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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
Henry Ford's Business
Judgment Is Praised
From the Rochester Times-Union

From the Rochester Times-Union.
Can you spot good idea when you
see one?
A biographer of Henry Ford writes
of him: His business judgment is I'M
erring. With him sensible idea needs
neither elucidation nor argument"
The phrase is neatly turned and the
characterization IS complete. The man
Is portrayed not as a great thinker or a
deep thinker, but as sound thinker.
Such are they who require neither ex-
PLANTATION nor bully-ragging when an
idea is sensible on it's face.
Compare with this type of mind the
looSe-leaf mind, the WaStebaSket-bu-
reau-draWer mind in which ideas are
simply lost in the confusion. Such
minds are poWerleSs to invoke and use
the mental law of association And what
use is good idea if you do not perceive
where it fits in? Like the unskilled
worker in the great industrial plant, the
idea goes to the bottom OF the pay roll,
producing little and earning less.
AS we look over the days record of
the methods by which people are fooled,
we judge large portion of the public
feeds on calculation and argument, but
cannot distinguish between a sound idea
and a fake.
Here. then. is standard whereby one
may test his own intelligence: Is it
your experience that the several bril-
liant ideas which come to you have been
tried and discarded by hundreds of
others before your time? If so, you
would do we'll not to trust your mental
machine too far afield You will be the
victim OF your own muddy thinking
You will be f1eeced and fooled by sharp
ers against whom there is no law save
the law of straight thinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
National Woman's Party
Questions Candidates

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The National Woman's Party, sponsor
of the so-called equal rights" amend
ment to the United States Constitution,
has asked the presidential candidates to
state their attitude toward the proposed
amendment. 1t may safely be predict
ed that the responses will not please the
National Woman's Party.
Except for extreme feminists, the
amendment has no supporters. This
amendment does not ordain that women
snail he allowed all the rights that men
now have; it ordains that men and
women shall have equal rights. The
precise meaning of that fiat would have
to be interpreted by the courts in pass
ing on a multitude of cases of various
nature. But it is clear that in the i'm
portant matter of protective legislation
for industrial employees the courts would
hold either that men are entitled to all
the privileges and exemptions now pos
sessed by women, or that men are not
entitled to such privileges and that
therefore women also are not entitled
to them. Either Interpretation would
create an absurdity in our public life.
Therefore, public opinion will not up
hold the proposed amendment And in
accordance with public opinion, if for
no other reason, the amendment will
not be Endorsed by the presidential can
didates.
One of these candidates, by the way,
once made a remark pertinent to the
present subject. Urged by some ex-
IRENE feminists to take the extreme
equal rights attitude with regard to
certain legislation in his State, he re-
torted, Il can't nurse baby!" There
are some matters in which men and
women are not equal, and therefore
certain inequalities in legislation are
necessary to preserve an essential
equality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

Yesterday I spoke of the varied and
seemingly secular look that the next
great revival of religion might have.
Today I suggest that the timid and
tentative beginnings of business liber-
alism that one may sense here and
there are among the first hints Of the
next great revival of religion.
Business liberalism may be dis
tresSingly anonymous sort OF religion:
it may rest content with the voiceleSs
evangelism of creative work. but it is
freighted with authentic religious value
nevertheless.
I use the word liberalism" very
loosely here, not in the closely knit
sense of an economic philosophy or a
political program.
use it roughly to indicate three
things, viz:
First, the opposite of what we mean
when we call men standpatters or
reactionarieS.
Second, the willingness and ability to
conduct q business for public welfare
as we'll as for private profit, particularly
the attempt and the ability to devise
business policies that serve the COM
mon good in the act of making profits.
Third, the habit of facing fresh prob
lens with fresh minds.
Business liberalism of this sort is the
best guaranty of f-preservation for
the modern business man.
Business liberalism of this sort Is
one of the best agencies for social prog
ress for modern society.
The liberal business man differs from
the reactionary business man in five
important aspects, viz:
The liberal business man is Skeptical
of catch-words.
The reactionary business man thinks
in catch-wordS.
The liberal business man has nice
sense of the use and the limitations of
force in dealing with social unrest.
The reactionary business man rushes
for the big stick at the first hint of
trouble
The liberal business man thinks of
the labor problem as a problem of
establishing workable industrial govern
ment.
The reactionary business man thinks
Of the labor problem as a problem of
conducting vigorous industrial warfare.
The liberal business man believes in
freedom for his critics to agitate.
The reactionary business man leans
on censorship.
The liberal business man tends to be
statesman inside his business, trying
to serve his generation by the way he
makes his money.
The reactionary business man tends
to be philanthropist outside his bust
ness, trying to serve his generation by
the way he spends. his money.
Copyright. Mcclure. Newspaper syndicate.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24

