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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

asset early training is paramount.
How can woman be expected to be
polite who as girl was never told that
1t was both rude and unnecessary to
| voice everything one thinks?
The conventions of polite society are
not natural to the unframed human be-
Ing, any more than are the cares which
the tourist expended upon himself. and
which caused the mountain boy to de-
clare, Mister, you are lot of trouble
to yourself, amt you?"
One of the fine points of the human
| family Is that in this social group the
young Of the species may be trained to
know and appreciate the best that hui
man beings have evolved in all branches
of activity.
Through proper precepts-perhaps
aided by good sound spanking, when
necessary-the human young may be
trained to know the good from the bad,
the truly cultured from the purely
rough, the beautiful from the ugly, the
necessary from the unnecessary, the
best from the mediocre, the clean from
the dirty the kind from the cruel, the
artistic from the crude
Education, in word
This week the public schools of the
District of Columbia begin again their
task OF attempting to inculcate some Of
these determinations into the heads Of
some thousands of boys and girls.
Education Is merely STANDARDIZED
ton OF truths which may be transferred
from one human being, the teacher, to
another human being, the pupil.
One may differ with standardized
education upon points, but not upon
general plan, or purpose. Its outline Is
wholesome and its purpose sound. What
ever error there may be in its methods Is
simply the percentage of fault to be
found In everything human.
only God can make tree" or an
upright life.
Politeness acquired in childhood will
come to the aid of the adult in all the
ramjficationS of everyday living.
Such man will instinctiyely silence
the needless quip which comes to his
lips. No matter how true it may be.
1t Is unnecessary If 1t hurts.
II the truth gives offense. it Is not
necessary, except in such cases as 1t
may be necessary. This paradox needs
no calculation. The great truth behind
all truth is bigger than the little truths.
Unless there is some real need for
offense, this world is better off without
~. Al SOCldl TelOTIH Ut pcTSOlldl re-
form calls for the bitter truth, let it be
said candidly Even then one runs the
serious risk of doing more harm than
good
In the great majority of cases, how
ever, there is never any necessity for
any one to say everything that he
thinks.
The mind is free at all times to think
what 1t pleases, but the tongue is an
unruly member and should not blab
instantly what 1t hears the mind say
The mind which puts the brakes on
its official publicity agent the tongue,
is better mind than the brain which
has no such control over its paid
servant
If a child is taught to be polite, in
adult life it will not depart from such
standards of conduct.
The hope of nations is that they,
too. may learn to be polite in an in
ternational sense, and that the crude
mouthings of the boorish and the cruel
will not exert any considerable pres
sure In times of stress.
In home, school and Nation the aim
Is the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Stop a minute and think about this
fact: You can ask our Information Bu-
reau any question of fact and get the
answer back in a personal letter. 1t is
great educational idea introduced into
the lives of the most intelligent people
in the world-American newspaper
readers. 1t is part of that best pur-
pose of a newspaper-service. There
is no charge except cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Get the
habit of asking questions. Address your
letter to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington D. C.
@. What is meant by "Wampas
StarS"?-T. E.
A. The Is most promising actresses
are selected each year by the Western
As.ociation OF Motion Picture Adver-
tissrs wv. A. M. P. A.. The custom
was started in 1922. The baby stars, ="
as they are called, are named by the
vote of the entire organization.
@. Has any Chief Justice of the
United States other than Chief Justice
White been a Catholic ?-T. r.
A. Roger Brooke fancy was a Roman
Catholic. Each of these two men had
an unusually long term, their combined
years Of service amounting to 39years.
O. In how many countries is the
Young Mems Christian Association &C
tive?-C. M.
A. This organization works in more
than so countries. World membership
totals more than 100000.
@. Which college held first place in
lacrosse during the 1927 season.
N. w. T..
A. The Johns Hopkins team retained
first place in the United States Inter-
collegiate Lacrosse Association.
@. How far north does telephone
communication extend in the Western
Hemisphere?-L,. S. G.
A. The northernmost telephone pole
in the Western Hemisphere is at Noor-
vik, Alaska. The line is maintained by
the Government.
@. What percentage of the voting
popula ton voted at the last presidential
election?--L. D
A. About 81 per cent of the eligible
voters cast votes in 1924. OF these
votes about 65 per cent we're cast by
men and IS per cent by women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
A French Victory.

