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Afternoon Session.
Devotional, Rev. s. L. Pope.
Quartette, Selected.
Christian Life of the Teacher, Rev. E.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1928-05-24

Final adjournment.
Evening star., 1928-10-14

in commemoration of this historic
event" Such tribute. it has been
pointed out. is most fitting, for the
inception of the ST. Luke's Interna-
tional Medical Center was made directly
possible through the generous personal
interest of the late Emperor and EN-
press parents of the present ruler.
A distinctive characteristic of the
st. Luke's institution at Toxic is that
in contrast with most of the other
foreign hospitals in the Orient it has
not remained foreign in personnel.
While the director. Dr. Rudolph Boiling
Teusler, is an American, the vice direc-
tor is japanese. Other members of
the medical staff are natives. Some
of the most eminent peTsonages and
medical men of Japan are members
of the advisory council. st. Luke's is
training school for japanese nurses
and is thus developing a profession
which has hitherto been scarcely known
in Japan 1t has been estimated that
eighty per cent of the poverty in Japan
is caused by preventable disease and
the work of this pioneer establishment
for the betterment Of the Japanese
people is one of the most important
undertakings ever instituted in that
country. It is highly appreciated by
the Japanese and its maintenance by
the generosity of the American people
is certain to be factor in the strength
ening OF the relations between the two
Evening star., 1928-10-14
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LII. D..
Bishop of Washington

rectors to have brief respite from their
labors, and affording the pariShioners
a new demonstration of lay power In
the high art of preaching The effect
of this lay evangelism proved amazingly
stimulating; the rectors returned tc
their parishes to find their people more
responsive to their own messages than
they had hitherto known them, 1t was
unique sight to see man conSpicu-
Gus in professional or business life enter
the chancel on Sunday, conduct the
service and preach the sermon. Doubt
less to many it was an experience they
had never had before. There was
nothing of ostentation or show about
this endeavor; 1t was modestly done
and covered wide field. One of those
to whom this ministry was carried said
to me- THE finest impression l ever
received In my life. and one that has
given me a different conviction con-
cerning the realities Of the Christian
religion, was the simple, manly presen-
tation made by laymen In the pulpit
of my church. 1t has made me feel
a real sense of responsibility concern
ing my own religious obligations" Here
was a demonstration of the value OF
articulate religion.
Entirely apart from such a pro-
nouncement made In Christian pulpit
the value of a Christian faith boldly
expressed and consistently lived is q
compelling factor In the propagation
of the Gospel. Jesus said to one that
He had healed, GO home to thy friends
and show them what great things the
Lord hath done for thee" Again He
declared, Whoever will confess Me
before men, him will confess before
My Father which Is in Heaven" II
men seriously believe that the teach
ingS of Jesus constitute working
philosophy of life, they should boldly
and insistently declare it wherever op-
portunity affords. There Is kind OF
religious respectability and reserve that
precludes any open expression of re-
ligious conviction; it is not calculated
to stimulate or set forward the high
claims of the Christian faith A silent
Christian adds little to the enrichment
of the moral character OF his fellows
II am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ" said a bold apostle. His de-
Votion TO his divine Master compelled
him to make his faith articulate. The
most popular theme of our time Is re-
ligion, and the free and fine discussion
of it by those who hold to 1t, and live
by 1t, Is gladly recognized and needed
Evening star., 1928-10-14
A Worthy Work in japan,

Incidental to the opening of the Gen.
eral Convention of the Episcopal Church
in this city the other day attention
was called to the needs of an American
medical center in Toxic. Japan, an in
stitution established ten years ago un-
der the auspices of the National Council
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church and
now recognized Is one of the most
valuable Of all works for the welfare
nf the Japanese people. This institu-
zion has suffered severely from dis
asters being virtually destroyed in the
IRE of 1923, but it is going on and is
now planning q great establishment
which will represent an outlay of $6,-
000, 900, of which more than half has
been provided. 1t Is hoped that the
remaining portion of the fund will have
been subscribed by American supporters
of the hospital by the time of the coro-
nation next month of the Emperor and
Empress of Japan as q good will offer
ing from the American people and -
Westure Of sincere friendship to JApar
Evening star., 1928-10-14
Fighting for the Final Pot in the
Great Presidential Poker Game