named Joseph Yurick of Mahanoy
Plain, Pa, had saved up a coin to give
to the Smith fund, but somehow got
it down his windpipe. The other day he
was brought to Philadelphia, operated
on with the famous bronchoscope OF
Chevalier Jackson. and, after the quar-
ter was rescued, he personally deposited
it in the campaign committees cash
box.
X X X X
The October number of the Farm
Journal, the country'S most widely cir
culated rural periodical, records the re-
suit of it's 1923 all-agricultural presi-
Dental straw vote. OF 39.167 farm
people personally polled, 22,647 are fol
Hoover and 1890 for Smith. Western
States in which Hoover tops his rival
include California, Colorado, Idaho, IL
linois, Iowa, Kansas, oregon, Utah and
Washington. States in which Smith
leads are Arizona, Nevada, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota.
The vote is SO close in Indiana, KEN
lucky, Michigan, South Dakota and
Wisconsin that the Farm Journal puts
them in the doubtful column. New
York is the only Eastern State which
reveals so nip-and-tuck agricultural
sentiment as to be classed doubtful in
the straw vote. New Jersey farmers
voted 2 to l for Hoover. The Farm
Journal says its rural poll has turned
out to be indicative of the final result
for the past four presidential elections
in succession.
DR.. Manuel E. Malbran. the newly
accredited Ambassador of Argentina,
returns to the scene of his earliest
diplomatic activity, for he was attached
to the then Argentinian legation at
Washington in 1911, in the humble
rank of third secretary. Both Dr. Nal
bran and President Coolidge recalled
that circumstance when the new envoy
presented his credentials at the White
House the other day. Meantime, Senior
Malbran has become one of Argentina S
most distinguished diplomats, having
served as Minister to Mexico and to
Venezuela and as Ambassador to Chile
1t was from the latter post that he was
detached, to be sent to the United
States this time DR.. Malbran is a
lawyer by profession. He has happy
recollections of his previous sojourn
here during the Taft and Wilson ad-
ministrations.
(Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

The fourth Liberty loan. in the
amount of $6.000,000, 900, is offered at
IA per cent. Secretary McAdoo opens
the campaign with a stirring speech in
New York City. British and
French loops today attacked on adja-
cent fronts, totaling about Z miles,
to the westward of ST. Quentin, and
make substantial progress, despite vigor-
GUS enemy resistance. Four towns
and 1900 prisoners taken. A
complete and probably unparalleled vic
tory crowns Gen. Allenby's troops as
the Turkish 7th and 9th armies are
practically wiped out. French
cavalry, operating with the Serbiaps.
have captured Prilep. northeast of Mon
astir, and the British capture Dorian,
with two Bulgarian armies retreating
in great disorder. German
prestige in the Nea. East is shattered.
and the allies expect great results from
victories in Macedonia and Palestine.
= American forces win their first
fight against the Bolsheviki as they
repel them south of Archangel and
inf1ict severe losses on the enemy.
Bolshevist officers are using
every precaution to prevent their SOL
diers learning that American soldiers
are fighting on this front,
Three hundred and Axty-six casualties
given out today; 89Skilled in action,
l22 wounded severely and IS missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
Elizabeth White. at whitesbog. N. ].