American tennis suffered a not un-
expected body blow yesterday when
France for the third year in succession
carried away the cup emblematic of
the American singles championship.
The lack of surprise on both sides of
the water over the victory, however,
does not detract from the heart-stir-
ring drama that was witnessed at For
est Hills when Henri Cochet of France
and Francis T. Hunter of America en-
gagged in the final. Cochet has long been
known as one of the finest of all-round
players, and destined to reach, sooner or
later, the heights that he scaled yes
terday, while Hunter, an aging veteran
of the American courts, has been noted
chiefly for the tremendous power of his
forehand drive. Yet at the end of the
third set Hunter was in the lead and
the great Cochet. with grim lines around
his mouth, was on the defensive. II
there was not drama enough in Hunter
taking the first two out of three sets
CIlciC was HO idCA VI ~ WAACai ScSAASr
summoning all his skill. drove back the
courageous American to take the final
two sets and victory.
France has garnered her tennis hon.
ors slowly, but in the last few years
she has reaped a full harvest. Almost
since the time that Suzanne Lenglen
asserted her undisputed right to be
called the greatest woman tennis play
er of history the men of France began
to make themselves pre-eminent on the
courts. With the fading of the incom-
parable Tilden, conceded to be in his
prime the greatest of them all. Amer
lea, with few exceptions, had no play
ers capable of withstanding the French
assault, and when in 1927 Rene Lacoste,
in titanic struggle, vanquished Tilden,
after having won the championship the
previous year, the sun had definitely
set on Americas supremacy on the
courts.
France is now the holder of the sim
giles championship of the, United
States, the Davis Cup and the English
and Australian titles, and from the
caliber of tennis displayed by its young
representatives the past few years a
gigantic task confronts any nation
which seeks to dispute possession with
it. Despite Tilden's best efforts, Amer.
ica's young players, at the present al
least, cannot match in ability those Of
the French. For many years Tilder
has sought untiringly to develop the
younger element on this side of the
water, knowing full well that he ane
his colleagues. who have, in the past
placed America at the top of the ten
). mis- armament, could not 60 on forever
Whether there is justice IN the otter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

French and British forces under
Petain and Haig pierce the Hinden-
burg line and take 10 towns and 5000
prisoners In a 22-mile drive. Allied
forces are closing in on st. Quentin
with the British only miles from the
city and the French but 8. " Ger
mans admit that the Americans de-
feated them at st. Mihiel, but assert
that lone thousand tanks" did It. >
The Bulgarian front crumbles and the
allies continue to advance on that line.
Four thousand prisoners and so guns
captured and Germans sent hy Berlin
to aid their hard-pressed allies are
routed. Enormous quantities of war
supplies are found abandoned by the
fleeing enemy. 4" Chief of Staff
March tells Congress that an army Of
1890 900 in 1919 is the aim of the War
Department. American First Army
now has a strong front line built in
the St. Mihiel sector, running parallel
with the Hindenburg line at an aver
age distance of two and half kilo-
meters from the German positions!
President Wilson's reply to Austria's
peace proposal cheers every man i'll the
A. e. F., for they are all enthusiastic
for continuing the war to finish. .
Casualties to date In the Army and
Marine Corps total 34,79l, with 900
names on the list given out today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

Q. What Is squawman?-W. E.
A. The word has two meanings. One
is an Indian who does woman's work:
the other. the one which Is more often
meant, white man married TO an
Indian woman and living with her
people,
@. What is. Bickford match?-N. I.
A. 1t is a fuse used for blasting.
consisting of long cylinder of ex-
plosive material inclosed in vanished
wrapping of rope or. hose 1t burns
from to feet minute.
@. How is Quebec governed?-
A. The government of the Province
of Quebec is vested in lieutenant gov
ernor and responsible ministry. as
sisted by a legislative council Of "a
members. who are appointed for life,
and a legislative assembly of 85 men,
bers. elected for five years.
G. What is the record milk and but
ter fat production for an Ayrshire COW?
m. A. N.
A. Nellie Osborne of Elm Shade 10Th
holds the worlds record for Ayrshires
with a production of 27,198 pounds of
milk and 1857 pounds of fat. This COW
is owned by w. c. Wylie Of Elm Shade
Farm. Howick, Quebec.
Q. Are any members of the crew of
the Monitor of Civil War fame living?
S. B. E.
A. Isaac II. Scott, who was reputed
to be the last surviving member of the
crew of the Monitor, died May 18, 1927.
O. Which of the planets are now In
our skies at night?-W. o. II.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
early in September Jupiter rises about
pm, and Mars, which Is near Aide
baran. rises about IL pm. Saturn. near
Antares. sets about IL pm. while
Venus is too near the sun to be seen
easily.
@. Do the male or female beavers
| build the dams?-G. o. P.
| A. The Bureau of Biological Survey
| says that both male and female work
| on dams and houses, as far as is known.
@. When did the Benning race track
close?-R. r.
A. The Jockey Club says that the
Benning race track closed october II,
| 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

