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of the board: J. r. M. Bowie Of the
H. L. Rust Co. and j. Edward Schwab
of the firm of Schwab, Walk & Candy
were elected members of the executive
committee of the organization
MIR. Webster entered the real estate
business here in 1905 with the firm
of Moore e. Hill and a year later be-
came associated with Boss & Phelps at
the time of the formation of that
company. Several years later he was
made a member of the firm. He has
served for six or seven years as
member of the executive committee of
the Real Estate Board and during the
past year was first vice president OF the
beard. He also has served on its ap-
prsisal committee.
Mr.. Webster is secretary of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, a member of
its executive committee and board of
directors end is member of the Uni
versity Club.
Mr.. Carr, as chairman of the APP
praisal committee, last night report
ed that during the past year the COM
mittee had appraised Isl properties
having a total value of S11 ,000,359.
John A. Petty executive secretary OF
the board. submitted his annual report.
Mr.. Miller, in retiring as president,
expressed appreciation to members of
the board for cooperation given him
during his administration. Mr.. Web
ster also spoke briefly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
CITIZENS PROTEST
SCHOOL OVERFLOW
BrookIand Association Re-
ports 700 Children Housed
in Building of II Rooms.

Immediate relief for the congestion at
H5rookland School, Tenth and Monroe
streets northeast. will be urged. accord
ing to resolutions adopted by the Brook
land Citizens Association at a meet
ing in Masonic Temple. Twelfth and
Monroe streets, last night. In the &C
ton taken it was pointed out that 700
Children are housed in the IL rooms of
the school building, an old structure not
adaptable TO present-day school needs.
Ninetv-r1ine Of the children are in the
second grade under one teacher on part
time. It was suggested that portables be
placed OF ground adjacent to the school
owned by the District to be used pend
ing the erection of permanent 16-room
building with an assembly hall and
gymnasium II also was recommended
that portables be placed at Tenth and
Evarts streets to accommodate pupils
from the Dahlgren Terrace neighbor-
hood
Condition of some of the streetsSin the
section was stressed and the Commits
sioners will be urged to pave or resur-
face some of the roadways so that they
may be passable during the Winter and
Spring. when permanent roadwavs will
be requested. Other resolutions adopted
urge 1he construction of highway and
foot bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad tracks at Franklin street.
The association was urged to take
steps to have Twelfth street in some
parts o. Northeast taken cut of the
Grst commercial coming by Mai, Carey
Brown of the Park and Planning Com
mission, who pointed out that CEN
tralization of commercial centers in two
or three blocks of a thoroughfare inter-
mittently every 10 or Il squares works to
the best advantage of all concerned. He
said there is no need for commercial
zcning for all of this thoroughfare, the
zoning making it possible for small, UNI
desirable stores or shops to be located in
the middle of an otherwise residential
area.
Mai. Brown told the association men,
bers 20 maintain the same pride in their
community as they do in tne1r homes
and TO strive for the best things in all
undertakings rather than the biggest
A city, he said, may be the best without
being TIE biggest. He told of plans fer
the Improvement of Michigan avenue by
the strengthening of curves at Soldiers
Home Grounds and Trinity College.
Dr. George c. Havenner, vice presi-
dent of the Federation of Citizens As
sccistions. also addressed the meeting
President Marvin NJ. Mclean presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
WEBSTER ELECTED
TO HEAD REALTORS
Unanimous Vote fer Him as
President of Board--LaW-
son Honored.

Ben T. Webster member of the firm
Of Boss 6 Phelps, who has been long
active in realtor circles, was elected
president of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board by unanimous vote at the
annual meeting of the organization
last night at Wardman Park Hotel
Alfred H. Lawson. real es+"+e officer
Of the Washington Loan e. Trust Co.,
was elected first vice president, ana
Arthur Carr, who for several years has
been chairman of the appraisal COM
mittee of the board was elected Sec
ond vice president,
William G. Miller. retiring president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
Druggists to Make Reports,

Reports of delegates of the District of
Columbia Retail Druggist Association
who attended various conventions will
be made at the regular meeting of the
association tonight at 1880 o'clock at
the Raleigh Hotel buffet supper
will be served following business
session. Paul Pearson, president, will
freside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
CHARLES ]. STEIN HEADS
DISTRICT ZIONIST BODY
other Officers Reelected at Meet
ing in Jewish Community Center.
Regional Session Planned.

