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Evening star., 1927-10-14
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

The symbol Of this machine age is
q machine with which ! man can do
the work it took 10 men to do before.
Theoretically, every time such a
machine In invented and put into
operation 8 men are thrown out of
jobs.
Practically, of course. this does not
happen BADLY and as literally as that
while the machine does do any given
job with fewer workers. grand scale
machine industry makes more jobs
possible.
The fact remains. however, that the
machine liz producing at least tempo
rarily new unemployment. for year
by year, in our factories, the man be-
comes less and less important and the
machine more and more important.
On the evening before Labor day,
Mr.. Davis, Secretary of Labor, made
this significant statement;
"The greatest evils which we are
likely to suffer in the future, so far
as labor Is concerned, are connected
with the subject of unemployment.
I'm the last six years. in particular,
our march ahead in the lavish use
of power has been tremendous. No
sooner is that power available than
we put it to use. But the question
doing for us? Above all, what is it
doing to us?
Take for example the revolution
in the glass industry. A single ma
chine-not a single manufacturing
plant. but a single machine-can turn
out all the carboys. five-gallon glass
containers. that the United States can
use. Not long ago hundreds of skilled
men were needed to blow these car.
boys. They got good wages, they
maintained families. and they were
good consumers. Now a single ma
chine has released the majority of
these men to other pursuits.
while we should continue to think
Of our wonderful machines. we must
also think Of our wonderful American
workers. This amazing industrial or
ganiZation we have built up in our
country must not be allowed to get
in its own way.
IF you take the long view, there
is nothing in sight to give us grave
concern. but there is a. period of ad
justment, a. time when machines turn
hand workers out of old jobs into new
ones. The wise employer will invent
ways of utilizing the men displaced
by our machines. With the invention
Of every labor.saving machine should
come the invention of way OF using
the man whose labor is saved. Other
wise, we do not save labor; we
waste it,"
This statement is a refreshing de.
parture from the demagogic hokum
so frequently indulged in by political
orators on Labor day. 1t expresses
genuine insight into the social impli-
cations Of our astounding technical
progress.
1t recognizes that we are passing
through a quiet industrial revoIu-
ton" which Is profoundly altering our
social order.
And it reminds our captains of In
dustry that they must drive mechan-
ical invention and social invention
abreast IL they are to be at one and
the same time builders of a good busi-
ness and builders of good civiliza.
ton.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicsts.)
Evening star., 1927-10-14

point of arrival. New York. But hun.
dreds of homebound American pas.
sengers found themselves, to their
surprise, headed for the Virginia
Capes. They were told that the Lap.
land would anchor first at Newport
News and, 20 hours later, dock at
New York. The explanation was that
200 returning American Legionnaires
had a special train for Florida await.
ing them at Newport News, and the
Red Star Line decided to accommo-
date them. According to stories OF
passengers who wanted to keep long.
made dates on Manhattan Island,
there was something family resem-
bling mutiny in the first cabin when
1t developed that the Newport News
plan was Interchangeable.
At the recent highly successful mill.
tary exposition and carnival at Wash
ington Barracks President Coolidge
was much interested in the quarter
master departments comparative ex
hibit of Army rations. The Com
mander-in.chief observed with amuse
ment that in 1878 the Army ration
included an allowance of rum. Mr.
Coolidge also noticed that the present.
ment of onions. "Have the men al
ways received so many onions?" the
President asked his escort. The re
ply was that tha onion ration is a
little bigger nowadays than it used
to be. We'll" Mr.. Coolidge remark,
ed in one OF his characteristically
dry asides. 'if you make the onions
strong. enough, they won't need any OF
that stuff they used to get in 1776.'
Speaking of onions, they're the object
of serious consideration before the
United States Tariff Commission at
this moment. The United States pro
duces tons Of onions more than the
country can possibly consume, yet
domestic growers want to keep out
the trifling amount of foreign onions
mostly of Spanish origin-that are
now imported.
Nine. Charaoui Pasha. the dis
tinguished Egyptian woman now
visiting her daughter, the wife of the
Egyptian Minister to the United
States, is the acknowledged leader OF
the feminist movement in her coun
try Women in the land of the
Pharaohs give her credit for captain.
ing the crusade that now permits
them to show their faces in public
that is to say, to shed the veil. Mod.
ernism in all directions is the plat
form which Nine. Charaoui espouses
1t is her aim to induce Egyptian
womankind to pattern after its sis
ters in Europe and America. not only
in dress styles, but in all other fields
of activity in which the sex now
exerts itself. particularly in the
domain of public affairs
(Copyrisht 1897
Evening star., 1927-10-14
Signal Uniformity.