The value of early training has been
stressed so many times that perhaps il
Is irrelevant to give another instance OF
the old, old story.
Yet precept proceeds by reiteration.
Constant hammering away at the
truth Is what makes the truth accepted
Truth per Sc is one thing; truth ac-
cepted another.
what is the truth?"
That famous question goes ringing
| down the ages. finding new life and
point in every generation.
Boys and girls grow into men and
women, and each one finds 1t incumbent
to sift the mass of evidence, in an
attempt to strain the true from the
false.
No matter how light-heartedly this
task may be undertaken, 1t Is carried
on in some fashion, and to some degree,
by every one.
The same old truths are discovered
by every generation, the same old mis-
takes are made, the same hammering
away from pulpit and printed page is
necessary.
1t seems an endless process, and, in
deed, so 1t is, since life and living are
endless. Where the medium is fluid,
actions and reactions must flow likewise
xT
Our new instance of the value of early
training is very simple one. dealing
with politeness and impoliteness.
Perhaps no one would dispute the
proposition that elementary politeness,
as evolved by civilized peoples, is very
workable thing.
1t smooths the path of everyday life.
pours oil on troubled waters, does for
people In all walks of life what the
Kellogg treaty to outlaw war attempts
to do for nations.
Courtesy. the mental aspect of polite
ness, Is based solidly on the physical
forms Of etiquette. For the sake OF
brevity we may call all simply polite
ness. term which may include every
thing.
What brought this subject to mind
was the statement made by a woman
who had been brought up to be polite
to others. Speaking of another woman,
she said: Il do not see how she can say
the things she does to others. / was
brought up to feel that such frankness
was rude, and today I find it impossible
to say such things, even if I think
them"
No doubt this woman is right.
Between the two of them she UNI
Especially would this seem to hold true
in the case of women. The institution
of women Is too old to tolerate unlovely
words and actions, even in 1928, the
essence of modernity to date.
Masculine persons may get away
with harsh criticisms, uncalled for re-
proaches and unnecessary comments,
because the world has come to regard
the male portion of mankind as essen
TALLY crude, at its worst, and only part
ly refined, at its best.
Perhaps nothing better is to be ex-
pected of men!
But women have the age-old duty, i'm
posed upon them, partly through neces-
sity and partly by reason of better
dispositions, of being tactful courteous.
polite.
To be polite is both the duty and
privilege of womankind.
Through her extension of courtesy to
all she meets she Is a walking preacher
of fair play, of true sportsmanship, since
she shows a willingness to think before
she speaks
In securing this valuable personal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

Manhattan speakers who compliment
Al Smith evidently feel that they are
doing the world great favor in re-
linquishing so fine a governor of New
York for service in the requirements Of
q Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Name You Can't Forget.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Recently victim of amnesia In New
York suddenly recovered her faculties
and remembered that her name was
Gheranghelli. She must have been a
sick person indeed to forget name like
that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

1t is only natural to feel disappoint-
ment when the grapefruit crop to the
southwark is SO much less in evidence
than the tornado output.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Good for Them.

From the Canton Daily News.
With auto production about to be
doubled, the insurance companies will
have agents at every corner selling &C
cident policies to people who are about
to cross the streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

No argument can persuade Lindbergh
to refrain from making trick flying look
so easy that inferior artists will insist
on trying to copy him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Spirits Explained.

From the Terre Haute Star.
OF course, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
lives In country where you can get
plenty of the stuff that enables one to
see things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

There is to be no mud-slinging. II
any mire Is discovered, the political
orator will be excused for treading
lightly in gum shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
True Meaning.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
A regular air route between Dublin
and Paris is being planned. Now they'll
be after finding out the true meaning
of taking French leave" over there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
All the Same.

From the Toledo Blade
Pedestrians have no particular choice
when it comes to automobile music. All
horns say Jump!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

That old Tammany tiger is trying to
pose as a docile house cat that was
highly magnified in public imagination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Fable,

Joyous the Idler seems to be,
Though soon of hope bereft.
The caterpillar eats the tree
Till there is nothing left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

High and Low.
The Air Ace looked down on the Wheel
barrow Man,
With expression of naughty unrest.
The latter remarked, LAS the record we
scan,
We're both simply doing our best"
But the Air Ship came down in heap,
while the Ace
In parachute fouted Dismay.
The Wheelbarrow Man came around
to the place
And trundled the wreckage away.
The Ace to the Wheelbarrow Man gave
his thanks
For patient, industrious zest.
Said the Wheelbarrow Man, Though
I'm low in the ranks,
We're both simply doing our best"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
Rehearsed Enthusiasm.

