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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES f. FREEMAN, D. D, Ill: D.,
Bishop Of Washington

Of the great Apostle st. Paul three
things were needful faith, hope and
love- We cannot believe it was without
design that he places hope between
faith and love 1t is conceivable that
a man may have faith without hope.
Faith gives no guarantee Of immunity
from misfortune. Indeed, 1t is fire.
quently made strong by stern expert
ence. Hope is the element that, when
misfortunes or disasters come. holds us
fast to our ideals and inspires us with
the assurance that better things are to
be on the morrow. No life is immune
to mistakes or misfortunes or heart
breaking sorrow. These are the COM
mon experience of all men. and the
only thing that gives promise of better
days is a steadfast and unchanging
hope. One wonders what the world
would be without 1t. Where tempta-
lions assail and we yield to their al
lurements our defeat would be COM
plete were it not that we believe we may
rise on stepping stones Of our dead
selves to higher things"
Darkened would be the pathway of
that man who, in his hour Of trial and
failure. felt no assurance that another
day would see him unyielding and tri-
umphant 1t Is only where men see in
Scribed above the door they enter, They
leave all hope behind who enter here"
that the zest of life fails them and they
see nothing but shadows ahead. When
sorrows attend our way and death in
vadeS the sacred circle Of the home the
only thing that brings light In the dark
ness is a hope founded in an unfailing
trust. 1t is this that holds us fast and
makes us serene in the face of over
whelming sorrow. Never in all our life'S
experience does the anchor of hope
mean more to us than in such situa-
ton. 1t is hope unshifting and I'M
changing in the life and ministry of
Him who is the Rock of Ages.
Belief in a power, not of ourselves,
that makes for righteousness, Is the sus-
tanning and comforting assurance of
life. The writer of the Epistle to the
Hebrews speaks of the anchor of the
soul as entering within the veil whittier
the forerunner is for us entered. even
Jesus" 1t is upon His supreme life and
teaching that the anchor of hope lays
hold. 1t is the consciousness that all
we are and hope to be is secured to us
by our union with Him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
crew the Zeppelin was brought to earth
- rra,,Io,, - niolot o,,Ioolr az y,iohf

crew the Zeppelin was brought to earth
at Toulon at eight o'clock at night.
1t takes only short look into events
Of the past few years to demonstrate
the menacing effects Of the elements
upon the huge gas bags that furnish the
supporting power for lighterthan-air
ships. No one will ever forget the
tragedy of the Shenandoah. which,
caught in a gale over Ohio. split in half
and cost many valuable lives. Nor will
any one ever forget the tragic fate of
those aloft in dirigibles when the huge
bags catch fire and with their human
freight dash to the ground.
On the Graf Zeppelin's previous trip
10 America 1t was severely damaged
while over midocean by strong winds,
and it required heroic measures on the
part of the crew to effect repairs More
than four days was required for the
flight from Germany to the United
States. and while 1t was an achieve
ment hailed throughout the world with
acclaim. the danger, the ripping of the
fin. and the slow time caused the in
evitable question to arise as to the
scientific value of the experiment
Except with the use of helium. Il
non-inflammable gas which is exceed
ingly expensive and difficult to secure.
dirigibles are at the mercy of both
fire and the elements. In addition to
loo
enormous size and a ground crew num-
bering four or five hundred persons for
the take of and landing. And the old
axiom. THE bigger they are, the harder
they fall" seems to apply particularly
to ships OF this type because the larger
they are made the more unwieldy they
seem to become.
DR.. Eckener is unquestionably the
greatest living dirisible designer. To
him must go the lions share of credit
for the development Of this type OF
ship and the Graf Zeppelin, with its
use of 'blau gas" for fuel-a gas that
weighs no more than airs his latest
contribution to aviation. Yet despite
his genius and the modernity OF the
big ship 1t was nearly the story OF a
tragedy that was written of this ven-
ture instead Of merely failure I'm
doubleday man will find a way to con-
quer the air both with flying machines
and dirigibles. There have been notable
failures with both. but for the present.
at least, with its ability to maneuver and
speed. the airplane seems to be forging
ahead faster than its sister ship, the
dirigible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Democrats Skillfully Move
For Coming Election Issues

