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Evening star., 1928-11-13
Radio and Sea Perils.

Once again the radio serves man.
kind at sea. A ship suddenly overtaken
with misfortune and placed in peril by
some as yet unknown cause sends forth
its call for help, with water pouring
into its hold and its decks listing more
and more dangerously. It's passengers
and crew are finally put into small
boats, and just before the vessel is
abandoned a final despairing call is
broadcast over the waters. Meanwhile
ships are Fastening to the rescue. Be-
fore they can arrive, however. the
doomed steamer is engulfed. and for
some hours the rescuers scour the sea
for traces of the survivors. Then, boat
by boat, the scattered ships company
are picked up, all, according to the
latest reports, but those on one raft,
and these may soon be reported with
the others as saved.
But for the radio in this case the
company of the Vestris would have
perished. Wireless, of course, could not
save the ship. 1t would seem that she
was doomed from the start, whatever
the cause of her trouble, whether the
shifting of her cargo or the failure of
her structure, or some explosion within
the hull.
In this case the steamship was
stricken in most favorable position for
rescue, only about 240 miles from Sandy
Hook and the same distance from Cape
Henry. This placed her within short
steaming range of number of vessels.
But even so, at this season of the year,
when the seas are ordinarily rough and
may at any time be laShed with storms.
exposure for only few hours in open
boats is fraught with the greatest peril
to passengers and crew. Even minutes
are precious in such a situation.
1t is impossible to compute the degree
to which seafaring has been rendered
more safe by the radio. There are but
few places in the great expanse of
waters where a stricken ship cannot
make known its plight to shore or to
other ships through the air. So nu-
merous are the craft that ply the waters,
and with very few exceptions equipped
with wireless, that veritably the sea-
farers are almost always in communica-
ton.
With the company of the vestris safe
assuming that the still missing raft
has been already or will soon
be picked up-interest centers in the
question Of how the ship came to grief
at sea. She has had a somewhat sinister
record Of misfortune, yet was rated as
staunch and dependable. Responsibility
for the disaster will, of course, be de-
termined, and the hope is that dis
closure of the cause of the misfortune
may through correction contribute to
even greater safety at sea hereafter.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
A Stadium for Washington.

Many cogent arguments have been
advanced from time to time for the
erection in Washington of an athletic
stadium, comparable in size to any in
the country. Back of all these argu-
ments has been the feeling that the
National Capital should logically be the
location for national sporting events
and that the building of sufficiently
commodiouS stadium, capable OF ac-
conlmodating from fifty to eighty thou
sand persons, would naturally attract
the cream of athletic contests of all
descriptions. That this view is shared
by others outside of Washington and
b that even without a stadium of the size
proposed the District is held in high
esteem for events of this character is
shown by the statement of Comdr.
Jonas H. Ingram director of athletics
at the Naval Academy, who, in express
ing disappointment at the Indifferent
attitude of Baltimore toward the Navy
Michigan game played last Saturday,
said, Il am afraid that we will have
to cancel our plans for playing Notre
Dame in Baltimore next Fall and take
the game to Washington"
Baltimore is known as the home town
Of the Navy. Each year one game is
played by the Academy in Venable
Stadium. which has capacity of sew
enty thousand persons. Only thirty
five thousand tickets were sold for the
Michigan contest, and the lack of
patronage brought forth general in
dictment of Baltimore as the site of
the Navy competition.
OF course, Comdr. Ingram's statement
may have been made for the purpose
of reminding BaltimoreanS that there
is nothing permanent about their ar
rangement with the Navy, in order to
stir them to greater interest, because
Washington at present has no stadium
capable of accommodating many more
than the number which attended the
Michigan game. Regardless of
the reason for his statement, however,
and its possible results, 1t does show
that Washington is always under con-
sideration and that there would prob
ably be great rush from all parts of
the country to Sign up" if stadium
OF sufficient size were erected
Particularly for the Navy games, but
for all others as well, the National
Capital is the logical site. In hotel
accommodations, in transportation ia
cilities and in general enthusiasm for
all sports of all kinds, there is probably
no community better adapted than the
District. 1t is the hope of all residents
here that the time is not far off when
plans will be pushed ahead for the
erection Of stadium which will serve
to attract athletic events ranging from
foot ball contests to the Olympic games.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Life Adjustment Clinics.