@. Into how many languages has the
entire Bible been translated?-G. W.B.
A. The American Bible Society says
that the entire Bible has been trans
lated into 1859 languages. In addition,
various parts of the Bible have been
translated into 675 other dialects or
tongues. so that, in whole or in part,
the Bible has been translated into 844
different languages.
@, What kinds of wood were used
during the Jacobean periodic. F.
A. The Jacobean period was the pc
Rod of James and II, and lasted from
1602-1688. Mahogany was rarely used
at this time, most of the pieces being
made of oak and walnut. The latter
was the more popular.
O. Has the weight of a woman's hair
ever been determined?-S. w.
A. Authorities say that the weight
of the hair naturally depends upon its
length and thickness. 1t is rare that
the hair weighs more than II ounces.
although where there is considerable
growth it may attain from IA to Is
ounces.
@. What was considered the begin
ming OF psychical research in this coun-
try?-N. E. G..
| A. The International Federation of
Spiritualists held congress at Roch-
ester, ". Y. last December. The con-
gress placed a marker on the site of
the Fox Sisters home at Hydesville, 80
miles east of Rochester, where modern
| spiritism is generally regarded to have
originated on March 81, 1348, following
the rappings reported from murdered
peddler.
| O. What is the state church of Lat
WAR. r.
| A. There is no state church. Prot
estants number SO per cent of the pop
ulation, Roman Catholics % per cent,
and 8.7 per cent are of the Greek
| Orthodox faith.
@. Is the birth rate in the United
States declining?-S. N.
| A. The birth rate is declining. In
| 1880 it was 40 per 1000, while now it
is about Il per 1000.
@. What are the most popular cot
ton fabrics?-C. p.
A. Pique was the outstanding cotton
| fabric last season. Other popular cot
ton fabrics were prints. voiles, dinnities,
velveteens, percales, ginghams, organ
dies, batistes, lawns and broadcloths.
@. How large was the organization
known as the Nihilists?-M. E. D.
A. In the years that it was active In
Russia its extent was not known, but
the government thought it was secret
organization of considerable size. One
of its members now makes statement
that it never had membership of
more than 40, and that the active mem
bership often dwindled to 8.
@. How are split bamboo surf poles
NADER. H.
A. Six strips of bamboo are split and
glued together, then wound with silk.
| @. What occasioned the establish
ment of the Harvard College Observa-
tory?-S. N.
A. The apparition of marvellous
comet in 1343 led to the establishment
of the Harvard Observatory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Many readers send in questions signed
only with initials, asking that the an
swers appear in the newspaper. The
answers published are ones that may
interest many readers rather than the
one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied with
the writer's name and address and z
cents in coin OR stamps for reply SEND
| your question to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin
director, Washington, D. c.
| @. Has any governor of New York
other than Alfred E. Smith served four
termS?-J. A. L.
| A. No governor of New York has
served four terms, with the exception
| of Gov. Smith.
O. What organization employs the
most stenographers?-H. H.
| A. The Civil Service Commission says
the United States Government employs
the largest number of stenographers of
any organization in the world.
@. Does a physician experienced in
flying recommend airplane flights as a
cure for deafneSS?-E. M
A. Maj. l. B. March, chief flight sur
geon, Mitchell Field, Long Island, states
|
ness are not only futile, except under
certain unusual circumstances, but may
be highly injurious. Flying can have
no effect upon cases of organic deaf
ness Some cases of this sort may be
benefited by changing pressure upon
an eardrum, such as is created by the
varying attitudes of plane in fight
However, a skilled physician can pro-
duce such changing pressure much
more effectively than can an airplane
ride A swift drop from high attitudes
! is frequently sufficient to burst the ear
drums.
@. What kind of an outside aerial is
most usual?-C. H.
A. The LOOMS Radio College says
that Single-wire aerial, about IS feet
long, including the lead-in, is popular
| for radio receiving sets at present. This
! does not give as much volume as a
larger one, but is more selective.
@. Is it true that the United States
had the strongest navy in the world
right after the Civil War?-A. o. E.
A. At the close of the Civil War the
| United States had more naval ships
than any country in the world. At that
| time the United States had 671 ships
$50 guns; Great Britain, 628 ships
8,476 guns.
@. What salaries do the leading pub
lie officials uf Ireland receive?-M. M. A
A. The President of the Irish Free
State receives 10000. approximately
| $4,000; the Vice President, f2,50o, and
the cabinet ministers, f1,700. The
speaker of the House also receives
81 700, and the clerk of the Parliament
$1,000.
@. On what college campus is there
tree which was planted by Milton?-
C. A. G.
A. There is a mulberry tree planted
by John Milton on the campus OF
Christ College, at Cambridge, England.
@. Who developed the improved va
rieties of blueberries, such as Cabot
Pioneer and Rubel?-W. G.
A. These varieties we're developed by
DR.. F. v. Coville of the Department oil
Agriculture, in cooperation with Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24

