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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

Endorsement by New England
committee Of commercial leaders ana
engineering experts of the proposed st.
Lawrence waterway from the Lakes
to the Sea brings to this project or
oanized support in the East, which IS
heartily welcomed by it's western ao-
vocateS. .,
"Eyerywhere in the United STATES
according to the Chicago Daily News
sthe necessity of a channel Tor ocean
vessels from the Great Lakes 10 the
Atlantic is recognized. Virtually the
only opposition to the st. Lawrence
route is that of New York. Inc ~
Middle Western States in the GreaI
Iakes-St. Lawrence TideWater Assoc
citation should feel greatly encouraged
nv the report of their New England
sisters. and should prepare to push the
nroiect in Congress at the next SEES
sion The Saginaw News courier,
Green Raw Press-GaZette and Cleve-
land Plain Dealer all feel that this
new development will stimulate action
in Congress in the direction OF rrepar-
ing for the establishment OF the water
way. . -
Speaking for the New York point OF
view. the Albany EVenlng news
quotes from the statement In the New
ENGLAND reDort that "the American
route would establish the congested
harbor of New York as the sole terml-
nus of all transshipment of cargoes
To and from the West" and replies
that "the committee overlooks the port
of Albany. which will relieve the port
of New York. and would offer an eX-
cellent transshipment point Whlcn
would be quickly accessible to New
England. Does New England" asks
the News. "believe that development
Of the mort of Montreal, the diversion
of commerce from American ports
would be of advantage to any section
of the country? Moreover, the 81.
Lawrence Canal cannot De Dullt 1or
wears If it ever can. Even the lore
most advocates of that route are
skeptical as to that. The cost VI d.
version of commerce to Canadian
ports is far greater than the nrst cost
of an all-American canal
The Brooklyn Eagle admits that
1.-The New England report will ma
terially help the Western advocates
of the st. Lawrence route" although
it points out that the Western demand
is ''in spite of the interference TO
navigation from the presence OF ice
and fog throughout a part OF the
year." :. .
The New England States are advised
by the Buffalo Evening News that
their section would get some of the
St. Lawrence power, but perhaps not
so large a volume of it as the indus
tries in that section would be able to
use. New York, of course" continues
the News, would have first call on the
development stations. New England
can help itself by cooperating with
New York in getting developments un-
der way. 1t should put aside all
thought of the shipway feature of the
enterprise as visionary-just as the
majority of Canadians have put it
aside-and press vigorously for the
early undertaking of the practical
work Of developing power"
A similar thought comes to the Bos-
ton Transcript. which is convinced
that the section of the report dealing
with New England opens the door to
further discussion. So does the ques-
ton Of the hydroelectric possibilities
Of the st. Lawrence development"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