Mai. Hesse is to be congratulated on.
the Inauguration OF his campaign for
uniformity in trafYic signals by cross.
ing policemen. There is probably moth
ing more confusing to the motorist
than to receive a different kind of sig
nal at every intersection. and in a
good many cases this difference leads
to involuntary disobedience. Police
mems gestures in directing traffic
should be concise and comprehensive.
Unnecessary movements should have
no place in the traffic officers duties.
In this connection it might be point
ed out that inasmuch as a traffic po-
liceman's chief value over automatic
control of traffic is his ability to size
up and cater to extraordinary condi-
| tions in traffic movement, these ON.
divergence from the cut-and.dried regu-
| lation of traffic than they are at pres
ent. While they should all give their
| signals in the same manner, they
should be permitted to depart, on spe
cial occasions, from routine rules.
Frequently a traffic officer will be
stationed at the intersection of two
narrow streets. Under these circum.
stances, with heavy trafflc to control,
it is ridiculous TO force all motorists
making a left turn to turn around the
oHicer. They should be allowed to take
mans signal, as many large cars can
not make the center of .the-street turn.
| And il the movement of traffic is
heavy enough to warrant it the officer
should be permitted to bar arbitrarily
left-hand turn to the end that con-
! gestion will be avoided.
Evening star., 1927-10-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

! the blossom record Of the petunia
| Next year surely there shall be more
varieties of this satisfactory flower
used in the garden. They shall be
| tucked into corners which otherwise
would go bare. The fine point about
| the petunia is that, although it IRE.
| quireg sunshine" as the catalogues
say. it can get along very well with.
! out it.
A new respect has been bred this
/ year for the gaillardia, whose red and
| yellow flowers still continue to shine
! forth from a most unpropitious posi-
! ton.
| These were planted next to an east
| fence. behind a couple Of young hibis.
| Gus bushes. The latter exceeded ex.
| pectations, growing about feet high
with their large leaves completely
| blocking eff the afternoon sun from
the blanket flowers, as the gaillardias
| sometimes are called.
| In addition, the tremendous and
| sprawly roots of the hibiscus did their
best to deprive the gaillardias of all
| nourishment.
| Despite these inimical conditions
| the latter flourished as nothing else in
| the zinnias and petunias. Where
! fore. we are able to say from persona
experience that If one wants to plant
flower which will bloom continu-
Cusly, let it be the gaillardia The
blossoms are not the prettieSt in the
| world, but their number throughout
the season make up for their rather
primitive color combination.
r X X X
The roses in our garden have all
gotten over bravely the worm. infested
| condition in which we allowed them to
get last Spring through failure to
spray early. Next season will see q
dormant spray" applied as early as
| March, this to consist both of nicotine
solution and some form of mixture to
mitigate mildew and fungus. Another
Sp1 aging will be given after the first
leaves appear. in order to route any
insects enemies, especially the plant
lice, which esca ped the first applica
ton.
Our belief Is that more failures re.
suite among anna tear rose growers
through lack of early and repeated
spraying than perhaps any other one
factor, unless 1t be lack of food for
the plants, given through the use of
well-rotted cow manure or artificial
fertilizers properly applied.
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Gladiolus now may be taken from
the ground. no matter If the leaves
still are green. 1t is not necessary for
them to he withered and brown. Our
observation is that leaving the bulbs
too long in the earth after the plants
have bloomed is not so good as remov-
ing them after 40 to so days or so from
blossom time. Nature has a wide
tolerance" as they say at the Bu.
reau of Standards. She produces good
bulbs in 40 days, or perhaps slightly
better in SO or so, but still those that
remained in the ground the former
number Of days are about as good as
the latter.
Nature is not meticulous. as are
human gardeners. She is interested
in growth. il she Is interested in any.
thing. and she proposes to secure
growth at whatever the cost. Where
fore, dig up your gladiolus bulbs now,
IL you want to. no matter what date
they were placed in the ground last
Spring or Summer. There Is less dan.
ger of them being undelTipe than in
being too ripe.
Evening star., 1927-10-14

