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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., III. D..
Bishop OF Washington

is but a Pigment of the imagination.
The tragic thing about most OF these
assaults upon the Christian faith IS
that they offer no reasonable substitute
in its stead. For that which has given
unmeasured comfort to countless thou
sands of human lives they offer nothing
in the way of an alternative. 1t is not
strange in the face of such conditions
that now and again those who are
possessed with strong Christian faith
should cry out, Art Thou He that should
come, or do we look for another?" 1t
is hard to diSpoSSess those conceptions
or ideals of life that we're given us in
childhood and that constitute the legacy
Of early and sacred associations. Even
age does not dim them to our vision,
nor do the chilling blasts of diSappoin1-
ed hopes destroy their charm. Tragic
indeed, Is that situation in which a
man finds himself hopeleSSly without
this heritage. Conspicuous as are the
attacks upon the Christian faith at the
present time, they are in no sense
unique. Again and again men have
striven to defeat the high and holy
purposes of Jesus of Nazareth. Again
and again have futile attacks been
made upon the citadel of the Christian
faith. In spite of all these, it still per-
Il
spairing forerunner was, Go and show
John again those things which We do
hear and see" A like answer may be
given today to the honest inquirer. In
spite of all said to the contrary, the
sheer persistence of Jesus in human
thought, His continuing influence upon
human lives, His raising up of those
morally dead, His giving freShened i'm
pulse to those who are halt and lame,
His opening of eyes that were blind
to the high claims of His philosophy
His gospel more universally preached
to men and women of every type and
kind-all these attest His place of in
t1uence in twentieth century life. No
single personality recorded upon the
pages of human history has so per-
meated human thought, SO stimulated
human action, or so inspired men to
deeds of noble service as this sublime
Son of Man. He stands before the
world today as its unchallenged teacher
and leader, saying to it as He said to
John of old, THE blind receive their
sight, and the lame walk, the lepsrs
are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the
dead are raised up, and the poor have
The gospel preached to them" And
blessed is he whosoever shall not be
offended in me-" There is no SubSti-
tute for His sublime teaching, there is
no panacea afforded to human hearts
comparable to that which proceeds
from His divine lips. He penetrates the
prison house in which we seem to see
the defeat Of our most cherished hopes
and refreShes and inspires us with His
word of divine assurance and His life
OF supreme triumph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
An Outdoor Authority.

| All members of the living generation
of sport-loving Americans will regret
the passing of CaSpar Whitney, war
correspondent, expert on athletics,
travel writer and authority in the
boundless realm of outdoor life. Mr..
Whitney has just succumbed to pneu-
monia at New York, aged sixty-four.
| He was perhaps at the heydey of his
literary career in the early days of the
present century when, as cotemporary
OF men like Richard Harding Davis
and Walter Camp, Whitney stirred the
imaginations of American youth, par
ticularly of the college type, with his
outgivings on athletic subjects. He
came to be regarded as oracular. His
views and decisions on controversial
occasions, in the fields of amateur sport,
enjoyed judicial respect. He made and
unmade regulations on the gridiron
diamond and track.
Whitney was long power in the
affairs of the American Amateur Ath-
letic Association, which placed the hall
mark of its rulings upon records and
record makers, and determined the con-
ditions under which the youth of the
land played games. He was stickler
for cleanliness in sport and waged un-
ceasing warfare against professionalism
within amateur ranks.
Whitney was a native Bostonian and
scion of the distinguished house
which traces its origin to Bradford, the
first Colonial Governor of Massachu-
sets, but was graduated from modest
college in California, after having pre-
pared for Harvard. More than once he
girdled the globe as traveller, and
wrote countless magazine articles and
books dealing with his exploration Of
unknown parts. It was his contribu-
tons on outdoor life in Harper's that
first attracted national attention to
Whitney. Later he was editor of Out
ing Magazine, and later of Golfers
outdoor America From 1914 to 1917
he was one of Herbert Hoover'S lieu
tenants in the Commission for Relief of
Belgium.
He leaves an honored and we'll re-
membered name. The popular sports
of America and the fine traditions of
clean combat which distinguish them
can never be discussed by future his
torianS without paying tribute to the
part Caspar Whitney played in estab-
fishing them.
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The Food Division.

