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The Bunco Game.

The creculity Of human nature vas
never better demonstrated than in the
case Just revealed ~ married couple
parting with their li!e's savings Of tour
tho'1ssnd dollars for the custody Of
a package supposed ~ contain forty
tffouhanc dollars 70 be- theirs II not
called for q the end Of three years.
They Kept faith with the two strangers
VINO 'enlr1Ebec" the bundle " their
Keeping ssac held st unopened for the
stipulated pertoc Yesterday the time
vas ~ sAd they opened the forty
tHo1ssgc-coi pSckage ., find a bun
Gle q Newspaper clippings instead 0.
thsir ezpectec fortune.
INTELLIGENT people find u hard u bc-
EsYe nat these cruce !ssacs can be
tsc1ea&t1!5y prscticed. bat ar a2Uy9ab-
iHg n1faDeF - rsses afe annually
bfoyghl - yga1 u! cp4:ae. the banco
mfh pfey a4yhgsl exclusively M men
&C women ~ho are aYic f0r wealth by
tE-oSl ch AID HkDse 1easses o,tfccyoe
tteH judgment Eoneth;ng fur NON
.ng h&s re.ef yel Deen obtained n ms
Yor-c. ard Il wo4ld-De investors in the
b1E2co game wo1io remember this truth
uleg ~o4.o have their savings with
which VI enjoy thflf Old age
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There is little hope for the occupants
in such a crash,
But with the wing slots. however. the
engine may quit while the plane is
climbing and instead of the ship stall
ing, 1t continues on at the angle of
climb sinking slowly all the time. The
plane is under complete control, and If
the pilot sees he has room enough
ahead he may nose the plane down. It
will then pick up forward speed, the
! slots will automatically close and safe
landing with a dead motor will be
effected.
If conditions ahead are not good
enough to permit landing with nor
NAL flying speed, the pilot can allow
the plane to move along at the twenty
or thirty degree angle. and as 1t slowly
sinks toward the ground the pilot knows
that the tail will strike first and not
with hard crash. There may be dam
age to the plane but the chances OF
getting out alive are all in favor of the
occupants.
The slot has the effect OF increasing
the wing surface Of the plane. increas-
ing its lifting power and granting a
greater factor Of safety to both pilot
and plane. When not in use it fits
closely to the leading edge and does not
in any way interfere with the forward
speed OF the plane.
The military services will find the
greatest advantages of the wing slot on
their training planes. although the other
types will be thus equipped for expert
mental purposes. Military aviation must
not bow too low to safety devices if it
would be a fighting organization. Some
times too many safety devices on mil
itary plane render It's performance for
such purposes almost worthless.
But in the commercial plane. OF the
type ranging from the individual run
about" to the big passengcr-carrying
transports, the wing slot is indispensa-
Bile. and the speedy adoption of the de-
vice should follow. One factor inter-
poses. however. and that is the large
amount of money necessary TO acquire
the manufacturing rights. but this rea-
son cannot forever be advanced by the
manufacturers for not thus equippmg
their planes.
The aircraft manufacturer who
stresses the wing slot" as part of his
planes equipment in his advertising
copy is certain to boost his own sales
far above the competitor who will not
give the public this additional guar
antee of safety.
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THIS AND THAT