A notable experiment in religion is to
be undertaken by the Mount Pleasant
Congregationalist Church The church
viii operate over an experimental period
OF three months this Winter a "life
adjustment clinic" the object of which
will be to coordinate the forces which
influence personality and character
The experiment has no precedent IN
Washington, and it may represent
pioneer effort in this direction in the
United States.
The social justification of churches
depends on the success of their efforts
to raise the standard of human char
acter This is entirely aside from what
ever theological justification may be in
herent in the various creeds. They all
have recognized their sociological func-
ton in promoting honor, charity and
cleanliness and battling selfShness and
crime. For centuries the clergyman
was the only sociologist. Pioneering
outside of his own special field of learn
ing, he developed the first crude So
Geological methods in dealing with crime,
poverty and bestiality
But the world now rapidly is coming
to the conclusion that the problems of
human character are infinitely more
complicated than they have been con-
sidered in the past. The emotional ap-
peal of religion remains powerful fac
tor in all social problems. This in itself
requires a specialist. 1t is the particular
province Of the clergyman He needs
the assistance of other specialists In
other fields in order that the church
may operate with anything approaching
the efficiency which the world has come
TO expect from it.
The first specialist associated with
the clergyman was the musician. The
efficacy of the emotional appeal Ot
music was recognized early in the his.
tory of Christianity. Then came the
artist and the builder Much later still
within our own times, came the athletic
coach and the social worker.
Now it is unquestionably true that /;
mans personality and character are in
fiuenced profoundly by his thyroit
glands and his liver, by his adrena
glands and his arteries. They are in
fuenced by what he eats for dinner
They are influenced by the enormou
weight of the combined environment
Of his past. How far these are the de
Gliding factors between success and fail
ure, honesty and dishonesty, selfishnes
and unselfshness. no man knows. Th
Evening star., 1928-11-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. What is the steamer record for a
days run?-H. B.
A. The record for days run for
steamships is GIG knots, made by the
Mauretania.
Q. Does Finland belong to Scan
dinavia?-A. E.
A. Finland is not included in the
term Scandinavia" Scandinavia in
cludes Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
strictly speaking, but some geographers
include the adjacent islands and Ice
land.
O. If radium is well packed will it
lose any of its value?-S. S.
A. Radium loses half its value in
approximately 1900 years, no matter
how it is packed
@. What town is closest to Boulder
Dam?-C. H. w.
A. Las Vegas, New, is the closest
town to Boulder Dam. 1t is located 40
miles from the dam site.
@. Has an airplane gone faster than
an automobile?-F. S.
A. An airplane has travelled at rate
of almost 800 miles an hour, while the
automobile record Is little better than
200 miles an hour.
@. How much does the electricity
cost in operating an electric radio?-
C. H. M.
A. The cost would vary according
to the electric light rate. 1t amounts
to about three-tenths of cent an hour.
@. What is the lifting power of he
lium and hydrogen?-C. j. A.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
helium will lift 0.066 pounds per cubic
foot under ordinary conditions. Hy-
drogen will lift 0.071 pounds per cubic
foot.
O. When the West Point cadet bat
talon leaves the academy to attend a
foot ball game in which their team is
playing, who pays the expenses?-
F. P. r.
A. The expenses are paid by the
United States Military Academy.
@. How many Fascists are there?-
M. T.
A. Figures recently compiled show
that there are 6,814,7O3 enrolled mem
bers in various Fascist organizations.
@. Did President Wilson sign the Vol
stead act?-A. d.
A. He did not The Volstead act was
passed over his veto.
Evening star., 1928-11-13

