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Evening star., 1927-09-22
Declares Marriage =
Cannot Be Cauged
To the Editor oi The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
"Why in the world do you suppose
she married him?" "What on earth
did he see in herr" are common
enough remarks about married peo-
pie. Naturally, outsiders, not being
"in love with" or loving the man in
question, not viewing the woman
through a husbands eye. may so in
terrogate. A woman and man do not
as a rule go around explaining why
they married each other and are
happy or contented. Folk would not
understand If they did. The reasons
may be many and complex to them
selves. aside from the motive Of love.
Sometimes a pair utterly dissimilar
and incongruous to the world may be
happily married; sometimes a match
generally proclaimed ideal may drift
into Misunderstanding Farrar and
Lou Tellegen, for example; both ro-
mantically handsome, gifted, success
ful, seemingly congenial Temperament
tally, in love as only the artist nature
can be--the grand passion-but end
ing in divorce. No, we can't prophesy
about any particular marital happi-
ness.
Some husbands, like children. show
off badly. I have known husbands,
truly tender, devoted. considerate, hui
morously attractive, companions
never tired of III the home, become
irritable, autocratic creatures in pub
lie by way Of asserting their hus-
bandly dignity. These never get the
credit for their good.husbandly quail
ties. Many people wonder why their
wives are their wives. They are chest
nut-bar, porcupine husbands before
people.
Now, the marriage complex Is a
very real complex and indispensable
to successful wifehood. A wife must
be able to overlook in her husband
things annoying to herself in any
other man. She must view his frail-
ties through 'the diminishing end of
the telescope. She knows she Is the
only one on earth who will so regard
his bad traits, his eccentricities. So
with the husband to the wife.
once heard notoriously ugly man
say that he liked his face; it was his.
He liked it because of "the my-ness
of it," So it is with marriage. You
may calmly admit to your inner self
that your partner Is not ideal, may
dispassionately list his or her faults.
even among your pet detestations, but
take the attitude, This marriage is
mine for making or marring. 1 hold
it a dear and sacred task because of
the my-ness Of it"
SALLIE GARLAND PIPPEN.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ton Yonrs 1oo To<yo.,
Ten Years Ago Today

Secretary Lansing opposes congress
sional inquiry into Won Bernstorff s
disclosures on ground that they do not
reflect on members of the House, but
are just another instance of German
diplomatic stupidity. y Senator
King reveals Austrian plots to sub
sidize the foreign-language news
papers in this country to advance
propaganda favorable to the central
powers. Break in relations with Aus
tria is suggested. Clemenceau
expresses great enthusiasm for physi-
cal condition and determined spirit of
Pershing's men after visit to their
training camp. War Depart.
ment makes official appointments of
military historians to write the his.
tory of this countrys part in the
World War. Passengers ar.
irving at Atlantic seaport bring story
OF sinking of convoy of five British
1relghters and two destroyers by Ger.
man submarines off the coast of Ire.
land. Deadlock seems likely
as House conferees hold up war tax
bill and insist upon material increases
IN excess profits taxes. War
Industries Board confers with Presi.
dent, submits data and recommends a
price for steel.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Sunday Law Edicts
Recalled in Letter

To the Editor Of The Star:
Judge F. E. Thompson of the Illinois
Supreme Court stated in a recent
address that the real menace in this
Nation was not the radical Commu-
mist or the anarchist, but the plausible
reformer who seeks to undermine our
Government structure by tearing
down our constitutional safeguards.
Our Constitution plainly states Con-
gress shall pass no law respecting an
establishment of religion or prohibit
the free exercise thereof. When the
blue Sunday groups, under the lead
ership of Rev. Harry S. Rowlby and
Congress demanding strict Sunday
law, they strike at the chief corner
stone Of our Constitution.
Chief Justice Clark of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina states that
not until near the end of the ninth
century was Sunday substituted by
law for Saturday, the seventh day. as
a Sabbath, and then by a decree of
the Emperor Leo. At Carthage in 40l
the reformers addressed a petition to
the Emperor praying that the public
shows be transferred from Sunday to
some other day of the week, as it kept
the Christians out Of church. Mighty
poor Christians then, I must say, and
I guess we have some of that kind
still.
They wanted a civil law to force
church attendance. Compulsory Sun
day legislation established a precedent
for other religious measures which
were enacted in due course by the
civil authorities. They soon carried
compulsory religion to it's logical con-
clusion by forcing people to go to
church on Sunday.
Charlemagne in the year 500 made
civil Sunday law compelling all peo-
pie, whether religious or non-religious,
to attend church on Sunday.
Through Sunday laws the church
united with the state. Are we going
to stand by and permit the pagan re-
formers to put over Sunday law on
us without a protest? I hope not.
G., F. VOLZ.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