Leave 1t now to us Democrats to pro-
duce really fair and equally sensible
tariff wall
That is one position that the Demo-
Gratis may take The other is the one
that in this special session has been
continuously maintained by numerous
Democrats among whom perhaps the
most philosophically analytical has
been Representative LoZier of Missouri
and the most practically politically
creative has been Representative Hull
Of Tennessee. Mr.. Hull gathers con-
verts and followers to himself increas-
ingly He takes the view that a con-
sideration of the tariff should begin not
with regarding international trade as
an evil which should be repealed at our
customhouses. but with regarding it as
a blessing which can be made to yield
us prodigiouS wealth. He endeavorS to
demonstrate to all corners that no tariff
wall can benefit the bulk of our agri-
culture, which produces SURPRISES for
export. and that q lower tariff wall in
general for the whole range of our
commodities, agricultural and indus
trial, would enable us to push our ex-
ports up from five billion to ten billion
dollars a year, and would produce a
vastly enhanced prosperity among us
for farmers and business men and
wage earners all together.
Mr.. Hull is the prophet OF what
might be called world trade promo
ton tariff" He contends that If the
Democratic party does not undertake
to give the country such tariff the
Republican party will do so within
six or eight years. Mr. Hull proposes
to beat the Republicans to it.
One way or another, either by trying
to prove that the coming new tariff is
unequal and unfair or by trying to
prove that an entire new variety of
tariff Is needed, the Democrats are
headed once more toward having an is
sue. They are preparing scissors, one
blade at least of which will cut.
(Copyrisht, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
The Visiting Librarians.

For the fourth time since its birth,
In 1876, the American Library Associa-
ton has met in Washington. During
the week Just closed the Capital again
has had the privilege of being host to
the hundreds of men and women, repre-
senting thousands Of others. who are
members of this organization and the
bodies affiliated with 1t in the impor-
tant task of making the library the real
instrument for adult education in Amer
lea. The progress that is being made
in this direction cannot be considered
as altogether intangible, when it is con-
sidered that there were only one hum
dred and one registered delegates at the
first meeting of the American Library
Association flfty-two years ago, and
that twenty-eight hundred delegates
registered for the convention last week,
with upward of three thousand actually
in attendance.
They represented membership OF
more than eleven thousand, and the
sixty different units of the association,
such affiliated, but independent, groups
as the Special Libraries Association,
which also met, are indicative Of the
breadth and scope of the subjects dis
cussed. Such growth can be attributed
only to a demand that calls for the
establishment of more libraries, the en-
largement of existing library facilities
and the creation of new fields of service
for the library and the librarian.
The meeting this year was the largest
ever held in point of attendance and one
of its features was the interesting and
instructive commercial exhibition which
received the praise of the visitors. Much
of the credit for making the complicated
arrangements for the smooth function
ing of the convention was given, in
formal resolutions adopted yesterday at
the closing session, to the local COM
mttee, OF which DR.. George F. Bower
man was chairman. This is, naturally,
a source of pleasure to the community
that has known DR.. Bowerman since he
became identified with the District Pub
lie Library in 1904, just two years after
the occupancy Of the Central Library
Building, and who has taken such a
conspicuous part in its subsequent
growth and development.
That this growth and development
have not been all that they should be,
and that the Public Library system here
reaches only about third of the city's
population, are understandable facts to
those of us who live and learn in the
Nations Capital. And it is to be hoped
that DR.. Bowerman, who for a quarter
of a century has been overcoming his
difficulties one by one, did not fail to
make the facts clear to the visiting
librarians in their fleeing glimpse last
week OF how their Government main
tains its Capital City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Debenture Hits Snag.