are, in truth. certain form of
beauty; that every perfect thing. in
a sense. is a beautiful thing. The
little girl who instinctively glances
down at her new shoes may be made
to realize that the very grass be-
meath her feet is ready and willing
to reflect her beauty, If she will give
1t half a chance.
The price Of good lawns. in COM
| munities where there are no fences,
Is one which must be paid out by
parents. Parents have to pay out so
many prices-must they pay this one,
| too?
! They must, it seems. il, they would
do what they want to do-make the
most OF that precious boy or girl.
The boy or girl ranks the grass
and the flowers.
| The community that suffers, in ap-
pearance, from the unrestricted play
OF children can do nothing about it
at all, except as the parents do some
thing about it.
| UNLESS the Lord watcheth the city
the watchmen watcheth in vain"
| Unless the parents believe in beauty
beneath their very feet-as part Of
the education of their little ones,
there will be precious little grass and
no flowers In lawns in front Of houses
developed as community houses" &C.
cording to the new term.
| No one can blame the children, any
more than he can blame dogs that
are allowed to bark all night. The
owners. in the latter instances, are
at fault, and the parents in the for
mer.
| X * X Il
Property owners do, indeed, have
some rights-but what good are
rights If they cannot be enforced?
| Appeals to the police are worse than
useless, and "bawling out" Of children
about as bad. Neither action gets re.
suits. With the right sort of children,
| thoughtless as they may be, the right
sort of simple appeal often secures re.
suits.
The trouble is that conditions of liv-
| ing are not right. Too many families
are crowded into too little acreage and
there are far too few Fairgrounds. 1t
would be interesting to contrast the
number Of acres in the Fairgrounds
of the fathers--the golf courses-with
the official Fairgrounds" Of the chill.
dren in the District of Columbia.
| In the last analysis, too, "play-
| SAOuIluS dT0 SOMEWHAT drL1nCldI
things. The home playground. after
all. Is the best, especially for the
smaller children. But what If 1t Is too
small, even for the smallest active
child?
Then there is no solution, If you
ask us, but what we have tried to
point out-the necessity for parents
| attempting to inculcate in their little
| ones the privilege Of making and keep
Ing the home grounds beautiful, not
| only their own, but especially those of
other people.
The respect for property must be
the keynote of every citizens life, in
such country as the United States
of America. Without this respect our
beautiful land would revert to saw
agery.
Even in such a short discussion as
this, one is driven back to fundamen.
tails. Respect for property-the sense
of law obedience, because it Is the law
the love of beauty-these are three
of them. And the greatest of these
is the love Of beauty, for it presup-
| poses the other two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Citizens Are Urged
To Attend Meetings

To the Editor of The Star:
There was published in your paper
Of June 81 a news item concerning a
petition presented by over 400 citizens
of the Conduit road section to the
Public Utilities Commission, opposing
the use of one-man cars. The item
contained a quotation from the pc
tition to the effect that the prior ac-
tion of the Conduit Road Citizens AS
ISOLATION, indorsing One-man cars, re
fleets on the integrity and intelligence
Of our people, and we are appending
our signatures hereto to convince the
commission that the action of the citi-
zens' association does not carry the
approval of practically all of our peo-
pie, who are opposed to the operation
of one-man cars"
1t appears to me that the petition
and the resulting publicity given the
action Of the citizens association con-
vey the impression that the action of
the citizens association was surrep-
titiOuS in its nature, and that the reso-
luton indorsing one-man street cars
was adopted without proper consid-
GRAFTON. This is contrary to the facts.
The action arose in regular meeting of
the association upon the presentation
of report by it's public utilities COM
mittee. The report was subjected to
protracted discussion, and adopted
after amendment by very close vote.
The action Of the association was by
no means unanimous, and If 10 per
cent Of the citizens who have signed
the critical petition had attended the
meeting, the resolution could not have
been carried. The incident merely
serves to demonstrate the necessity
for every well informed citizen taking
an active part in the work of the citi-
zens' associations. With anything like
the attendance which is warranted by
the importance Of the matters before
the citizens body, nofl-representative
action would be impossible.
w. A. ROBERTS,
Federation Delegate, Conduit Read
Citizens Associa ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Scanning the Heavens

Scanning the Heavens.
Who cares for the comet, out yonder
in space,
With its marvellous speed and its lumi-
nous grace?
We stand and we gaze at the wonder
full sky,
And watch for the ace who is speed
ing on high,
With courage supreme, on mission
of worth,
To scatter the news to the ends of
the earth;
The news Of an era undreamt Of be-
fore,
When men must forget the suspicious
of yore,
And strive to efface the disputes OF
the past.
We've got to be friends. We're near
neighbors at last!
So, comet, speed onward, out there on
your way!
No more do you spread superstitious
dismay.
That lingering war hint forever must
cease,
AS thousands of airships are telling
of peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
What price good front lawns?