@. When were passenger elevators
first used in the United States?-
c. D.
A. In the United States. about
1870, various notifications of freight
elevators were made adapting them
for passenger service, and soon after
a water-balance elevator was en-
ployed. where the supply of water in
an iron bucket could be regulated at
will and thus the motion of the car
directed at will. BY 1873 a vertical
cylinder hydraulic elevator was intro
duced into the Boreel Building, New
York City.
@. Is kapok a domestic product or
does the United States import it's
supply?-G. 3. V.
A. There is no domestic production
of .kapok, Java being the principal
source of supply. The United States
imports some S5,000,000 worth.
Q. What was the first iron battle.
ship built by the United States?--
l.. G.
A. The U.S.S. Wolverine was the
first iron vessel built by the United
States Navy. She was launched at
Erie, Pa. in 1914 as tho Michigan,
Her name was changed to Wolverine
on June IT, 1905. She was con
structed by Stackhouse & Tomlin-
son, Pittsburgh, Pa, between 1872
and 1914. Her length %. p) Is 164
feet II inches; beam. q feet; mean
draft, Q feet; displacement, 6S5 feet.
O. What is the origin of the term
''stationer"?-C. o. G.
A. Early in the fifteenth century
in London, "pedlars' were licensed tC
sell quill pens and other writing ma
terials while remaining stationary in
appointed places called stations,
wherefore this class of pedlars became
known as "stationers."
Q. What is the average weight Of
an ostrich, and how fast can il
travel?-L. G. 1.
A. A full-grown male bird stands
some feet high from the crown OF
his head to the ground and weighs
about 800 pounds. Its speed, wher
running "all out" is said to attain q
miles an hour. At such times it is
generally believed to derive no small
help from it's wings, used as sails.
Q. What is the point of capsizing
in number of degrees from vertica
position in water, of the average mod
ern passenger-carrying Steamship
B. s. p.
A. We are informed by the Hydro
graphic Office of the Navy Depart
ment that, speaking in terms of {
general scale, in theory, most ships
can roll 80 degrees from the vertica
Evening star., 1927-09-22
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

