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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
THIS AND THAT


-, The second chapter is entitled, "a
| Short Hint of What We Can Do in the
| Sublime, and a Description of Miss
| Sophia Western
Imagine a modern author beginning
| his description of the heroine as fol
| lows: flushed be every ruder breath
May the heather ruler of the winds
| confine in iron chains the boisterous
limbs of noisy Boreas, and the sharp
pointed nose Of bitter biting Eurus.
'Do thou, sweet Zephyrus. rising
| from thy fragrant bed, mount the
| western sky, and lead on those de
| licious gales. the charms of which cal
forth the lovely Flora from her cham
Der, perfumed with pearly dews, when
on the first of June, her birthday, the
blooming maid, in loose attire, gently
trips 1t over the verdant mead, where
every flower rises to do her homage
till the whole field becomes enamelled
and colors contend with sweets which
shall ravish her most
And so on and so on, a burlesque
on Lucretius or Virgil. we forget
which. but probably the former.
X X X X
"Peradventure there may be- no
parts in this prodigious work which
will give the reader less pleasure in
the perusing, than those which have
given the author the greatest pains
in composing" says Fielding, in his
first chapter to the next book, the
fifth. He refers, of course, to these
initial chapters to the IS books,
He feels himself not bound to assign
any reason why preliminary chap
tow 10 ..,t- 30
port of this his contention, he in
| which are not founded, he says, on
any thing more tangible than the
"ipse dixit" of critics.
who ever demanded the reasons
of that nice unity of time or place
which is now established to be SO
essential to dramatic poetry?" he
wants to know.
Has any commentator we'll &C.
counted for the limitation which an
ancient critic hath set to the drama,
which he will have contain neither
more nor less than five acts?"
He then pays his tribute to the
critics:
Now, in reality, the world have
paid too great a compliment to critics,
and have imagined them men of
much greater profundity than they
really are. From this complacence
the critics have been emboldened tc
assume a dictatorial power, and have
so far succeeded, that they are now
become the masters and have the as
surance to give laws to those authors
from whose predecessors they orig
inally received them.
THE critic, rightly considered, Is
no more than the clerk, whose office
it Is to transcribe the rules and laws
laid down by those great judges
whose vast strength of genius hath
placed them in the light of legislators
This office was all which the critics
of old aspired to. But in
process of time, and in ages of
ignorance, the clerk began to invade
the power and to assume the dignity
of the master.
1.-THE laws of writing were no longer
founded on the practice of the author
but on the dictates of the critic
This bold statement from Fielding
did much to break the back of the
absurd criticism which held forth in
his day. Today every author is his
debtor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Full appreciation of the magnitude
of the Job ahead Is indicated In edi-
toriaI comment on the new radio law,
through which Congress creates
commission to bring order out OF
chaos in broadcasting. The commns
sion Is given just year to SET up tne
machinery of Federal regulation ana
turn it over to the Department OF
Commerce.
"The commission ought to take up
its work without loss of time" sug-
gests the Albany Evening News, and
the provision that licenses are 10 De
granted only upon public interest
convenience or necessity should De
the basis on which the commission
shall permit establishing OF stations.
The Asheville Times declares that
Success or failure in such an unoer.
taking as the commission faces VIII
depend almost entirely upon the men
to be selected as commissioners. Inc
present situation" the Times adds, lis
characterized by Paul b. Klugh. ex'
ecutive chairman of the National Asso-
citation of Broadcasters, as the worst
Industrial tangle in history. Ana
radio. he points out. Is the fastest
moving industry yet developed oy
civilization. 1t would seem to be a
job calling for the best efforts OF
supermen."
Every branch Of the great and ex-
banding industry" according to the
Chicago Daily News, should reel the
invigorating effects of this Legislation,
and the forward march of broadcast
ing-seriously slowed down by past
hesitation and uncertainty-will be
resumed" The Harrisburg Patriot
AYERS that 1.-The commissions life
promises to be short but merry. One
year." 1t continues. lis all too brief a
time to regulate intelligently the wild
waves Of reckless radio. But the need
is great and much useful work can be
done, so that when the Secretary of
Commerce takes over the work Of the
commission IL months hence, 1t may
be expected that the air will be cleared
somewhat of interference"
\ X X y
The Richmond News Leader points
out that 1.-THE law sets a competitive
standard for broadcasting, at the same
time that 1t destroys the present
anarchy in the ether" and that "a sta.
ton must satisfy, or give place to one
that will.
The Jersey City Journal assumes
that the Ave commissioners "can be
depended upon to relicense those sta
tions which have made notable con-
tributions to broadcasting and refuse
to permit further interference by sta
lions that have cropped UP in con-
gested areas and hoped from wave |
length to wave length trying to get |
through-doing no good for them
selves and causing trouble for others.
Justice viii, Of course, be done for |
~ svsukuellE In the courts" con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
The Senate's Responsibilities.