none. Eut In the realm of passenger
service, In the establishment of com
mercial flying fields, in the creating
Of adequate peaee-time air forces for
our Army and Navy and the person.
mel from which a greatly increased
corps could be recruited in time OF
war-ws are far. far behind.
Secretary of War Davis. In his
speech at the dedicatory exercises
yesterday, declared that America is
suffering from an inferiority complex
IN regard TO aviation. This may well
ne true. and If 1t is. taken in conjunc.
ton with our more generally dep
recated superiority obs"Ssions, we
should rid ourselves OF the lot. But
complex or not. We are suffering from
an inferiority condition along certain
perfectly obvious lines, That Condi-
lion. rs well as the complex, should
be corrected.
Evening star., 1927-10-14
An Accidental Failure.

Another transatlantic airp,ane cross
Inc has ended in failure, but it is tbs
| kind of failure that is accidental
| instead oftraSic. Ruth Elder and hel
co-pilot and navigator. George Halde
man, hravely tried To span the ocean
between New York and Paris over n
thirty-six hundred mile water route
They failed when approximately nine
hundred miles short Of the manila nd
but. unlike the man. others who as
bravely started ont. they are alive to
tell the story OF their losing battle
against the e.arants. Therein lies the
difference.
Only one other land plane trans
atlantic flyer has ever been rescued
in midocean, so that the rarity of the
experience of the American Girls
crew can we'll be appreciated. Harry
Hawker and Comdr Mackenzie Grieve.
in May. 1919. fell into the water on
their ill.starred attempt to reach Eng
land from NewfoundlSn They were
rescued by a small fishing beat which
carried no wireless and their fate was
not known for several days.
Since that time the casualty list has
grown by leaps and bounds. From
Nuneesear and Coli to the Old Glory
expedition not a single rescue was
recorded Of the brave men and women
who pi.tcd their lives against the un-
conquered mysteries of the air and
water. A broken oil line forced Ruth
Elder down. but providentially ship
was near TO picl; her up. What forced
the others down Will never be known.
They have disappeared in the bottom.
less depths.
There is consolation in Ruth Elders
failure and lessons to be learned from
it. She and her navigator flew for
more than thirty hours over the ocean
end covered approximately three thou
sand miles. A splendid achievement.
But the scientific world is anxious to
learn of the meteorological conditions
encountered and how they were COM
bated. of the behavior of the plane
and its motor. and the cause of the oil
line breakage which forced them down.
When this data is compiled and
studied it is likely that a distinct ad-
vance in mans knowledge will be
recorded to aid in the battle for
mastery Of the air.
Evening star., 1927-10-14

