance he mars its symmetry and
grace. then the work must be stopped
the clay returned to its crude state
and the work begun anew. Even
pointed, it is only a matter of patience
and time and the vessel Is produced in
all it's perfection.
The ancient prophet uses this as an
analogy of the way the Master Crafts
man, the great Artiflcer, forms and
fashions the lives and characters Of
men. 1t is an exceedingly suggestive
and picturesque and at the same time
reassuring statement. 1t would seem
to imply that human lives, however
marred through Carelessness or the
rough handling of those who have no
conception of their value, may be re-
constructed and rendered perfect
through the generosity Of the great
Molder and Shaper Of human life. We
have all seen countless examples of
this We have known men and wom-
en- who, through their own negligence
or the gross carelessness of others,
came at length to find their characters
misshapen and marred. Some OF them
were even broken on the wheel OF for
tune through no fault of their own.
Again we have seen such seemingly
broken and despondent lives literally
reconstructed to such an extent that
even the traces Of misfortune disap-
peared entirely. Harold Begbie called
such twice born men," He submits
example after example OF lives that
seemed hopelessly misshapen and we'll
nigh ruined that, under the recreative
touch of the Great Master-Designer,
were rendered wholesome and clean
Evening star., 1927-05-15
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. d. D. IL. D.,
Bishop Of Washington.

and beautiful. We know Of no miracle
that Is more appealing than that
which we witness in these reconstruct
ed lives. I recall one such that came
to me out of bleak November storm,
veritable wreck. He was a man
who had been brought up in the midst
of luxury and refinement, college
bred, with finely trained mind. and
whose professional career had begun
with brilliant promise. When he came
to me every semblance Of respectable
ity had vanished. The only touch of
refinement about him was his voice.
He still bore the evidences of early
training. Wreck that he was, he still
had in him capacities that had long
slumbered 1t was clearly evident
that no human skill could reconstruct
this marred life. In the course Of
few years we witnessed a change,
wrought as if by unseen fingers, that
rendered an otherwise repugnant and
wholly unattractive nature winsome
and beautiful. 1t was literally true
that the clay that had been marred
was made again another vessel, as
seemed good to the potter to make it. :"
Nothing that the Great Master ever
said was more appealing than his re-
peated statements concerning the un-
fulfilled possibilities of men and wom-
en-. II am come to seek and to save
that which was lost" Again and again
He seemed to seek out the human
vessels that were marred. He was
drawn to them irresistibly. Nothing
was so hurt or bruised but that it
might be, under His divine touch, re.
constructed. He seemed to rcvel in
saving, "I have made a man every
whit whole" Such g. thing as a mo
hope case" He would not recognize.
They who have been the most success
full in regenerating human society, in
reconstructing human lives, have been
the men who have hopefully regarded
life. Those who have served the high
est purpose in their generation have
been the men who believed in what
Stevenson called an ultimate decency
of things" After all, what higher or
nobler service may we render than
that of aiding the Great Artificer in
the supreme business of rehabilitating
and reconstructing the characters of
men? Unskilled as we may be. each
one Of US can play some humble part
in this finest of all undertakings. The
architect who takes a poorly fashion
ed. unattractive building and ,refash-
ions it, making it symmetrical and
beautiful. performs a worthy task.
but he who aids in making life what
God designed it to be, forming it and
fashioning it until its nobler attri-
butes and qualities are disclosed. is lit
orally engaged in a task that makes
him a fellow worker with God Him.
self.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the finest porcelain: manufactures Tor
chemicals, for sugar and for rubber
goods and a tannery. Every process
of manufacture is carefully studied
by the experts in charge, and reports
are prepared on the results. When
some new sort of material or some
new process of manufacture is devel-
oped the research associates go 10
some commercial manufacturer and
make arrangements to try out the
new wrinkle in an actual factory. This
is to determine whether or not the
process or material can be made COM
mercially to advantage.
Then, too, the bureau has what
are called it's technical shops. These
include a glass.blowing shop, one for
grinding optical lenses, one for the
testing Of timepieces and. Of course,
an extensive electrical shop where ex-
perts constantly study this mysterious
force. -lt
The bureau has a library Of $4,000
volumes. They are all of a highly
technical nature and to the average
reader would doubtless prove rather
dull and abstruse. but the scientist
can find the most authoritative ref
erence books which have been printed
here or in other countries on every
SCl6nL1lC SUBJECT. III uuulLlOn lO IT'S
own library, the bureau can provide
for the use Of the, research associates
any book in the collection Of 1900, 900
in the Library Of Congress. The
$50, 900 volumes in the Public Library
of Washington also are available.
The practical use to the public OF
this research work can be guessed
from such facts as that $15,000,0 900
year has been saved from brake
lining Investigations. $40.0000 900 a
year from study of the lasting quail
ties Of rubber tires and no less than
500, ,000. 900 year from research into
motor fuels.
The bureau now Is working on a
new kind of sugar. 1t is called
levulose and is declared to have a
much higher content of sweet than
any other type Of sugar. 1t is made
by a process discovered by the bu-
reau from the artichoke and the
dahlia.
The bureaus staff not infrequently
Is interfered with by the demands OF
private industry. Experts developed
in the bureau often are offered posi-
tions paying several times the rela-
lively meager salaries the Govern
ment allows. Two States, Alabama
and Virginia, have bespoken the CO.
operation Of the bureau in instruct
ing newly appointed superintendent
Of weights and measures in the tech
nical intricacies of their duties.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
YOUR CHILD
in SCHOOL
By DR.. Frank ". Ballou,
Superintendent of Schools. Washington.
d. G.
Education and Modern Life.

