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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
"DWELT AMONG Us"
81. John, ii5' "Dtoeit among u.s."
We beheid His Gloru."

I 81. John, III: "Dtpeit among u.s."
We beheid His Glory"
The man who wrote the above
words has reached we'll on toward
the end of his life. He was an old
man. His gospel was an old mans
recollections. hence its ripeness as
well as its tenderness. Though the
years had come and gone since he had
experienced fellowship with the Man
of Nazareth. the impression could not
he effaced but had only deepened with
the fight of time. The secret of this
enduring impression was that he had
actually had fellowship with this
supreme personality. He had seen
Him, felt the warm glow of His life,
known something of the depth of His
unmeasured love. He had talked with
Him, companioned with Him. witt
messed the beneficence of His service
to men; yes. he had been with Him
through His supreme trial. had sat
with Him at the last supper, and
finally stood by the cross. To him had
been spoken the words of deepest af-
lection. To him was accorded the
place of being the disciple whom
Jesus loved" All this conspired to
make the memory of this great fellow
ship lasting one. AS he grew In
years he felt more and morek the inn
pact of this divine personality. Time
could not dim the memory nor efface
the impression. He literally felt his
life renewed as he recorded the words,
He "dwelt among. u.s. and I'VE be-
held His glory"
We are all susceptible to environine
experiences. Early associations and
impressions are lasting. Some one
once said. II am a part of all that I
have met" He saw In himself the
evidences of those potential influences
that had shaped his life, determined
his philosophy and fixed his ideals.
OF all the things that touch us none
compares with that Of personality.
Frequently 1t is a single contact with
glowing life that changes our whole
outlook and fixes our course as well as
our ultimate objective. These rebirths
Of feeling that now and again we ex-
perience grow out of memories that
identify us with scenes and circum-
stances that we knew in other day..
Centuries have come and gone sifgoc
the advent of Christ, but we still hark
back to the fact that He dwelt among
Us. and the splendor Of His perfect
life Is as evident to us today as when
He walked and talked with men. He
Is as real to twentieth century
world as He was to the humble fisher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

Washington ARE taking university
courses IN the late afternoon and eve
ming. specializing largely in the law.
SO far as known. however. no Con-
gressfnen or United States Senators
so to classes.
Here was an episode OF the famous
Norris trial in Texas the past week.
The secretary of the minister, accused
and acquitted Of murder was testify
Ing. She said that Immediately after
the tragedy DR. Norris went to the
telephone and called up his home
What did you hear him saw"
heard him say, Sweetheart and
! knew from that he was talking to
his wife"
Hold on. hold on" shouted wild
biil Mclean. counsel for the state.
We object to that"
ION what ground?" INQUIRED ths
apparently astonished court.
on the ground that these DAYS and
times how come YOU can tell a mars
talking TO his wife when he save.
Hello, sweetheart" over the tsls-
phone7"
objection sustained" ruled his
honor. with bang Of the gavel.
A constant attendant at this same
trial was little Elliott Chips. 15-yaar.
old son Of the man slain by the fight.
ing parson I'm what he believed to be
the defense of his own life. Young
Chips, bright-faced boy with curly
brown hair, listened to every word of
the testimony and of the argument. He
heard mia father praised and bitterly
denounced. He wept quietly in a cor.
ner when the verdict of not guilty was
read. But out of the trial the lad got
his inspiration.
Il arm going TO become lawyer
he said. II don't know that / shall
practice criminal law. / have talked
with several of the ATTORNEYS. Thev
| advise me 10 go in for criminal Law,
Maybe that's what Ill do
1t Is not given to many bows Ia
have such an experience in choosing
| a profession.
Texas Is the land of hats. This does
not refer to feminine headgear The
millinery business is much the same
the country over. Fifth avenue in
New York ia not so far removed from
Congress avenue in Austin. But
down In Texas it is the menfolk who
specialize in hats. Nowhere in the
West do they wear them finer or
| broader, nowhere In all the world do
| they pay such prices for hats as they
| pay In Texas and possibly across the
Lone Star line in Oklahoma. The
Southwest takes the very finest out.
put of famous Philadelphia hat con.
Germ
1t Is nothing at all TO pay ss5 for
an ordinary fedora, but the hat Is
made of the finest beaver. From s35
the prices range on up to sf2s and
$3.50 for the five gallon types Texans
who wouldn't think of paying more
than $40 or $50 for suit of clothes
will gladly plank down a hundred or
hundred and a quarter for their hat.
There Is sort of top-piece aristocracy
In Texas and you've got to belong.
tCopyright. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
EVERYDAY RELIGION
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BY THE RIGHT REv. J4MEs &. FREEMAN, d. D, IL. d,
Bishop OF Washington.

