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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

clown had given up hope of attaining
higher lines. Foy--his birth name was
Fitzgerald, though few knew the fact
remained buffoon to the end, and he
worked as such to the very last. He was
playing in the Iroquois Theater In Chi
cago when that house burned. with a
heavy loss Of life. With his little son,
who was watching the performance in
the wings. in his arms he started to es-
cape. He saw that the people were in
panic. Passing his boy to a stage
hand he went down into the auditorium
and strove valiantlv to stem the stam-
pede He remained until he was him.
self severely burned. and then desisted
and fed for his own life. This action
marked him for special distinction, but
Eoy refused to regard his deed as of
moment. He was beloved by all his as
sociates of the stage and by the count
less numbers who. during two genera
tons. saw him in action. It is given to
some to rise to heights of distinction
through serious merits. Eddie Foy
gained high place in the hearts of
people by his olown.ns. which was al
WAYS clean and wholesome. He gave
q his best that men and women might
by laughter find enjoyment and case
from care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
One Every Minute.

A visitor 10 Washington recently
walked out of his hotel and asked a
man to get c-hundred-dollar bill
changed for him, He had never seen
the man before. When the fellow dis
appeared around the corner 1t was the
last time the visitor ever saw either him
or the hundred dollar bill
The police vouch for this story, else
i: would be almost. il not quite, unbe-
licvab,e Faith III human nature Is
c wonderful quality. but too much trust
in strangers-especially when one is in
strange city-is something else again
The world presents twofold aspect,
From, one viewpoint 1t rnsy be regarded
as place wherein honest men walk
among dishonest. From another. a re
gicn where dishonest men lurk for the
honest,
Whether one looks at life from the
standpoint of the respectable or the I'M
respectable citizen, he will equally come
TO the conclusion that little common
sense will save a great deal Of trouble
all around
Life is not all warfare. great city
is not just place where sharpers lie in
wait for suckers. But no one wants to
be sucker--so why hand stranger a
hundred dollar bill? Barnum was right,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

tiles IN their primitive beauty is $780,
900. To show what New Hampshire
herself thinks OF the notch, she has APP
propriated half the amount from her
none too bursting treasury. To show
what New Hampshire's governor. Hunt
ley N. Spaulding thinks personally OF
this asset Of his State, he has just
made an individual contribution OF
$1,000. Under the will of the late James
j. Storrow 100000 was generously set
aside as contribution to this fund,
leaving a similaI amount to be raised
by popular subscription. The society
has lin hand" from this source today
about $4,000. with $4,000 more lin
sight" The remainder. it admits, is
uncertain"
In comparatively recent years 1t was
found that weather and frost were dis
migrating the tremendous boulders
which long-ago glaciers hewed and
piled into the form of human profile
Just IN time a clever quarryman, at
great risk. hardship and expense, was
empowered to install steel bolts and
cables which, properly looked after,
arc calculated to hold it together for
an indefinite period Of time, The
Great Stone Face was saved for genera
tons yet unborn. Now its view, and
that OF its viewer, must be saved, II
is realized that Westinghouse have
many calls on their purses from causes
much nearer home. nevertheless there
must be some who have mellow men,
cries Of a ride through the cool. leaty
canyon of Franconia Notch, accom-
panied by the creamy waters of that
lovely brook that rVshes to help form
the infant Pem:gewassett River, or who
have promised themselves that Sum-
mer pleasure, who can and will send
something to the treasurer OF the So
ciety. headquarters OF which are at
Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
High Tribute Paid
To ''Thc Rambler.

To the Editor % Tho star.
Thousands Of readers of The Star
like myself never knew Mr.. Shannon
personally. but certainly no local writer
ever had as large and enthusiastic an
audience as he. With the clippings
from The Star In our hands Tor guide
books We followed on foot, horseback
and in autos. the roads and trails he
described so p.ctures1ucly. He led us 10
long forgotten but historic old homes
hidden away IN the country around this
city and told us Of their past IN the most
attractive manner,
He took us through deep woods. along
lovely little brooks and streams. where.
h,adcr away from prying eyes. he
showed us the cylmbling walls Of old
grist mills Revolutionary fouadrieS
once splendid old colonial homes and
log cabins Of the early settlers. He
peopled them with real flesh and blood
men and women and made them live
aga!r i'll our imasina,:cns. We fol-
lowed him down old roads once high
ways. the wheel tracks and ruiS new
overgrown with grass and brush. They
led us to once important settlements
now forgotten by all but for the Ram
bier and his love for delv!ns INFO .hc
past. plus keen instinct for research
He told rs more real local history
than all the historians. lie showed us
more beauties Of nature than all The
artists. He made many long Summer
Sunday afternoons ones OF real a5reu-
turc and profit
I'm sure there are 10000 or more
scrap books III Washington tina, are
fairly bullying with the clippings from
The Star written by this kindly man
who called himself the Rambler They
will furnish the motif for many a future
harpy outing by men and women nov
children. to whom he will be only
name.
We shall all miss him MAY he con-
ttnue 10 ramhle over there amid
green fields and pastures new
WILL c. BARNES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
THIS AND THAT
RY CHARLES e. TRACEVELL.