Q. Is the water in the Great Lakes
higher this year than 1t was last
year?-I. D. C.
A. The United States Army Enzi-
neer's Office says that the water in the
Great Lakes is higher this year than it
was last year.
@. What is considered to be the most
dangerous fish?-C. M. M.
A. l. is generally believed that the
shark is the most dangerous. but The
barracuda, a large savage pikelike fish
OF the tropical seas, Is more apt to at
tack man than the shark. 1t is almost
as large as a 12-year-old boy and its
mouth is such that any bite is likely to
result in permanent injury.
@. How did the strength of the army
of the Central Powers compare with
that of the Allies?--J. H.
A. The estimated number in the mo-
bilized armies Of the Central Powers
during the World War was 19,500,0 900;
the Allies, 40,256.864.
@. What per cent of the eligible
voters have voted in this country since
1900?-E. L.
A. In 1900. II per cent voted; in
1904, 81 per cent; in 1912, 628 per
cent; 1916, 70.5 per cent; 1920, 500
per cent; 1924, approximately so per
cent.
Q. What is meant by the Stone Age?
S. W.
A. The Stone Age derives its name
from the fact that during that age man
manufactured his tools and weapons
chiefly of stone These implements con-
stitute the earliest known cultural traces
Of the human race.
@. What was the Great Wall Of
China made of?-A. c.
A. 1t is the opinion of experts that
the Great Wall of China was built Of
round boulders and earth, the different
sections being repaired as they fell into
ruin. Only in the, valley bottoms and
on the passes was it composed of ma
sonry or brickwork. The Mings re-
built certain sections of solid masonry.
@. How long have the Cooks Tours
been in eXistence?-H. T.
A. This system of travel was origi-
mated by Thomas Cook in 184l. In
June of that year a large meeting was
to be held at Loughborough in England
and in connection with this movement
Cook was struck with the idea of get
GillS OOuA1b1Co 1Nd4AWdy W.
to run a special train from Leicester
for the meeting. The company con-
sented and this is believed to be the
first publicly advertised excursion in
England. Cook was subsequently urged
to organize similar parties.
@. In which of ,Shakespeare's plays
does the character Corambis appear?-
T. r.
A. In the quarto edition of 1903 Of
Hamlet" CorambiS was the character
atferward called "Polonius."
Evening star., 1928-11-13

Unfortunately, one of the disad-
vantages of goodness of disposition is
that it is far less amusing than wit OF
an ill-natured character Dumas.
Who is there who has not noted this ?
People of good dispositions are some
what dull, while those who are not
held down by consideration for the
feelings of others pass as interesting
persons
1t sometimes seems as if one must
be an ill-natured person, If he wishes to
shine as wit.
There are, of course. as there always
have been, people who remain fascinat-
ing and Cood-natured at the same time,
but it must be admitted, in the general
ity of cases, that he or she who reck-
lessly wounds the sensibilities of others
often proves the most interesting.
The same thing remains true all along
the line. Newspapers prove more inter-
esting when they contain stories OF dis
aSters and wars.
Novels which deal with intrigue and
startling adventure commonly have more
appeal than soft-spoken books dealing
with sweetness and light" as Matthew
Arnold called those qualities of human
nature based on civilized feelings.
* x Il X
The question gets back in the last
ANALYSIS, to whether or not any one
should try to be amusing to others all
the time.
One of. the disadvantages, Dumas
said, of goodness of disposition is that
it is far less amusing than wit OF an
ill-natured character,
The whole thing hinges on the word
amusing"
If this word was the keynote Of the
sentence in 1850, 1t Is even more SO
today, when nations seem to be amuse-
ment-mad. ;,
Those engaged professionally in
amusing others needs must think first
of their powers of amusing, but those
not so engaged perhaps had better ask
themselves the plain question::
Is it really a disadvantage, after all,
to be less amusing than some one else?
Fascination, alas, too often Is based
upon meanneSs!
Perhaps this is nowhere so well shown
as among the so-called gentle sex. A
good-natured simple woman. who minds
her own business, shows to poor advan-
tage beside an ill-tempered, forward
creature who insists on telling every
one else what they ought to do, how
they ought to do it, and when they
should function.
Yet the latter will only shine in her
own environment. After the tumult
and the shouting dies. when those who
have been fascinated by her have time
to think it over, they will see what they
missed before, that all she said and
did was based solidly on ill-nature, as
Dumas called it.
* X X
And such ill-nature, say what one
will in it's favor, remains ill-nature still.
A loud-mouthed woman may monopo-
lize the conversation. but what man
among those who flock around her to
hear her shoot off her mouth" $50 goes
the vernacular) would care to hear the
same voice over the breakfast table
every morning for the rest of his life?
Therefore, by simple reverse process
which is at once the life of truth and
the truth of life, one may change
Dumas aphorism as follows:
fortunately. one of the advantages
of goodness of disposition is that it
Evening star., 1928-11-13