imagine this impossible person declar-
Ing, Give me back my flivver."
Il must give up my house OF cign'
rooms with two baths" says another
Il do not deserve so mucn. 90 he
goes back to his five-room bungalow!
No pcoplc do not think and talk IN
that manner The man in the dig car
after he has ridden around for several
months. begins to look for Digger
one. profiting by the education WHICH
the new car gave him.
The man with the cight-room ano
two-bath house begins to reel: a!CeI
several years have gone by, tnat
new home containing at least tnIee
baths would be more suited 10 h's
family. ..
He. too has profted by his contact
with something bigger and better. ana
| degree by degree, insensibly grows lnU
| the belief that he deserves an even
better home-as, no doubt, he really
does. Why not?
The man who steps from an OAK
Office to a mahogany one sits down al
his fancy new desk without any trepi-
dalton whatsoever.
He docs not feel that he Is desecrat-
ing a wood too good for him, but SIM
ply that mahogany was his due all the
time and he had been little slow IN
reaching it.
There is within the heart Of most
people a naive belief that nothing is
TOO good for one. Napoleon was never
known TO have shrunk from the mag
nif1cence with which he surrounded
himself as Emperor.
shows this universal trait of human ma
ture to its full Here is an editice
upon which thousands upon thousands
OF dollars has been spent
Here are gathered, tor any perform
ance, two or three thousand persons
from every possible walk of life, from
every conceivable rank Of society. The
only requirement of admission is the
price. The "high-brow." the rough
neck" the "timid SOUL" these sit side
by side. in long. curving rows.
The psychology of the mob rules
here. in a very refined. sedate and
pleasant form. it is true. Every one.
high or low. aims TO please, and wants
TO be pleased.
Beautiful thick carpets. such as only
per cent in the audience have III
their own homes. are trodden on by
Tlcn ana poor WIN equal IooIetepo.
The family which comes from a
home with cheap rugs walks calmly
enough upon the highest quality floor
coverings which the theater company
offers to its patrons.
No one Is awed In the least by the
mural paintings. or made to feel any
the less at home because costly chan
deliers and the finest of papers and
feathers send out their silent appeal.
Thus We have. in one large room. a
sterling example Of the way in which
human beings take to good things.
While there may be some retrogres-
sions. in the main human beings move
forward.
What holds the world back is that
each human being must start In all
over again. The best that can be done
is TO supply each new human being
with the best possible. The rest is up
to him.
The salvation OF mankind Is that
human beings get used to Improvements
and betterments very easily. and every
thing else being equal. mostly prefer
the better and the best.
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We get used to improvements ant
betterments so easily!
Emerson somewhere has pointed ou
that men take to the best literature n!
ducks do to water. reading the mos
sublime thoughts as II in their natura
element.
They do not shy from great books
but read them with pleasure. feelins
that here at last some one has STATED
well what they always have felt anc
believed
So, In the lesser walks of everyday
living. 1t is a hopeful thing that MGR
and women have q natural inclination
toward betterment.
Bigger and better" phrase laughed
at since its enunciation. nevertheless
expressed desire of the human heart.
Holmes stated the same thought ir
another way, in his poem. beginning
Build thee more stately mansions,
my soul"
The desire to build bigger and bet.
ter, in material as we'll as in spiritua
things. accounts for what bettcrmcn'
there is in the world. in the face oil
the lowering tendencies Of certain traits
and habits.
1t is this constant longing for the
better house. the finer motor car. the
America bigger and better Nation
from the beginning.
i 4 X
The case with which a person from
the country takes" to city convcnicnces
as they are called. is only astonishing
when one has forgotten the truth which,
we have attempted to restate hero.
The best is not the heritage OF money
or power solely. but is the secret wish
Of every one worth while.
Yonder ragamuffin boy. casting en-
vious glances at the swell equipage
of the rich, may some day have more
money than he knows what 10 do with
In his turn. and will purchase the best
of everything he can find
No one feels offended at street cars,
or buses. or electric lights. or plumb
ing, or furnace heat One may feel
a bit awkward in the face of some
newfangled invention. but he quickly
gets over It,
Who can not recall the first tire he
experimental with the fancy turn stop
pers in the wash basins in the Pullman
cars?
The first time he saw one Of these
the traveller was nonplusscd. He did
not want to confess his ignorance to
up the big leather seat below the mir
ror.
BY some lucky twist, however. he
solved the problem. after which 1t was
his delight TO complacently unstop the
basin at every opportunity. to show his
familiarity with modern devises,
So with the telephone. and many
others which might be mentioned. No
man ever yet shrank back aoashed from
the black instrument saying: This tele-
phone is more than / deserve! Let my
betters use it,
No. the "inferiority complex" OF the
world happily docs not extend that far
Very few men will deny themselves
a better home or better car. II they
can scrape up enough money 10 get
one.
And when they have got 1t. they feel
perfectly at home in It, too.
We have yet to hear OF man who,
after riding around in his Bigger and
Better 6" for several months handed
IL back TO the dealer with sigh.
This is too good a car for me-"
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ragGa, has broken loose and the inhahit-
ants OF the island arc fleeing to the
mainland, On the east coast OF Kam-
cllatka the volcano of Shsveliutch, lone
regarded as extinct, has suddenly be-
come intensively active. The volcanic
island OF Santorin. or Thira, III the
Grecian archipelago. has erupted after
two years Of inactivity. Krakatoa.
volcanic island il the strait between
Sumatra and Java. which IN 1883 was
the scene Of one of the most violent
eruptions IN history. has. after ilcreas-
ing activity for several weeks. again cN-
ploded. At the same time a severe
earthquake has been felt in the state of
Oaxeca, Mexico.
Here are four vents. one in Central
America. one in the Grecian archipel-
a9o, one on the northeast coast Of Asia
and one in the Malay archipelago. i'll
action at the same time, They are sep
a.atcd by many thousands Of miles.
Their simultaneous performance cannot
se a mere coincidence. but must be due
to the same internal cause, the precise
nature CT which cannot in the present
state OF the science of seismology t.,
determined, though il may be closely
Appropriated. So far as known none
Of these present eruptions has been
seriously destructive. Krakatoas sin
i0ter performance in 1883 naturally will
be remembered and may be cause Of
anxiety lest this great chimney again
contribute 10 the heavy toll of death.
In that year its explosion was so violent
as 10 cause a tidal wave that destroyed
10000 lives.
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UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years igo Toda,