believed by those who are already in
clined to credit all tales which reflect
upon the candidates whom they are
opposing with their voices and their
votes. In the case of the story about
Gov. Smith it perhaps received greater
publicity through denial than through
circulation. Senator Bruce's statement
about Mr.. Hoover has been so quickly
refuted that 1t will perhaps not gain
currency.
There are sufficiently important is
sues before the people to occupy their
minds and to engage their thoughts
between now and election day without
indulgence in these personal charges,
especially upon hearsay and rumor.
Their utterance is to the discredit of
those who give them forth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
The Underlying Issue.

Gov. Smith is in the West appealing
for the support of the farmers. The
liquor issue, from which 50 much has
been expected by many of the Demo-
cratic leaders, appears to lag, to be
thrust into the background, at least for
the time being The Democratic candi-
date has been quoted as saying that he
does not regard liquor as the great issue
in the campaign This will be news to
many voters in Connecticut, Rhode Is
land, Massachusetts, and New York, where
the Democratic leaders are seeking to
impress upon the celebrates that If
Smith is elected beer will start to flow
on November z.
Whether the Governor of New York
regards liquor as the great issue of the
campaign or not, little doubt exists that
the champions of prohibition are seek
ing to make it main issue in many
States. And when the Democratic can
didate swings back into the East for his
final drive in the campaign, prohibition
modification may again assume, for the
Democratic leadership, all the earmarks
of 1.-The great ISSUE" 1t is, after all, the
main issue upon which Chairman Ras-
kob of the Democratic national commit
tee swung from allegiance to the Repub-
lican party and volunteered his services
to bring about the election OF Gov.
Smith, champion of the vets. 1t is the
issue, too, which brought support from
several other important figures in the
modern business and financial world,
who have hitherto, as rule, voted the
Republican ticket.
1t would be perhaps not quite polite
for the Democratic candidate to stress
the wet and dry issue in the dry terri
tory through which he is now hurrying.
He is to speak in Montana, the home Of
Senator Thomas j. Walsh, an ardent
dry as we'll as the man who lifted the
lid on Teapot Dome. But when Gov.
Smith arrives in Wisconsin, perhaps the
wet and dry issue will again become
more pronounced. Mr.. Hoover was
criticized in some quarters because he
did not discuss prohibition in his recent
address in Newark, N. j. He mentioned
prohibition but once in that address,
giving it place as one of the factors
which have aided in bringing about the
great prosperity which this country has
enjoyed in the last half dozen years.
But Mr.. Hoover went into the East to
state the Republican attitude and his
own attitude toward labor, not to dis
cuss liquor in territory which has
much wet sentiment, just as Gov. Smith
went into the West to discuss farm re-
lief and water power and oil scandals
in country which is VIGOROUSLY dry.
The antidote which the Republicans
are applying in the East for the wet
sentiment which undoubtedly exists
there is the full dinner pail, regular en-
ployment, increases in tariff schedules
to aid the textile workers. Gov. Smith
and the Democrats in the West, on the
other hand, are seeking to Offset the
dry sentiment in some of those States
with declarations of favor to the farm
ers even to the extent of approving the
McNary- Haugen bill But all the time
prohibition, which Gov. Smiths NOM
nation made inevitable, is the underly-
ing issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
Sheer Lack of Consideration.

