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bout the underground regions and

about the underground regions and
the experiences Of those wile are
caught beneath the surface. There
have been numerous instances of
miners trapped by falling rock due to
explosions and slips. and as long as
there Is a chance for their rescue In.
tense efforts are made to reach them.
Some years ago group of such men
were thus entombed. and after many
days were finally reached and brought
alive to the surface. They had sub
sisted In part on an infusion made
from the bark of the timbers sup
porting the roof of the chamber in
which they were caught. Their return
to the surface was an occasion of uni.
versal rejoicing.
The region in which Ashley had his
narrowing experience Is honeycombed
with caves. They have not been fully
explored. and it is possible that their
ramif1cations will never be solved.
There are In the western part of Vir-
ginia underground passages that still
remain to be traced and made acces.
sible. extensions of caverns that have
been exploited and visited by great
numbers OF people. The development
OF these deep and far.reaching passages
Ia q matter of considerable danger,
which. however. does not deter adven.
turous spirits. such as the man who
has just had a narrow escape from
death In the pursuit of scientific
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Underground Perils.

The experience Of Lawrence Ashley.
a geologist, who was trapped for six
days in a cave in Tennessee and made
his way out by tunneling along the
trail of an air current, is one of the
classics of human life. Last Monday,
seeking to explore newly discovered
entrance, he entered the cave with a
two-day supply of food and materials
for making light. and after examining
the interior to his satisfaction he
found on returning that a landslip had
occurred at the entrance and he was
imprisoned. He managed to locate a
stream of fresh air, however. and de-
Gliding that it came from the surface.
he followed it, digging steadily, though
with decreasing strength as his food
was exhausted. Luckily his carbide
supply sufficed to keep his light burn.
ing and yesterday he reached the sur.
face. Meanwhile rescue parties had
been organized and had searched the
cave. coming to the conclusion that
Ashley had been drowned In the
stream which flows through the cav
ern. AS he emerged yesterday in an
exhausted condition an effort was
about to be made to drag this river
for his body.
This experience Of Ashley brings to
mind the recent fatality in the same
region, when Floyd Collins was SINH
larly trapped in cavern and. despite
all efforts at rescue, died. The Col
Inns case attracted nationwide atten
ton. Bulletins from the scene Of thu
accident were sent at frequent inter
walls. An intense sympathetic reaction
was caused among millions, and wher
the word went forth that Collins wal
I dead profound sorrow was felt.t
There 10 something highly dramatic
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Life.Saving Legislation.

Another effort will be made at the
coming session OF Congress to extend
the life Of the Federal maternity and
infancy act, more Familiarity known as
the Sheppard. Towner bill. The act
was originally passed in 1921, author.
izing appropriations OF $1,240,000 for
five years. and was extended year
longer by a joint resolution of the last
Congress. The legislation has been
subject to attack, chiefly on the
ground that it is a meddlesome ges-
|'ture by the Federal Government to-
ward the duties of the States, while
the medical profession has not looked
upon it any too kindly, seeming in its
provisions the encroachment of pub
lie health agencies in the field Of the
private practitioner. Color Is fire.
quently lent to the statement of op-
ponents who claim that the bill fur
nishes "old maids" with the fulfill
ment Of a long-sought ambition to tell
mothers how to raise their children.
The Department OF Labor, in state.
mcnts setting forth the need of the
legislation. mentions a drop of four
points in the infant mortality rate re.
corded since the work of educating
mothers began. OF the twenty six
States that were in the death regis.
hn inH 90
laws operation, seventeen show re-
duced infant death rates. three show
unchanged rates and six increased
rates. Opponents of the measure mis-
represent it's scope when they claim
that it enables the Federal Govern
ment to NEEDLE in the business Of the
states. It Is no more meddlesome
than Federal aid in highway building,
Federal aid in hog-raising or Federal
aid in fighting the cattle tick. No
State is forced to accept the Federal
funds and the money is used for the
dissemination of information. in the
use of which there is no coercion. The
part Of the Federal Government is the
part Of an advisory agency alone, or
Of a centralized clearing house deal.
ing in statistics and information. Re.
duction of infant mortality by four
points in six years, whether or not it
is due directly to the maternity bill, Is
worthwhile achievement. POSSIBLE
ity OF further reduction is sufficient
propaganda in favor of continuing the
legislation
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of his bravery he now wears the high.
est award Of the British empire, the
Albert medal. Stanley Gibbs richly
deserves all honors that may come to
him for his epic combat with one Of
the most deadly of swimming crea'
lures. Aside from the danger. there
10 something particularly revolving to
. human to be in close contact with
the Shiny cannibals of the sea. Yet
Gibbs thought Of nothing else than
that his friend was in peril of his life.