Secretary Baker and military officials
predict that Germany Is planning n
powerful submarine thrust nj American
lines Of communication with France
hoping Ia cut OF the steady flow OF
troops and supplies and munitions. EN-
pect II Ia be part and parcel OF the
threatened land offensive against allied
forces ON the Western front, p.
Mid weather greatly facilitates train
Ing II the A. f., r, Grenade throwers
and artilletists drill IN their shirt
sleeves Gen. Leonard Wood
in France making an inspection trip
OF the Western front, Is wounded by am
explosion IN which t,ve Frenchmen are
killed American Red Grass
announces that It's total appropriations
for work IN France since Congress de-
clarrd war amount to sS0,al0, $40. the
greatest IN The worlds history for SINH
lar work More than half
million rifles ordered IN this country by
the RuAsian government viii be taker
over by the United States To keep
trained men at work IN munitions
plants Reports Of disturb
ancea in Germany are current In Hoi-
land and severe outbreaks are said to
have occurred In Rhenish industrial
plants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-27

Doheny's acquittal last year insists
that none of the men whose liberties
are involved In the oil cases has done
anything except take full advantage
OF his rights under the law. II delays
have ensued. Hogan declares. they were
only the result OF legitimate loopholes
in our constitutional and juridical
system. To have ignored them, he ex-
plains. would have been to fail in that
complete recourse 10 justice which the
bill OF rights was meant 10 guarantee,
The newly-errivcd German Ambassa-
dor DR.. Friedrich Wilhelm Won Pr,tt-
witz und Gaifron-well probably know
him as plain DR.. Won Prittwitz-is a
graduate OF Germanys most swaggcr
university. Bonn. All the HohenZol-
lerns. including the one time Kaiser and
Crown Prince. were Bonn men and
members OF Prussia's aristocratic stu
dent fraternity the "Borrussia." The
late Baron Nathan was Bonn Bor-
russian" and Ambassador Won Prittwitx
undoubtedly enjoys the same distinction.
The lattcr's accession 10 the German
embassy at Washington comedies with
the publication Of The Sterilization OF
the Mark" by DIR, Hialmar Schach;.
president OF the Reichsbank, BY all the
signs Of the political zodiac. revision Of
German reparations is going 10 be a
cardinal international issue before many
moons. DR.. Schachts authoritative &C
count Of the fatherland's financial come
back will aid American public opinion
in appra!Sing Germany's demands for
q reconstruction Of her debt to the allies
Certain members of CongrcSs-~and
Americans In general who are addicted
10 assertion without acknowledgements
take 10 heart little known statement
Of the Marquis de Lafayette. 1t has
Teen immortalized In granite. on the
pedestal Of the French patriots bcauti-
iul statue which adorns Lafayette Col
lege campus at Easton. Pa. and reads
Il read. l study. listen. reflect, and
out of all this try 10 form an idea INTO
which l put as much common sense AZ
| can" Lafayette College was founded
In le@A TO commemorate the visit which
Washneton's brilliant coadIuto paid 10
The United States that year.
tIah
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a Fair Airport Plan.