Although education fundamentally
has been much the same for centuries,
having for its purpose the instruction
and training of youth, the demands
which life has made upon it have IN
creased continuously. Their increase
has been proportionate to the growing
complexity of modern life.
The result, therefore, is that society
today looks to the school to do far
more for the child than merely to
equip it with certain knowledge OF
the purely curricular subjects when
formerly were viewed as being the
sum total Of education. These addl'
tional demands upon the school repre-
sent so much more instructions which
must be given or so much more ac-
tivity which forms a definite part of
the day-by-day program.
Additions of this sort vary in char
acter. Some have been given places
in the regular courses of study; others
have been accorded important con-
siceration in the extra classroom ac.
tivities; all represent augmentation OF
the educational program as 1t was a
decade or two ago.
Among these additions may be
enumerated such instruction as that
designed to inculcate safety-first pri1-
ciples. Then there Is the teaching OF
thrift, which has exerted an appreci'
able influence upon the shaping of the
curriculum itself. Out of the safety
first movement in SO far as it affects
the schools has come the schoolboy
patrol, fostered by motoring organi'
Zations, because the school appears to
be the logical place for beginning a
correct conception of the steps which
must be taken to protect the individual
from the hazards of city street traffic.
Since our children must go through
busy city streets to and from school
and since they use the streets a great
deal at other times, 1t is evident that
they face a great deal of personal
danger. Those who foster safety
movement look to the school for as.
sistance because they believe the les.
sons in safety may be embodied in the
regular instruction with more profit
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Needless Delay of Justice.

On the Goth Of March, last, a man
was brutally murdered at Long
Island City, n. Y, and forty-nine
days afterward his. wife and her
paramour were convicted of the
crime. Four days later they were
sentenced to death, the sentence to
be executed on the 20th of June, next,
just three months from the day of
the crime, This is an unusual
instance of judicial expedition, a
wholesome demonstration of the
speed and certainty of justice.
But on the very day of the SEN
fencing 1t was announced that in
behalf of at least one of the con-
victed persons an appeal would be
taken from the trial and conviction
and that it would require more than
two months to prepare the case for
presentation to the appellate court.
That means that even though the
case is unusually speeded in the
higher courts the sentence, if con-
firned, will not be carried into effect
eor several months after the date now
set. perhaps not within year or the
commission of tho crime.
There is not the slightest proba-
bility of a reversal of these sem
fences. The trial is regarded as one
of the fairest ever held in this
country and the case one of the
elearest ever brought to court. There
is no ground save in some obscure
technicality of law on which q re-
trial could possibly be ordered, and
in the retrial, IL such were required
by the higher court, there could be
no other verdict than that already
rendered. In these circumstances an
appeal is no less than a Haunting oil
justice and imposes a needless bur-
den upon the courts and protracts q
case that should in consideration OF
public morals be sped to its earliest
possible conclusion.
The practice Of taking appeals and
protracting them by adoption Of
every possible expedient of delay has
become common In criminal 5uris'
prudence in the United States ant
has had a most harmful effect
Strikingly in contrast with the Brit
ash procedure, which grants the fair
ssta trial and the widest opportunity
Evening star., 1927-05-15