a certainty of victory in the following
States:
In New England-Maiue, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont. In the Middle States
Pennsylvania. In the border States
West Virginia. In the Central West
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois. In
the Prairie West-IoWa, Kansas. In
the Mountain West-Wyoming Utah,
Idaho. On the Pacific Slope--Wash-
ington, Oregon, California.
That is 205 electoral votes out of a
needed majority of 266 in the electoral
college.
The mass of the seeming certainties
with the emphasis still today on the
word "seeming"-are on Hoover's side.
Against them Smiths fighting chance
is marked by fighting along almost
every inch OF the way.
In the solid South the Hoovercrat re-
bellion seems indeed well put down in
South Carolina Mississippi Louisiana
and Arkansas It's fires are meeting
vigorous counterfires in Georgia,
Florida and Alabama. 1t Is still rising
In great fury, however, In Virginia.
North Carolina and Texas. Il 4
In the border region 1t comes to its
severest intensity in the Bible belt
States of Tennessee, Kentucky and
Oklahoma.
Outside the solid South IN fact, there
are few seeming certainties for Smith
anywhere.
He is thought by some objective Re-
publican observers to be making his
best headWay against the Republican
forces. with victory inclining toward
his banners. In Rhode Island Wiscon-
sin, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona
He Is conceded to be giving blow for
blow in Massachusetts,, Connecticut.
New York, New Jersey, Maryland. Mis-
souri,, Minnesota and North Dakota.
His valor is felt and feared, though
not just now so acutely, in Delaware.
South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and
Nevada.
Happy or not, Smiths task is GER
tainly that of the warrior. He has few
possessions, He has to be bent upon
acquisitions Or. to change the figure:
The time Is 2 o'clock. The game is
to last till 3. Hoover sits with quite a
stack OF blue chips gained and saved
In front Of him. Smiths chips are
mostly in the pot. Each player must
win something out Of the pot, but Smith
needs 1t much worse than Hoover
Hence safe prophecy:
Hoover will stall and stall till 3
o'clock, playing more and more ike
wooden Indian Smith will ar'-c trced
the table and walk around and around
1t. uttering violent incantations. That
will be intelligent for each candidate
and each candidate is going to do it,
This campaien--to put 1t fiagrantly
fiippantly-will end in wonderful
round between q wooden Indian and
whirling dervish.
. w.. (Copyrisht, 1927
Evening star., 1928-10-14
Experts Seeking Solution
OF Mysteries of Textiles
BY HARDEN CoLFAX.

1T may require, in the ordinary mind,
considerable stretch of the imagination
to visualize any relation between a short
skirt growing shorter during a rain
storm and tire blowing out through
failure of the fabric, or an electric
wire causing q short circuit and stop
ping factory wheels because the insu-
lation was defective, but science sees
nothing fantastic about 1t at all To
science, the answer in each case might
be plain shrinkage.
Many of the problems which con-
front consumers OF textile goods, both
those used industrially and those used
about the person and household, were
discussed here last week at meeting
OF the textile committee Of the Ameri-
can Society for Testing Materials. The
technologists composing this committee
have solved many problems which COM
monty arise have tests under way
which promise to straighten out others
, and are trying to devise means for ap-
preaching still more,
There Is nothing Of mystery or magic
or hunkum about science; 1t deals with
cold facts. Therefore, members OF this
| committee are using chemistry and
mechanics, fire and water, the micro
| scope and the camera lens, the X-ray
and other forms of inquiSition In theil
relentless pursuit of the answers to the
question marks The cries of anguish
from the cotton fields of the South may
| be those of hapless molecules which
, have been pinned down by some scien'
tist who demands an answer to why
some cotton fibers spiral to the left
and others to the right,
Every consumer of textiles-and thai
means the entire population--and every
producer and every dealer has stake
In what the members OF this technica
committee. and others working hlont
similar lines who may not belong to thi'
particular. organization, are doing tc
improve the quality of the raw products
and the finished materials, and to dis
cover better ways of doing things,
The textile industry, In all its branch
! es, is Of huge proportions. The value O
Its fabricated products Is second only Il
! foodstuffs; 1t Is the first of all manu-
featuring industries In number of EN-
ployes and wages paid. II reaches heav
lily into agriculture. on one side, anC
into distribution. on another
Some OF the subjects touched upon q
this meeting of textile technologist
would form story of romance and ad
Evening star., 1928-10-14
TAKING STOCK OF THE HARVEST
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