The action az the Budget Bureau in
returning 20 the Commissioners their
bill for creation Of al airport at GRAY
ely Point is not 10 be construed as in
cicating the bureaus opposition 10 this
measure. The bill was returned be-
cause Of its provision that sixty per cent
Of the cost is 70 be borne by the District
government and forty per cent by the
Federal Government and the bureaus
policy has been that fixing the ratio OF
expenses for local projects is a matter
for Congress 70 decide. Despite the
bureaus action. the Commissioners may
Still forward the measure 10 Congress.
and Representative Zihlman is under
stood 70 be ready to sponsor it as the
Commissioners prepared 1t. In addition
10 the Commissioners bill. two other
measures for the acquisition Of an air
port for the District have been referred
10 the District committee and are now
awaiting its action.
The District must have an airport.
There is no difference Of opinion on
that point. But from the first it has
been apparent that the distribution Of
costs would be vexirg question in
view OF the departure from substantive
Law that has marked congressional
action on al local measures for the last
four years II the proposed airport is
TO be considered in every sense of the
word a municipal airport" there is a
certain amount Of logic in the suppose
ton that the municipality should bear
the full cost. But the difficulty here is
that in the District there is no distinct
municipal establishment. The schools.
the streets. the playgrounds-alls such In
stitutions which ordinarily would be con-
sidered municipal undertaking.
under the control Of the Federal Gov
eminent and their cost is shared by
the Federal Government. This is ac-
cording TO law. II a municipal airport
were 10 be built and supported by
money from local taxpayers 1t would
follow that the revenue from its main
tenance would accrue TO the credit OF
the local taxpayers and that Uncle
Sam. with other users OF the airport,
would pay therefor.
But such an arrangement is not pos
sibie under the status of the District
today. Nor Is It altogether desirable
The natural alternative is an airport
for the Federal City, created and sup
ported with funds drawn in fixed pro-
portion from the residents OF the Dis
t-ict and from the Federal Government.
This is the method laid down In sub
stantive law. This is the only practi-
cal. equitable arrangement. To depart
from It would be unfair. To disregard
il would be 70 shove upon the shoulders
0! the unrepresented District another
burden. neatly tied and labeled, MI
n!cipal Airport"
The projected airport is an excep-
tionally clear illustration Of the wisdom
q retaining the fixed ratio OF apoor.
tloning expenditures between the Ped
eral and District governments In ac-
cor6ance with substantive Law. Il is
AT enterprise which will distribute It's
advantages between the District and the
Federal governments. To separate these
advantages as impossible. To share in
TIE cost Of gaining them Is only right
and fair. II is reasonable 70 believe
that Congress VIII take this Just view.
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PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

The dominant hunger Of the human
heart, once safety and the simpler sat-
isfaction nre achieved, is the hunger
for happiness.
The universally OF this hunger for
happiness has evoked vast literature
of glad-girl cxhortation.
We are told to stand still. look up.
think beautiful thoughts, and. on the
magic carpet OF mere wishes, to fly into
the heaven Of happiness unalloyed.
Happiness does not, however. lie so
chcaply on the emotional bargain
counter.
For most Of us. happiness must come
as the logical result of realistic intel
lcctual. social and spiritual engineering
Let me suggest two modern adven-
lures in social and intellectual engi-
neering that seem to me to bulk large
in the war on unhappiness.
Henry Fairfield Osborn. the diStin-
guished head Of the American Museum
OF Natural History, has published a
book of essays and addresses that bris-
ties with ideas that breed still other
ideas in the readers mind In this
book --"Crcative Education" find this
statement:
THE unhappy people Of the world
include two classes: those who have no
creative talents. and those who possess
talents and never discover them"
The unhappiness Of undevelopable in
feriority.
The unhappincss of undeveloped SUI
periority.
Neither unhappiness ca be preached
away by the Pollyannas.
But two of the major movements OF
o,,r firna nr0nisa tn do aUay with tI1lich
of both of these kinds OF unhappiness.
The New Industry promises happi-
ness to the one-talent men.
The New Education promises happi-
ness to the ten-talent men.
The New Industry. with its uninspir-
ing routine. may mean death to the
gifted craftsman, but 1t means life and
leisure and means to Tho mediocre mil
Ii g who would be hard hit II they
had to meet the challenge 10 creative
craftsmanship that handicratt world
would put to them.
There are millions Of one-talent men
to whom monotony is preferable to
challenging variety: they can be happy
as managers Of routine that Is with
in range OF their abilities: they would
be unhappy in an industry that made
demands their ingenuity could not
answer.
The New Education keeps its eve or
the individual student rather than upon
the class: 1t seeks, not so UGH to trust
organized knowledge into minds. as
goods might be packed in a warehouse,
as to help the individual student TO dis
cover and to discipline his peculiar
abilities.
copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndlcaie.I
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4 Plea for the
Government, Hoes