As If the local motorist did not have
enough worries with the Chinese puz-
Ele which constitutes the game Of find
ing an unincumbered and Enclosed
thoroughfare on which to drive, the
Highway Department has showed fur
Their into the depths those unfortunate
residents who happen to live on or near
macadam streets by applying particu-
larly sticky and uninviting mixture of
tar and exceedingly loose gravel to
these roads. This. variety of tar ap-
parently has an affinity for all parts of
an automobile and for the persons of
all those hapless motorists who chance
to be occupants of it. AS a matter OF
fact, the economical layer of gravel
which was placed on top of the tar
has been of little use as far as improv-
ing the street surface is concerned, be-
cause practically all of it has been car
ried away. either on automobiles or on
the clothing of their occupants, and, as
far as can be seen, the garages and the
cleaners of the city are the only gamers
Years and years ago, when even
macadamized road was looked upon as
a decided luxury and when concrete
and asphalt had hardly been thought
of, the highway departments of the va
rious cities and States annually, or per
haps semi-annually, rolled out theil
tar wagons and proceeded to make mo
florists miserable with long stretches o
roads covered by the black, sticky sub
stance. 1t was skiddy and ruinous II
car paint and clothes.
1t was soon recognized that regard
less of the necessity for annual tarrin
some means would have to be found +
prevent accident and damage. At frs
a loose layer of gravel was placed o.
top Of the tar but this was not tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
A Campaign of SANDERS.

II the present political contest goes
into history as the whispering cam
paign" it should be broadened in this
definition. For while it started out
with the circulation of whispers" re-
lating to the character and status and
performances of candidates, assertions,
innuendoes and charges that did not
receive immediate print publicity, it
has now developed veritable barrage
of open allegations. The other day
Bishop Cannon, who is leading fight
against Gov. Smith in the South,
specifically declared in a public speech
that the Democratic candidate is in
the habit of taking daily drinks of
intoxicating liquors. Next came Sem
ator Bruce of Maryland in a plat
form address saying that he had au-
thoritative information that Herbert
Hoover had taken numerous drinks
with Clarence Darrow, the noted law
yer. He also said that Senator Curtis,
Republican vice presidential nominee,
|
track with bottle of liquor in his
pocket. The assertion regarding Mr.
Hoover has been Immediately denied
by one of his personal aides and also
! by Mr. Darrow, who has said that he
has never met Mr.. Hoover and has
therefore never imbibed intoxicants
with him.
These two unfortunate breaks by
partisan speakers should have the eff
feet Of checking the disposition to spread
rumor and report to the disparagement
of the two men who are now standing
before the country as candidates fol-
the highest office. Gov. Smith has al
ready been compelled to subject one Of
these tales to investigation and tc
brand it as a baseless falsehood. II
originated in correspondence between
women. The charge that Mr.. Hoover
. has taken drinks with Clarence Oar.
/ row is promptly refuted. But botf
, stories continue to float about and ART
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
The Charities Deficit.

While there is an obligation to give
freely to the funds that are now being
collected for the relief of victims Of
the storms in Florida and Porto Rico,
whose needs grow with the disclosure
of conditions, Washingtonians must not
forget their own responsibilities, which
lie right at their doors. An appeal for
assistance has just been made by the
Associated Charities for $4,000 to meet
deficit. The fiscal year of the local
welfare agencies closes within a week
and unless contributors of the past
and new subscribers to this fund come
forward meanwhile with their donations
it will be necessary to start the new
year with shortage. For some time
past the Associated Charities and Citi-
zens' Relief Association have been
obliged to operate on borrowed money
in order to respond to meritorious APP
peals which reach the field workers. 1t
is highly undesirable to carry on the
local charity work on such basis. 1t
is especially undesirable now that these
worthy organizations, which are doing
such vitality important work for the
welfare of the community, should be
forced into financial deficit, inasmuch
as the community chest plan is to begin
operation on the first of January, and
these units should enter that combi-
nation of agencies with clean slate.
A few more dollars from each of
those who have heretofore given to this
cause, together with additional dollars
from newcomers to the funds, will
bridge this gap which has been opened
by exceptional calls upon the treasury
of the charities organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

No Bliss Unalloyed.
we've merrily been tuning in
On many Summer song.
The wintry discord will begin
Its echoing so strong.
In some few weeks we'll have to be
by frosty rudeness vexed.
The passing lay was filled with glee
Well get the static next.
We're sure that in little while
Life will be at its best,
Let's learn to welcome, with a smile
The static with the rest.