1t is provided In the Constitution of
the United States that the President
shall have power to make treaties
with other governments ''by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate"
It is provided also that he shall NOM
mate and, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint
Ambassadors and other public Min.
listers. Unless there is before it the
question either Of a treaty or the ap.
pointment of an Ambassador or other
public Minister. the Senate is not
charged by the Constitution with any
responsibility in the matter Of our in
tercourse with other nations.
When Senator Borah proposes that
the committee on foreign relations
shall be commissioned to visit Mexico
and Nicaragua for the purpose of in.
vestigating our relations with those
republics he is proposing what is a
wide departure from the constitutional
conception of senatorial duties. When
he seeks information directly from
those governments. instead of asking
for it through the medium OF the State
Department. he is departing from the
custom of more than a hundred years
and is seriously interfering with the
effectiveness Of regular diplomatic in.
tercourse.
1t will be conceded that the duty to
advise and consent in the making of
treaties calls for full and dependable
information, and all pertinent informa-
ton in possession Of the State Depart
ment always should be available to
the Senate foreign relations commit.
tee. If there Is additional information
which the committee feels it ought to
have. the State Department should
make every effort to obtain 1t. But for
the committee or its chairman to move
independently to obtain information
from other governments could result
in nothing but confusion and embar-
rassment. Such a course could con-
tribute nothing to happy solution to
any pending problem. as it would both
handicap our own and mislead the for
eign government. The President. act
ing through the State Department,
has the sole initial responsibility for
our intercourse with other nations,
and only when such intercourse
reaches the stage of treaty making
does the Senate become the sharer Of
the responsibility.
Other nations have sufficient diff.
Guilty in understanding the provision
which requires assent of the Senate in
the making of a treaty. II the Senate
were to interfere ofiiciaily in the nego.
tiations for a treaty or in matters of
diplomatic intercourse in which no
treaty making was involved, nothing
but hopeless confusion could result.
By all means the Senate foreign rela.
tions committee should have informa-
ton which would enable 1t and the
Senate to act intelligently on any mat.
ter which properly came before it for
action. but that information should
be obtained through proper channels.
The Senate Is no more warranted in
interfering improperly with purely ex.
ecutive functions than it would be in
interfering with the deliberations of
the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Editors Appreciate Big Task
Ahead of Radio Commission

, cludes the Journal. The Kansas City
| Post, while holding that 1.-THE Commits.
Zion cannot be given any real author
| ity on account Of that clause In the
| Constitution guaranteeing free
| speech" hopes that broadcasters will
| cooperate voluntarily and accept the
wave lengths assigned to them for
| their own benefit and for the advan-
| tage of the public generally"
Something not far from monopoly
is inevitable" In the opinion of the
Duluth Herald, 'if satisfactory PROF
grams are to be provided and madd
available to listeners without raucous
interference from minor stations. The
task of the commission Is going to be
difficult, but not impossible; and the
vast radio audience will hope that It
will use no more politics than It has
to, and that 1t will consider first In
all its deliberations the interests OF
those who own radio receiving sets"
The Santa Barbara Daily News also
feels that radio IS too important and
too far-reaching In its influence n
permit 1t to be misused in the in
terest of any group, faction or political
party"
II r.
There is now an ineduitable dis
trfoution of broadcasters throughout
the country" states the st, Paul
Pioneer Press. land this must be
drastically reformed to fit the avail.
able ether channels. Such a reforrna.
ton, involving probably a reallocation
or waves and a possible splitting up of
time between some stations. is bound
TO react unfavorably on the interests
OF few listeners and a great nanvs
broadcasters. There will be q trel
mendous upheaval in the INDUSTRY at
first"
The Lincoln Star records: "There
are now more than 500 companies in
America engaged in producing radio
sets or equipment. Thousands of neo
pie are employed in the Industry.
Millions of sets have been sold. "a.
dos rise to popularity has been Hs:ie
snort OF marvellous. The agency which
mas been created to control 1t has a
Dig JOB ahead, because 1t is in such
general use"
The importance of this development
to Canada is emphasized by the Ham.
ilton Spectator with the statement
that lack of control of the ether
lanes In the United States actually
affected Canadian listeners-in more ~
r1ously than 1t did set owners I'm the
United States" The Spectator er.
plains that measurements that liar.
Deen set aside for the exclusive user =
Canadian broadcasting stations VIZ
appropriated by high-powered statt&r
across the line," and assumes XII
when the commission knuckles d
to its job 1t 10 to be expected
wave lengths on which Canadiau
ticns formerly operated viii d
turuea = thaR"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
A Loyal Employe.