The debenture plan of farm relief
ran into trouble in the House yester-
day. BY vote of 249 to l19 the House
sent the bill to conference. after dis
agreeing to the Senate amendment,
which provides the debenture plan as
in the House bill. While this vote was
not a direct vote on debenture, 1t never
theless gave clear indication that the
House is standing firmly with Mr..
farm bill burdened with a plan which
he considers unSound. 1t was sig
nifcant that only four Republican
members of the House joined with the
Democratic opposition, which was in
sisting upon an opportunity to vote
upon the debenture instead of follow
lowing the ordinary course of sending
the bill to conference. One of those
Republicans, Mr.. La Guardia Of New
York, has no great love for the deben-
ture. His opposition to a special rule
sending the bill to conference arose
from the fact that he believed the Sen
ate had violated the constitutional pre-
negatives of the House when 1t added a
debenture clause to the bill. While Re-
publican lines were holding firm in sup
port of the Presidents contention, four
teen Democrats. among them the rank
ing members OF the committee on agri-
culture, cast their votes in favor Of the
special rule.
The House Republican leaders de-
termined not to raise the constitutional
question in regard TO the debenture.
The House followed their lead and con-
tented itself with calling attention tC
the fact that there was a debatable
question in this issue, and declaring that
the action of the House in receiving the
farm bill from the Senate with the de-
benture clause must not be considered
a precedent In other words, they left
up In the air the question whether the
dcbenture clause violates the provision
of the Constitution which declares thai
all recommending legislation must
originate in the House. Members o
the House themselves were divided OF
this issue. Had the House leaders un
dertaken to raise this question 1t woulc
have Led to much debate .ip The .HoA6l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

washington as the Capital Of the
Nation of 50,000,000 people" says an
editorial in The
The National Star Of May II.
Capitals Growth. aS7s; u M MS in rspid its
proper position as the most cosmopol-
itan city in America. Even now there Is
probably more individuality OF opinion
and action on the part OF our people
than in any other city of the land.
WASHINGTON is. in short, national rep
resentative of all the varied elements OF
the entire population Of our vast re-
public. We are now, as community.
entirely national in our character, with
no controlling characteristic peculiar 10
any one part of the country, but. on the
contrary. are a community OF the rep
resentative people of every section.
The great populous centers OF
inha bitantS in our vast cities, as New
York. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago st.
Louis. San Francisco, etc. are subjected
to the peculiar local laws enacted by
the representatives chosen in an in
terest limited by city. county or State
jurisdiction. which, as often happens. is
strange, and at times inimical, to the
habits experiences and prejudlceS or
the people from other States and locali-
ties of the Union. But the District OF
Columbia is common ground. set apart
and dedicated to the entire people OF
the country as neutral territory, within
whose jurisdiction every citizen of the
United States meets another upon abb
soIute equality. The Congress of the
United States enacts all the laws for
the municipal regulation of its affairs,
thereby Matchmaking its government to
harmonic with the varied sentiments
of the people of the entire Republic.
With a proper appreciation on the part
If Cnnorecc IF this nprlIliar and distinct
condition of governmental affairs con-
trolling the Capital of the United
States, as the only national city in
America, the legislation will become
more liberal and comprehensive for the
advancement. adornment and prosperity
of the District set apart for the seat OF
government of our rapidly growing
Nation.
The Constitution places the govern
ment and control of Washington and
the District of Columbia under the ex-
elusive legislation of Congress. and
Congress alone is responsible for its
liberal and comprehensive, or narrow
and restricted, laws and regulations.
Washington is the only city on the
continent where the Government of the
United States is absolute and re-
sponsible. even to the minutest detail
of local government. It is only within
the past few years that Congress has
assumed its constitutional requirement.
of exercising exclusive legislation over
the affairs of the national seat OF gov
eminent. but within that brief period.
by its comprehensive appreciatlve and
generous appropriations. Washington
has been redeemed from being stencil
in the noStrils of men and angels, and
is now a thoroughly attractive city,
worthy of being the capital OF 5O,0O0,OG7
free American citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Threats to Prosperity
Appear Very Remote
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