~ sas Sstsag at rae $&s~
IL oeE S0gsNN>e me s-->>H,s ~.
the Government ao2e4S s~Assss ~ sH+
SltsatsSs degree What s!eS as%aA a. a.
Government NSxAesS
There are N WaSAsssSeo9 So ~ az
these WcgksgS, = saIge nl,Ne<T u, - ~
are women Many ~ %ssem AN >N~- $
and away tr<aA ao2ne perhaps ~ ss'
INST ttsas SAsMs ARE mf<s<lss- sSvo as
are aAase, Others NAVY aSSAsl,v@ ~
wears, eus are ASH ANNE, slsj As% IN
ASSNd ~ a aAaaS.
Tbs II What the Government H3Se2>
supplies ~ saeSe wSSkegs.
Al apartment E>sV.assS eareS aa3
responsibilities teg wANA the Govern
Mens worker han NesS AStss tlse> A
so<sa III = private s<,saSe - shs& IN ANY
sessSe \ hSVMe, ~ when tasSe essssSsEsaSs
are Torn down a saggw nssnssg ~ sAeS@
WOMEN are h<NsaeseSS Ia u very real
senSe NJ tae wSssS
As an AI4svesAtiNN StSess, aSA tASS
movement Ne c<ss>ssSsegva. eescTe NsUAS~
MS such . calamity IN 50 RAAsAs ~ tas
<toNSsanlens workers.
A l. RARi CIV
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gestS: a few more TRADES Ike this ere
and Al Smith Will be nominated or SC
clSrnatton On the first ballot
We think Senator Robinson would
have done better" observes the Dayton
Daily News, merely 10 tell the wc-.d
what most OF the world already knows.
that Helm does not Sneak
for any other Senator or for any party.
and that what he says lies og.ty BE-
tween him and his coas;i,usntS~ The
Savannah Press also contends that
since Senator Helm seems 70 be IN
durable II this line. it was bad pcllcy
in Senator Robinson 70 emphasize .he
issue" The Oklahoma City Times sd-
NtSeS that democracy must Garn from
It's HeT.irs and dlScre6it Them as tasy
deserve. II il hopes 70 retain high stand
ing N the politics .. the Sstloa
- IS
His party dlscwIs him. His ever
that even the Alabama $aseS u he
hood and lash are wea-ylas cs tes,g
hero" states the New York Times, TIE
ScNaklyn Daily Eagle feels :8sc II =
especially gratifying that tae S9Qsic2ltsS
0: Helm Sholll6 have been Mustered
BY the leader % the Democratic parry
II the Senate The A$AevtL,s Times
aSirnS thar The Arkansas leaders
rsn1y IS al ho,o- - the GN>&scsry ans
The e pa$c Herald asserts ~WASss q
United States Senator threatens ys&g
felony .; the moss ccwarSy KIND
will ee Committed ggscs another Sessa-
tor II the even: 81 his making rs--
fcetly proper speech, II 5 tsa.e fo< he
Senate Itself - as
Senator Robinson as rS-sec<ag2c
leader rejected ac;scr uE>ca rs tc&la-
Try As \ pQo,tc servant Ne served lis
coGaESy Well and eravely, i, saksssS A.
Gs,elU,,CScal stand against mining Mi
tics and re,sSscn - the Government III
the United States SAYS TIE Omaha
wAglG-Hsgala and !hs TexsvSaaA
Gase!se te$s,eeS tla, Arkansas y syS>Ssa
u her ROBINSON ard the Na;se;s S;s>sS
Why
Whether Seoascr kesH IS ; <tNcsre
eigNG NJ one II ta<Ss smarter s>egSsSS
wh> hHg>e ~ prcgts ~ tse s<S>,yy ~
cSherS Ne ~ ,sct SgcW .SNN,SA We
have oar $ssStsScs>N,s<' cea,ScS> ne o.
sa;,etlS Nhse STATE laly1.A! WSslc <AG-
eAsGseS "WSAEeHet Re i " <Sye2u>sS
Is nrs \ lesfeg$>,asa;> t,>s JeFe.>,'sa -
lseNra II c<snN.sse ge>>S>'>>S .se>s,y ~
This cI>an3FS
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The Uneasy Earth

D.spateiaes from various parts III the
v or.c within a tew hours nave mougbt
news .: tour volcanic erup'Di4s sEd b
leYeTe earthquake. These simultaneous
Manifestations IL the seisnic forces
Ess1n oen4DHstEsk ti1e c!cbe relation
enlp 0i tne vents 10 lhe earth 3 crust
stc tie iset that tic iuiArEa! strsiDs
ere mansfeki GFer sn unlimited sfaa IN
MARCH, lne volcano Cmeifpe 90 tbe
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

One sided Affair.
Lady shoots her husband dear.
Gets what he deserves.
Just the same, this conduct queer
Is getting on our nerves.
Well aimed bullets swiftly fit
Every night and day,
AS our leisure moments fit,
Find EN- in play
Two sides every question shows.
Said II once with pride.
Life one side vii! now disclose;
Which now Is homicide.
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Dangerous Independence.

What do you think OF some OF these
ideas for those OF the early patriots?"
They remind me OF some actors.
said Senator Sorghum. who. after max
ing hit with the help of perfectly
good authors. try 10 get independent
and substitute their own stun"
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Financial prosperity cannot be disre-
earded as a factor an prohibition mat
tiers. The drys are glad TO have the
law on their side. but the vets are
thankful to have the price.