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Evening star., 1927-11-09

Vital statistics for the year 1926.
just issued by the health commissioner
OF New York City, are calculated to
give some concern to the thoughtful
dwellers in the metropolis. According
to DIR. Harris compilations there were
last year 12s,515 births in New York,
or at the rate of twenty-one per thou
sand Of the population. Fifteen years
ago the rate was twenty-eight per
thousand. This is reduction of
twenty-five per cent in the rate. Dur
ing the same period the death rate
has been decreasing, but at q smaller
rate. only eighteen per cent. This
disparity has caused the health com
missioner to sound q warning of an
impending upward trend in the death
rate by reason of the increase in the
average age Of the population. The
significance IL that IL the birth rate
continues to diminish in percentage.
the death rate will eventually increase.
Commissioner Harris points out that
the great gains in the saving Of life
In the past twenty-five or thirty years
have been In the group OF the popula
| ton under twenty years Of age. Dis
eases that affect those of middle age
and old age are, he notes. continually
showing higher death rates, and HI
calls attention to the fact that a
success is scored in preventing sick
ness and death among infants ant
children. many who would otherwis,
have died in infancy, being handi
capped physically already, succuml
more readily than their harder fel
lows to diseases that threaten middl,
age.
Usually the prosperity Of the ooun
try IL reflected in q high birth rats
hut in the United States. after
decade Of general ana exceptions
prosperity, the typical American fam
lily, says the New York health con
missioner. Is constantly bsoonaip
Evening star., 1927-11-09

the modern heating OF homes rates
our sincerest blessing. Every shovel
of coal Is tribute to his genius. He
probably was a fellow who liked to
sit around in his shirt sleeves, who
felt something lacking in the oldfash
ioned heaters, and who suddenly de-
cided to make himself comfortable at
all costs.
AS the result Of his genius, the
| Portable from basement to garret,
with a minimum amount of pother,
and also a minimum amount OF fuel,
| in whatever form it is consumed. The
| actual drudgery in connection with
| this home heating is surprisingly
| small, when compared with the re.
suits enumerated above.
| What a satisfaction it is, one Of the
homely but durable satisfactions of
life, to look out the window on a cold
Autumn or Winter morning and see
signs of freezing without, but all the
time to be standing half-clad in per-
feet warmth.
How cold and shivery the few birds
| look as they sit hyddled on the tele-
phone wire, evidently unable to make
| up their mind to fly South, although
every blast from over the hill must
convince them that this is no place
for such small creatures!
The birds know not how to build
fires, they must work up their warmth
with their song, and depend upon
their human friends for inner sus-
tenance when the days grow cold.
Suet and seed will help them.
X X II
A great gain in an inside equable
temperature in Fall and Winter lies
| in it's health value.
The keen contrast afforded by snap
py weather puts pep into the human
| system, according to the doctors, and
helps make us what we are, as q
| race, according to the anthropologists.
Inside, however, temperate zone
should prevail. Such evenness in
temperature is not only soothing to
the body and mind of man, it induces
spiritual reactions which are no less
tangible. although more difficult to
place the finger upon.
Compare the household attempting
a home life in cold house to the
family actually attaining pleasant
family circle in warm one. Who
can say that a great deal of the
success Of the latter home does not
depend largely upon the heating sys-
tenn?
And the success of home, after all
is said and done, rests solidly on the
spiritual factors that repose in human
hearts, minds and bodies. Whether
it be home OF many persons or
few. the same factors hold good. They
not only hold good in the sense here
meant. but also they hold good in
themselves.
Other things being equal, the prop
erly heated house is not so likely to
harbor quarrels as the cold one. The
freedom from colds and other Winter
time ills makes for peace and quiet
in the household. These latter quail
ties rebound to the benefit of all.
Home heating, one might think
from our recital, Is a sort of panacea
for all ills. 1t Is not. 1t cannot make
up for a quarrelsome disposition. or
a bad heart. 1t will not cause smiles
to bloom from sour soil. nor will it
make kind person out of mean
one.
The furnace, however. by keeping
the home comfortable, tends toward
happiness and health. and is distinctly
worth the money 1t costs. Home heat.
ing Is a pleasure, not a nuisance.
Evening star., 1927-11-09
The New National Gallery.