Guilty on eighty-four counts of
mutilating shade trees on Allison,
Harvard and Thirteenth streets, an
employee of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co. has been fned one thou.
sand dollars. This employe. solicitoua
Of the welfare Of the ts0Dsit company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

A large number of suicides are re-
ported among young people. And yet
there never was a time when inven-
tors and economists were working so
hard to make life worth living. The
viewpoint is wrong and steps may
be called for to censor magazine
literature as we'll as the drama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

A high price for pork represents
more relief for the farmer and more
anxiety for the purchaser of a pork
chop. Economists have failed to find
a way to benefit one element of
citizenship except at the expense of
another,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Officials are proceeding with rea-
sonable confidence with reference to
plans for more buildings, but moth
ing definite is contemplated in con-
nection with more parking space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Brain and Drawn.
His mind statesman must employ
To bring the Nation health and Joy.
He'll also take, if he is wise,
A liberal share Of exercise.
He'll hit the punching bag each day
And with the weights and mb.bells
play.
For fighting he must hold his weight
II he would mingle in debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

1t is possible for New York to talk
to London by radio. The fact is won-
derful in itself. The Importance of
the communications has not kept pace
with the ingenuity of invention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Bullfghting is not so popular in
Mexico as it used to be. AS time goes
on Mexico may develop an apprecia.
ton of base ball which threatens
much argument, but no bloodshed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Greater prosperity than ever is ex-
pected in American business. An in
dividual benefits by minding it's own
business and so does a nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Many a statesman signals a will
ingness to occupy the White House
even were it to continue to drift to-
ward state of disrepair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
But Remember Jack Johnson

From the Seattle Daily Times.
That bulldog with the gold-crowned
tooth, entered in an Eastern show,
may take prizes on the bench, but
any Of it's competitors probably could
win u an alley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Chinese warriors desert in large
numbers. Either army is represented
as being now dependent on it's float
ing population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
More Power to Him.

From the Flint Daily Journal.
Energetic youth declares he will
clean up a million by 1928. He's a.
dishwasher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Work and Sleep.

Work and Sleep.
"A man should have eight hours
Sleep"
YES" rejoined Senator Sorghum,
"but what are you going to do in
case of a filjbuster?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Farm relief is thrown back to re-
lance on the adage, "the Lord helps
those that help themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Tho teller OF o big New York bank
mus identify signatures Of more than
49, AaDealtauA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
The ToOth1ess Law

From the Sioux City Daily Tribune.
II seems that Iowa's blue sky"
law has about the same kind Of
teeth a. q newborn. baAGh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Misnomer.
My radio! You bid me sigh
AS liberties you take.
When you announce a lullaby,
You keep me wide awake!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
ReyersiOn.

1--WE are supposed to be descended
from monkeys!"
Maybe It's a fact. They've got so
many quaint specimens shut up in
our apartment house that it begins
to make me think of ZOO
"Some say de world is round" said
Uncle Eben. "Some say it's fiat.
Whatever shape it may be. de prin-
cipal question is, kin you keep
stickin' on?'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
A Best Seller.

what is the best novel you ever
read?"
Robinson Crusoe,'" answered Miss
Cayenne. ut proves that a great
story may be written without any sex
or crime interest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

MANY wars" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, "have proved nothing
more than an effort to hold the spot
light on a bad actor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Tho Evening Star Newspaper Company

18th Sc. and Pennsylv ania Ave-:
New York once: 1l0 East 42nd 81.
Chicago once: Tower BntldiHng ,don
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Era of Distrust.

Era of Distrust.
you can't believe all you read"
remarked the man with large
spectacles.
THAT amt the worst of it," added
Uncle Bill Bottletop. "You can't be-
lieve anything you drink"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

=. How often did Ole Bull come to
america to play?-D. j. w.
"A. Ihis Norwegian violinist came 10
A 1nLe nve times between 1S43 and
1879. He died In 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Q. Is Joan Crawford married.
M. I.
A. She is not married. She was
born in Kansas City, Mo-, has brown
hair and blue eyes and is feet
inches. She was a dancer in the Fol
lies" before she started her screen
career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

