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Evening star., 1927-10-04
Pennyworth of Principle.

The gentleman who called at the DIS
trict Building yesterday and protested
against an overcharge Of one cent on
his tax bill may possibly have had
called to his attention by now the
saving, Penny wise, pound foolish"
and there already has been used the
altogether uncomplimentary term
"tightwad" in connection with the IN
cident. But instead Of censure this
taxpayer should receive praise. More
power to him. He should insist on the
return of that penny, and there are
many who will wish him success In
his efforts.
The unnamed taxpayer went to Cor
poration Counsel Bride and COM
nlained. and Mr.. Bride offered him
penny out of his own pocket. In
other words. the taxpayer asked for
bread, and the corporation counsel
gave him stone. The taxpayer was
right 4: declining Mr.. Brides 9nanc:a.
assistance. AS re made Il plain H.z..'
se..., It uas rot ,ae penny, bit E
pencyworta OF principle that co was
as-er Ana &c was rsnl:
~ne exp,ana ton OF the overchargc
OF one cent lies in the custom, familiar
IN Government circles. OF adding
penny TO a bin In order to divide 1t
evenly in two instaliments. The tax
payer. in the first place. did not know
of this custom. All he knew was that
there had been a mistake In his bill.
There Is a saying that IL one attends
to the little things the big things Will
take care Of themselves. and the tax
nayer was attending to little things.
He had a perfect right to an explana'
ton of why he was asked to pay a
cent more than his due. Nor Is the
explanation altogether satisfactory.
Suppose every taxpayer was assessed
one cent additional in order to make
his tax bill divisible by two? The
method would prove an excellent
means of financing a home for aged
auditors, for instance, but 1t should
not be adopted without the consent
of the taxpayers. And suppose. fur
ther, that instead Of adding this
penny. the District had deducted 1t:
The action Of the protesting taxpayer
who demanded his explanation and his
penny yesterday justifies the belief
tho+ ,f tba District had stood the loss
Of this cent, the taxpayer would have
been just as quick to show up at the
office of Corporation Counsel Bride
and. calling attention to the apparent
error, produce the penny from his
pocket and leave the building-an
honest man!
Evening star., 1927-10-04
"Hard Luck. !"

"I have been a hard luck kid all
my life," said George Yarrow OF
Barnsboro, N. J., as he related to
police the grisly details Of his mur-
der of sixteen.year-old Rose Sarlo the
other night. Full Of self-sympathy
Yarrow In his confession told how he
had unsuccessfully courted the young
Bible teacher in the small New Jer-
sey town, had been spurned on every
occasion and finally. driven to despera
ton, had lured her into his car for
her last earthly ride. Following one
Of the most ghastly crimes in his.
tory, Yarrow told of burning his auto.
mobile early the next morning to de.
stroy telltale evidence. Police are
now investigating another phase of
the hard luck" history of this con.
temptible youth. His wife disappeared
two years ago and has never been
heard from since. Police believe she
may have suffered the fate of his
latest victim.
If Yarrow has had what he terms
hard luck in the past It Is nothing to
what is coming to him in the future
when New Jerseys famous "quick
Justice" begins to operate. Criminals
Of his type-the type who are bestial
with women-are almost certain to
blubber some story of bad breaks
when they are confronted with re-
sponsibility for their acts. Consequent
ly. Yarrow will only have to sob about
one more piece OF hard luck and that
very probably will be when he Is led
to meet his death.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
80 absurd, 80 clearly indicative Of the