Announcement that a site has been
selected in the Mall for the proposed
new National Gallery Of Art is &C.
companied by the statement that a
citizen, who has not been identified,
has offered to erect the building at his
own expense, at a. cost, 1t is reported,
of about ten million dollars. Specula-
ton as to the donor of this munificent
gift to the people mentions the name
of Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury, who, it is known, has
been keenly interested in the develop.
ment of art in America and particu.
larly in Washington. While in the alb
sence of specific information 1t 10 pre-
mature to express thanks to Mr.. Mel.
lon for this liberal contribution to the
National Capital, it is in order to say
that IL it Is in fact he who has made
the proposal he has manifested his
concern for the early provision Of
proper place for the Nations art
treasures in a most practical manner.
that will solve a problem that has long
vexed Capital planners.
The site selected is the Mall area
which lies opposite the Department Of
Agriculture, short distance west Of
the National Museum. which now
houses the National Gallery. This site
was originally proposed for the new
homo of the Department of Com
merce, which has now been definitely
placed in the western sector of the
Mall-Avenue triangle. At one time 1t
was contemplated that the new gal.
lery would stand in the space to the
east of the National MUSEUM. The
site now selected is probably more
suitable, as it will place the gallery
on the flank of the Ellipse in close re.
lation to the Corcoran Gallery and
within a short distance Of the Freer
Gallery. Thus visitors to Washington
can with little difficulty reach all
three institutions on the same day
WllHOuL AIdtSfldI lOSS VI tlIIi0 Az u dAi-
sit from one to the other.
With the National Gallery suitably
housed, as now appears to be assured,
Washington will indeed be an art cen.
ter Of Importance. The present col
lection of the Government far exceeds
the space now available for its exhibi.
ton. The rooms devoted to 1t in the
National Museum Building are suit.
able as regards lighting, but they lie
on the second floor. and those who
visit them must ascend by stairway
or elevator. The new structure may
be erected on a two-story plan as ,s
the Corcoran Gallery, with the lower
story devoted to sculptures and the
upper to paintings, but in its design.
ing attention will doubtless be given
to the detail of easy access. There is
abundant space on the site chosen for
a large expanse, and presumably ef.
fort will be made to evolve q model
exhibition gallery for the Nation.
Evening star., 1927-11-09
House Numbers.

While the matter of the proper
marking of the streets of Washington
is under consideration, in behalf OIL
the motorists both Of this city ana
elsewhere, attention might profitably
be given to the question of better
system of marking the residences. 1t
is only the exceptional dwelling that
can be identified after dark. Having
found the proper street, after some
difficulty in many instances, the seeker
is hard put to find the right house.
As a rule the numbers are placed on
the top of the fanlight or transom
of the outer door. out Of the range OF
illumination from within. Unless the
rays of "a street lamp chance to fali
upon this space the numbers are In
visible from the sidewalk. Even when
the searcher ascends the steps he may
be unable to read the obscured desig-
nation. In some cases, also. the mum
hers are fastened, in metal form, to
the brickwork alongside Of the door,
where they are not Illuminated at all
or they appear in paint or metal upon
the face of the solid door, and there
they are similarly invisible from the
street.
The only place in which the house
number can be surely seen from the
sidewalk is on the fanlight of the In
ner door. il there is a vestibule, or or
the glass of the door itself, and ther
the visibility depends upon illumina
ton from within the hallway. Mum
bers painted across the glass pane
Of the door give the surest informa
ton.
Householders may prefer certain
number placements for artistic rea
scns which are wholly impracticeble
4 They may rsly upon the arithm. Yea
Evening star., 1927-11-09
THIS AND THAT