What price good front lawns?
Dear This and That: 1 have been
intensely interested in the reports of
| the committee of the Esstee Alley
Garden Club.
ut certainly is fine. when one is
unable to go and see for themselves,
to get such valuable hints on how
others manage the small back yard.
but while this is fine for the back
yard, what shall we do with our front
yards? Nothing is more beautiful
than a stretch of velvety lawn in good
sod--but please, kind chairman, tell us
how we can accomplish that, when we
are forced to yield them to the chill.
dren as Fairgrounds.
mo plants or shrubs are safe in
front. Children should have play
grounds. So, also, property owners
should have some rights. So, kind
chairman, would you bring this mat
ter of front yards before the next
meeting of the Esstee Garden Club?
And perhaps some bright mind may
be able to suggest some remedy.
Yours for nice front yards,
t"B. G. G."
X X *
This letter brings up a universal
city problem. While the Pleasant Val.
ley section faces 1t probably more than
most other communities, it is a wide
spread problem, one to which atten.
ton may well be devoted by all those
interested in beauty, which term in
cludes beautiful children, lawns,
homes, books. pictures, flowers,
music.
It is mainly because of the disasso.
citation OF these various elements of
the city beautiful that the trouble
arises. One sees so many poor front
lawns because so many householders
have not realized the need for com.
plete beauty in the lives of their chill.
dren.
one sees so much Grass ugliness in
a great city-any city - largely be.
cause the residents thereof have been
unable to see the relationship between
these various forms of beauty.
Too many influences have been at
work Tor too long a time to permit
every one tqfrealize the essential one.
ness, II ons/may so phrase it, of beau.
tiful children and beautiful settings
2or the same.
To have the former is no need for
not having the latter. In fact, to
create and keep created fine lawns
ana gardens presupposes a certain
educational bringing up of children
that would help every boy and girl
to- realize his or her best.
The influence Of environment upon
a child is life.lasting. Much that
we call heredity is nothing but the
influence OF surroundings. Children
who grow to manhood in front yards
Of scuffied dirt in all probability will
later raise little ones Of their own
in yards exactly similar to the ones
they played in.
This is why the world progresses
so slowly.
Beauty of character is one with
beauty Of face, provided, of course
that the proper application has been
made OF the various teachings OF
beauty.
The realization Of beauty's uni
versal sway must precede it's actual
application in the everyday life OF
men, women, boys and girls.
The little boys who admire the
mighty swats of Babe Ruth may be
taught to know that those home runs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Gov. Fuller's Heavy Burden.

Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts, faced
with an unusually grave responsible
ity, has granted a respite of thirty
days to Sacco and Vanzetti, condemn
ed to death for the murder of shoe
factory paymaster and his guard April
Is, 1920. The sentence of these men
was to have been executed during the
week Of July 10, but the governor is
now engaged in an examination of the
case. as the official Of last resort, and
he finds it necessary to have more
time to read the 1000 pages of the
| record of the trial and to interview the
witnesses, numbering nearly two hun
dred.
This case has aroused the interest
Of many thousands, in this country
and abroad. Sacco and Vanzetti were
not only convicted, but their convic-
ton was sustained by every appellate
court. A determined effort has been
made by so-called friends Of the &C.
cused" to obtain the setting aside of
the verdict. Extraordinary demon
STATIONS Of partisanship for them
have been conducted. Petitioners to
the number of several thousand have
filed their protests against the proce.
dure, on the ground that the men were
convicted on the score Of their reputa-
tons as radicals, rather than upon
the evidence. The agitation in their
behalf even went so far as to elicit
a formal and emphatic demand by
members Of the British House Of Com.
mons for their release.
Probably no other case has ever
been taken under consideration by the
executive of an American State upon
which the attention of such a great
number of people has been centered.
On the one hand, it is believed by a
great many that justice has been done,
tardily but surely, and that the law
should take its course. On the other
hand, it is believed by perhaps as
many, possibly more, that injustice
marked the trial, that the men were
convicted because they held extreme
political views, and were not actually
according to the strict rules Of evi
dence, proved guilty Of the crimes.
Gov. Fuller is examining the case
with painstaking care. He is virtual
ly sitting as the highest court in the
State, conducting the trial through
examination Of both the record and
the witnesses themselves. He has re
prieved for a period man awaiting
execution for murder. who has de
clared that he was the one who slew
the paymaster and his guard, and not
Sacco and Vanzetti, and that those
men had no part in the hold.up and
killings.
Whichever way the Governor Of
Massachusetts decides, he will be sub
| jected to severe criticism. If he holds
that Sacco and Vanzetti are guilty
and have been given fair trial, thu:
confirming their death sentences, M
will be Immediately excoriated by the
partisans of the condemned men. /
he rules in their favor, he will b.
criticized for having yielded to thu
clamor of the friends" who have IL
some cases gone so far as to threaten
his life if he sends these men to the
sallows. 1t is altogether probable thai
Gov. Fuller will, in respect to his oatf
of office. render conscientious find
ing, regardless Of clamor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Criticism of Essay
On s'Literary Taste
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Among the many views and reviews
as expressed i'm the daily papers and
magazines by all sorts and conditions
Of authors, a recent essay on Literary
Taste" has impressed me as the limit
In the first place, this authors idea of
critic" seems sort of vapid individ-
ual who splits hairs and has a taste
for ancient eggs. He is supposed to
have no natural tastes
But the weakest point in his essay
is that he leaves up in the air the
question of just what he means by
natural Coming down to brass
tacks on this, II we were all natural In
the literal sense we would be running
around on four feet and uttering
strange cries. The high civilization
and culture simply means the degrees
to which we have progressed from the
primitive state. But this author states
that the average Tom, Dick and Harry
are the boys who know good stun
when they meet it, whether in pic
lures, music or drama. But this
doesn't explain the popular" maya
zines which it seems necessary to re-
press. This author also states that the
"sunbrowned old rustic with corns on
his hands, is the one who knows good
music. But IL music delights the crit
ics," according to this essayist, it is
doomed to die within the year. SO L
am wondering what he can say of the
immortal harmonies of Mendelssohn,
Beethoven and others. The old rustic
would prefer something with "tune. .
This essayist goes ON to say that TO
the average mortal the judgment OF
critics is worth nothing at all. But
there are critics and critics. If he
means the higher criticism, no doubt
it would be worth nothing to the "av-
erage" mortal. One has to progress
above the average in order to appre-
ciate the higher and finer things of
life. But as for "critics," who is 80
critical as an ignorant man. when he
gets on a subject of which he knows
nothing? Recently a Grass and crude
individual spent half an hour explain
ing to me why he did not like Shake
speare, but with all his TRADE he hard
ly made out a case against Shake
speare, as cannot recollect one thing
he said, but many of Shakespeare
sayings are Of the vernacular. Yet the
average Tom, Dick and Harry do not
swarm to classic plays.
So IL, as this author contends, the
average crowds are the judge or art
music and literature, and that natural
taste Is to be preferred to the cult
waited taste, it is to be feared that we
soon would be reduced to tomtoms
cortortions and bowls. Or perhaps a
pig looking at a sunset might conform
to this authors ideas of the natural
and the real. QUEEN sabe?
HINDA BURKE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

fragments doubled their height in 10
minutes"
During the eclipse in 1919, one of
the red flames rose in seven hours
from height Of 10000 miles to $780,
900 miles above the suns surface.
This immense column Of gas, four or
five times the thickness of the earth,
was soaring upward at the rate of
60 900 miles an hour. 1t is such a
phenomenon as that that the astron-
omers observed last Wednesday.
With the Psalmist, exclaim:
when 1 consider Thy heavens, the
work of Thy fingers, the moon and
the stars which Thou has ordained,
"What Is man that Thou art mind
full of him? And the son Of man that
Thou visitest him?"
Copyright. 1o27. BY Paul ". Collins.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Appointment of Tea CHEERS.