A feature of the inaugural parade
that has just been approved by the
committee in charge will attract general
attention and form suitable item in
the ceremonial. This will be group
of marchers who were assistants to
Herbert Hoover in the Food Admins
tration during the war and postwar
period. 1t is not expected that there
will be large number in this division"
of the parade, but whether there are a
score, or a hundred, or thousand, they
will serve as record of work accom-
plished by the new Executive which
developed the qualifications for the
high office to which he was elected in
November.
Mr.. Hoover's Food Administration
work was not in the line Of his. general
training, but it followed logically from
his experiences in Belgium during the
first two and a half years of the war.
When chosen for the administration OF
Belgian relief, Mr. Hoover had had no
| contact with the problem of provision
ing great numbers of people. He ap-
piled to it his capacity for organization
his excellent judgment Of individuals,
his ability to effect systematic and har-
monious cooperation in difficult cir
cumstances.
When the United States went into the
war and Mr.. Hoover was sent for by
President Wilson to undertake the Food
Administration work he was, by virtue
of his service in Belgium, an expert
rationer. Again he organized the serv'
ice that was intrusted to him with gooc
effect exercising his sound judgment
regarding rerseRl capacities and e.
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be appointed receiver in every juris-
diction of the Federal courts.
Two years ago Congress enacted sew
eral amendments to the bankruptcy
laws in hope of tightening them against
fraud by bankrupts and by officials of
the court in such cases. The amend
ments have had healthy effect, but
SO long as human nature remains what
it is 1t appears there will be some WILL
ing to take a chance this in spite of
the number of persons who languish in
Federal prisons for their misdeeds.
Credit men consider as highly i'm
portant decision handed down by the
United States Supreme Court last Mon
day upholding sentences for contempt
of court for failure to comply with
orders to turn over to trustees record
books or assets, which decision stressed
the Importance of turnover order.
\ X X X
Four years ago the National Associa-
ton of Credit Men started the first
heavy drive against commercial crooks
by raising protective fund to set up
a special organization for investigation
and prosecution. They went after
81 100000 and succeeded In raising
81 400 000-sufficient to carry the work
almost through the present year.
In the three ana half years this
special fund has been available, the
credit inen have handled 2,40O cases
where there was reason to believe fraud
has been committed, and these cases
concerned more than 100000 persons,
financially.
Having brought about conviction of
more than 600 persons. while 634 more
indictments await trial. the credit men
are now going out for further victories.
Business having expanded, they want
larger fund. which they calculate will
carry the warfare forward for probably
five years more. Solicitations from
banks and business houses In all parts
of the country excepting the far West,
where the first campaign was waged
only last year, will be made from now
until the end Of June, city by city.
With court machinery functioning
under strengthened laws, including not
only the amended bankruptcy act, but
statutes against shipment Of stolen prop
erty in interstate commerce, the credit
men believe the life of the commercial
crook is going to be made increasingly
difficult each year. If this be true, the
overhead of doing business will be re-
duced and the ultimate consumers
should share in the resultant benefits.
copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
WITCHES AND WIZARDS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

One of the most extraordinary teSti-
monies to come out of the York Witch
craft case, in the opinion of most peo-
pie. was the constant reference to men,
such as Blymyer, Rehmeyer and Len
hart as witches. For some centuries
past people have always thought of
witches as women. and they usually
are pictured as fiorrid hays. Such pic
lures we saw in our childish story books
The male Sorcerer was a wizard or a
warlock.
That the York witchcraft springs di-
rectly from very early sources. rather
than from our own Salem witches or
those of modern Europe, is indicated
because one to two thousand years ago
the same term was used in England,
Scotland, the Scandinavian countries
and Germany. with no distinction of
gender The York witches have a
longer direct genealogical line than our
Salem witches had.
These particular witches were almost
exclusively good witcheS-at least at
flrst-for the early Saxon and Scandi-
navian and Gaelic words for them CO.
incide with the modern word exercise"
which means Ito drive away evil"
However, it is quite possible, If not
probable that this friendly expression
was attached in the same fearful sense
in which the Greeks called the Furies
Good Friends"
OF course. to this day. species of
witchcraft are practiced in Scotland
and in the islands nearby. Many old
women have what is called second sight.
They foretell things with uncanny &C =
curacy and often are struck with a
sudden realization which amounts TO a
conviction that something has hap
pened to certain person.. death or
| some disaster. at the ends of the earth.
Almost infallibly this type of witch
craft, represented by mental telepathy
or something akin to it, proves abso-
| lutely true.
In England the Druids were gifted
with supernatural powers. according to
all legends concerning them. They, OF
course, we're pagans. And the most IA
nous wizard known to EngliSh-speaking
people is Merlin. Then there is Way
land the Smith, who, with the aid of
dwarfs, according to legend, forged
swords which were invincible in the
| hands of the champions of those days,
such, for example, as the knights OF
King Arthur. Merlin had one OF Way
lands swords.
Sung in Poetry.
| Probably the second most famous
wizard of the British Isles was Michael
Scott, who lived at Melrose Abbey and
! is regarded with a certain amount OF
veneration to this day. The people OF
| Scotland have always set great store by
witches and warlocks. Burns Tam o
Shanter" and other poems tell how the
people of his day dared not stay out
after dark alone.
Belief in witches was in the blood
and still is. In the time of the Cow
enanters dozens. If not scores, OF
witches were burned to death by these
jealous ProtestantS because they. had
cast spells on persons, dried up the cat
! tie, prevented the ewes from lambing
and otherwise brought harm to the peo-
pie. Protestant ministers of the Gospel
were responsible for these turnings
Catholic priests were responsible fol
many more burnings. perhaps because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Tert: art Thou He that should
come. or do TIE look for dnother?"-
ST. Matthew, ri.3.
THE Logic of Depression"