All honor to such q lad!
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Naming of Peak for Mussolini
Subject of FacetiOus Comment

peak after him." The Ledger sees
IAN amazing freshness and audacity
about the gesture of these Italian
enthusiasts"
The New York World, accepting
the report that the peak selected was
''the highest within the italian bound
ary," concludes: $50 another frontier
incident is happily avoided. The less
err mountain peak belongs to- the
Italians. They can call it anything
they like"
The poetic tribute paid to the Alpine
monarch by Coleridge is quoted by the
Shreveport Journal:
Hast thou charm to stay the morn.
ing star
In his steep course? So long he
seems to pause
On thy bald, awful head, o sovereign
Blanc!
The Arve and Arveiron at thy base
Rave ceaselassly; but thou. most
awful mount,
Risest from forth thy silent sea of
pines,
How silently" 81,
THE poetry, however" in the opin.
ion Of the Journal. doesn't fit the
situation. Mussolini has an awfully
bald head, but he never rises silently.
And 1t is not at all certain that he or
his work will endure as long as the
mountain, or that his name will sup
plant in general use the French name.
which means white mountain He
is hardly dazzling enough for that,
even with all his Fascist glory"
The great mountain, as viewed by
the Omaha World-HeraId. "rears its
lofty white summit a mile and a half
into the eternal SHOWS and gazes coldly
and imperturbably down upon all this
pother. 1t has little to fear" con-
tinues that paper. from the ambition
of an upstart dictator or his courtiers.
1t bears it's name upon it's brow in the
white mantle which it donned cons
before Caesar was whelped, and which
1t will continue to wear cons after
the bones Of Mussolini are resolved
again into nameless, unidentified
atoms"
The Springfield Daily News holds
that "Mussolini and his adoring fol-
lowers are really too modest in claim
ing nothing more than Mont Blanc as
a namesake for their matchless states
man. Even Hercules" says that pa
per, could have a mountain named
for him. Mussolini the Great should
not be content with an honor so
slight. Since Italy is now Mussolini,
why not shape nomenclature to fit
the facts and call it that? The King
dom Of Mussolini, with it's capital at
Rome on the banks of the Benito.
that would be an honor
worthy OF the man who now bestrides
Italy like a colossus and a half"
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

that there is nothing in the world
harder than the self.ordained per.
sistence of refusing to speak to
! another simply because of real or
fancied grudge.
There have been cases of married
couples who have lived side by side
for the last 80 years of their lives
without speaking. Think of the toll
this foolishness took upon their
hearts and minds! They paid for it.
And so will this misguided young
man pay. He has paid for a year,
and doesn't realize it. The speaking
to me Is not the point. 1t makes no
difference to either of us whether he
speaks or not. But let him, for the
good of his own immortal soul, release
the energy to better purposes"
" X *x
We are reminded of a gentleman
who lived in a grand home not far
from small apartment house build.
ing. Evidently this householder was
somewhat impressed with the social
gap which separated him. in his large
house, from the young couples who
were inhabiting the various two and
three room apartments.
The gentleman was fond of garden.
ing-which was distinctly in his
favor-and in this occupation spent
the hours between supper and dark.
Never once in the memory of those
who looked out the windows of those
apartments was this man ever caught
deigning to cast glance upward at
the people in the offending flats.
To have looked at them. as one ten,
ant with a flair for psychology said,
would have been to admit that they
were fellow human beings,
So steadfastly, through a group OF
various miSfortuneS that happened to
his family, he kept his head down.
1t was admirable persistency, but
wrongly directed. If he had put it to
some good use in his business, or
among his friends; IL he had gone out
OF his way as steadfastly to find per.
sons he might have helped!