The first cold morning Of Autumn
did more than push the mercury in
the tube down to a scant 80 degrees.
1t stirred memories in thousands
Of minds, registering impressions
anew that We're first recorded years
ago.
There Is something about the first
really cold morning Of Fall that sets
1t apart from the many cold mornings
that are to come later.
Heretofore we had been basl<ing in
an artificial cline. We had enjoyed
Spring weather in Autumn, not know.
called Indian Summer, only appreciat.
ing the mildness of the days.
Temperatures of so and so degrees
at am. kept the furnace going, but
later in the day there was no particu-
lar need for artificial heat.
The first cold morning. however
changed all that. One now feels as If
he is getting his moneys worth from
the favorite furnace.
X y II
This salutary cold makes the house
holder appreciate to the full the home
heating system.
Nothing makes home home more
than the furnace. Think Of this when
next you feel inclined to curse the
necessity for burning so many tons of
coal per Winter.
Winter comes without needing our
pleas for a pOstponement. Neither
lack OF money in the bank nor coal in
the bins will postpone Winter one day
beyond the appointed time.
1t is well, then, to realize that when
nF Gold ont,to1tv
the old reliable furnace will be there
in the basement waiting for the touch
Of the shovel or the caress of the oil.
Surely money spent for heat is one
of the wisest expenditures a man can
make. If one looks into the philoso-
ply of heat, he actually may work up
an enthusiasm for buying coal.
Some may not believe this. offhand.
but let them visualize a home with an
interior temperature of SIS degrees,
or less. then will they come to our
way of thinking. that the purchase
of the annual coal supply is an actual
pleasure.
How much better everything else
being equal, to rejoice over the coal
bill than to frown over it.
Consider the two methods Of ap-
proach. The first dismally groans
over the cost of coal, and declares:
well, darn it, 1 guess l will have to
start the blankety-blank furnace at
last! Think Of all the good money
am wasting! Think Of all the good
times I might have with it. wish
Winter would never come"
The other smilingly says: "How
happy I am. since Winter is inevi-
table, that I have good heating
system in my house, and enough
money in my pocket to supply this
good old iron monster with his an.
nual rations! Think of all the happy,
warm evenings we are going to have
together. this old friend and I. Think
of the books we shall read. the coZy
comfort of home. Think of the free
dom from illness
A little warmth increases every
other home pleasure. A cold home
is not a home. Blessings upon the
man who first invented home heating.
We do not mean the ancient cave
gentleman who built fire at the
mouth OF his den.
He deserves praise, but the man
who actually first drew up plans for
Evening star., 1927-11-09
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Steamer Rochester. one Of the first
American steamships to run the Ger.
man submarine blockade following
the declaration Of unrestricted sub
marine warfare, is destroyed by a
submarine. Nationwide pro-
tests are registered against Secretary
Bakers decision that only one.half of
the officers commissioned in the sec
ond training camps shall be assigned
to duty when they are graduated.
Military experts object to any gradu-
ates being held in reserve and say the
Army needs all new officers for active
duty. . . . British statesmen, lament
ing the loss of Russia to the allies.
hail entrance of the United States as
the greatest weight in the scale.
Creation of a permanent inter.
allied military committee consisting
OF Gems. Foch, Wilson and Cadorna 10
considered by official Washington a.
one of the most important achieve.
nsnts Of the war In eoent months. -
Il tspSa - @ctkssase st{s
Evening star., 1927-11-09
Political Straws.


warming up gallop" for the coming
national campaign. The difficulty lay
In the fact that few important OFFICES
were contested for yesterday. Ihefe
will be a tendency, however, to empha
size a "personal triumph" for Gov. Al
fred E. Smith of New York. because OF
the victory of the Democratic constltu
tional amendment program. The Ike
publicans may take satisfaction from
the manner in which they held their
control of the Assembly and even in
creased their ma jority by three or four
members, Gov. Smiths hold on the
State, his personal strength, Is only
emphasized by the victory he achieved
while some of the Democratic candl-
dates for the Assembly were falling
by the wayside. 1t is this strength,
disregarding party lines entirely
which has enabled him to run hun
dreds of thousands of votes ahead of
his ticket many times in New York
State. 1t is this that throws fear into
Republican hearts in New York when
they think of Smith as the Democratic
nominee for President.
The vets claim victory in Ohio,
where the Anti-Saloon League was de-
feated while supporting a bill which
would have put justices of the peace
on a fee basis, with authority to try
violators of the prohibition law. The
drys, on the other hand, are believed
to have triumphed in Michigan's wet
spot, Detroit, where an avowedly wet
mayor was defeated by dry candi-
date.
In Kentucky, one of the two States
slecting governors yesterday, the Re-
publican, Flem d. Sampson. has won
over j. c. w. Beckham, Democrat,
who would ban pari-mutuel betting at
the race tracks. With that issue in
the campaign it was a foregone con-
clusion that party lines would be
smashed.
Going to the City of Brotherly Love.
the Ware political machine functioned
relentlessly. Harry Mackey, Senator
elect Wares campaign manager a
year ago, was swept into the ONCE
of mayor of Philadelphia over D.
Hampton Moore, who ran as an inde-
pendent and protest candidate against
the Ware machine. Doubtless the ware
supporters will take heart of grace
from this victory in their fight to have
Mr.. Ware seated in the Senate. They
will point with pride to the faith
the voters of Pennsylvania have In
their Senator-elect. 1t may. be recall
ed. however, that 1t was this same
Philadelphia organization which saved
Ware from defeat last year, when his
Democratic opponent, William B. VIII
son. ran ahead Of him outside OF the
city.
Three vacancies in the House
were filled yesterday-in Pennsylvania
Ohio and New York-and three Re'
publicans were elected, succeeding
other Republicans. So the poiit'cai
complexion of the House undergoes
no change, with the Republicans IN
control.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