80 absurd, 80 clearly indicative Of the
narrow confines of the universe he
knew. But he still expresses the
doubtful attitude of the youth today
who, looking about him at all the
wondrous things he sees. must feel
that he was born too late: that all
that was to be done has been done
and there Is nothing more to do.
Nothing more to do! Amundsen
knew the heat of the flame that
burned in Alexander's soul; that has
made torches Of the lives Of thousands
of brave men. lighting dark places
that others might follow them. Today
the flame burns as brightly as ever.
It is carried like a torch through the
skies. In the laboratories it is show.
ing the way to things never dreamed
Of before, unfolding the mysterious
wonders of what lie under the sea.
under the earth and in the air we
breathe. In gatherings Of men 1t Is
indicating, only family. it is true. how
humans will share their lives together
in the years that are to come. So
long rs men are born, this spark will
live. bursting into flame now and then
in those who are destined to carry it.
When the spark dies. when the flame
no longer shines. then the puzzled
youth may conjure up the shades of
Alexander to mourn with him. Then,
It is true, there will be nothing more
to do.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

studies of the Rheims Cathedral to
show the different effects Of light
blue shadows. purple shadows. etc? l
pay no attention to the cub!sts, or to
! Pissaro, or Cezanne-thats just plain
insanity; it doesn't mean anything.
There is beauty in impressionism;
1t vibrates," said the artist. Study
Winterhalter's picture OF Empress
Eugene and her encourage. 1t Is very
beautiful, but it lacks vibration. Win
terhalter avoided painting the En-
press as hong as he could. for he was
afraid that he could not satisfy her
he could not make her as beautiful as
she was in life. Eugene is certainly
pretty, but so are all her ladies in
waiting; there Is absolutely no dis.
tinction in values, absolutely no vi
bration of color. The impressionists
have taught how to make color vibrate
and sparkle, but that Is all. There is
something else to be considered in
, serious art"
The visit at the Vino Of M. DUDE
brought the "surpriJe"-the weird
surprise"-in two pictures by Angus
tin Lesage.
Augustin Lesage was a coal miner
until the psychic "voices" persisted in
speaking to him In the blackness OF
the coal mines:
PAINT"
"How can I paint? I am unedu-
Gated and have never learned how to
| paint" protested the begrimed miner.
PAINT" insisted the "voices."
He dropped his pick and went to the
| art store at st. Omar and bought the
costliest colors. He astounded the
artists, the art schools and the psychic
researchers with the amazing beauty
Of his paintings.
M. Dube makes no effort to explain
| the Lesage paintings. They are all
abstract designs, but their exquisite
| 'patterns'' are as beautiful as an
India shawl.
We visited the headquarters Of the
Institut Metapsychique Internationale
| in the palatial home of DR.. Ostry, its
secretary, where M. Dube had but re-
Gently hung the psychic pictures
which had so interested the members
Of the institute. On September 26 the
| institute opened its third international
! conference on psychic research. Cru
| zewski, the Polish painter "of the
SOUL" was in attendance. The painter
| claims that he does not do the actual
| painting; it is the work Of invisible
| spirits.
Chabas, the artist made famous by
his picture September Morn" now
hanging in the Luxembourg Gallery,
| posed for Gruzewski. and was amazed
| to see the sudden production of his
| Dortrait and of the heads of several
Souls" behind him, all done in 80
minutes. with startling realism.
Gruzewskis pictures are not
sketches, but are modelled paintings
or pastels. some with wonderful color.
| all with devilish force, gripping weird
ness and complicated composition.
Copyright. 1927. by Paul v. Collins)
Evening star., 1927-10-04

to be hoped that these new quarters
will be selected with view to per-
manency and the provision OF those
adequate facilities which the impor'
tance of this comparatively new insti'
tuition demands. AS for the 5urisdic'
ton over the children. that is ques'
ton which should be decided by the
testimony Of social experts. There Is
no complaint over the nature Of the
physical care of the children under the
Woman's Bureau. But there Is much
to be said. pro and con, on the whole
matter Of juvenile institutional care.
Congress no doubt will devote study
to the problem and base its decision
on what experience has taught Is best
for the child. The chiid's welfare.
and not a jurisdictional dispute. Is the
question at issue.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
John Dalzell,