men with whom He consorted in the
days of His ministry The sheer per-
sistence of Jesus in human thought
Is one of the supreme facts of history.
Born in a far-away Eastern hamlet,
His earthly life restricted within n
limited area, Ills words preserved to
us by humble men, He In as appeal
ing to the consciousness of our age
as He was - those who saw Him
when He walked the earth. Deeds of
heroism disclosed In lives OF utter
conservation proceed from the impulse
and inspiration which He gave; and
millions of devoted followers In every
part of the world continue to feel the
spell of His life and precepts. He ia
as alive today as when He walked by
Galilees shores, and the miracle of
His TRANSPORTING power In changing
lives that are debased Is as conspic-
uous today as when He exercised His
sovereign power. over manned and
blind and halt centuries ago We
still feel the intimacy of His contact
and no loving touch exercises upon
us a nightier influence than His.
Where all our feeble efforts to bring
order, peace and comfort to men fall,
His succeed. Whether 1t is the lonely
soldier at his post on some far-f1ung
battle line or the mother sitting be-
side her fevered child waiting anxious
ly for the crisis to pass, or the man
or woman broken on the wheel of
fortune. His presence and His word
Of assurance still constitute life =
suprernest comfort and it's greatest
assurance. When Frances Willard
lay dying her last request was that
Hoffman's famous portrait of Christ
should be SO placed that 1t might be
the last thing upon which her eyes
should rest. Within, her soul she felt
the assurance of those mighty words,
Let not you heart be troubled, Meth
err let II be afraid Countless others
In every age and in every trial have
experienced like impressions. His in
fiuence is universal, 1t knows no limi,
tations In time or place. That He has
"dwelt among us" and that we still
behold His glory In an incontrovertible
fact. In spite of all our weaknesses
and moral dereliction the reality of
Christ's presence in human life and
His continuing power in shaping
human character and Transforming
human lives is still the most con-
spicuous fact of which we have
knowledge.
20 Master. let me walk with Thee
In lewly paths NJ service free.
Teach me Thy secret. let me hear
The fret Of toll, the load OF care."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

A seeker of American citizenship
down in Texas a day or two ago said
the Congress of the United States, like
all Gaui, was divided into three parts.
He said there was the Senate. the
House and the White House. Before
laughing at the poor henighted alien.
1t might be we'll to pause and see II
there is not a very large element of
truth in what he SAYS.
Certainly in the DAYS Of Theodore
Roosevelt. and again in the early days
of Woodrow Wilson, the White House
was a most important part Of Con
gress. President Coolidge has main.
tanned a more or less indefinite at
titdde toward Congress. AT times II
seems as though he will step out and
dictate, then again he appears per
fectly willing to keep hands off. On
occasions he seems completely out
of touch
The trainers of the Constitution
had the design of keeping tfre legis-
lative and executive branches OF the
Government separate, but in work
ing out their plan they really sue
ceeded in tying the White House
pretty close to Congress, and es.
pecially to the Senate. There is the
provision for the. President TO sign
all the acts of Congress and Ger.
tainly when a President vetoes~ an
act he takes a very lively part In
| legislation. OF course, Congress can
show its independence by overriding
the veto, but nevertheless the veto
| power rests In the President.
The Senate by the same token has
| the same right to veto important
| Executive appointments made by the
President; not only the right, one
might say. but the disposition 10 do
a little vetoing at the present moment
Take 1t by and large. the White
| House ties in pretty closely with Con
gress and on an appeal to Washing
| ton the alien who said 1t was a part
Of the establishment on Capitol Hill
| undoubtedly would be admitted.
Another alien when asked how
many children he had promptly re.
piled, "Forty-eight -
When some doubt was expressed AZ
to this prodigious progeny, the new
citizen said he meant Uncle Sam had
4s children-and he proceeded to men
| ton the States by name. It was Just
case Of mistaken identity.
Some twoscore members of the
Texas Legislature are matriculated as
StuucHtS III the University OF texas
at Austin. A few of them are fresh
men. This liz one great advantage OF
having a State university located In
the capital. The legislators can go
to school while attending sessions OF
the House. There are no Senators
among the law-making students al
| Austin.
| The University of Texas is typical
Of the new democracy among institu
tions of learning. There is no age
limit. One old lady, nearing her
eightieth birthday. is taking several
subjects. Perhaps she is "majoring'
in domestic science, or maybe in
| philosophy
| Hundreds of Government workers in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
The Only Course.