* y x*
Children who persist in doing use
less things, or making themselves
annoying to others without rhyme or
reason. ought to De gently diverted
from their purpose. 1t might seem
little thing, but habits are habits,
and little ones grow into big ones,
even as children do.
There are many observers of these
things who assert that misfortunes
come to those who indulge in such
futile persistence, not because there
is any obscure relationship, defying
analysis, but simply because one who
so misuses the divine agencies of
heart and mind given him by the
Creator is in every other way maxi
ing mistakes in their application.
1t will be noted above that the
man in the large house who refused
to recognize his poorer neighbors as
human beings lived a life attended
by family misfortune. Is it not con.
ceivable that one who never had a
glance for the babies of others often
failed in the proper treatment of his
own offspring?
1t is reasonable to believe that he
who persists without mind or heart
in one direction will persist. in other
and unknown ways, in courses of ac-
ton that will bring heartache and
misery to many others.
There Is a cause and effect in life
which cannot be measured by the
yardstick, or punched out on the
cash register, but which exists none
the less surely. Men do not fool
others half so much as they fool
themselves.
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O. Do all mammals have hair?-L.
B. NJ.
A. Hair is the characteristic cover
ing of mammals. Hairs are not want
ing on any mammals, but vary greatly
in abundance, some being densely
clothed. while others possess 1t only on
limited parts of the body.
O. What is the cost per mile on
air passenger routes IN the united
States?-E. j. G.
A, On the seven regular air pas
senger routes now operating in the
United States the average cost per
mile is Is cents.
@. How much of Norway is in the
Arctic Zone?-R. j.
A. 1t reaches 800 miles beyond the
Arctic Circle.
@. Are some places safer than
others in a thunderstorm?-H.S 5.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
inside a steel frame building. rein.
forced concrete building, or a house
with properly installed lightning rods.
is a safe place to be during thun-
derstorm. Inside house of any kind.
and we'll away from the walls, is bet
ter than being out in the open. Espe-
ciaiiy dangerous places are close to
wire fence, under tall tree, and on
the top Of hill.
@. Why is the Angelus so called:
L. L.
| A. This short devotion at morning.
noon. and night derives its name from
| the first word Of the Introductory
prayer-Angelus Domini, etc.
@. How heavy do gold fish get?
| caught one weighing five pounds
E. s.
A. A goldfish weighing five pounds
| is quite large. Generally speaking,
goldfish in and about Maryland at
| tain a weight of two and two and
| one-halt pounds. OF course, the
| weight depends upon food and heat.
| They usually grow larger in the
| Southern States.
@. How old is Fritz Kreisler?
Where was he born?-L. G.
A. The violinist was born In
| Vienna, in 1875.
@. What are the oldest laces in
| existence?-S. G..
| A. They are knotted hair nets and
breast nets from the tombs of Thebes
and other parts of Egypt, some dat
ing as far back as $500 BIC.
O. What will remove liquid glass
| stains from crockery in which eggs
have been preserved?-D. G. T.
A. The Poultry Division says that
| the best way to remove water glass
stains from crockery is by use OF
vinegar and water.
@. What is point on the cotton
market?-C. D. H.
A. On the cotton market, a point
| Is equal to five cents on each bale
| of 500 pounds, or $500 on 100 bales.
this being the usual contract.
| Gen. Robert E. Lee said: "The
thorough education of people Is the
most eficdcious means of prom citing
the prosperity of the Nation" These
acords of the distinguished Southern
| general are none the less true notc
than 1chen he spoke them. Our Wash
in0ton Information Bureau is one Of
the greatest agencies for the distribu.
ton of free information and educd-
tiondl data in the tcorld. Its services
are free to readers of this paper. All
| you need to do is to send in Jour
| query, together tCith ttoo cents In
stamps for return postage. Address
the Epening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin. Director, Wash
ingt0n, ID. c. s-
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PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK
In q radio talk last year Andrew w.

In q radio talk last year Andrew w.
Mellon said: Because business is big
| It IL not necessarily menace"
Commenting upon this sentence at
the time, a business journal. Nations
| Business, said:
"Bigness is not necessarily men
ace. The elephant may be gentier
| than the mouse, but there Turk posi-.
lbilities of danger in the elephant that
are not in the mouse, and most OF us
prefer our elephants properly guarded
and guided.