! the difficulties of a hard, dry soil. Re-
ports made by farmers of intentions to
plant promise a decrease OF at least 2
per cent in the acreage to be sown to
wheat in Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas
Kansas and States south thereof al
ready are sowing wheat. Yields nave
been good, but prices have been disap-
pointing.
The. Range Country.--A threatening
drought has set in over all of the range
country north of New Mexico and
shortage of water for cattle and an
increased danger of grass fires are
feared. This is reflected in early ship
ping. So far the stock has not been
damaged. However. with impending
dry weather. stockmen are discouraged
from buying young cattle to feed as
the grass promises to be sparse.
The Pacific Coast.-it Is very drv -
the north and crops not planted where
irrigation Is available show damage.
The general harvest is well advanced
and prospects for late nut and fruit
crops are good
In general the Department of Agri-
culture thinks the farmers should be
well pleased with the wheat outturn.
In 1918 the crop was 763,000,000
bushels, in 1927 1t was 873.000.000
bushels and this year promises to be
S9l 100000 Corn in 1918 showed a
harvest OF 2,446,000,000; in 1927,
2,774,000, 900. and this year 5000, 900 900.
Living Standard Is Rising Abroad.
It would almost appear that the
heavy stocks of wheat now in storage,
coupled with the large exports which
already have gone forward, would result
in little relief to the farmer fros= the
| point OF view Of price. Supplies Of
| 1927 wheat in storage in principal
wheat importing countries are materi-
ally greater than last year, and this
! year Canada has more wheat in stor-
! age than ever before in her history.
! From Germany comes dispatch that
wheat crop of 1913, ,38l 900 bushels,
which is the largest crop ever pro-
duced within the borders OF Germany
as constituted since the war. has been
harvested Rye. much more generally
used in Germany than here, also shows
an increase.
All this means-that is. big crop
here and big crop abroad-that the
export demand will be materially less.
The world crop so far reported through
the International Institute of Agricul-
ture at Rome shows harvest for 1929
OF ,563,415.000 bushels compared with
asia, 100000 bushels in 1927
On the other hand each year since
ABOUT 1879 mas seen nlgner SJanuard
OF living in Europe. Many countries
consumed scarcely any white wheat
/ bread at all. rye bread and black bread
/ being the staple of the masses. Now
however, there has been a great hegira
to the industrial centers and people have
| obtained jobs at good wages. Also there
have been many government doles The
people OF European countries having
become accustomed to white bread will
continue TO demand 1t and this will in
crease substantially the whole demand
Evening star., 1928-10-14
I'VE cannot but speak the things
Which tDe hdDe seen and heard"
"Articulate Religion