majority of churchmen remain firm in
the belief that there is something in
the human character which transcends
all these. and that the individual is the
molder of his own destiny. Yet nobody
would deny that the others constitute
tremendous handicaps and tremendous
advantages.
The life adjustment clinic will en-
deavor to consider the character as a
whole-not as purely religious prob
lem, but as a medical, psychiatric and
social problem. 1t will bring to the
service of broken characters not only
the consolation and elevating influence
Of prayer, preaching and music. but the
services of the physician and the
psychologist.
After the physician has regulated the
body of the patient to the best of his
ability the individual Will be passed
along to the psychiatrist, who will probe
into those subtle, unrecognized expert
ences which, boiling in the subconscious,
admittedly have such profound ef-
feet on the life and habits of the in
dividual. In addition there will be So
cial workers to deal with the present
environment.
Last of all, but perhaps most impor-
tant, will come the diagnosis of the in
dividual's religious problems and the
application of the curative forces of
There are few problems of our time
more obscure or more important than
those which deal with the interaction of
mind. soul and body. Here is an honest
effort, at least. to make progress in this
direction. 1t seems likely to serve pur-
pose which would not be served by
medical, a psychiatric or religious
clinic, each working alone.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Wanted--A Hyde Park, D. c.

Members of a group of protesting
paraders, outraged because their coun-
try is capitalistic, imperialistic, anti
socialistic and a lot of other terrible
''ics," are arrested, tried and either
fined or imprisoned. That is exactly
what the members of the group hoped
for in the first place. Otherwise they
would have applied for the necessary
permit to parade, and, upon receiving
polite denial of their request, gone
their worthy ways in peace. They were
not arrested for carrying banners or
saying unkind things about poor old
Uncle Sam. Thsy were arrested for a
violation of th5 law that requires a
permit for paraders. But because they
have been arrested the Nation will now
be treated to series of heart-rending
stories setting forth the fact that a
group of hungry workers have been
seized by the police. dragged into court
and hustled off to the bastile, there to
languish in durance vile because they
claimed the right of free speech.
How long, one wonders, is this sort
of thing to continue? Why not create
Hyde Park in Washington, nice,
roomy, open stretch Of land, where all
the protestants against the established
order of things may parade and
speechify and hurl threats to their
hearts content? If it were not
for the permit law the streets Of
the city and its parks would be over
run with continuous procession Of
Toms, Dicks and Harrys who wanted
either to sell something or to complain
% because the United States will not
recognize the Russian Soviet; (2) be-
cause the Marines are in Nicaragua; !;
CD because the Marines are in Haiti;
az because the Marines are in China;
(5) because the United States has a
Navy, or (6) because the Navy is not
big enough.
But there should be some open space
in Washington where any citizen with
something on his chest may go and get
it of. There, under the protection of
the police, the Soap-box orators should
be provided not only with soap boxes,
but with megaphones; the Army Band,
the Marine Band, the Navy Band and
the Boys Independent Band should al
ternate in providing martial airs to en-
able the marchers to keep in step. AS
it is now, these forbidden parades are
terrible things to witness. Nobody
keeps in step. There are too many
,stragglers. Worst of all, there is no
grand marshal and no band.
With the open place suggested made
available for paraders and orators, this
business of making martyrs out of
those who want to be martyrs and of
feeding them on food paid for by hon.
est taxpayers would stop. If, instead
of parading on their own parade
ground, they sought to parade in the
streets, a convenient patrol wagon
could escort them to the parade ground
and turn them loose. If they refused
to parade there the fault would be
clearly theirs.
Nothing could add more to the glory
of free America than the spectacle of
impassioned orators, declaring what is
wrong with the country, or of paraders,
bearing insulting banners, Grating and
parading under the protection of the
police. AS it is now one is inclined to
believe that the paraders have sue
ceeded in making heroes Of themselves
though all they have done is to go tc
jail, and any fool can go to Jail.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
James MonrOe's Vote
In Electoral College