Charles j. Stein was reelected pres
ident of the Washington District of
the Zionist Organization of America
at a meeting in the Jewish Community
Center last night Other officers also
were reelected. They are:
Vice presidents. Levi H. David, Isidore
Hershfeld, Paul Himmelfarb and Louis
E. Spiegler: treasurer. Samuel Freed
man, and secretary, Miss Sylvia Rosen-
field.
The semi-annual session Of the execu-
tive committee of the Seaboard Zionist
Region. which includes Maryland, Vir-
einia. North Carolina. South Carolina
and the District of Columbia, will be
held Sunday. October 81.
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at Tsingtao and Tsinan and along
the line OF the Tsinan- Tsingtao rail-
road Both the peking and the Nan
king authorities vigorously protested
the move. The japanese foreign office
issued the following statement upon
the occasion.
Japan has no intention OF counte-
nancing any party or faction in China
The dispatch oE troops Is an unavnid-
able measure of Self-protection and
does not imply anything like unfriendiy
intentions toward China or interference
with the military operations of either
North or South.
There is no reason TO suppose that
the above statement was NOT made in
perfectly good faith, Reports indicated
that the japanese military authorities
al rsinan acted most discreetly. con-
centrating the Japanese civilians within
a narrow area. looking solely To safety
Of lite and disrcgarding for the npnCe
property considerations. avoiding trou-
BILE with the invaders; and that Chang
Kai Shek earnestly instituted arrange
ments aimed to avert clash. But a
clash was scarcely To be avoided; and
in fact. one occurred II is likely that the
future historian of China will record
the development as OF tirst-class inn
portance According to Japanese ac-
counts of the matter on Thursday
morning Chinese looters perhaps Ma
.ionalist soldiers entered the japanese
area of segregation They used fire.
arms to make good their nefarious work.
The Japanese repelled them by fire
Nationalist troops went 10 their sup
port. In vain did Chang Kai Shek
order their withdrawal In the end a
considerable part OF the Nationalist
troops In the city ttotaling perhaps
30 .000) became engaged against the
japanese garrison of 1000. Fighting
ragged over Thursday and Friday. with
some intermissions AT last report II
was Still IN progress. One hears OF b
Japanese killed and over so wounded,
100 Chinese killed. scores wounded and
hundreds disarmed, Presumably by this
time the Japanese garrison Is being re-
inforced from Tsingtao, despite that the
railroad has been cut In several places
Japanese troops arc being rushed for
Tsingtao from Tientsiu and Darien.
The Japanese authorities have declared
Tsingtao and the adjacent area a neu-
tral zone. II IL not clear how many
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pulse a. contrassed with the discipline
o. habit formation.
This covers perhaps the most inter-
esting part Of the psychological develop
nent of the child hut II does not suffice
10 generate certain dull virtues which
are nevertheless essential IN the sue
cess of machine civilization. ! am
thinking Of such things as punctIalitY
fxscfitude and faitnfuineAs ~ Obliga~
lions undertaken, Such things are best
acquired as habits In youth and con-
tinueo ~ later life with the unques-
tloninR aUtGmsti@m that habit produces.
but no educational system can he re-
Rarded rs satisfactory unless II succeeds
IN generating the modes ~ behavior re-
allIhd fof a cooperation IN machine
civilization
Problem ~ Edueali0n.
II eoueatiOn csn successfully tackle
this problem the optimism of America
may continue indefinitely. but il not.
there ls risk that with the break
down of Pufitsnism men may cease 10
value certain good things which IL has
produced ae an accidental by-pfoduct
and nasy therefore. cease 10 be- happy
in the civilization that they have taken
such pains 10 produce.
40 not expect this result. for have
great belief In the strength of the