That "saturation point" in consuming
demand which some prophets OF the
dark and dismal have foreseen as
threatening American prosperity ap-
pears remote, II indeed 1t appears at all,
to the members of the committee on re-
cent economic changes, whose report
was made public last week after study
covering more than a year.
The conclusion Is that economical
ly we have a boundlesS field before us;
that there are new wants which will
make way endleSsly for newer wants,
as fast rs they are satisfied" the COM
mittee reports, adding this Clincher:
We seem only to have touched the
fringe of our potentialities."
But, warns the committee, there re-
main important problems Of leader
SHIP II our prosperity Is to continue and
expand. Our complex and intricate
economic machine can produce, but to
keep it producing continuously 1t must
be maintained in balance" reads the
report, emphasizing that equilibrium de
Ponds upon a general knowledge of the
relations of the parts each to the other
and asserting that the organic balance
OF our economic structure can be MAIN
tanned only by hard, persistent. intelli-
gent effort: by consideration and
sympathy; by mutual confidence and
BY disposition in the several human
parts to work in harmony together"
There is much more than mere words
in this report, which constitutes a big
contribution to the rapidly accumulat-
ing store of knowledge of where bust
ness, industry and agriculture are
headed. 1t is supported by a huge
volume of statistical and factual data
! compiled by experts in the field Of
economics.
Certainly no suspicion of political
bias can attach to the report OF the
committee on recent economic changes,
for if the distinguished chairman of
that committee was Herbert Hoover,
now President of the United States, an
other of it's members was John j. RaS-
kob chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee.
Many Changes Noted.
Named to make one of the studies
growing out of the 1921 Presidents
conference on unemployment, this
committee studied the period from 1922
to 1929. during which, as all know,
there have been many visible changes
in the United States. The distinctive
character OF these few years, the report
asserts, owes less 10 fundamental
change than to intensified activity"
and with this statement destroys some
OF the illusions which have been Rugged
closely to the breasts OF those VINO
awaken in midmorning and believe the
sun has just arisen.
AS a measuring rod of advances In
this country. the report and its sup
porting detailed data provide summaries
which appeal to the imagination.
Since 1922, primary production has
increased rs per cent each year; manu-
featuring, per cent year; transpor-
tation, 4 per cent; per capita produc,
tivity in manufacture leaped forward
IS per cent between 1922 and 1925.
Per capita consumption Of food is
decreasing-here's another factor in
the farm problem"-due to less vigor-
Gus physical work as o people, better
constructed buildings.
The size Of famtshs Is decreasing. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Hope pe haze as an anchor OF the
soul" (HebreUS, pi.19).
"Thc Souls Anchor"

III ''oUi -AitIIoI'
We are ever anticipating our tomor-
rows. Our todayS witness to the fulfill
ment or disappointment Of our yester-
days. All our lifetime we are projecting
ourselves into the future. That.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast,
Man never is, but always to be blessed"
is automatically true. As long as we
have hope there is promise of fulfill
ment. When hope ceases. when we can
see nothing ahead and the horizon is
restricted and darkened, zest of life Is
gone and We begin to die. We may be
utterly illogical and unreasonable in our
expressed expectations, there may be
nothing to assure us that what we hope
for will be ours. yet We refuse to aban-
don our expectations. Hope is both the
tonic and the anchor of the soul.
An anchor has a large and useful
purpose and is indispensable, especially
in time of stress and storm. No ship
would sail the seven seas without one.
1t affords a sense of security and fire.
quently guarantees safety. That hope
is the anchor OF the soul Is demonstra-
bly, true. 1t holds us true to our eX-
pectationS as well as our convictions.
To believe in the oUtWorking OF some
tial part. to feel and know there are
unused and undeveloped potentialities
within us that, when tested, may give
us our largest opportunity for service,
is stimulating and inspiring. The old
maxim that I'VE never know what we
can do until we try" has its genesis
in hope.
Efficient living proceeds from the
consciousness that there are gifts and
qualities within us that. given their OPP
portunity and called into action. will
disclose their power and usefulness. 1t
is not, however in the realm of things
material in the attainment of for
tune and success, that hope plays its
largest part. 1t is in the realm Of
things spiritual. Hope as an anchor OF
the soul implies deep and unchanging
conviction; it suggests fixity of belief.
without such security life drifts and
its objective Is imperiled To the mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
and perhaps to weeks of debate in the
Senate. In the meantime, the farm re-