Upon the recommendation Of DR.
Ballou, the Board of Education has
filled two important teaching posi-
tons by appointments from outside
the Washington school system. The
positions are those of principal OF the
Wilson Normal School ard principal
of the Langley Junior High School
At first thought, this step may arouse
some criticism, based on the natural
assumption that with sonte two thou
sand school teachers in the local
schools. at least two should have been
found eligible for the vacant posts.
DR.. Ballou explains, however, that the
local field was canvassed thoroughly
and without success. Among the
teachers in the Washington schools
none was found possessing the re-
quirements sought.
Education is becoming a science of
specialists. Only those who labori
ously prepare themselves for the
higher positions may hope to attain
them. Eligibility in these days OF
changing theory and constant advance
cannot be based on length of service.
Merit. experience and preparation are
the chief factors to. be considered.
The Board of Education and DIR. Bal
lou, as a specialist in education, are
seeking the best material available
for the higher positions in the school
system. With the whole country to
choose from, it is,no special reflection
on our teachers that this material
should be found outside the compare
lively small group in Washington.
All other things being equal, every
parent should approve policy which
bases promotion and selection on merit
alone, without regard to sentiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
The Hawaiian Flight.

June 30 will go down in history as
Army day in the air. For the Army
linked by air continental United States
with its great outpost in the Pacific
Ocean, the Hawaiian Islands. Guided
by Lieut.. Lester ]. Maitland and
Lieut.. Albert Hegenberger, both OF
the United States Army, giant mono
plane successfully completed the 2,400-
mile trip over the ocean and brought
this country four days closer to the
islands. 1t was a great feat. worthlly
ACCOMPLISHED by men who had moth
ing to gain except the glory OF the
deed and the advancement of the
service whose uniform they honor. No
money prize is theirs. The trip was
made in the line of duty. It was pro-
iected by the War Department in the
cause of national defense and the FUR
Their advancement of the science of
aviation.
The fight from Oakland, Calf. to
Wheeler Field, the Army air field
twenty-five miles out of Honolulu. Is
the longest continuous fight ever
made over water, five hundred miles
longer than the farthest water jump
of the transatlantic flyers. 1t was
made in an Army plane, which at most
might have fioated two or three hours
had it been forced down to the sur
face of the sea. 1t was made to a
small group of islands far out in the
middle of the great Pacific Ocean, re-
curing the most accurate navigation
to strike. A few degrees off the
course and the courageous Army
flyers might have passed to the north
or south Of the islands on into the
great stretches of the ocean.
Once before an attempt was made
to span the Pacific from California to
the Hawaiian coast. Two years ago
the heroic commander, John Rodgers,
U. S. N, and his companions. in a
seaplane, missed reaching the islands
by a short distance because their fuel
was exhausted. For nine days the
seaplane TAXED over the ocean under
the direction of aComdr. Rodgers
and finally reached its destination
Rodgers and the men under him were
rightly acclaimed.
The preparation of the Army for
the fight to Hawaii was carefully
made. But when the plane took of
for its goal 2,40O miles away its pilot
knew that he and his fellow officer
must make a success or else go down
No line of ships was stationed to watch
their flight and to give aid. AS
matter of fact only one vessel reported
having seen the Army plane.
The Army Air Service has had its
critics, even from within its own
ranks. No word has ever been ut
tered, however, attacking the courage
and daring Of the Army flyers. II
there has been lack of new planes and
money for expanding the service, il
has not hnen attributable to the Army
but to the law-making body. But not
withstanding such handicaps, the
United States Army Air Service was
the first to complete an around-the
world flight. Earlier this year. under
the leadership Of Maj. Dargue, the
Army flyers made a pan-Americar
fight which took them to the most
distant parts Of South America and
back TO the United States. And now
the Army has added one Of the bright
est jewels to its crown of air accom-
plishments, the spanning Of 2,40(
miles of the Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
That Pet Raccoon.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
There are mountain lions still in
South Dakota. The pet raccoon of
President Coolidge may suffer If al
lowed at large unlabeled. If tagged
every patriotic mountain lion would
respect the favored animal.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

There are so many problems to be
worked out in aviation that every air
piIot has his chance to be ranked in
history as a pioneer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

Lindbergh sidestepped the movies.
There is no possible reason to suspect
that he was Influenced by the fact that
there was a wholesale salary cut in
contemplation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

A tendency in world diplomacy
seems to imply that one good confer.
ence deserves another.