constructive impulse In America But
there 10 danger. and II cannot be met
unless those who have serious purposes
tn life can learn W divorce them from
sn 0utgorn tradition and from an at
tempt 10 bully and coeree The young
into outward acceptance If conventional
standards which in their hearts they
feisct The creation of A nationalist
eibic Is me great need NJ euF time,
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of athletic strength end grace. Here In
this perfect palace ruled one Of the most
capable and most ruthless governments
that the world has known: across that
Bridge of Sighs' between palace
and a prison on each hand many
member of the opposition found his
way 10 a dungeon or 10 death.
If we enter We are amazed at the
grandeur OF the scale on which the
rooms are built and the luxury of orna-
ment which even now remains from
the glory that has gone. Great stair
cases. massive furniture and every wall
and ceiling covered with paintings by
Venetian masters; one picture, the
Paradise" of Tinoretto, is the largest
oil painting in the world. though tas
provincial visitors should notel not
quite the best. On the third floor. ac
ceSsible in olden days 10 those "nobili'
whose names were in the Golden Book ="
are IN the Senate Chamber and the
Hall of the Council of Ten. In the year
1911. after violent revolution. COM
mittee Of public safety was formed to
restore and maintain order: ii restored
1t without mercy, and the grateful mer-
chants Of Venice. who had made them
selves and the city rich by carrying
goods everywhere between Europe and
the East, placed the entire government
permanently IN the hands of the Coun-
Gil of Ten. elected yearly by the Great
Council. composed OF the nobility The
executive officer was called the Doge
or duke; a long line of powerful leaders
held this place from the days OF Enrico
Dsndolo. al the end of the twelfth CEN
tury to the bitter days of Ludovico
Manin, at the end of the eighteenth
when Napoleon destroyed the independ-
ence of the decayinE republic and bar
gained II of to Austria.
We shall not speak Of the many wars
that Venice fought To extend her COM
merciai sway. BY 1900 she was one of
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scene for you in the Flame of Life"
Surely this is the most historic high
way in the whole world, little wonder
that a hundred geniuSes chose to do
their work here, where sun and art
throw their rival brilliance upon the
waters and thought can tune itself to
the gentle plash of prov and oar and
even the disturbing vigor of the Italian
speech stirs poetry to passion.
But that is only part We are back
at the piaZzetta As We alight we flnd
ourselves before the two ganite columns
on one of which perches the winged lion
of 81. Mark; the quiet evangelist has
become the patron saint of the bloody
Council of Ten. At our left is the Lii
hreria Vecchia," or Old Library. de-
signed by SanSovino. the greatest We
nitian architect. Farther on from the
canal Is the graceful Campanile and
the Piazza San Marco. where the Pigeons
eat "a hours day; then suddenly. like
sunset unheralded. the thousand
colors and forms of St Marks swim
into our ken and the glory Of medieval
Venice shines again.
Palace Of Doges.
We have worshiped there in pages
gone by Let us look to the right There
is the PalazZo Ducale. or palace of the
Doges. comparable to nothing else on
earth and standing like worthy young
or brother to the immense cathedral at
our left This is Gothic without height.
and vet with all It's delicate beauty,
strong columns and great arches up
holding an arcade or loggia Of slender
columns and slighter arches Above,
a painstaking tracery of Towering de-
signs, softly colored as If to match the
changing hues of the sea that comes up
to the very walls; and all along the top
a wealth of splendid statuary, unguard-
ed for centuries against the elements,
but still standing in hundred poses
Evening star., 1928-05-06
There Are No Little Things
BY BRUCE BARTON.