to the child than if they were isolated
or left to chance. which would happen
in many instances if they were to be
taught only outside the school.
The teaching of thrift has been con-
fided to the school because it so vitality
affects the conduct Of the individual
later in life. To assist the effective
presentation there have been estab-
lished school savings accounts and
school banks and every effort Is ex-
erted to make the instruction very
definite and tangible. These means
are employed not to give instruction
in banking methods, but primarily 20
inculcate habits of thrift which will
insure the rearing of useful citizens.
Health instruction, likewise, forms
an appreciable part of the present-day
curriculum, because those who have
given much study and thought to the
problems of public health recognize
the necessity for well planned instruc-
tion in the preservation Of good health
to be given at the same time the child
is being taught the various branches
of knowledge which always have been
included in the curriculum.
1t may be said accurately that voca
tional instruction in general has been
developed in response to a general and
insistent public demand that the school
include in it's subjects a certain num-
ber that are pre-eminently practical
and directly adapted to the acquisition
of a knowledge of the methods OF the
trades or business.
The question may be asked. why
does the school add these subjects.
when nothing like them was included
in the program of instruction until
rather recent years?"
And to this the answer is that the
school has not added them OF its own
initiative. Rather have they resulted
from a popular demand. Their in
clusion may be accounted for In two
ways: First, these additional subjects
a-1 activities play a conspicuous part
in everyday life. Second, the schools
of today aiming at preparing the pu-
nils for life necessarily must act with
a widened scope of endeavor.
But the schools have not made these
additions on their own initiative, as
those who view these subjects as un-
necessary may be heard to remark in
condemning such augmentation of
schoolroom activity. The demand has
come from without and it has resulted
from a very general public belief that
these were ways in which the school
might exert it's influence for the direct
benefit of the community. Dentists,
for instance, are active in advocating
instruction in the care of the teeth,
but all health officials likewise recog-
nize the wisdom of following such ad.
vice, and parents very generally urge
teaching Of this sort because they real
ize the benefit to their own children.
Bankers and banking associations are
firmly behind the teaching of thrift,
but the advocacy of this sort of in
struction comes not solely from them.
The business man knows 1t is good
thing for the community and the reali-
zation of it's worth may rightly be
viewed as being general in character.
The public wants such instruction to
be given in the schools and 1t has been
put there because the public knows
that the benefits affect society very
generally and vitalH.
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Evening star., 1927-05-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Going Fishing,

Going Fishing.
Some day I'm going fishing
Where the Memory Waters flow,
With all the happy wishing
OF the hours so long ago
Fishing for the smiling
And fishing for the song
So tenderly beguiling
AS the moments drift along.
The glories of the present
I value much, indeed;
And yet the past is pleasant
When hearts from care are freed.
I'm turning to the streamland
Where sweet melodies sound low
AS they ripple on through dream
land
Where the Memory Waters flow.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Pocket Philosophy.

A Judge at Chelsea. Mass, famous
old city, recently ruled that man
is justified in using reasonable force
TO prevent his wife from taking money
from his pockets. A charge Of assault
and battery brought by the wife was
dismissed.
This Is. interesting pocket philos'
ophy. Before this decision most OF
America was under the impression
that a wife had sort Of divine right
in this matter. Had it not been a
standard joke for. years upon years.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
A Potomac Power Plan.

Careful consideration will, OF
course, be given to the application
tust made to the Federal Power Com
mission for a permit for great
hydroelectric plant on the Potomac
River and its tributaries, including
plants at Great Falls and Chain
Bridge. This application comes from
a private corporation and is in effect
in competition with a project that
has for some years been contem-
plated by the Federal Government
for the development of the water
power of the Potomac at or near this
city. Under the established pro-
cedure the proposal would be adver-
tised for eight weeks before any per-
NIT is issued. In case of objections
the power commission will hold
public hearings, and If it is decided
to grant the permit the corporation
will be given priority over any other
applicant. Naturally, the Government
will be an interested party and will
doubtless be represented at the hear
ing.
1t Is announced that the proposed
scheme of water-power development
is similar to that recommended by an
engineer officer of the Army several
years ago with the addition Of a
storage plant at Charles Town, w.
yyo opd af dor,aS ond q aoworhouSa
near Harpers Ferry. 1t is estimated
that the power capacity will be such
as to permit the sale of current for
public utility purposes and to operat-
ing and distributing companies. to
industries and other users of electric
energy.
The factor of first importance in
this case relates to the maintenance Of
the water supply for Washington,
which must always be. primarily con.
sjdered in any plan for the harnessing
OF the Potomac. Heretofore it has al.
ways been contemplated that the
power plant itself would be located
below the Great Falls dam so that
there would be no mechanical use of
the water before it's impeunding for
city supply purposes. Nothing must
be done to lessen or to pollute that
supply.
Apparently the present application
Is serious one, based upon exhaus.
tive studies and backed by adequate
capital. 1t would seem, therefore, that
the long awaited utilization of the
Potomac is at hand il the rights Of
the Government and the needs Of the
District are satisfied. The Federal
Power Commission has jurisdiction. 1t
is governmental body in itself and
viii, Of course, safeguard the Federal
interests and especially the Dis
trict's interests in any action it may
take upon the application.
The prospect Of an ultimate utiliza-
ton of the great source of power that
has for so many years been wasted
here is an encouraging one. Much
time and much money have been
spent in the research into the possi-
bilities. Now it would seem that a
practical proposition is at hand.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
This and That
By Charles E. TracetCeH.