Discontinuance OF the. irterhigh
basket ball games by the principals of
Washington high schools because of
the disgraceful riot which occurred
recently at a game between Central
and Western is an eminently proper
action. For some time ii has been
apparent that such a measure would
have to be adopted by the school au.
thorities in order to keep basket ball
properly subordinated to the all.im.
portant educational phase of school
life. Spectators at the various games.
composed mainly of students and their
families, have been guilty of breaking
chairs and other furniture In the en-.
thusiastic expression of their par.
tisanship. Players, carried away by
the excitement of the contests. have
become rough and unruly and, i'm some
cases. sportsma nship has been con.
spicuously absent. The climax of this
unfortunate series OF events, an ex.
pensiye series, too, because the schools
were compelled to meet the cost of the
broken furniture out of athe. profits
OF the games came a few days ago
when at the end of hard fought bat
tie two players became embroiled In a
fist fight and the spectators Joined In
to create a free-for.all. Order was
restored just before the arrival Of a
squadron of police. After this ARRAY
it was evident that drastic action must
be taken by the school off7cials.
Rowdyism has no place in any kind Of
sport and the behavior which featured
the Western-Central game cannot be
tolerated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
The Russian Resolution.

Russians are using the radio where
by to learn the English language
Three times week the government
broadcasting stations devote an hour
to the study of our tongue. and this
is done in response to many requests.
1t has been said that Russian is
80 difficult that its natural users
find any other civilized medium of
speech comparatively simple and
easy. That may or may not be true,
but 1t Is certain that Russians are
good linguists.
One reason is that they attack any
task along that line with a do-or-die,
get.results-Quick spirit which is for.
eign to the average American school.
boy or college student dawdling for
years over his books. progressing at
snaillike pace and ending up. per-
haps, with bare working knowledge
| Of and a small vocabulary In the
| speech whose study he is pursuing.
Not long ago a Russian artist.
knowing not one single word OF Eng
| fish, except Yes and NO" sud.
1 denly found himself In the United
States and compelled to stay here
indefinitely. He came to WashinE'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
SAVING LUMBER
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Practically every set of plans pre-
pared by an architect calls for a GER
tain amount of standard lengths Of
lumber. These the mill would have in
stock. It would be necessary only to
determine the exact number required.
assemble them and label them so that
their place in the proposed building
could not be mistaken.
Odd lengths, whether over or below
the standard, would be cut to the ex-
act size called for by the plans, and
they, too, would be so marked and de.
livered and piled at the place of con-
struction that the construction force
could handle them expeditiously and
economically. The result of the work
ing out OF this system upon anything
approximating big scale would be, 1t
! In claimed. that the mills would be
able to utilize every bit of timber that
comes into their plants.
The ready.cut house Is a further de-
svelopment of this idea, as 1t In now
being produced by some concerns.
which go a step farther than cutting
and numbering each piece of lumber
required I'm dwelling and actually
put the frame together In convenient
lily handled sections ready for quick
assembly In the building.
/ To the argument that this sort Of
thing makes for cheap and flimsy con-
sstruction, the answer lis made that it
is cheaper than any other kind but
that 1t is not fiinsy, unless IT. Is pro-
.,duced by the kind of company that
turns out that kind of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