GRAFTON. His name was John q,
Cough. The change in his life
started from that moment.
Theodore cuyler, in relating
the incident. remarked, when
| heard the thunders OF applause
that greeted Coughs oratery,
said; That is but the echo OF
the tapping az that mechanics
friendly hand upon the drunk
ards shoulder.
A poor, unIettered hoy named
John Burns dropped penny on
the newsstand and picked un a
cheAp paper bound copy Of Vol.
tAirs's Life OF Charles the
Twelfth"
Years later he testified that
the book had gwen his life .
wholly nav impulse. At the
time when he made that eonfes
sion he was member cf Par"
lIamert and powsr in English
public LIE.
There is a homely old hymn
which assures ia that Kind
words can never die"
The hymn 10 not 80 much aunu
in these days. II has beeome
rather the habit to anser at such
old fashioned tunes and the
philosophy which they represent,
But sometimes when consider
what tremendous consequences
come tron little thlnas~~a chanee
word, or a tap on the shoulder,
or penny dFonped on the news
stand---l am tempted to think
that nothiaa disa~~ana that there
are no little things.
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TITIAN AND THE RENAISSANCE IN
VENICE,
I. Queen of the Adriatic.

Let us take this gondolier; he is
ferocious looking fellow. but so are they
all A coin will make him human
We wish 70 glide slowly down the
Grand Cana; from the Piaazetta dt San
Marco and feel, as we sit at peace un~
der the canopy that shields us from the
sun. the history and beauty OF Venice,
Think Of it--a city built out IN the sea,
over , miles from the mainland; $4,000
homes and palaces. often OF massive
stone rising bravely from islands based
on piles aud filled at last with earth,
A Champs ElySees OF water ana, as
side streets. of canals that Weno thelr
way haphazard by dingy factories: qule!
residences and noble churches adorned
With pictures beyond price. Nowhere
in the world Is there anything more
pict,,resoue among the works OF men.
Across the broadest part of the Grand
Canal is Santa Maria della Salute. COW
cred with domes in the Byzantine style.
within are several paintings by 1ltlan
and one of Tintoretto'S chefs doeuvreS,
the Marriage at Cana" On your right
is a succession of great palaces; IN one
of them the rulers of Venice lived. III
another saws the gondoier (who knows
more than the truthl Othello loved ana
murdered DcSdemona, Farther down
on the left is the Academia di Belle
Arti, rich with the works OF Titan, I'm
toretto VeroneSe the Belllni ana
thousand other treasures tthe drawings
of Leonardo, Michelaneelo, Durer) we
cannot stop there now, but We Shan
return.
other Noted Places.
Still on the left is the PalaZzo Rev
zonicn where Robert Browning died,
farther down the Palazzo Guistinisni,
where Richard Wagner wrote the sec
ond act of Tristan und Isolde. then
the Palazyo FoScari home of the ia
NOUS Doce whose story is told IN one OF
Byron's dramas On the right is the
Palazzo Mocenigo. where Byron lived
with his Guiccioli in 1918; little way
back is the colorful home which An
nunzio and Duse once dwelt in-almoSt
the only spot, after the royal gardens.
that has a bit Of lawn about 1t and a
tree nr two To the left again is the
house of Goldoni. the Italian Moliere:
to the right the Palazzo Grimani,
masterpiece in the style of the Renais-
sance. bv Sanmicheli, and then the
Palazzo Dandolo. built over the place
where one of the greatest DogeS lived.
A UNIQUE bridge looms up, one OF the
few that span the Grand Canal-tne
famous Ponte di Rialto; 1t Is full OF
Italian color. and the shops that flank
its sides make it doubly picturesque. In
the street nearby Antonio spat upon
Shylock's gaberdine; it is strange how
one thinks Of these scenes from Shake
speare as more real than history On
the right Is the Ca d'Oro. or house of
gold, the pride OF the Venetian Gothic,
almost meretricious in its bright colors
and ornamented balconies: and then.
little farther down. is the Palazzo Ven-
dramin-Cslergi. in which Richard Wag-
ner died: let d'Annunzio paint the
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ince of ChihlD II should be safe TO
assume that they have left a mess of
means of transportation in their wake;
but IL isn't Chiness generals in retreat
are singulariy improvident and are
chiefly concerned TO show a clean pair
Of heels. But, however that may be.
one expects a considerable halt of
Chang Kai Shek and Feng Yu Hsian2
prior to their advance In strength north
OF the yellow River. II only for extraor-
dinary commissartat difficulties.
Old Chang Tso Lin will make bold
stand In defense OF his capital. bring
ing his Manchurian huskies into piav.
or he will retire TO his principate CT
Manchuria. Much. perhaps everything
depends on the course Of Yen Hsi Shan
model governor" of Shansi Province
Yen is sympathetic with Chang Kai
Shek but toward Feng Yu HSiang he
entertains the deepest hatred and dis
trust
II will be recalled that last October
he abandoned his steadily maintained
neutrality allied himself 10 Feng, and
drove against Peking. expecting jealous
cooperation from Fene. He didn't get
IL and consequently was thraShed just
another 10 Feng's treaSonS. Should he.
despite his feeling toward Feng. ally
himself TO Chang Kai Shek. one nigh.
suppose retreat to Manchuria the only
ticket for Chang Tso Lin. As it is, APP
prehension as 10 Yen immobliZeS
good part OF Chang Tso Lins strength
required 10 guard against Yen's quarter.
But you can never tell what fantastic
reverses tomorrow may bring in Chiha
Recall the situation in July last year
Chang Kal Shek had captured YEN
chow IL was generally thought that
Chang Tso Lin was at the point Of
retiring into Manchuria But fori-
night or so later saw a clean new face
Of things Cthe causes still mystcrioisl.
the Eationalists In pell nell retreat
toward Nanking. and Nanking itself
imperiled by Sun Chuang Feng A simi-
lar reversal may conceivably now he
on the cards. At this moment reports
arrive Of Ankouchun successes against
a Nationalist column on the line Of tic
Hankow-Peking railroad al Tanning and
Changte
As the present crisis was reaching a
head. Japan dispatched some 5000 REIN
torcements to Shantung for protection
Of the very extensive japanese interests
Evening star., 1928-05-06