"Bigness itself isn't bad. but big
| ness brings responsibility.
| "None of us Is much disturbed about
the shortcomings Of his neighborhood
grocer. II he sells bad potatoes,
| there's another man around the corner
with whom we can trade. But II all
| the grocers were in one chain. the
| problem of poor potatoes would dis.
turb us all, and we should take refuge
| in legislation, in potato price'nxlng
and potato inspectors"
There IL nothing quite as important
| RI the masses of Americans as a sound
philosophy OF bigness.
| One of the bad by-products OF the
muck. raking era was an uncrlticai
suspicion of all bigness in business.
Our reaction to the many exposures
of graft and greed in many big bust
nesses was distressingly mechanical.
Bigness seemed to us the devil we
must fight
We set out upon a trust busting
theory of reform-little businesses was
| our goal.
But little businesses are. in the
main, out of step with the tendency
of the time in effective organization;
| it will not serve the situation, how
ever, for us to revert to a worship
Of big business.
Uncritical suspicion of big business
and uncritical servility to big business
are alike beside the point.
Big business can serve the social
order and its masses far more to the
common good than little business;
granted business craftsmanship in its
councils. big business is a better In.
strument of social reform than little
| business.
The real peril Of bigness is twofold
First, bigness brings power. and
power carries a subtle temptation to
its own prostitution.
Second, bigness stimulates hunger
for bigger business, and businesses
may become so big that they break
down under their own weight, their
completely outstripping the available
! fund of administrative genius.
The solution of the problem of big
business does not lie with the sleep.
less regulator. but with the states.
manlike administrator, who, as l have
said so often, can see the possibility
OF using bigness so that wages may
| be raised. hours shortened, prices low
cred, and total profits increased by
virtue Of the magnitude Of operation.
Copyright. 1927
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Unnecessary persistence has an
| irritating effect on others; at the same
| time It deprives its perpetrator OF
Just so much nerve force which he
| might better turn to better ends.
AS an example Of this, there may be
| instanced the stick.to-it.iveness of the
| fine young gentleman who for the past
| four years has persisted in opening a
certain paddock as Joke.
There Is in this town a typewriter
desk of the metal variety, with let.
down top. under which the writing
machine rests when the desk Is closed.
An iron bar, a chain, a paddock and
| key conspire to deter unwanted
users from pounding the typewriter
keys out of alignment Every one
knows what some one else can do 10
ones typewriter or fountain pen!
The lock, unfortunately, was Of a
frail sister type. A jerk at the han.
die of the desk and the hasp flew
open. This would never do. A Sec
| ond and sturdier paddock was added
to the chain. so that when the first
was forced, the second still held.
From that day to this. some person
unknown has persisted in pulling for.
chilly on the bar, loosening the weak
lock.
The action does him no good. for
the other lock still holds, and one
wonders what fun he can get out
of 1t. except that action always con-
ducive to a vast amount Of merriment
to persons of certain type of mind,
a small irritation to another.
Think of the vast amount of time
and energy consumed by this utterly
needless and absolutely futile perform
ance during the four solid years 1t
has been going on!
Suppose the perpetrator of this &C.
ton, which, undoubtedly, he regards
as just a small joke Tor perhaps II
has become a habit by this time).
would expend the same time in helping
some one else?
Suppose over four years. he had put
in the same amount Of labor and time
giving coins to blind men?
Today he would have the satisfac-
ton of feeling that for considerable
space in his life he had done some
thing worth while.
In new book which is destined,
unless we much miss our guess. to
take it's place as one OF the worlds
great confessionals, a great public
character Is quoted as having Sdiu'
Never pass blind man, Nam"
Let this saying be commended to
the unlocker of padlocks. Persistency
in dropping coins into the tin cups of
blind men, or whatever sort of recep-
tacle they carry, would be persistency
in a good cause, at least.
X X X
Another type Of unfortunate per-
sistency is young man who, offended
az what another wrote, which he took
unto himself, in the way some folks
will, persists in refusing to speak to
the writer.