great there being intense satisfaction
in compelling nature to do what man
wills This is part Of the pleasure man.
kind always has derived from DAMS
tunnels. waterfalls.
In these affiliations of nature and
her objects, man has managed to turn
the eternal wisdom to his own ends,
simply and p..ely. Nature the inscru-
table, the creator OF winds, HEAVIER of
oceans, down. hrower of mighty cities,
for the time being is put In harness and
made to work the will of the puny
creature that stands there master.
X x * X
Once damned. this little brook would
become a placid pool. with gurglc
at one end and gurgle at the other.
There would be Slight agitation of the
water in 1t, just enough to keep it
fresh.
The powerful clean odor of water
lilies. those nymphS Of the flowers.
would permcate the air, under the
shade of the mighty tree flinging its
branches out over the water.
Gold fish, silver fish would dart to
and fro. now and then butting their
noses against the wire screen which
would restrain them at either end but
which would not prevent the brook
from gursling in and gurglng out
Time, intelligence, money, work, de-
sire-tfcse would be some of the in
gradients necessary to bring all this
about.
Imagination, too, might place bird
bridge across the brook. Who ever
heard of bird bridge? But the feath-
cred creatures would like it. no doubt.
| It would be perfectly built bridge.
arch and all. but with road bed
lust inches wide. Cats. too. would
appreciate this dry road There would
be no traffic conflict, it might be stated.
between birds and cats!
Suppose a family purchased this
home who had no appreciation for the
brook, What shall we do about that
dirty little trickle" Of water out there
In the back yard?" she would say
Il don't know he might answer.
Il guess We can dry it up some way"
1T will breed mosquitoes" she would
add
The kids will be getting their feet
wet all the time
II we should have freshet or
something it would back up into the
basement"
Probably 1t would draw snakes too y
Maybe we can get the citizens as
SUGidt}UtI W NO GUOut ~
The beholocr. standing in the mud.
hopes that this type OF family will re-
sent the brook too much to buy the
house that belongs to IL.
No man ought to wrestle with a
brock except in friendly spirit. a
water course is too much TO have on
ones mind unless he love It,
The man who purchases this place
ought To be. for the sake OF his own
immortal soul. lover OF brooks and
a dreamer Of garden dreams.
He should--as no doubt he will--wel-
come the chance to do something diff
ferent. to have something that very
few families own--a real. live brook IL,
ones back yard.
Suppose it should dry un OF its own
free will? Unhappy thought. away!
May those who take under their wing
this bit OF nature never know the I'M
! happiness Of the end OF their brook
Families may come and families may
go. as they do In city but may this
little brook 90 on forever, singing
dreams into the heads Of those who
may work them out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
Exit Dr.. pueyrredon.