Q. Should furs ever be aired In the
sun before storing away for the Win
ter?-C. Med.
A. Furrfers say that furs should al
ways be kept away from the sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15
RELIEF PROMISED
FROM HEAT WAVE
Schools Closed in Illinois.
Corn Seen Benefited in
Central States.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 1s.-Buoyed
by promise of relief before another
sun shall rise. the heat'stricken
Middle West today prepared TO en-.
dure the fourth day of the protracted
wave which has broken all Septem.
:er nest records and caused scores of
deaths.
Weather officials promised another
blistering day before the cool area at
present travelling down from the
Canadian ranges could make itself
felt upon the suffering central plains
and the valleys of the Missouri. Mis-
sissippi and Ohio.
While almost every city in the Gen.
trail States is daily reporting temper.
atures above 80 degrees, farmers and
agricultural bureaus are rejoicing at
the sustained heat wave, fearing only
that il will prove too much of good
thing and scorch the corn, which 1t
has already helped so much.
Crops Are Benefited.
Illinois State Department of Agr-
culture officials have estimated that
each day adds 100000 bushels to
the crop. Iowa reports say that the
corn has advanced 80 per cent this
week, but that the Improvement has
served mainly to insure safety against
frost, about half the crop being pro.
tected now.
Wisconsin officials were less OPP
timistic. The heat came too late.
they said most of the corn being
harvested.
There were Is deaths attributed Ito
heat in Chicago yesterday, raising the
total to % for the past three days.
The mercury rose to 95 degrees for
the second consecutive day, eQualing
the September record and approach
ing within one degree OF the Sum-
nner's highest mark.
All Chicago schools We're closed to.
day because of the heat. The an
nouncement was made last night after
the school board learned that another
day of excessive temperature was a
certainty.
Many Illinois cities already have
mufied their school bells until the
wave is broken.
Southern States continued to bake
yesterday. Nashville ran a tempera-
ture of SO degrees. st. Louis reported
four deaths and mark of 81 degrees,
while Cairo, Ill.,; Evansville, Ind; Fort
Worth, Tex; Montgomery, Ala; At
lanta, Ga, and Des Moines, Iowa. all
had high marks Of SO degrees.
Weather officials refused to commit
themselves further than to predict
that Friday would be mot so warm"
east of the Mississippi River. Relief
Is more certain to the central plains
where unsettled and cloudy weather
Is forecast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15
HELP SOLDIERS AT FRONT
Chinese Girl Students Inaugurate
New War Relief Work. J,

Correspondence of the Associated Press. I.
SHANGHAI.-Stude Of the Jing
Myth Girls School here have set a
new precedent in Chinese war relief
work. They have organized to help
the soldiers at the front and to send
them gifts, including socks and cigar
cites. This may make Sewing socks
for soldiers" al popular among Chi
nese femininity as it was among
women of Western nations during the
World War.
At recent theatrical entertainment
hundreds of girls pledged themselves
TO procure funds for gifts for the Ma
tionalist boys at the 'front.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15
WOMAN AWAITING LOVER
TO SHARE IN HIS ESTATE
Remained AZ Years in England
While Prospective Husband
Toiled in United States.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
BENTONVILLE, Ark.--A woman
who waited in England AZ years for
her lover to bring her to America is to
be rewarded with a share in his mod
est estate here.
The will of the late James Hughes
Seaton leaves a part of his estate to
the girl he left behind in 1880, when be
came to America to seek a fortune
He made the will before he left Eng
land. The woman is Miss Edith Ellen
Harris.
Seaton planned to send for Miss
Harris as soon as he was financially
able, relatives said. This time, how
ever, arrived late in his life ana then
illness and death interviewed.
Miss Harris is to share the estate
with Seatons two brothers and two
sisters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15
RADIO AIDS ORCHESTRA.
British Organization Now Has
Wider Scope, Says Leader.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON.--Sir Henry Wood, con.
ductor of the orchestra of the Queens
Hall Concerts, which this year is un-
der the control of the British Broad
casting Corporation, says he is now,
for the first time in 30 years, able to
enlarge and enrich the Queens Hall
program in conformity with his arts
tic aspirations.
with the whole-hearted support of
the wonderful medium of broadcast
ing. / feel that l am at last on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15

threshold Of realizing my lifelong am
bition of truly democfatizing the mes
sage of music and making its benefi
cent effect universal" says Sir Henry.
The orchestra is composed of rs
performers, 16 of whom are women.
The whole 81 concerts viii be avail
able for broadcasting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15
AlRPLANE FOR FAMILY.
Youngsters Anxiously Waiting
While Father Puts It in Shape.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
MARION. Ohio. - Four Marion
Youngsters are waiting with great i'm
patience while their father, Carl Fer
guson. puts the finishing touches on
a family airplane which is taking
shape in the backyard.
Ferguson. once a motor cycle racer
and now employed in a Marion fac
tory, constructed the ship without
blueprints and with no expert in
struction as to principles of construc-
ton. 1t cost $3.50, has horsepower
motor and wing spread OF 20 feet
The fuselage is is feet long.
Ferguson has taken the plane up
for a few trial flights, and soon Mary,
Frank, Paul and Jack Ferguson are
going to get the thrill they've been
waiting for.