''The Logic of Depression"
This is the startling query that John
the Baptist addressed to Jesus. He had
been thrown by Herod into his loath-
some prison house. His dramatic min
istry had come suddenly 70 an end.
From widespread and increasing popu-
iarlty he was sent by a cruel and licen-
tiouS monarch to prison, there to await
execution. He had literally descended
from the mountain tops of an exhila-
rating and inspiring experience to the
ShadoWy depths of depression and I'M
certainty concerning his mission. For
the while his unfailing faith in the One
Of whom he had been the forerunner
suffered an eclipse From this stand
point there is reasonable logic in the
inquiry he addressed, to Jesus. With
communications with the Master cut
off, with his own ministry interrupted
and seemingly defeated. it was reason
able that he should ask the question,
Art Thou He that should come, or do
we look for another?" He had heard
in prison of the works of Jesus, he had
noted His evident progress, but he would
know more of His authority and His
assumption of divine power.
His situation illustrates one that is
we pass through experiences that are
so utterly depressing. so spiritually en-
ervating, that literally "hoSannaS Ian
guiSh on our lips and our devotion dies"
The testing time comes to us when our
area or vision is restricted, when our
freedom is inhibited, when contacts
with rejuvenating spiritual forces are
denied us, and when the light In our
skies seems for the time to be lost
John Galsworthy had this in mind
when he wrote in the early stages of
the World War, Three hundred church
spires raised to the glory of Christ,
three hundred million human crea-
lures baptized into His service, and war
to the death of them ALI" To his shat
tered vision 1t seemed like the defeat
OF sublime cause. The Prince of
Peace had been dethroned and the god
of war had taken his place.
That our postwar age is given to
doubt and speculation more than those
periods that have gone before is clearly
obvious. Some call this "a wistful
age" 1t Is certainly one that is char
acterized by drifting. 1t is an age that
calls for more of discriminating judg-
ment than our generation has hitherto
known. We can hardly pick up piece
of our current literature without finding
in 1t some virulent attack upon the
Christian faith. A distinguished GRIM
inal lawyer makes bold to declare that
immortality is myth, that the hope
that has soothed many broken heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The New Politics.
Now politics is not the same.
1t is very nifty game
Presided over by some dame
OF naughty pedigree,
Who never says desc" dem" or dose,
But with an air of great repose
Her social prestige will disclose,
While deity pouring tea.
Ward workers now must all behave.
The men when audience they crave
Must be particular to shave;
The girls must all look neat
No more in line the bouncers stand
She needs them not, for her command
Of social power gives her hand
The cards that can't be beat!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Broad Widening Plans Needed.

A proposition has just been made u
the District Commissioners by COM
rnittee of the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce for the widening of H street
from Massachusetts, avenue to Seven
tenth street. This proposal illustrates
anew a difficulty that has arisen
through the occasional and piecemeal
widening of downtown thoroughfares
fer the relief of traffic in the area OF
greater congestion. Wherever these
widening works have been undertaken
the effect has been to bring about sud-
den constructions in the arteries of traf-
nc. The traffic streams do not dimin-
ish naturally at these points, The re-
suit is that serious congestion is caused
at these bottle necks" and along the
narrower stretches of the partially
widened streets.
The experiences of the past two or
three years, during which several i'm
portant street widening works have
been accomplished in downtown Wash
ington, have not been such as to en-
courage continuation of the policy OF
occasional engagements. In every in
stance the traffic congestion in the
narrower portions of the partly widened
streets has been greater at the con-
clusion of the operation than it was at
the beginning. In other words, the
traffic has grown more rapidly than the
street widening has given relief.
A comprehensive study of this queS-
ton is required. Washington must be
considered as whole. not as series
of neighborhoods, else street widening
works as they may become necessary
In the adaptation of the Capitals plan
to present and prospective conditions
will prove to be excessively. expensive,
It is obviously in the interest of econ
ony to draft plan for systematic
artery provision through the widening
of existing thoroughfares or possibly
the provision of new ones.
: New York is struggling with this
Question, which is of the most pressing
Importance there because of the i'm
mense values at stake. The latest pro-
posal therssis to cut a series of broad
highway spaces from east to west across
Manhattan Island, perhaps four or five
of then,, and each comprising one OF
possibly two complete blocks in width
from north to south. These spaces, II
Is urged, would be Of the highest value
for the accommodation not merely OF
moving traffic, but for parking and for
bus terminals. The cost today would
mount into the hundreds of millions
But the cost twenty-five years from
now would, at the rate Of value in
crease that has prevailed in New York
for some decades past, mount into the
billions.
1T is not believed that Washington
will ever conceivably require any such
drastic means of traffic accommodation
as that just advocated for New York
But In the same spirit of provision
blere SHoulo NC SoLtle CO-OtoAlaCaoh VI
plans such as have been drawn by sew
eral agencies Of inquiry for the future
and, indeed, for the almost immediate
requirements. Otherwise there will
continue indefinitely proposals fol
street widening along greater or smaller
distances prompted by urgent loca
needs, but not brought into harmon!
With a broad plan.
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Credit Men to Crusade
Against Failure Frauds
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