cerned In image breaking than in the
presentation and Interpretation of the
facts in their true perspective and sig.
nificance. 1t will probably do no
harm" continues that paper. "to have
American history brought to general
public attention by even such an ex-
hibition of unreason as Big Bill is
giving"
On that point the Des Moines Trib-
uneCapital holds that the mayor Of
history by denying it the reality to he
recognized only through criticism.
There is such thing" says the Des
Moines paper. ."as making historical
personages too perfect. making his
tory itself too perfect. The fuller serv.
ice of history is TO make possible
learning from errors and shortcomings
as we'll as learning from achieve
ments. But the Chicago mayor would
limit the service of his country's his
tory. He would make it mythical"
The Birmingham News Is less toler.
ant of the Chicago executives pyro.
technics. Mayor Big Bill Thompson
is running loose again. snarling and
swapping; getting resolutions passed
at Toledo, condemning British propa-
ganda; seein' things by night and
day." remarks the News. "But most
of the dangerous and fearsome things
he sees are lurking in the bookshelves
OF the Chicago libraries; perhaps in
New York libraries, or in the Birming-
nam libraries. God save the mark, So
there you have the candidacy Of Big
Bill Thompson in the borning."
Or the mayors threats against the
books in the libraries, the Providence
Journal SAYS: ''It is not the books
that are on trial. but Mayor Thomp-
son and the city Of Chicago itself. we
refuse to believe until we must that
Chicago has wiped itself of the map
of America"
Mayor Thompson's Foundation
OF course" advises the Seattle Daily
Times. Should fight for the abolition
OF English on pool balls and Danish
English plum pudding from the festi'
val board of American homes. Eng
lish breakfast tea and the English
walnut will have to go. Under Mr..
Thompson's guidance we could learn
to dislike the English violet. In the
fullness of time we could turn our at.
tention to the Kings English which
the Chicago mayor occasionally mur-
ders even now"
Mayer Thompson evidently de-
sires," suggests the Charleston Daily
Mail. ito concentrate the elements or
ignorance. passion, prejudice, and 10
form an association of mOrons that by
mere force of dead weight Will hold
the Nation down to the level of their
grade" And the Columbia Record dis
misses the matter with the statement:
I'm addition to knowing his Chicago
Onions. his newest scheme to launch
an America First organization. at $1o
per throw, indicates that he 10 fairly
we'll acquainted with the other onions
of the land of the free. He should be
able to put this over in big way. ana
PROBABLY he would be able to do 50
were it not that the Ku Klux klan
beat him to it."
The conclusion drawn by the Fargo
Forum Is that "the idea OF the amer
lea First Foundation is an excellent
one, but very few believe for single
that Big Bill Thompson is
in promulgating it. His drive
against pro-British propaganda IN
was q campaign piun'
the only peg he could find on wnicn
to hang his objection to Mr.. McAh'
u49Wsr 80. W .-z.-.~s-
Evening star., 1927-11-09