More than one good crusader has
found his lance broken at the hilt, him.
self rudely dismourted in a cloud of
dust ard his erstwhile fiery warhorse
galloping madly away. And this has
been the fate Of Dr., Honorio Pueyrre-
don. Argentina's Ambassador to Wash
lagton and the leader Of her delegation
to the sixth international meeting of
American states at Havana. From the
first he has been a crusa der. and
his joUsts with the United States De-
partrent Of Agriculture have been
merry affairs. indeed. cabled at length
from Washington for the avid reading
Of his friends. the farmers of Arsen-
tina. He rode bra,ely into the melee
al Havana. and his colors soon were
found flying where the fight was hot
test. At the outset he threw down his
gauntlet as challenge for open cove
nants openly arrived at" But no one
regarded his gesture as challenge He
unexpectedly found agreement instead
Of disagreement and the policy of open
meeting was adopted
Then he struck at greater things. He
took the attitude that a an-Amcrican
conference is a legislative body which
might enact into international law a
proposal that would prohibit all inter-
vention by any state in the internal
affairs OF another A few followed in
his train. bat it was when he stood for
the principle Of injecting tariff disputes
INTO the peaceful functions of the Pan
American Union that he found himself
almost deserted. II was here that he
broke his lance and lost his stirrups. for
he found himself not. as he had hoped.
In combat with Uncle Sam alone. but
with an overwhelming majority Of the
tventy-one states represented at the
conference. From the sublime heights
Of noble crusade he descended to a
ridiculous charge against windmill
Dr. Pueyrredon will probably return
70 Argentina, where his skill and ability
as a statesman and politician may yet
lead him to the presidency of that great
and friendly republic In the mean
time, the good that came of his serv-
ices at Havana Is not to be discounted.
Il was through his fundamentally that
those forces, so much talked about a
being opposed 10 the United States.
were led into the open And what did
they show? Instead of finding this Ma
ton. with its terrifying imperialism.
fighting lone hand against the Latin
American group. Argentina instead was
placed in the minority. surrounded by a
handful Of the faithful. while the prin-
cip!es upheld by the United States were
those that found favor with nearly every
other republic represented
The insistence Of the Argentine dele
cation had become serious obstacle 70
the smooth progress Of those subjects
On the conference agenda favored b.
the majority. Mr.. Hughes may have
been on the point 0. asking Dr. Pueyrre.
don:
PERHAPS i was right 10 dissemble your
love,
But--~..s Gid you kick me downsta. rs?"
For that seemed TO be what Or
PueyrTedon had IN mind. The renaova!
o. the leader OF the Argentine delesa-
ton may enable the conference, in the
few days remaining before its adjourn
nent, 10 reach agreements which other
wise would have been impossible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS


-urrent events on the banks OF the
Wabash and points farther away:
My defense OF our native land al
ways has been that no State Is
sounder at the core than Indiana;
that our citizenship as whole Is
law-abiding and that no people any
where cherishes higher ideals: that
while II Is true some OF our officials
have been found wanting. there Is
not the slightest evidence in Indiana
OF public condonement Of such a sit
uation. in which respect We differ
utterly from other States that APP
pear to be corrupt and contented."
II Senate cloaxroom gossip means
anything the vote on the electric power
inquiry will not pass into history with
out further developments inside the
Democratic senatorial group Senator
Walsh OF Montana is reported in any
thing but a mood To take his licking
living down. What inks the hero OF
Teapot Dome Is that his own party
leader. Senator Robinson Of Arkansas
headed bolt Of no fewer than Is Dem
ocrats against the project 10 have tn,
Senate itself investigate power With
Republican Progressive support. the
lttflpCFHLS, tlaQ lfleN Suuefed 0fllS Il
handful of defections. could easily have
carried the day for the Walsh resolu-
ton, but when more than a third of
them voted 10 send the investigation 20
the Federal Trade Commission. Walsh
was sunk It's suggested that the Mon
tanan may seek caucus for discussion
of the mutinv aboard the Democratic
senatorial bark
Delegates 10 national conventions nay
their own expenses, No organization
funds are available. That circumstance
frequently keeps well qualified men and
women from sitting In the quadrcnnlal
party councils where presidential can
d:dates are nominated An old conveu-
ton hand assures this observer that II
costs an average Of anywhere from $500
TO 81 900 10 be- delegate nowadays
Such total includes railway travel 10
and from the convention city. hotel
bills while there, entertainment" and
other 'incidentals Here and there a
State or county committee we'll lined
with funds puts up the expenses Of n
delegate or delegates whom it's particu-
larry anxious TO send 10 a convention
But IN nine cases out OF ten the honor
is something the patriot In question has
IN finance OH. Of his own pocket, USu-
ally he tor shei Is a political nobody.
tCopyrigh ip.Sl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
The Proile's Prospect.