What an unusual Sunday that was
| recently when the sun came out bril-
liantly in the afternoon, following as
gloomy and rainy a morning az Wash
ington had seen in a long time.
Contrast, OF course. was what turned
| the trick. If the forenoon had not
been quite so gray. so soggy-looking
81 filled with moisture. the afternoon
would not have seemed SO perfect.
Every one said, ut will rain al
day" And that was where every one
was wrong. for the sun finally ap
peared. suddenly and all at once, as
the French say. as II it We're some
gigantic spotlight thrown upon the
stage of this world
There was q wind too, that dried up
as much water as it could, considering
the linn ted halliday left it. Streets
and walks were free from moisture in
NJ time. Only the grass and flower
beds remained wet.
Borders filled with ripening gladioli
resembled so many sponges fulfilling
their ancient mission of water absorb
ers. Perhaps a dry sponge is more
futile than a phonograph without a
record or radio set minus its tubes.
1t was a perfect afternoon for gar
dening work despite the fact that the
ground was so wet.
A gardener was able to don an old
| heavy sweater with comfort on this
perfect October. afternoon. with its
bright sun, it's breeze and the peculiar
smell which the atmosphere contains
just after a heavy rain.
mill Af ho L. e.
the gardens of 1927 are a thing of the
past, along with the flsticuff encoun.
ters, the world series base ball games
and the other important events that
have stirred the citizens of the United
States.
Cosmos, those large but feathery
flowers of the Fall, with their bright
though delicate blossoms, are truly on
their last roots now. Chrysanthe-
NUNS are out, and will be more so
shortly.
Zinnias are still doing well, hut
there is thin look to the beds that
speaks of dissolution. The heavy
rainstorm, with the keen wind from
the North, uprooted many OF the
plants.
Such shallow rooted things as zin-
MAS. however. have q veritable fund
VI AiAS upon WnlCn Lney may QraW IN
emergencies. In our garden, plants
with their roots almost out of the
ground have remained green and bios
somed for two weeks. until we got
around to tying them up with stakes
and packing earth over their exposed
roots
No doubt the 7innias should be taken
up. as there is digging to do in that
section Of the garden, which is now
made impossible by the luxuriant
growth of these second of boomers.
First place for blooming still must
be given to the petunias. They began
earlier, and without sun for a month
and a. half still continue to bloom
with almost undiminished vigor.
In the back border. in front of the
altheas and the Peruvian daffodils
Usmenel. the Rosy Morn petunias
stiH send forth their delicate rose
and.white blossoms.
Standing there in the luxuriant
tangle of vegetation which makes up
the charm of the Autumn garden, one
is impressed with the "will to live" of
these hest of garden flowers for the
amateur.
Not even the zinnia, one of the
blooming est" plants of all, can equal
Evening star., 1927-10-14

letic associa tons make money during
the foot ball season?-N. II. B.
A. Generally speaking, foot ball IL
the one sport which is self-supporting
at the universities. The receipts from
foot ball are used bv the athletic aSso.
Citations to finance other sports, such
as base ball, basket ball. track and
crew.
! Q. In parking a closed car. is IL a
violation of the traffic rules to close
and lock dcOrs and windows?--E. T.
A. In Washington locking doors
| and windows Is permitted. but not the
steering wheel or other parts OF the
car that would keep it from being
moved in case of fire or other danger.
Q. What proportion Of the homes in
the United States use ice?-T. Ar.
A. Sixty per cent Of the homes do
not use ice. Forty per cent use ice
during July and August. Only per
cent of the homes use Ice the year
around.
Q. What is vegetable marrow?-J.
A. Nee.
A. Vegetable marrow is a kind OF
squash. eaten as a vegetable. which
IS very popular in England, but is not
often seen in this country. The true
English type IS. when fun grown, gem
orally about 9 inches long and inches
in diameter. with green to yellow rind
and hght-colored flesh,
Q. How can watch be used az
compass?-E. 3.
A. Let your watch lie fat In your
hand, with the hour hand pointing
toward the sun. and the point on the
circle half way between the hour hand
and XII will be directly south In the
Northern Hemisphere and directly
north in the Southern Hemisphere.
Q. Who was called the Father OF
the Constitution"?-W.T r.
A. This title was given to James
Madison by his contemporaries.
Q. What nation has the largest
coast trade?-C. T.
A. The great length of our sea and
lake coasts, the number of good hsr-
hors and the fact that most OF the
coast region Of the United States has
been settled make the coastal trade
of this country the most extensive in
the world.
Q. How does it happen that there
are so many small lakes in the north
ern portions of the country?-B. b.
A. They occur in the portions of the
country that were covered by glaciers
during the ice age. They consist of
accumulations of water from springs,
or from drainage Of rainfall. or from
inflowing streams, sometimes within
hollows, gorges and channels, scooped
out by the glaciers in their movement.
sometimes within valleys or channels
which were more or less completely
damned up by deposits of sand.
gravel. boulders. dropped by the gla.
ciers, and sometimes with hollows or
depressions. called kettle holes, in the
earth's surface.
Did you erer tCrite letter to Fred
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question OF fact and get the Gnslcer
in a personal letter. Here is great
educational idea introduced into the
IiUcs of the most intelligent people iH
the GCorld-Ame eTicdn HelcSpdper read
ers. 1t is a part of that best purpose
Of 7etcspGpef-SerUice. There is no
charge, except 2 cents in stamps for
return postage. Address Frederic J.
Hdshsin. director. The E1enino Star
Information Bureau. Washington. ID. c..
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Evening star., 1927-10-14
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