Nearly half generation has passed
since John Dalzell left public life, re.
tiring from his post in the House of
Representatives in consequence of the
political overturn which resulted from
the Republican divisions OF 1912. He
had been a member OF the lower
branch OF Congress 20. a quarter OF
q century continuously anC LaG. be.
come one O: tee foremost e-I.c: ::
tne National Leg.s.s,u ,urc. A aard work.
er ae WIN h.gn rama IN the organlza-
ion OF the Rouoe. lie became ono Of
the leaders Of h.S party IL the Cham.
ber. ranking with Cannon, Payne and
Dingiey during the period when i'm.
portant fiscal questions were under
consideration. There were two sub.
jects upon which Mr.. Dalzell special.
ICED. the tariff and the rules Of the
House. He was deeply versed in both.
An ardent supporter of the policy of
protection. he was ranked as a stand.
patter" and was constantly the target
OF the attack of the opposition. both
Democratic and Republican. His in.
innate knowledge Of the rules of pro.
cedure gave him a tactical advantage
In his service in behalf Of the econom.
ic principles which he had espoused
and which he stoutly defended and
advanced. A man of high nervous
energy. indefatigable in his service.
unsparing of his forces, adept in de.
bate and despite partisan differences
always commanding the respect and
esteem Of the membership Of the
House. Mr.. Dalzell was for more than
a decade one OF the most influential
factors in the national legislation.
Since his defeat for reelection in 1912
he has remained out of public view.
Personal sorrow lessened his inter.
est in political affairs. He became al
most a recluse, and now at the age
of eighty.two he has passed, to many
vivid memory of remarkably ac-
tive and valuable public service, cut
short by political mischance; to a
greater number. owing to the lapse
Of years, merely the name Of a once
noted parsonage.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

Those who have set themselves ur
to eXalt the city man or woman at the
expense Of their country cousins are
"biting off more than they can chew,
in the homely language Of the great
agricultural districts.
When the smart alec boys have lam
pooned them to the limit of smart
alecdom's vocabulary, the country
people will continue on their undis
turbed way. because. forsooth. they
do not often read the aforementioned
wisecrackers and would not be much
disturbed IL they did.
We who also live in the cities but
take no especial childish pride in II
continue to harbor in our hearts a
large and genuine admiration for the
good folk of farm and field, OF cross
roads and country town.
Without them, sure enough, there
would be no cities, and likewise there
would he no group of persons to turn
our rowing thoughts back to the es
sentials now and then when we lose
our perspective and begin to feel that
the discovery of a new eating place
or the purchase of a new song by q
popular composer Is on a par with
Columbus we'll known feat or the
writing Of the Largo" by Handel.
Country people who come into our
city alley bring with them more than
fresh vegetables; they renew our faith
in human beings. Not that they are
faultless or any different from any
one else. That is the very point
They are so like US at all points that
we get a new evaluation from the
very contact with them.
There is a danger in city life which
the members of the so-called intelli
gentsia have allowed to run away with
them which would place the emphasis
OF the thing of the moment rathe,
than upon trCenesS or any other
quality OF pec.:enence. Tie !nspor
taar t..Eg from the standpoint OF hU
E..aC.ty .S not that a Ec2E Wc3c the
.Gtest ~ c.2v2te. but taar h.s GealI BE
- tce r.gEt mace.
~ac c.tr nan. OF cour5e, n.ay bx
dn.eo Up to Ins rAnule aac ye1
naVo q Wde gr2Cp OF realty ana d
Keen understanding OF c.3 oulJ &C
otner5. tn: .S a preroSal.ve OF nu
manity. not depending upon mud or
the shoes or the lack OF the same.
Richard Harding Davis In his Ivan
Bibber" stories presented an engag
Ing picture Of a young and wealthy
man who had his heart in the right
place. despite his evening dress.
On the other hand, a countryman
may be more selfish than the chap
from the cities, with less OF a sense OF
humor. utterly unmeriting any praise
So the matter comes down to this: II
Is neither city nor country that
count, but the way one thinks.
X Il 4 y
In the main, however, It can be
stated with some truth. that country
people come nearer to driving super
ficiality out of their lives than city
folk. If this comes about partly be
cause of lack OF opportunity, it can
not take away from them the credit.
One might say that q combined
bridge and gossip party in the city is
no whit different from a similar gath
ering for quilting and gossiping in the
country, but our answer would be
that in the former case the residue
Is only debts, whereas in the latter
some serviceable quilts result for daily
use.
A similar comparison carried
through the life of country people
versus city people perhaps would
Evening star., 1927-10-04
No More Worlds.