The other day / listed some of the
sins that critics insist our machine
clVli1zat1on is committing and must
continue to commit as long as our
lives are dominated as they are now
dominated, by machinery.
/ said that 1 believe our machine
civilization will rectify the blunders il
has made in it's gawky youth and
rectlfy them on its own initiative,
without the outside assistance of re-
formers.
In other words, I think that the
much abused principle of enlightened
self-interest will lead the captains of
machine industry to do the things that
VIII make our machine civilization
llvable civilization. equal in human
beauties and benefits to any ciyiliZa.
tion that has preceded it.
If l did not think enlightened self
interest was making for such an end.
L should join the men who despair of
our civilization.
IT l thought that the sins of our ma.
chlne age were incurable. should feel
IKE going to India and joining Gandhi
at his spinning wheel, as he protests
against modern machinery as a Frank.
ensteln that is tyrannizing over man.
Even if l thought the sins OF our
machine age were durable, but that
they could be cured only by reformers
from the outside of modern industry,
| should be tempted to run away to
some island in the Southern Seas, IL
[ could find one that had escaped the
exploitation of travel-writers.
Or, If | thought the sins of our ma
chine age were durable by the leaders
of modern industry themselves. but
that these leaders would not attempf
TO cure them until they had received
q new baptism of brotherly love. ]
should throw away my belief in the
future of our machine civilization as
an outworn toy of the mind.
our machine age is going to cure
Itself OF its own sins. without either
the assistance of outside reformers or
any internal reform of the characters
of business men.
1t will cure itself of its sins simply
because the steady advance in tech
nical progress and business inteli.
gence is making 1t daily palmer that
most of the things about our machine
age that the critics condemn are bal
business.
1t is becoming profitable to do away
with the intolerable living and work
ing conditions of congested industrial
centers.
1t is becoming profitable to raise
wages, shorten hours and reduce
prices.
1t is becoming profitable to rid the
commodities of mass production OF
their earlier ugliness and to- invest
them with beauty of form and color.
1t is becoming profitable to arrange
the hours and wages of industry so
that workmen will have chance to be
men as we'll as machines.
Enlightened self-interest Is reform
ing machine civilization.
tCopyright. 1917 .
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Columbia. The number Of part-time
pupils, due to overcro~ding. has this
year increased $3.50 in the elementary
schools and 6.3Ss in the high schools.
There are fewer part-time pupils in
the junior high schools and the train
ing schools. The net increase in part
time pupils for the whole city is 5.11S.
Sixteen new schools are under con-
struction.
These figures add force to the con-
viction that education Is the major in
dustry in America.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Many a staid gentleman is the
proud possessor of a rambunctious
soul
| The merit of such a man is that he
| does not permit such a soul to get the
better of him.
He has this rude, boisterous, rough
and violent portion of himself under
a control so perfect that only once or
twice during a lifetime does 1t
| threaten to kick over the traces.
Then he is waiting for 1t, and
| handles it accordingly:
X X X X
In other words, there are men who
| long to be daring, who inwardly pine
| for adventure, who do not dare to
attempt il.
The inner urge is there, but the out.
ward equipment is lacking. Now,
there has been a great deal written
| about the inner urge, but very little,
it would, seem, upon certain phases
of it.
Generally 1t is played up as inspir-
ing men to deeds of bravery. While
this is true enough of certain types
of men, such as Charles Lindbergh,
there is another sort of inner urge
that is at variance with the actual
man.
This Is the urge of the man with the
soul that flames, sure enough. vet
does not have quite enough motive
power to push itself into actual deeds
in the outer world.
X X
Sometimes one Is inclined to be.
lieve that most of the men and women
in the world fall into this class.
Else. why would there have been
the huge interest in the feat of
Lucky Lindy?
III the average man or woman did
not possess soul able to appreciate
the splendor of that lonesome deed. il
would be forgotten already, instead
of ranking higher with each passing
hour.
Not all of us can be heroes, but
most OF us can appreciate a hero when
we see one-indeed, even when we
hear of one.
.lt Is the rambunctious soul in us
that loves the hero.
X X \ X
The delicate and f1nicky soul is
rather of the intellect.
Inc rambunctious soul Ito use the
good slang of these United States) is
thing of inner substance.
1t is made up of all the race
heritages, all the good points of early,
physically daring man, before he had
been tanned by conventions, elevators.
steam railroads. waiting rooms, chew
ing gum and short story magazines.
This elemental soul, of which each
human' being. possesses at least
spark. Is rude
1t is boisterous
T.
1t is, to use real English. a. ram.
bustious soul, possessing some meas
ure of arrogance, SO helpful to a hu-
man being.
X X
This soul is raging, ramping, roar
ing fellow, If you can take it at it's
own word.
And one must, for this is the soul
OF every adventure, every revolution,
Evening star., 1927-09-22

every Congress- The Chattanooga
Times would "let we'll enough alone"
and the Little Rock (Arkansas) Demo
crat suggests that should the Federal
Reserve system be thrown into poll
tics. nothing could be gained other
than the political profits Of dema-
gogues.
The Providence Journal takes this
position: THE protest of the Chicago
bank, while apparently logical, in that
it is in harmony with the language of
the statute, serves, nevertheless, to
show how deeply Congress erred when
it distributed this fundamentally i'm
portant power of fixing discount rates
among IL banks. instead of centraliz-
ing 1t, preferably in a single bank.
but certainly-in the absence of a
single bank-in the supervisory com
mission which it did create and which
is known as the Federal Reserve
Board"
The New York World and Roanoke
World-News express the hope that in
selecting successor to d. r. Crisis
niger on the board the President will
find candidate who will meet the de-
mands of the situation. Quoting the
charge that the Chicago rate was "re-
duced to stabilize European finances"
the South Bend Tribune is inclined to
believe that "a recapitulation to de
termine its effect on Middle Western
industries should be undertaken im-
mediately. Improvement of finances
IN Europe is desirable" concludes this
paper, but the welfare of our own
farmers and business men 10 vastly
more important"
The impression gained by the Louis.
vile Courier-Journal is that whether
conditions justify the reduction,
whether it will encourage dangerous
Imitation. and whether the board has
the authority, the episode is an ad-
monition that while nations may re-
main politically aloof economically
they are bound together with chains
of gold'
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Tonight's Engagement.