To the Editor of The Star:
Your recent editorial as to the un-
precedented size of Mr.. Hoover's elec-
toral college majority overlooks the fact
that in 1920 James Monroe was re-
eleted President by the electors with
only one dissenting vote. That was a
delegate from New Hampshire who
thought no one else should ever stand
in Gen. Washington's class, and be a
unanimous choice.
EDWARD STAFFORD.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Consolation for All.

From the Hamilton (ontario) Spectator.
Well, al Smith has the consolation
anyway, OF knowing that the people will
always remember the name of the man
VINO ran against Hoover. That's more
than can be said of lot of Democratic
aspirants for the presidency.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Keep M0vin'.
Got to keep a-movin'
To find another spot.
Perhaps we are improvin'
And maybe we are not.
Motors faster goin';
Airships gainin' speed;
There is never KNOWN
What new move We'll need.
Stations old we're leavin'.
New ones we must know.
We keep movin', even
On the radio.
Evening star., 1928-11-13

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to the use for republication of all ews dis
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special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1928-11-13

Thomas Edison may be pleased to go
without sleep, but none Of his distin-
guished Republican associates are going
without it.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Friend and Umbrella.

Friend and Umbrella.
IT lent my best friend my best UNI
brella"
did he return it?"
mot yet. I am hoping that the next
rainy day will exercise some sympa-
thetic influence and lead that old UNI
brella to return me my best friend"
"He who shirks the present trouble,
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
finds himself at disadvantage as he
is turned to face trouble with which he
is less familiar"
Luck Of the Distribution.
Thanksgiving day
Is on its way,
With joyous acclamations;
And brings no fear,
From far or near,
Of campaign declamations.
Yet preference
Shows might immense,
The carver is the wizard.
To me he'll fling
A scrawny wing.
A favorite gets the gizzard.
de man wifi de loud voice" saic
Uncle Eben. used to have most of d;
advantage, but now brains goes an glts
itself radio" -
Evening star., 1928-11-13

War has always been regarded as
outlawry. 1t has been hard since the
days emerging from mythology to make
old Mars know his place.
Evening star., 1928-11-13

European politics would be easier II
new popular ideas could be as easily
arranged for as new cabinets.
Evening star., 1928-11-13

When other nations depend upon
loans from this country the principle is
asserted that a good banker has the
right to inquire what a large borrower
intends to do with the money.
Evening star., 1928-11-13

What italy needs is some great
engineer who can find a way to harness
the lava power.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
How About Kuhap

From the Savannah Press
The Ku-Klux in Cuba is to disband,
They couldn't get everybody to spell
Cuba with *" we imagine.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
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ALI Confused,

Men are confused. They ask anew
What names their minds shall labor
with.
Some say, "Al Hoover" and few
Keep on repeating, Herbert Smith"
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Game to the Finish.
"Have you ever thought of taking your
ease and retiring from public life?"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum,
But never without a shudder."
Jud Tunkins says politics is the great
national blessing. 1t keeps people try
in to argue, instead of talkin' scandal.