The Horse.
A horse 1t was that made me lose
My coin In days gone by.
My mind thought It might amuse
The tipster's hint to try.
And yet they're saying everywhere.
"A horse Is honest, good and square,"
Nonsense!
A horse 1t was that swiftly made
I.ife's honey turn to gall.
When once ventured on q trade
And sank my little all.
And yet they're always telling you
A horse 10 noble, stanch and true!
Tommyrot!
A horse It was-oh, saddest blow!
That robbed me of my place,
Because rode q bit too slow
Once In a colonels' race.
And yet some people will contend
A horse 10 mans most trusty friend
&tStAYt
Evening star., 1927-11-09

yet given up the idea that 1t may
have a candidate of its own, and Ger.
tainly the East is to have an important
voice in the final selection, IL for no
other reason than the big vote which
it will cast in the national convention.
Mr.. Buck Is optimistic, too, about the
Illinois delegation, which he says will
he in the end for Lowden. Unless
Mayor William Hale Thompson of
Chicago is engaging in mere rhetoric
when he speaks of Mr.. Lowden. Mr..
Buck is deceiving himself in this mat.
ter. The mayor, with his American
first slogan, is doing q little advertis-
ing just now for Big Bill" and what
he says about Mr.. Lowdsn 10 some
sales slsss -. Z !: .;,:;. q; = s.;a-s
Evening star., 1927-11-09

A nice question arises a. to when
a delegation Of citizens asking a hear.
ing before q congressional committee
becomes a lobby" just Al when q
congressional investigating tour be-
comes "junket."
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Mayor Thompson has not yet been
heard to denounce the newly discov-
cred "crime school, in Chicago on the
score that 1t is an imitation of an es.
tablishment celebrated by a noted
British author.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

A California Judge granted a divorce
to a woman despite her husband
countercharge that she is an invet'
crate poker player. Doubtless the
wife's contention that she always won
convinced the court that she was no
gambler.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

In even so mighty a drama as the
Fall.Sinclair trial an obscure juror
steps forward and takes the center Of
the stage. The ways of publicity are
as erratic In courts as in the play.
house.
Evening star., 1927-11-09
UnayaiIinx Wisdom .

Unavalling Wisdom.
Experience" says the man who in.
dulgss in trite sayings, Ifs the best
teacher"
Yes" answered the racetrack
man broke 20 that he can't play his
information"
Evening star., 1927-11-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
His Theory.

His Theory.
why is it you never admit that
you have been wrong?"
because" answered Senator Sor.
ghum, In politics, as in anything else,
there is no use Of making a bad mat
ter worse"
Evening star., 1927-11-09

A. point has been reached in his
career when Charles Lindbergh will
regard a twelve or fourteen hour
working day as a comparative rest.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

So many complications have de-.
veloped in the naval oil scandal that
It 10 sometimes necessary to recall
that 1t all started under Teapot Dome.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Big Bill Thompson offers a prize for
the best America First history.
modestly declining to write one him.
self.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

A Buffalo policeman was held up
and robbed. Rather a case OF FORCING
the fighting.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

The Associated Press is excluslyey et,,itleu o;s
"a the Use for republication of all news ois
natchr, credited to il or not otherwise creu'
tied ir this psper snd also 'he M nSl,ca,Sn 1"Gai
n snecial dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Mexican firing squads may be sub.
ject to suspicion a. partisans, but
they leave little to be done by "slush
fund" inquisitors.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

yesterdays elections were hardly
of enough importance to be rated as
preliminaries to the big 1928 bout.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Floods are ruthless and inanimate.
They disclose no trace Of New Eng.
land conscience.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Some conscience and some cash in
hand
Were his, beyond q doubt.
He took q chance in high finance.
Now both have been wiped out.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

Flood relief Is no longer a question
OF limited geographical application.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

A Doubtful Definition.
"What is your idea OF prosperity"
asked the argumentative person.
Prosperity" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. "is any state Of affairs that en-.
ables you to remind the parties con.
cerned thax things might be worse"
Evening star., 1927-11-09

"What is your position on this ques-
tion?" asked the man Of statesmanlike
instincts.
my position" answered the man Of
legal qualifications, sis one that pays
forty thousand a year.
Evening star., 1927-11-09

'Mr. Feathergilt says he never
knows exactly how much he IL
worth"
"Of course, he doesn't" replied Miss
Cayenne. His wife plays bridge"
Evening star., 1927-11-09
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