| new industries will effect a consider
able saving in the cost of needed sup
plies for the District.
Expansion of the Public Library ia
cilities so that eventually it may
achieve its duty of serving all resi-
dents of the District in the widely seat
tered sections meets with general ap
prevail. A very important step has
been taken in linking the schools and
the library closer together, as they
are both integral parts of our general
system of education.
The changes with respect to the pur.
chasing division of the District over
rule the expressed opinions of the Dis
trict officials. In effect they force the
District as far as possible to buy sup
plies from the Federal schedules OF the
general supply committee rather than
to prepare individual District sched-
ules. Some members of Congress have
the idea that there has been some loose
methods and favoritism in the letting
of contracts for District supplies. This
has been proved to be an unfair judg-
ment. but IL the new system will bet
ter satisfy Congress the District OH.
Gals raise no objection. II really means
little change in the District purchas-
ing office. for the principal work is to
make the contracts with the business
concerns which have submitted their
proposals to the general supply com.
mittee rather than with those which
might submit them under the District
own schedules.
The provision for a new 4S-inch water
main from Nebraska and Wisconsin
avenues to Georgia avenue and Mill.
tary road and for an addition to the
Reno Reservoir is good business policy.
This is necessary to tie the supply and
distribution systems together proper
ly for the second and third high serv.
ices. In net result Ii will equaIize the
distribution and give. adequate pres
sure In the northern parts of the city.
particularly north of Petworth.
The bill carries $3.50, 900 for the crea.
ton of two bathing pools. thus making
a start on the system OF distributing
bathing pools all over the District, con.
venient to the most densely populated
eenters. This action will be followed by
substantive legislation authorizing the
building OF other pools throughout the
District.
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ton only a few months later speaking
fluent. If not perfect. English. He
realized from the start that he could
| not make a cent unless he could
converse and correspond with patrons.
!, and here is how he did It,. He
| purchased a pamphlet containing
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, of
which he had heard In Russia as
model specimen of our tongue. He
purchased an English Russian die.
tionary. He purchased a talking
machine record of the address. Re
firing to his room, he would set the
mechanism to revolving slowly,
would listen to the words and at the
same time read them from the printed
page. Later he laboriously compared
each word therein with the cor
responding word In his dictionary
He knew nothing OF English gram
mar or construction, but when he
got through The could recite the
address; he knew the meaning OF
every word In 1t and had learned
numerous related words, and he could
recognize each word in 1t when 1t
was spoken in his hearing.
Working from that basis, as did
Psychologists with the Rosetta Stone,
in an incredibly short period of time
he got a strange hold on the de-
sired speech. Too often Americans
are conscious of their linguistic short
comings: are a little ashamed to talk
No such inhibition hampered this
Russian. or hampers any Russian. He
talked with every one, everywhere,
all the time, on every conceivable
subject. and he ended with a knowl-
edge or language construction and a.
vocabulary that would be the envy
OF many bachelor Of arts. Soviet
Russia has many nothing
else but" as Florian slappey would
say. So. doubtless, have the individual
Russians. But there is something in
the way they tackle such tasks that
may well be envied and well be emu.
lated by Americans.
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YOUR CHILD
in SCHOOL
By Dr.. Frank ". BdllotA
Superintendent OF Schools, washington.
d. c.
Leaving School Too Early.

The deep despair that many man
has felt upon realizing that he had
left school too early should be a. tragic
enough warning Of the evil of allowing
children to drop out of school too soon.
1t LIZ unfortunate that many who
have the opportunity for education
neglect 1t, but 1t still In more unfortu-
nate that many more do not make
enough sacrifice to gain an education
even when 1t would be accompanied
by certain degree Of hardship.
For boys or girls to leave school
before beginning high school liz moth
ing short of tragedy unless forced by
the most extreme economic conditions.
Formerly leaving school early was
more prevalent than today The cause
was frequently poverty of the family.
Too often, however, 1t could be as
cribed to the failure of the parents to
urge their children to avail themselves
OF the opportunity for more schooling.
BY wholesome advice. parents can
do much to prevent their children
from making a great mistake at q
time when they ara In no wise capable
of realizing their folly. ~
One cannot overlook, of course, the
problem of the child who must go to
work to contribute to q slender family
treasury. 1t is social evil that
usually ID beyond the power Of edu,
cational agencies to control, They
have contributed their part to the
solution of this problem by providing
special instructions in the night
school, the continuation school and
the vocational school. The curriculum
of the vocational school Is designed
to equip pupils with the means OF
earning a living. 1t gives boys and
girls an immediate means for coping
with present difficulties which cali
them into a. world Of earners at an
early age.
To make certain that none but the
really needy leave school to go to
work, compulsory attendance laws are
being passed In various States. Such
law has been added to the Legislative
enactments of Congress- relating to the
District Of Columbia. and has filled q
real need which was keenly felt In the
National Capital until its passag e.
Coupled with this legislation ID the
school census law, which provides the
means for determining, first, how many
children of school age there are In the
District, and then making possible
the machinery for, compelling their
attendance at some authorized school.
This does not mean that they must
attend the public schools, but II does
set UP an effective agency for keeping
children Of school age In some recog.
nized school. whether public. private
or parochial. Legislation of this sort
is aimed at the parents. and In the
District Of Columbia stipulates. fine
for It's violation.
Were not some effective steps taken
to place, due emphasis upon school
attendance, 1t is only fair to assume
that we should be slow In this country
to- make progress i In reducing our
proportion Of illiteracy. In many
classes of illiterates In the United
States there has been reduction OF
as much. az 90 per- cent OF the number
80 ciassed between 1910 and 1920, &C.
cording to Census Bureau reports.
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