''Articulate Religion"
faith or belief secretly held and faith
or belief opened avowed. What we
hold of religious conviction grows and
deepens in us only in so far as we give
expression to it. Religious faith must
become articulate; it must be made evil
dent in daily intercourse and in the
common concerns of everyday life Ask
a man what he holds of political belief
and he is voluble: his preference for
candidates and parties ne expresses
with enthusiasm and abandonment Ask
a man to give open confession to his
allegiance to Jesus Christ, TO give ex-
preston to his deep religious conviction,
and he is hesitant and frequently en-
barrassed. In the main the average
layman thinks of articulate religion as
belonging to professional class; 1t has
to do with those who are ordained to
preach it. In this we find one of the
conspicuous reasons why the Christian
faith and the Christian Church move
with less power and efficiency than they
should. Surely there Is nothing that
makes a greater appeal to the mag
portunity for wholesome and helpful
discussion than that which was given
to men by the divine Master. Latterly
we have noted, and with deep satisfac-
ton, that the secular press Is giving
more and more space to the considera-
ton of religious questions. Most of our
leaders in public life have latterly made
liberal drafts upon their scriptural
knowledge in giving point and emphasis
to their political pronouncements,
Within comparatively recent times a
number of notable books have come
from the pens of laymen dealing with
religious convictions and the relation
they bear to the common things of
everyday life All these are signs that
are hopeful and promising and every
effort should be made to encourage
them.
During the past Summer a group Of
professional and business men in one
of our large metropolitan centers gave
themselves without reserve to the
preaching of the Gospel in scores of
churches. Their record discloses that
this little group took 1853 services In the
course of two months, in some so or
more churches. thus enabling tired
Evening star., 1928-10-14
Bus Drivers and Traffic Rules.

| The contention of an attorney for a
bus driver who had been arrested for
| speeding that operators of vehicles of
Z this type are not subject to the traffic
, regulations because they are adherine
to schedules laid down by the Public
/ Utilities Commission has been effec-
lively answered by Corporation Coun-
sci William w. Bride, who on Thursday
ruled that bus drivers are granted no
special privileges. While Mr. Brides
opinion on this question was a fore
gone conclusion on the part of the pub
lie, his decision is an important one IN
view OF the fact that there apparently
has existed Misunderstanding on the
part of drivers as to their relation to
the regulations.
There is no gainsaying the skill and
ability of the operators of these huge
vehicles In the congested trafflc of the
city, but this skill, coupled with the
thought that they are immune to prose :
cution for violations of the traffic rules
has not b2en conducive to high degree
Of safety for other users of the sire It.
1t is IN this respect that Mr.. Brides
recently given opinion will probably
bring about a reform
Everything on the highway, whether
il be horse drawn vehicle or street
car must conform to the traffic regula-
tons which have been laid down for
safety. While the arrest for speeding
of one bus driver docs not put all
drivers, or even any large percentage of
them, into the category of the reckless
and diSobedient, 1t not only. with the
ruling that was asked of the CORPORA
ton counsel emphasizes the attitude
toward the authorities, but brings to
public mind abuses that have been noted
In the past.
Every motorist instinctively gives wav
before the approach of one of these We
hicles, and in many cases bus drivers
have not been averse to taking advan
tage of this fact, That is one abuse.
Others are tendency TO beat" the
lights-which, of course, cannot be
charged solely to bus drivers, because
the majority OF motorists do 1t, too
failure to keep to the right and speed
Ing. Although all equipment of this
type OF vehicle is of the highest order
and brakes are kept In perfect condi-
tion' the danger to other users of the
streets is accentuatsd by the ponderous
character of these carriers Mr.. Brides
ruling, therefore. will probably result in
greater degree of street safety, be-
cause from now on drivers will realize
that violations of the regulations will
bring them before the authorities.
Evening star., 1928-10-14

Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania
favors the adoption by Congress of soms
uniform policy against the authorisa- =
ton of toll bridges on public highways
US d in interstate traffic, He classlfies
the toll bridge as an evil that should
BE- eliminated because of dts restriction
to travel, trade, commerce and mutual
understanding between communities
and States, Every motorist and every
business concern that uses the highways
will applaud his suggestion. There Is
nothing so conducive to strong language,
on the part of the motoring public, as
toll bridge, unless 1t be toll road, Both
have come to be regarded as relies Of
the past and gradually they are disap-
pearing, But enough Of them are left
to furnish Mr.. Kelly with adequate
grounds for complaint,
Toll bridges should be eliminated So
should nails, sharp pieces of iron and
rusty railroad spikes which lie on the
highways waiting to find comfortable
resting place in worn tire. The diff
Guilty is In finding the proper method
Of elimination. Many bridges would
never have been built unless the toll
were permitted as a convenient and
simple form Of financing. Many bridges
yet to be built will be constructed pro-
vided only q toll can be exacted from
those who use them. When a con-
gressional permit is necessary for the
construction of bridge, Congress could
easily withhold the permit as a gesture
against the toll bridge. But the example
Immediately comes to mind of the
authorization in the last session of
Congress of a toll bridge over the
Potomac near Great Falls, to be con-
structed by private parties as an invest
ment. There is universal agreement
that the bridge will be source of
henefit and pleasure to those who use
it, But the bridge would not be built
for many long years to come If its
building were left to the various gov
ernmental agencies under whose juris-
diction 1t would come.
No toll bridge should be allowed on
any public highway. AS Mr. Kelly says,
toll bridge on public highway is an
anomaly. Those which remain in exist
ence should be bought and made a part
OF a system that is free and open to
every American. But Congress should
60 slow in turning thumbs down on the
construction of new bridges, simply be-
cause they are toll bridges. The better
method would be for the proper agencies
OF Government to encourage their con-
struetion. but to insert safeguards
against extortionate charges and al
ways to work toward their eventual
purchase by the State for the people
As method of financing construction
temporary toll is often the simplest
and most expedient resort. But as a
source OF continued revenue for fat
returns on an investment, the toll bridge
mas no place on any map today.
Evening star., 1928-10-14

venture II stripped of their prosaic
terms.
Take this very matter Of shrinkage Of
materials. Considerable is known about
1t and precautions are taken in the prep
aration and manufacture Of textile
fbers to gverd against shrinkage in the
flnished material ~isich might cause
not only disnay to the woman whose
garment suddenly assumed smaller pro-
portions. but. In industrial use. might
bring about a disastrous accident, II Is
not only necessary to study the compo-
sition of the fiber involved, but also the
reaction. of that fiber when placed In
combination with others Of its family
or those of a different breed. At the
same time, In order to get the full pic
ture, there must be o knowledge OF
stretch.
In cotton. the greatest of the vege-
table fibers and the most important
standpoint produced In the United
States, tests are under way. some of
them by members Of this textile COM
mittee and others by experts not az
6liated with this particular organization.
which may revolutionize not only the
uses Of cotton, but its production and
marketing as well The element Of
strength alone possesses SUFFICIENT prob
lens to keep the scientists busy for
many months to come, for what ap-
pears to be the strongest cotton fiber as
1t comes from the plant IN the field may,
when spun into yarn, prove to be In
ferior In. strength to what was consid-
cred to be weaker variety at the pick
ing. The study of this subject involves
not only composition of the fiber. but a
review OF all the methods Of rnanufac-
ture, Somewhere along the line there Is
what now appears to be mystery, and
the technologists are eager to unmask it,
Involved In the matter OF finishing
textile materials--the process which
adds the final touches to the production,
principally In the matter of appearance
there are thousand unknown guam
titles. For instance. does the copper
which may ruin fabric when an at
tempt is made to rubberize Ii for rain
coat come from the bleaching to remove
the foreign substances Just after the
fabric has left the loom, or may some
Of 1t be traced to inflnitesimal particles
OF metal which may wear off from the
machine parts In spinning and weaving?
This is one of the questions which the
textile committee Of the American So
ciety for Testing Materials hopes to
answer at some future time.
A broad field for exact knowledge ex-
lists In regard to the effects Of humidity,
for the queer antics Of textiles under the
influence Of ordinary moisture from the
atmosphere are Of concern to the pro-
ducer. the dealer, the manufacturer and
the consumer
More exact knowledge Of any of the
hundreds Of problems now involved in
the textile field will mean q saving and
an Improvement In performance. Some
OF the answers may not be discovered
Tor years, but the experts are on the
trail. and one by one the breastworks
OF mystery are falling before the on
slaught of facts.
(Copyright 1927