With grim determination to knock
few stable segments out of the bank
ruptcy rings which burden the business
fabric of the United States, the Nation
al Association of Credit Men last week
launched drive to raise a fund of
$l,75O,ooO for investigations and prose-
cutions.
Commercial crimes cost the people of
this country around billion dollars
year and of this it has been estimated
that $250,000,000 Is involved in bust
ness failures. 1t requires no chart to
demonstrate that this item forms a
heavy tax on the purses of the ultimate
consumers. The two-gun highwayman
gets the spectacular headlines, but his
bland brother who preyS upon business
gets the real money.
1t has been estimated by conservative
authorities that rs per cent of bank
ruptcies are tainted with some degree
of fraud. During 1928 there were
23,942 commercial failures in the United
States, with liabilities aggregating
$486 1858, 900. in contrast to 23,146 and
liabilities of $500, los, 900 during 1927.
These figures are higher than in 1925
and 1926, but lower than in 1923 and
1924.
The National Association of Credit
Men deals with wholesale credit; trans
actions between manufacturer and
wholesaler and wholesaler and retailer.
The Associated Retail Credit Men. a
separate organization, assumes the bur-
den Of relations between individual con-
sumers and retail dealers. It Is in COM
mercial credit, rather than individual
credit that the opportunities for fraud
are presented, naturally.
X X X
New York City business is echoing
with the noise of another disturbance
over bankruptcy cases. What happens
in the metropolis often has widespread
effects; in commercial failures there
usually are creditors or other parties
at interest far from the Harlem River.
The Federal judges of the southern
district of New York. in the midst of
an uproar over the disappearance of a
man who had acted as receiver in a
number of bankrupt estates, announced
last week that arrangements have been
made with bank which hereafter is
to be named receiver, negotiations to
| this end having been under way sew
eral weeks Several jurisdictions already
| follow this plan. Representative Celler
of New York, on Thursday, introduced
in the House a bill to amend the ma
tional bankruptcy act so as to provide
| that q bank, rather than an individual,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

1t is entirely possible that Mr.. Hilles
will enjoy being relieved of patronage
responsibilities. The job not only keeps
a man busy, but imposes a great deal
of wear and tear on his sense of human
sympathy. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Legal procedure concerning leader
ship of the Salvation Army will tend
to exploit very old sentiment oppos-
ing the development Of politics in re-
li1ion,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Consultations of capital are supposed
to provide facilities for cheapening and
improving service. Nevertheless, the
number of straphangers will doubtless
go on increasing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Broadway theaters are having quick
succession of failures. Managers are
willing to try anything once, and the
American dramatist is having the
chance Of lifetime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

France proposes to establish pari-
mutuel machines in all large cities so
as to make sure of collecting the gov
eminent tax on betting. In France,
while gambling may be wrong, tax
lodging is worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

The world takes step forward to-
ward peace among nations when gen.
eral sentiment in favor of it Is so en-
phatically expressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

It will require some time and patience
to restore Standard Oil interests to
their old status of "just one happy
family"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

The problem plays inside a theater
amount to little, compared to the park
ing problems just outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

The Rockefeller-Stewart situation
shows that in financial friction oil does
not necessarily lubricate.
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So Undignifed, Too.

From the Florence Herald
New Orleans womans Jaw dislo-
Gates every time she yawns. Which
must be disconcerting to her pastor.
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Giving Value.

Giving Value.
"You make rather long speeches"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
II know brevity is the soul of wit. But
out our way, even when 1t comes to talk,
taxpayers want lot for their money"
Jud Tunkins says there ought to be
some way of meeting parking problems
without depending entirely on police
man with piece of chalk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Mid-Januarv.

The growing beast will help, they say,
To teach the birds to sing
A fieeting sunbeam shines each day
To light the way to Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
It's Called Blessing Sometimes

From the Louisville Times.
The tie that binds isn't. blessed when
1t ha& caught on the rear collar htitton'