Some twenty.three centuries ago
young Alexander. son of Philip Of
Macedon and aftcrward known as
THE Great" complained bitterly: my
father will leave me nothing to do. "
A few days ago in Oslo, Norway,
Capt. Road Amundsen lamented,
There Is nothing more for me to do" !"
Young Alexander gave voice to his
fears as a youth, and before he was
to become master Of Asia or cut q
bloody road into far-away. unknown
India. Amundsen's words were retro.
spective, looking back over a rugged
life which saw him achieve the North.
west Passage, encompass mountains
OF ice on a march to the South Pole
and fly in a dirigihle over the North
Pole. Alexander, the youth. with his
life before him, worried lest his father
had already set out the stakes bound.
ing the limits Of any mans life.
Amundsen has done what no man did
before. Now there is nothing more
for him to do.
Could Alexander return from "be-
yond the paths OF the utmost sun" to
gaze upon the worlds he conquered
how trivial they would appear and
how puny his efforts seem. And II
Capt. Amundsen Is spared to spend
the twilight years Of Il brave and
active life in watching those who fol
low the paths he blaZed, how he will
wonder at the number Of feet to tread
them. Alexander died three hundred
years before Christ was born, and
today the story of his youthful fears
| still lives because It seems, in the
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Delaying the Decision.

The Commissioner action yester.
day on the Bureau OF Efficiency's rec.
concentrations concerning the care of
delinquent or dependent children
awaiting disposition by the courts or
by the Board Of Public Welfare is In
the nature OF a compromise between
the views OF the Bureau Of Efficiency
and of those who favor continuing the
jurisdiction over these children now
maintained by the Police Department
through it's Woman's Bureau. The
Bureau Of Efficiency had recommended
that children in custody OF the Won
ans Bureau at the House Of Detention
be placed Immediately under jurisdic
a ton of the Board Of Public Welfare.
and that remaining moneys Of the
House of Detention appropriation be
used to rent one OF the Government
dormitory buildings as a receiving
station for these children. An alterna-
tive proposal was that the Police De-
partment take over this dormitory.
but that the care of children detained
there should be under the Board of
Public Welfare.
The Commissioners decided yester-
day to continue the present arrange
ment until Congress acts on pro-
posed recommendation for the estab-
lishment of a receiving station for
children, to be maintained by the
Board of Public Welfare.
There will be no disagreement over
the proposal to separate child de.
linquents and child dependents from
adults. Facilities at the present House
OF Detention prevent as complete a
separation as could be desired. al.
though the children and adults occupy
separate floors. There is, in addition,
the psychological effect. which is bad.
Of OBTAINING child delinquents and de-
,pendents in the same institution used
as a House of Detention for adult Of
tenders. There should be complete
separation. q
The present House Of Detention will
coon have to find new quarters. Il e
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Revolt in Mexico.

A military mutiny in Mexico, evil
IDENTIFY of a political nature. has, 1t
would seem from latest reports. been
Quickly quelled. Three companies OF
tho federal troops left their barracks
and undertook to march to strategic
positions, but according to the most
authentic accounts they have been
halted and one report. which still
lacks confirmation. Is to the eject
that the two leaders oe the revolt
Gems. Gomez and Serraro, have been
captured and executed. President
Gales has issued a statement that ex'
presses confidence that the "revo!u'
ton" has been 0uelied. Gen. ObreSon,
former President, has announced his
readiness TO take the field In case OF
need to support the government
against any uprising.
Both of the leaders Of the revolving
troops are candidates for the presi'
dency. Serrano has declared himself
in that capacity as the head OF the
anti.re.electionists or anti-Obregon
forces. There would seem to be CO.
operation between Gomez and Ser
rano. although they have in a sense
been rivals.
The mutiny of the three companies
that left their barracks may not be
the total of the disaffection in the
Mexican military ranks. Indeed,
there are reports indicating other re-
volts. But unless the government at
Mexico City is concealing the full ex'
tent Of the mutiny there is nothing
on which to base belief that the sit
uation is at a dangerous stage.
1t would be deplorable If Mexico
were to suffer another armed rebel
lion. 1t has had bitter experience
during the past two decades. Revolt
has followed revolt. Civil war has
ragged. Countless lives have been lost
ana enormous values in property have
been destroyed. With the accession
of Gen. Obregon to the presidency
SeSEl6o 10 nave CohtC a PSA EoN "a R~~~o~
and OF political changes without the
complex of militancy. The succession
Of President Gales was effected by
orderly process and with another elec'
tIon at hand the hope was general in
this country that Mexico would pro-
ceed to the change Of administration
decreed by the constitution of the re-
public without turmoil.
President Gales administration has
been one Of difficulty. He has had
trouble in internal affairs and COM
plication in foreign relations. There
have been some uprisings. notably
among the Yaqui Indians. but they
have been suppressed. This present
revolt is the most serious. but evil
IDENTIFY the government at Mexico City
has not been taken unawares and is
prepared for the emergency.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