War Department aroused over the
publication of news announcing the
arrival of more troops in France and
intimates that officers who cabled the
news to this country must face mil
itary trials. Dutch newspapers
condemn this country for it's refusal
to give coal to Hollands ships now in
our ports. Says action is not due to
scarcity of fuel, but to desire of PreSi-
dent to commit on unfriendly act.
Munitions ship, af1re, puts
back to port. Crew, first in panic for
fear of explosion. works bravely and
saves vessel and it's $2.000,000 cargo.
President proclaims Liberty
Loan day, setting aside October "a for
national celebration; $35S,000. 900 daily
is needed to put loan across. Is
suing call to patriots, he asks that
the results be so impressive as to echo
through the German Empire.
President acts to supervise all trad
ing with. the enemy interests. New
laws sweeping powers are delegated
to various governmental agencies by
executive order. Treasury De
partment issues details of war risk. in
surance and publishes rates.
Evening star., 1927-10-14
RoOsevelt's Attack on Smith
Is Criticized and Defended

Post independent Democratic). "know
that any attempt to discredit Al Smith
personally in New York State will
have disastrous resultss because the
New York people know that he 10
clean and able, as they have shown by
electing him governor four times.
And now comes along Col. Roosevelt
and does the very thing the leaders
have wished to avoid" The Fort
Worth Star-Telegram independent
Democratic) takes the further posi-.
ton: THE campaign for President is
bigger than any State political organ
ization, and even If Tammany were
as bad as it is pictured by the bogey-
out an eye to the political effect. Mr..
Smith as the Democratic candidate
for the presidency would not be .
Tammany candidate"
In reply to the Roosevelt charge
that "Tammany has not changed in
the slightest" the Baltimore Sun lin.
dependent Democratic) states that this
is lin face of the fact that Tammany
faithfully supports Smith and that
every ra tional being knows Smith is
a perfectly honest executive" The
Wall Street Journal (fina nciaD makes
the point that "Al Smith is much
more vulnerable than his supporters
suppose, but no man in public life to-
day has such cause to offer up thanks
for his enemies. Their continued
blundering has been his best asset"
1T would have been possible for the
keynote speaker to attack Gov. Smiths
record on the enforcement question"
In the opinion of the Utica Observer.
Dispatch independently. and the Sa.
Vannah Press lDemocratic) raises the
of a possible attack on 1.-The
policy of Gov. Smith"
but concludes that Col Roosevelt
was afraid to do it,"
The Birmingham News DemocraticI
replies with an attack on foul citadels
Of Republican strength" while the
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
Democratic). Roanoke World News
independent D0mocratic) and Omaha
World Herald d1dependent) recall at.
tention to the oil scandals
Evening star., 1927-10-14
Flvine: Old Stvle.
From the New York World.

Crom the New York World
Exploring our library, we come
across number of books or aero
nautics. The dates Of publication
range from 1909 to 1902 which years
do not seem so remote as time is
reckoned in most fields of human ac.
fivity. Yet these books look as an
cient as so many illuminated manu-
scripts of the year 1927. They are
filled with many half.forgottem por-
traits - Fsrman, Latham. Cuttiss.
Bleriot, the Wrights, Zeppelin ari
Santos-Dumont. And. in adj - -
the portraits, there are pictures of
the queerest set of machines ever
heard of: dirigible balloons, helicOp-
ters, gliders and airplanes--the last
named having rlIdders i'm front. pro.
pellers at rear and vital parts in the
middle. ~r
Furthermore, there are serious dis
cussions on points that seem archaic
now: as to whether it might not be
well to provide the occupants of these
machines with seats to sit on, and
some kind OF incloSure to protect them
from the weather; as to whether some
heating arrangement will not be Glti-
mately devised az to whether aircraft
will ever be of any real use in war
fare. and so on. The author of one OF
these books makes the prediction that
the development OF aircraft will meh -
the disappearance OF all boundaries
between countries, together with all
customs and duties. for. he argues, tof
what use are customs collectors when
aviators can fly right over them? The
same author is also convinced that
aircraft will cause unprecedented
crime, since they offer the criminal a
perfect means of escape.