Tonight Mr.. James Joseph Tunney
and Mr.. William Harrison Dempsey,
respectively of New York and Los An
geles, will clasp hands in the center
of a squared circle located somewhere
in the DEPTHS of Soldier Field Stadium
in Chicago, and will then proceed to
exchange blows in an engagement that
will mark the climax of pugilism as
public entertainment in this country
indeed in the world in point of cost
and attendance. These two contend
ers, better known as Gene" and
Jack" than by their Christian names
just given, are the champion and the
former champion, who met year ago
in reversed relationship. They are
eminent examples of the manly art of
self-defense. The present champion
has unmistaka ble skin as boxer. and
his opponent has a tremendous Drawn
and power to Withstand punishment.
The outcome Of the fight is any ones
guess. So evenly divided is public
opinion respecting their abilities that
the betting. which for a time favored
the champion. is now on even terms.
The statistics of this engagement
run into big figures. The capacity Of
the arena is 170,950. 1t is estimated
that the total attendance will be about
10000. If every seat were taken at
the prevailing scale OF prices the
"gate" would reach the total of
$4,000. 900. 1t is believed that the actual
receipts will be around S2,750.000. 1t
is understood that a contract has been
written with the champion which as.
sures him of 81, 900, 900 with share of
tsesipts above . csrtaia figure ia ad'
Evening star., 1927-09-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

and still right themselves. Practi.
cally speaking, a roll of As to so de
grees is considered large. The aver
age roll in very heavy weather ranges
from about 25 to 80 degrees. In calm
weather the roll is only few degrees
@. What causes a ring around the
moon?--L. T. X.
A. Rings or halos around the moon
are caused by the action Of ice par.
ticles or of cloud or mist on the moons
rays.
O. What is the distinction between
n sanatorium and a sanitarium?---
VI. A.
A A sanatorium Is an establish.
ment for the treatment of the sick.
especially one that makes use of nat
ural therapeutic agents or local con
ditions, or that employs some specific
treatment, or that treats particular
diseases. A sanitarium is a health
station or retreat; a sanatorium: some
times restricted to an establishment
where the treatment is wholly or a.
most wholly prophylactic and distin-
Suished from a sanatorium.
Q. How may electric light globes
he frosted?-C. l.. S.
A. Electric light globes may be
frosted by dipping them into a satu-
rated solution of alum and allowing
the liquid to dry on the globes. The
solution can be colored with aniline
dyes if desired.
Q. Please tell me the name Of the
present ruler of Egypt-M. r.
n. The present ruler of Egypt is
King Fuad l.
O. May watermelons he kept dur.
| ing the Winter months?-H. NJ. =.
y. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that by coating a watermelon
with paraffin It may be kept quite
well until Christmas. although the
| quality will be inferior. There is no
| way to keep a watermelon all Winter
satisfactorily.
Q. What is meant by the term
''Nestor OF the Senate"?--P. NJ. b.
A. Nestor was the oldest councillor
of the Greeks before Troy. Nestor is
always the eldest man present. A
nestor Of the Senate would be the
oldest Senator in a group.
The resources of our free Informd-
| ton Bureau are at your SerUice You
are tnUitCd to call upon it as often as
| Dou please. 1T is being maintained by
| The Erenin0 star solely to Serue you.
| What question can zee dnStCer for
Uou? There is no charge at all except
'tco cents in stamps for return postage.
address your letter to The Evening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
| Hdskin, Director, Washington, d. C.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Remarks by former Brig. Gen. Bill
Mitchell were stricken from the Amer
lean Legions aviation report in Paris,
The former brigadier genera dnder-
stands as we'll as anybody the demand
which official elimination creates for
unexpurgated editions.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

A man aged 90 years who married
woman so years old in Nebra ska
deserves great credit; he evidently
found a woman who appreciated ma.
ture' intellect instead of demanding a
"sheik."
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Getting Results.