Fxanconia Notch nov lies buried
eesp in Winter drifts and The Old
Man of the Mountain" gazes As ilxedly
as eTer over bleak Landscape wherein
only the dark conifcrG relieve the mo-
n91ny VI snow. ice and tock II VIII
not be- many rioonS, however, before
people from Ell parts ~ The United
states, including .tS Capital City. will
Dc touring through that gap Ia the
White Mountains and pa4E!na 70 look
I'D. no matter how many Times they
may have seen IL before. a. the Great
Etone Pace which inspired Nathaniel
Hawthorne and has inspired 50 many
other thousands who lacked HaW-
ihorne's powers Of expression,
II seems that unless prompt steps
are taken by those vino besl love
natures nandlWofk unadogne9 and un~
Scared by the hand q! man, The Old
Man may. In the not far distant iu-
tlre. be surveying scene far m9re
a.eak and cesolaE Than that created
ny Winter. The canny iumberman ia
gresdliy eyeing the denosiy wooded SIDES
u tie notch There uEisss = national
campaign sponsored by the Society Tn
the Protection u New Hampshire Fof-
eats Ia fully and soon successful, the
sx viii ring, ard the csnt~doe will
click and the whip-saW viii whine tbs
result IL but TOO well known 70 all Who
have viewed recently numbered north
woodland The society has broadcast q
picture. faxed" but faxed In good
cause, by Boston newspaper, showing
ilaw the slopes just underneath the
iu,t!ng roek formation VIII look ~
SUCH esAe II IN 81 accurate and d
! ce1gistk sf%ne
| Tne sum needed 10 buy and forever
preserve The 1000 seTss u these dseliy'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
PHILOSOPHERS
ny
GLENN FRANK

Convenience Is the new goal OF civln-
zation
We are Increasingly willing to barter
values for ease of operation.
came upon an unconscious confess
sion of this willingness IN a recent dis
ousson 81 radio development by Lee
DE Forest In the New York Times.
MIR DE Forest was discussing the
main problems et radio development
on which the radio laboratories are
now working He listed the develop.
meat o! mono control receivers" rs
one of the three main problems De
spite It's cargo OF technical tetminnl.
ogy, ! quote one paragraph from his
discussion;
while many Of the best sets on the
market have mono-control by single
dial, the tact Ia uncomfortable that by
the Use of sefnier eohdenScis the diff
ferent tuned stagen viii Il, every case
bring up the efficiency ot reception.
frequently increasing the range rs
much Ia 100 per cent In MAS pro.
duetlon OF receiver sets there Ia found
Ia enter a certain amount of variation
tn induetancc and dlectrie capacities
impossible Ia avoid, Where We are
working within fraction of n kllo-
cycle. u few inches more OF leas al
wire or few more drops ol Insulating
compound In the coil Introduce ,aflaN
tiona impossible to fosesee and tn bal
snce out by any standardized arrange"
ment Of yariahles,"
The convenicnees ~ mono central.
however" Mir de fofeat concludes
IN a sentence ! take for a taxi, are ~
ohvlois that one II content 10 saerinee
somewhat In range M srleetssity,"
with the radio. ~ with every mod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

EDDIE Fey is dead II Setu.s u
creeiole, toY Eide Foy has BEEN r.: 50
many years q aglYs or the stage that
he hzs seemed perennial, t3n4e.sss. he
began his career a. a clog cancer nearly
sixty years ago sns ne continued " the
la; DAY o! ia lie 10 conI!04h 70 ne
Armament Of the American public. lie
gs& al Institution. EeYer great III his
rafts, never varying tram ,he pro-
no4yacec individually - htE perform"
sEte. simply en- .resistisis clown, hs
mace millions aggn in TIE coarse u
faix long career lie hsc natural eifls
Of n43fnscry ard wa endowed %!'h
rare agility tnat enabled MN ~ tJfaEk
eslsgEttgiis on The stag" lie early de-
ys.ogtc from mere cancer inN e
comedian Ee hsd 4 funny ]oine. T.
funny TN d funny manner, funny
Legs and the continuation made a t.toEg
appeEj UPON the fsSof VI aAdiencta.
nature cast him permanently IN tht
roe II fQnns2ker. He could not have
been serious In fis work by any change
YET tlaeEe VaA pathetic sIce " Aim
for IL wss known tina. lie afcsn1y Gf-
sired " e. higher grace u paf& tnAh
those for which i1e was cast. Every
now Snc then /. wa snnpihced, WIN
what sincerity Ia not ~ be determined
ttsst EDDIE Foy wa gong into Tia
'ieg1timats. Tns puDlie tpos ma
statement sk merely bit of ptssi
aSepuy. When H3fns years ago u WA
s,Aas1 that Hsmls, Nss the goal 81
teis soa1se performer The l1fe "sb ~
pbyaoA tlst Il WA realized tnAt t1s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