Navy Department discloses that
German raiders are busy in the Pa
cific. - War Department announces
that contracts have been let for con.
struction Of 10000 airplanes for use
in the war. Five thousand of them
will be built abroad and $4,000 in the
United States. Congress finishes
war fund program. Soldiers and
sailors insurance bill. carrying appro-
priation Of SIG, 100000 passes Senate.
: House passes civil rights bill,
which protects members of military
and naval forces Of the United States
from many kinds Of legal action while
in service. Allies are now fully
equipped to launch air warfare on a
big scale. Believed 1t will mark turn:
ing point in the war. - Shortage
of munitions now menaces Germany
and labor leaders are called into con-
ference with the hoAe of speeding up
nroduction. . Necent disclosures
and arrests show that q separate peace
with France was part OF Germany 3
|ss.liaYne Of things.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

strand two and through the bi:ht of
strand three: take strand two over
three and through the blight of one,
and take three over one and through
the blight Of two. Haul taut and lay
up the strands.
O. What retail businesses have
supporting population under 2.0O0?-
NJ. S.
A. A recent distribution census made
IN Baltimore. Md, showed that gro.
Gerry and delicatessen need the feWest
per store, the average population sup.
porting one being 249. Candy and
confectionery was second with S16;
then meat, poultry and fish, 1888; res
taurants, 1.128: fruit and vegetables,
l.20S; soft drinks and ice cream, 1884;
dry goods and notions. 1891.
@. Was Ann Pennington the first to
dance the BLACK Bottom"?-J. F.. p.
A. George White created the "Rlack
Bottom" and it was introduced In
The Scandals" by Ann Pennington.
@. When did the expression. ''brain.
STORM" and "dementia Americana" be-
come popular?-H. Il.
A-They are connected with the
Thaw cases, 1907 and 1908. Brain.
storm was used to indicate sudden,
impulsive insanity, and dementia
Americana to describe kind Of right.
eous frenzy.
@. was taught that il an express
sion was an error IL was not gram
matical, therefore, it should not be
called a grammatical error. How
about it?-B. M. Z.
A. DR.. Frank Horace Vizetedy
Classics the expression gram ma tical
error as a. common locution, and az
vises ones saying an error in gram.
mar.
G. What was the origin OF the
phrase. "a little bird told met. =.
A. TIE origin ot tie pcrase. which,
in various eo-gEs, is Found in many
coC:s..es, g SD 10 De ice verse OF
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:5t ne A.ce-, 70, ccr 4 thY IN .Lgn.:
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c1a.n.rrl Cor o.se cs ihe haa"en..
Lha.I CARR thA voice ana tnat Vh.ch
aath wings Shall carr the matter.
c. Vao first calculated ,.e distance
around the earth?-M. A. II.
A. Eratosthenes &C. 275.iss r. cl
OF Cyrene. was the first astronomer
| to attempt to measure the distance
around the earth. His calculations of
the circumference come surprisingly
near the truth. the degree of error
being only a trife more than g min.
utes.
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