This writer, in telling us about the
matter, says that his only regret is
the genuine one that the abused per.
son so persistently misuses divine
energy.
when think of the vast amount
of effort he takes to refrain from
speaking to me-" he said, with his
humorous. understanding smile, "it
Eaddens me. am not worth such an
expenditure. Let him put that same
time and labor on doing a good deed
any good deed-to his fellow human
beings.
Il know from personal experience
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Why Some Railways
Use the Left Track
To the Editor of The Star:


Referring to a question in a recent
number of The Star as to why certain
railways in the United States run
trains on the left track. there Is an
other reason than that assigned by
Mr.. Haskin. On asking the same
question some years ago Of a railway
man 1 was reminded that, owing to
the danger from protruding lumber or
other movable freight overlapping the
sides of open cars, accidents were IL
able to happen to passing trains. Ac'
cordingly, since the engineer stands
on the right side of the cab. the left
hand passing enables him to look
ahead and act promptly at the APP
pearance of a threatening situation.
Why the Lake Shore changed its
method is not apparent, since, aside
from the reason here given, there
seems to be no preference for either
method. In this connection 1t is to
be noted that the two tracks of the
New York Central which adhere to
the left-side passing are those devoted
to freight traffic.
.wM. J. SEELYE.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

world. The Army Band headed the
Harding funeral procession, the De.
Tense Day parade, the Coolidge in
augural. the Lindbergh Washington
welcome and many lesser affairs. A
double sextet Of IL saxophones, two
dance orchestras and a 50.piece sym.
phonic concert orchestra are embraced
within the entire aggregation Of 100
pieces.
A great public protest against the
proposed reduction In the size Of our
Printers Union, which comprises the
men engaged in the business of print
ing the bank notes. They point out
that the proposal is not new and has
been agitated for half a century, every
time evoking so much opposition from
banks and business men and from
members of Congress that the plan
was abandoned. A bill to prohibit
any change in the size or color OF
paper money without the consent Of
Congress was offered recently by Sena.
for Sheppard of Texas, and the plate
printers predict 1t will be pressed in
the next session. Meantime the
Treasury is going ahead with its prep.
notes, which will not. however, be
ready for distribution for another
IL months.
The General Federation of Women's
Clubs takes occasion to remind the
public that it also has q convention
next June, a biennial election Of Off.
GERS and lively contest for president.
The convention will be held at San
Antonio, Tex. The two leading presi-
dental contenders SO far in view are
Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore, in.
dorsed by Maryland and Delaware.
and Mrs. Edward Franklin White Of
indianapolis. Mrs. White is now first
vice president Of the federation and
Mrs.ssippel is chairman of the finance
committee. Mrs. Grace Morrison
Poole of Massachusetts. now recording
secretary, is the only candidate thus
far announced for first vice president.
Mrs. Eugene 3. Lawson of Oklahoma
and Mrs. George Thomas Palmer of
Illinois are rivals for second vice pres
ident. Mrs. William r. Alvord Of
Michigan and Mrs. Henry C. Taylor
of iowa are candidates for secretary.
Mrs. H. G. Reynolds Of Kentucky,
present treasurer, is slated for re.elec-
ton, unopposed. 1t Is worth noting
that every one Of these prominent
clubwomen is married and all but
one have children. Mrs. Lawson Of
Oklahoma has the further distinction
Of being the granddaughter Of the last
tribal chief Of the Delaware Indians,
the Rev. Charles Journeycake. He
was a Baptist minister as we'll as an
Indian chieftain.
Copyright. 1927
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Prohibition Has Not
Caused Revenue Failure
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I note by a Washington dispatch
which appeared in The Star that dur.
ing the six years just past the in
terest.bearing national debt has been
reduced by close to six billions, MAX
ing a saving of $3.50 900 900 in annual
interest. and that taxes have been re.
duced three times, and every year has
shown a surplus.
Were the vets mistaken when they
adjured us by all the gods at once
that prohibition would mean a ruinous
raise in taxes and a cajamitous de-
crease in revenue?
CHARLES P. NELSON.
Minneapolis, MINI.
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There is class of people who have
regarded it as clever to call them.
selves "parlor socialists" AS serious
political and economic reform is de.
manded, they subside into bridge whist,
as some Of their habitual line of com.
ment might cause embarrassment IL
taken too seriously.