The brook gave the beholder an abb
surd and childish pleasure.
Not often, indeed, does one find a
babbling brook in a city back yard.
It was all of 2 feet wide as 1t mean
dered across the rear of the lot tins
side of the garage. An imposing Gull
vert allowed automobiles to cross.
One got all the thrill Of water With
out any of its dangers, for not even
the most optimistic person could mag
inc that even sparrow could drown
IN such an infantile stream or that by
any possibility nature could make IL
overflow its little banks.
Yet the bcholder saw possibilities IN
1t. After all. what Is better than posi-
bilities? AS long as there's life there's
hope. went the old saying, and as long
as there are possibilities there are OPP
portunities.
If the possibilities are not there.
however. the opportunities will never
northumberland this applies as we'll to
q brook as to a man or to nation.
The brook in the back yard might
be the happiest playground for chill
dren in the world. or 1t might be turned
into the central note of real garden,
and this either with or without DAM
ming.
It seemed to come from Nowhere on
the North and disappear into Nothing
On the Left clear trickle OF water iii
its tiny bed. making a small FLASHING
sound as it gurgled along.
One could not help but wonder if it
would really emulate Lord Tennyson' S
famous stream Would it really go on
forever? Would its slight but none the
less actual murmur. the sort one reads
about in poems. continue to send forth
It's natural music years hence, when
this house should be old?
One tell to wondering about all this
as he stood there in the mud at the
rear of the yet unfinished house and
grounds, with rcd clay where green
grass would be- and an unfinished look
where later would be perfection.
Who would buy this home?
1t might be a family with an innate
appreciation for the brook and its pos
slbllities. or it might be some who
would scorn it and make light of it,
as If a brook il ones back yard was a
matter of small consequence or per-
haps even shame.
II man and wife got this place who
believed III the brook, they would dream
at time Long before their first Spring
In this place they would see the brook
with finished banks.
In imagination they would see clean,
small pebbles along its course (Which
they would have put there. Of coursc)
They would see the banks built up. so
that the stream would have all actual
course
They would see Japanese iris. water
lovers. growing over there against the
garage, gorgeous white Japanese iris,
such as one may see when Spring and
Summer meet III the White House gar
dens.
They would see hosts of naturaliZcd
croci ard narciSsi dotting the greening
grass like stars in the Summer night.
They would sec whole tribes Of little
birds. including the beloved songsters,
with hee and there a.fat robin, bath
ing in this natural bird BATH drink
ing OF its waters.
They might even conjure up, so
mighty Is the power OF the imagination.
a pool created by the brook flowing
In at one end and out the other. Here,
In little. man might produce something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

ern machine, the aim Is 10 make II
foolproof and TO devise All instrument
that child can manage RS easily as
II can tura on u water faucet,
Year h. year Ne invent anu perfect
more and more mechanical tnstfn~
ments and toals that can he managed
by watchers instead of operators
For while we shall tune IN ON
our tadlas, ultimately We shall have
only Ia turn on" our rad't@, meeha-
nism will have done its perfect work
once more
A constant battle Is so,ns IN Ne.
tween tho enjoyment oi operating and
the easr ot operation Of our machines
We progressively diminish tho ehas~
lenae to the human ingenuity os the
average man
We head toward canned goods
world,
Hut. as l said the either day. there
In bright side a. this picture, there
are 4 thousand and one functions and
operations. an which man had fddled
away his time and energy for een~
turtles, and from which he derives ne
particular henetit II Ne can only
standarsiise and meehan,ss all these,
man viii have his time and energy
ilse for mere important things
,Sepsr.sht Meslvls Assspapsf AsHd'ss,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17
SHOOTING STARS.


UntYuth.
II you can smile when things go wrong
And hide each sorrow In a song,
When all is said and done,
I truly feel constrained to say
As you pretend from day TO day.
You're no George Washington.
OF course. you make proper move.
As you the scenery improve
With imitation fun.
And when a figure gay you cut
You merit much approval-~but
You're no George Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

Young Mr.. Bruce. son-in-law OF Sec
rotary Mellon. has become a fifty-dol-
lar-a-week bank clerk He is in line
for promotion. Of course. His refusal
to rank as one OF those who begin
at the top" cannot fail TO win conf
dence in connection with future rela-
tionshipS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-17

With Harvey Firestone providing tires,
Henry Ford in charge OF general con-
struction and Thomas Edison super
vising the ignition, the Herbert Hoover
bandwagon must BE- regarded as being
in remarkably good shape.