ana perhaps 10 Weeks Oh ueOAOe All tIic
Senate. In the meantime. the farm re-
lief bill would have gotten nowhere.
The overwhelming vote in the House
yesterday is a fair indication that de-
benture in the end must go out Of the
farm relief bill. II that course is fol-
lowed the final approval of farm relief
bill by President Hoover seems assured.
A beginning Of farm relief will at last
have been made. The fight is not yet
over, however Politics will continue to
play a part with efforts on the part
Of the Democrats, generally speaking,
to hamstring the administration. The
tariff bill is likely to provide a vehicle
for still another fight over the deben-
ture plan. Senators supporting that
not retained in the farm bill they will
add it as an amendment to the tariff
bill when that measure comes over from
the House. In that event. the temper
OF the House will again be tested on
this issue. II the Republicans from the
farm States believe that the rates of
the new tariff bill as finally drafted
deal fairly with the farmer. they may
be expected to continue to support the
President in his opposition to the de-
benture plan. II, on the other hand,
these Republicans from farm States
consider that the farmers have been
given the short end In the revision of the
tariff, they may support debenture. II
they do So and debenture be written
into the tariff bill, Mr. Hoover will have
to decide whether he wishes to approve
the measure containing that sore spot
or 10 veto 1t and possibly kill the tariff
bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

longer span of life due to improved
conditions OF health does not compen-
safe for the decrease in the birth rate.
Fewer children plus sharply restrict
ed immigration has slowed the rate
of growth of the population and de-
creaSing labor supply means. perforce.
substitution of mechanical power for
manpower.
Invention, gaining momentum, is
steadily transferring the skill of the
worker to wheels and levers of steel.
Here arises the problem of the worker
thrown out of employment through no
fault of his own. For this displacement
of workers by improved methods, the
committee uses the term chronological
unemployment" which it recognizes as
a problem worthy of especial study, but
1t points out that new wants demand
new industries or services which promise
to absorb those whom invention has
forced to change occupations.
lCopyTight, 1924 $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

In the Clouds.
Two cherubs smiled across a cloud.
The artist lent them grace,
And still We look with feelings proud
Upon each winsome face.
But to maturity they grew,
Through many years agone.
And they have had grandchildren, too,
To help us carry on.
And since the aeroplane appeared,
In gratitude We VOW,
Those whom those charming cherubs
reared
Are aviators now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Doing LIS Duly.

From the Haverhin Evening Gazette.
Tariff makers probably failed to pro-
vide duties on imports of liquor because
they concluded the Coast Guard and
border patrol are doing all that is nee
essary to encourage domestic distilleries
and breweries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

If Harry Sinclair had aspirations as
a motion picture player, he might be
more willing to take his publicity and
allow his management to make dates
with the camera men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Euronc MOI So Poor.

From the Lansing State Journal
The peak of automobile export to Eu-
rope Is reported. What with export
costs, duties and 50-cent gasoline the
poverty of Europe doesn't appear to be
in for any rapid alienation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

A dirigible is regarded by many aero
nauts as rather unwieldy craft whose
trip may be regarded as a success If,
in case Of apprehension, it can turn
around and get back to where it started
from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
COPELAND Expects Fight.

From the Yakima Morning Herald.
Copeland, who wants a doctor to
stand by while the Senate celebrates,
must be expecting big fight over some
thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

The wholesale deadliness now to be
expected in battle will make another
war; impossible, unless the world
plumbers into an epidemic of utter in
sanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

In we'll guarded jail AL Capone
Will doubtless be less fearful Of atten-
ton from gang men than he has been
for number Of years.