Jack Spratt's rustic bench and chair
are decidedly the worse for wear.
after several seasons use as sharp
eners for cat claws.
In this pleasant work of destruction,
Jack has been aided and abetted by his
tomcat friends of the neighborhood.
Cats come from near and far, during
the still watches of the night, to
sharpen their good foreclaws upon the
nice bark of the crossbars, the seats
and the side pieces.
Now there is nothing that a cat
enjoys more, in the ordinary run OF
cat day, than whetting his claws upon
bark. -
No doubt he feels, as he sinks his
stickers into the wood, that mere Is
pleasant exercise as well as reaI
diversion.
Human beings, of course, can only
family imagine the fun cat gets OUT
of sauntering up to a tree, rearing up
on his hind legs, and severaily raKins
his claws through the bark.
Trees, however, often are pretty
tough.
Jack Spratt's benches, on the other
claw, are soft cedar, just mace 10
order-for a cat. 7
X II e.
The most assiduous visitor is the
China cat, so called because OF MS
markings, resembling the figures once
in fashion for mantels.
He is a large fellow. mostly wnite'
with blotches Of tan. His eyes are
very pale green and his whiskers' I'M
mense. He is very timid-in fact, SO
afraid of persons that even those VINO
feed him are held in great suspicion
Although he comes to the gate
every evening for dinner, just at dusk,
never yet has he allowed himself 10 oe
petted.
He will stand on his hind legs for
a choice slab of beef, but let nann
be dropped toward his head, imme'
diately his strong right paw comes up,
ready for an emergency.
1t is believed that at his own home
he is the victim Of several lively chill
dren, who, no doubt, have made life
miserable for him. Whether man or
animal, the creature that Is AFRAID Is
one that has been abused.
The China cat often seizes his
dinner and runs off down the alley
with it. But the next evening, just
as darkness Is settling, he will be back
again. This is all the more strange,
since he seems very fat and well fed.
" + x* ;'.s-
One night there was a tremendous
sound of scratching In the back yard
Could 1t be lively mouse? The
sound seemed to come from the wall.
Looking out, however, observers
saw the China cat vigorously plying
his claws in the bark of Jacks rustic
chair.
In the moonlight he looked up with
q meow, as he Is very talkative cat.
then he settled down to few seconds
of solid enjoyment in the sharpening
business.
When last seen, he was reposing in
the chair, no doubt leaving several
assorted fieas there for Spratt to pick
up with his immaculate coat.
y X X
Jack and his pals have succeeded.
to date, in stripping the bark COM
pletely from the top crossbar on the
bench and from several side pieces
of the chair.
One bottom strip has been torn
from the latter. The bench and chair
present most disreputable appear
ance.
Jack Spratt's favorite clawing place
is on the rug behind the davenport.
Here. In one place the rug is dis
tinctly worn.
Another place JaeR likes is the arm
of the davenport. which now presents
a most ragged appearance. Still. what
good are claws IL you can't whet 'em?
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Germany is making motion pictures
to compete with this country's out
put for the screens. If the enterprise
develops any great stars, they will
soon be over here, competing for
Hollywood salaries.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Radio Supplants the Wire.

From the New York Times.
When radio power transmission has
done away with wires it will not be.
necessary to press a button in New
York in order to manipulate a nomi-
mating convention In st. Louis.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

A film comedian made the court
laugh when he was accused of stealing
his ideas. The dignity Of a judge is
not entirely proof against the COM
mon impulses of human nature.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Member Of the Associated Press.

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to the use for republication of all news dis.
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The modest fortune left by Uncle
Joe Cannon compels those who once
called him a Gear" to admit that
he was no imperialistic CRATER.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

There are numerous law-abidlng
citizens who abstain from bad alcohol.
If this were not the case the country
would show a rapid course of depop-
ulation.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The straw hat is a test Of individual
independence The calendar may call
for it, but the thermometer inspires
the idea of self-determination.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Two Texans got into an argument
over the Bible and killed each other.
There Is such a thing as taking even
religion too seriously.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Harvard students will have to be
vaccinated. Physical as well as in.
tellectual considerations must be re-
garded in the pursuit of education.