A BUSINESS friend told me
Y thi. story,
Il al the hotel where !
n spent my vacation there
was young chap who com
planned OF insomnia" he said,
"i4e looked 90 we'll that the rest
of Us thought his trouble must
he largely imaginary. We ridi.
euIed him mildly,
"He and happened to ride
back 10 New York on the same
train. He made some attempt at
conversation. but was pre-
occupied and paid little atten
tion, Two days later picked
40 the newspaper and saw his
name in the headlines. He had
committed suicide"
Ny friend paused, and his
voice became very earnest.
u can't help feeling that II
had taken the trouble to be Just
a little more gracious to that
chap, might have helped him
over the hill" he said. "lt
makes you aasp q bit, doesn't Il.
when you stop 10 think how IN
consciously we influence the
lives Of other people, Just by
little things"
TearA ago in Springfield,
Mass . simple mechanic stspped
up to = drunken man, tapped
him on the shoulder and spnka a
faw words. do not know the
name ~ the mechanic, but the
drunken man hseams an crater
Of international reputation and
left . great impress On his gen.
IFansef5
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Happy, Optimistic America

Continued from First Page
ysronnaeni. A. Purltsnism decays In
America, II is 10 oe expected that men
vii be less content with power and
more anxious for the other pleasures
thzt wealth csn buy when that hap
pens the mechanical civilization viii
grow ~ once less successful and less
sstisfsing
What Happened In Italy.
Something Of The same sort happened
tn the Ifslv u the Renaissance. The
bs19iDebs men Wi19 built up Italian pros
perity ln the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries were Plfitsns NJ the American
type 80 this ground they we're pffSf~
e1'&o 9Y pgtn Pope ard Emperor Nho
eEfeeo ol nothing eise with D0ccaGcio
o'5f ebiffs upon neH atmosphere ~
eks$-golfl2 feoonism snd from mat
tlfne onward ricil Italians devoted them
hhitee mere ~ enjoying life than 10 aug
naeb13D2 lhsiy wealth with the result
ihst ~ the enc the wealth diEsppfatec
sne me enjoynlenf of life along Witb If
Il IA very Glffac&lIt " preserve D. tFs"
c1Aion 81 stern moral discipline IN aa
atmosphere of great material prosperity,
aslc u remains ~ b. seer whether the
discipline wi1ich mechanical ciYiiiza-
ton demands can b. preserved without
kelsoaogica! sanctions ! sincerely hope
that II esn but IL this ik W be- conf II
wsll De necessary 10 create and teeen m
early youth az etnie wnich shah be
wholly of This world and yet not too soft
and seif-indulgent.
Appeal 10 the Young.
TF7ie happiness IL not, in tact 70 Df
obtained through b life ~ gross indiil~
eegaef nor without . certain consistency
ard sell discipline IN action. u IL not
ysYy difficglt 10 make This fact plain "
the young through sppesls ~ their en-
tstisn. ksIt 1t cannot 9s done by means
~ f,roflibiiions. Educational TefofmsTs
tsaef peshsDs beer Z little 100 nlue1 in
ralnsd ~ rely upon tlas puDils Own Ina
Evening star., 1928-05-06

Note-In the thirty fifth instsllment
Of The story Of CIVILIZATION to be
published next SUNDAY, Or. Durant Will
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Inlinreet.

FfgBi ths PlefaHee fAls Herald
South Carolina editor had a20 picked
fron hts poeket st the Stone Mountain
uByeillng He never should have 0n~
yeiied roll Ike that IN 4 crowd
Evening star., 1928-05-06

A Nete. ON April % the a6Ath ami
versary Of shakespeare birth MAS duly
celebrated at atratInfd-0nvA vApon, Rep
resentatiyes of "a countries tlled past
the poets grave In the little Norman
church. dropping thereon yellow dafte-
an round II Is The Springtims, the
only pretty Tingtime" IN delahtiul
htFatfofds
Evening star., 1928-05-06

It was IndiaS idea 60 set the some.
what Sanguinarx Afghan monarch on q
visit 10 the court Of 81, James ana
India has footed the larger porticn ol
his ma1eStyS expenses Berlin received
HIM lavi$hly. and when he had gone
complained that his only purchases IN
the city were some picture poSt eares
az rotSdan
Paris spent a good del ON HIM, but
got II all hack and something over fcx
good measure BY way Of dreSSInakeFs.
jewelers. and furriers
London has spent more than any ena
IceatnUsd % Fourth Pagel
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Continued on Fifth Page }
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.HE following is brief summary
OF the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended May 5.
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SY WILLIAM !. wHFATLEY.

IT HAVE a machine, now turning
80 oui my product, that takes the
place Of 10 men boasts the
Il manufacturer of some popular