Getting Results.
IT suppose you have been working
hard to prepare to cope with your
colleagues In Washington"
II have" answered Senator Sor.
ghum. "And I can fiatter myself that
have improved my golf consider
ably"
Evening star., 1927-09-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
The Great Hazard.

The Great Hazard.
Riches to vast sums will range.
Here's million! Keep the change,
Sail the sky and risk your health.
Hang expense! Who cares for
wealth."
He who flies the distant skies,
In the sport supreme, replies:
Here I offer in the strife
One big bet. Who cares for life?"
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Care Of children taken into custody
by the police brings up serious dis
cussion. It Is a matter which appears
to call for some further attention on
the part Of parents.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Business Office:
Rate by MaiI-Payable i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.


The Associated Press Is. exclusively entitled
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Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1927-09-22

No discreet politician would under
take to press a boom" just now.
Politics has retired from popular at
tention in favor Of pugilism.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

A subtle appeal to the conservative
vote is made by Miss Democracy"
Pictorial jest continues to depict her
as wearing long pantalettes.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Hard jobs have never been shirked
by Herbert Hoover. AS an official de-
serving promotion, the workingman
should look him ever.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Tonight many persons who disap-
prove Of prizefighting will be busily
engaged, just the same, in stringing
up new batteries for the radio set.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

From the Christian Science Monitor.
About this time of the year II Is
to be observed also that little acorns
from great oaks grow.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
The Fatal Sequence.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
The following may be adopted as q
regular series of reports regarding
stunt flyers: Overland nd''-"Oversea" -
Overdue"
Evening star., 1927-09-22
A Standard.

From the Los Angeles Times.
The call Of the hour is for q cheaper
car--so that the citizen will know how
mucb more TO pay to get bigger one.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

There should be more friendship be-
tween Dempsey and Tunney. Each
needs the other In his business.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Favorite sons are popular at county
fairs, whether they are heard from in
conventions or not.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Another Choose" ="

From the Sioux City Tribune.
Thus far. In response to both direct
and indirect urging, the women do
not choose to return to long skirts. !,
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Poland is being tempted by Pilsud-
ski to cut down its Diet and try some
political health exercises.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
F'ie!

From the Grand Rapids Press.
A woman is fire chief In Silver
Spring. Md. Do you suppose she rolls
1es A"sst r..1zv.-sr--F-r--7A1r----.- Z IT,
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Prelude to HOstilities.

FreIuUe 10 HOStIl1tleS.
II suppose the pair will live happily
ever after"
II don't know" said Miss Cayenne.
"Most Of the weddings I have recent
ly attended have proved to be declara.
tions of war"
Honesty" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "is the best policy, If you
can put it across among some Of the
professional politicians"
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Jud Tunkins says a radio enter.
tainer has it's audience where ap-
plause makes no difference. The audi.
ence cannot even register facial ex.
preston.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Where the Moon Shines.

In prohibition circles
They raise a mighty row.
Where once they carried corkscrews
They're toting shotguns now.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Uncle Bill Bottletop felt lonesome,
but has now found more company
than he wants. He circulated report
that he is a moonshiner.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

o, katydid, your lay, so long.
Scant interest commands;
For every time you sing a song
Another hot wave lands.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

"a banjo player" said Uncle Eben,
used to be considered a 1oafer. Now
he's de boy dat's liable to come back
to de old home an pay off de mort
gage"
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Q. What Is meant by the term
"Nestor OF the Senate"?-P. NJ. b.
A. Nestor was the oldest councillor
of the Greeks before Troy. Nestor is
always the eldest man present. A
nestor Of the Senate would be the
oldest Senator in a group.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

In opposition to legislative action,
the Springfield Union contends that
Congress will act unwisely if it at
tempts in the next session to write a
definition of an emergency for the
guidance of the Reserve Board" The
Yakima Daily Republic believes that
"the Federal Reserve system has
proven itself to be far too valuable an
adjunct of the Nations financial ma
chinery to be redrawn at the whim OF
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Q. Please tell me the name Of the
present ruler of Egypt.-M. r.
a. The present ruler of Egypt is
King Fuad |.