Rehearsed Enthusiasm.
"Your audience applauded every SEN
tence."
EYES," answered Senator Sorghum.
cts members have no reason for re-
straint. took pains to have them in
formed in advance that was going to
be in agreement with them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

IF you makes de same mistake mo-
dan twice." said Uncle Eben, 1T stops
bein' q mistake an Is jes' mean
habit .--....xa....
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Seriousness on the Air.
My Radio! My Radio!

Seriousness on the Air.
My Radio! My Radio!
I'm weary of the jazzy tricks,
And find relief when programs show
Another talk on politics.
Prohibition said Uncle Bill Bottle
top, fought not to be a hard matter
Anybody can have it, If he personally
wants it,"
Jud Tunkins says the kid who used
to believe in Santa Claus grows up to
expect all kinds of precious gifts from
a candidate.
On the Train.
Happy is the Engineer
When the Candidate draws near.
Though arguments may bristle,
He merely blows the whistle,
And Is not compelled to hear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18

ir-Minded.
"You favor longer gowns?"
"Oh, yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
1.-The girls who happen to be little
bow-legged ought to have their chance
in the fashions for awhile"
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when war is abolished" said Hi Ho,
the sages of Chinatown, lit will be
necessary to put enough wise men IN
authority to prevent some strife pro-
moter from seeking to revive It,"
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-22
Judicial TYRANNY

Probably Chief Justice Taft will take no notice of
that complaint of New York lawyer against the
conduct of Federal district judge in New York He
may not think it is anything he should bother about
And we don't know what authority he has over dis
trict judges anyhow.
All the same there should be some way Of curbing
the tyranny of Federal judges-and other judges too
for that matter On too frequent occasions we read
OF judges tyrannically and often brutaly crtcisng
both lawyers and litigants in their courts If it's
criminal case, the victim is often ectured from the
bench in addition to the other punishment provided
by law
The judge who does it is a cowardly bully He is
car in his court. He punish for contempt any
body who talks back His victim hasn't a fighting
chance
Many times the Judge is playing for the newspaper
first page-and gets it. He doesn't get the waIop in
the editorial page that he ought to get. He would
get if there was general understanding of the rights
Of American citizens in their relations to courts And
If the contempt Of courts is general as some people
think it is the sole for it is that two-egged
men swelled up by their Importance and having the
courage Of their power to punish for contempt make
themselves and the courts over which they preside
contemplate.
What this country needs right now is some defin-
ton and general understanding of the rights of
American citizens in courts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-22
Times Readers Voice Vie7oS

the fragments reached the earth in
the Chautauqua Lake region in New
York State, but 1 do not recall if
any of them we're retrieved.
The extreme cold of inter-stellar
space is such that very little heat
is necessary to cause these visitors
to fly into fragments so soon as
they touch the atmosphere, and did
we not possess an atmospheric blan-
ket around our earth our first
knowledge of their visitation would
be when they bumped into the
ground and many casualties would
be the result.
AS it is, a meteor must be of ire
mendous size to reach the surface
of the earth as solid body. Some
weighing many tons have reached
the earth, but few we're actually
seen to fall-always discovered later
A big one landed in Arizona some
hundreds or thousands Of years ago
and within the last three or four
years one, probably mile or more
in diameter, struck the ground in
Siberia.
All forest trees for thirty miles
in all directions were thrown to the
ground outward from the central
point of contact. The largest city
on earth today would have been
wiped from the face of the globe,
had it been about the landing area
If this huge visitor No place is safe
rom destruction by a huge meteor.
e. P. McCASLIN,
1901 Dewey Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-22
Our Public Lands

The United States Department of the Interior
estimates the potential value of the remaining public
land in the United States to be twenty-six billion
dollars.
Most of this vaue--the equivalent of a land hold
ing worth about $21o for every man. woman and child
in the country-is represented by agricultural posi-
bities which it would require craftsmanship to
market at this time.
1t is only question of time the lives of nations
60, however until this land will be badly needed.
And what is being done to fulfill obligations as
holders of this land in trust for grandchildren?
Virtually nothing Much Of it is being used for
cattle and sheep grazing which there absolutely
supervision. The result is usually overgrazng the
stripping of the soil of verdure and resulting erosion
which permanently destroys much Of its usefulness
The Interior Department has proposed from time
to time system of Federal regulation of grazing and
similar plan has been advocated by the United
States Forestry Service.
Livestock men using the public lands have gen.
orally opposed such program as an interference with
their ancient rights and the western States without
advancing any alternative plan to check destruction
of the public lands have sounded the alarm of more
bureaucracy and interference with States rights"
The result, made possible by general public indif-
ference to the problem of conserving the public
lands is continued wastage aggregating millions of
dollars annually.