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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18

on either the Potomac or the Anacostia
water front of the city.
It is entirely feasible to preserve
ancient craft for an indefinite time.
Even the old wooden ships can be
placed on concrete foundations to pre-
sent the appearance of floating and
yet to keep them from decay and de-
terioration. Such relics maintained as
a naval museum would have historic
value and would greatly stimulate pub
lie interest in the part played by the
American Navy in the establishment
and maintenance of the Republic.
Washington is decidedly the place
for such an assemblage of historic ships.
1t is, first of all, the Capital, the CEN
trail city In point of national interest
1t is the objective of great and in
creasing pilgrimage annually. 1t has
water front facilities such as are pos
Sessed by few other places in the coun-
try, unimpeded by commercial require
ments and developments.
Unfortunately some of the historic
ships of the American Navy have been
lost, victims of either accidents at sea
or of age. But 1t is not beyond pos
sibility to reproduce them in replicas
serving admirably to show the types
represented by them and to afford COM
parative study of the development Of
naval architecture. With an historic
haven established here as a naval
museum these old-timers that have
gone to the bottom or have been
scrapped could be replaced from time
to time to the end Of eventually making
complete record available for all time
for patriotic and technical study.
The precise plans for this project are
yet to be worked out and submitted.
No time, however. should be lost in
pushing the proposal. Certainly all the
old historic craft suitable for inclusion
in such a museum should be scrupu-
lousy preserved for eventual berthing
in such final resting place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18

That it remains so to this hour, Sir
George Arthur contends, is largely due
to the INFINITE tact Of the English
gentleman now on the throne. 1t was
wholly because of George VS. interven-
ton at a vital moment, the author in
stances, that Sir John French was not
relieved of the British command in
France until Lord Kitchener had gone
to the Near East, 80 it might not ap-
pear that personal differences between
the two men had anything to do with
the recall"
This unusual biography of sovereign
still enthroned ends with this glowing
reference 10 King Georges illness
last Winter:
To those whose work has touched
the Kings work at any point, or who
have rendered him personal service; and
above all to those who stood by his
pillow and watched the fevered body
grow more and more exhausted, there
may have come the conviction that
whether to live bravely or die bravely,
his was the will of simple unpretend-
ing Christian. And for himself, who
again and again had looked on death
and had hidden farewell to many a
well loved friend the faith of the child
would reinforce the spirit OF the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18

1t seems that everything that Is in
vented nowadays has to be noisy. No
matter how interesting it may be, or
/ how much beauty or utility it may give
the world. 1t must make a noise.
The result. of this is that people
everywhere are waking up as never be-
fore to the menace of noise, especially
in cities, with their crowding Of people
and sophisticated night life.
Recently the New York Times carried
an editorial, NOISY New York." which
met with the appreciation Of many read
ers, as set forth at length in letters to
the editor.
Franklin p. Adams, the genial F. P.
A. of the Worlds Coming Tower"
column, wrote an article for Liberty
setting forth the stress and strain Of
city noise on a sensitive temperament.
America is waking up to her noises,
many and profound, which bid fair to
make a sort of perpetual hurly-burly
out of the land of the free unless
something is done about It,"
Just what can be done Is another
matter, for there Is nothing under the
sun about which the old maxim Is
more true, What is one mans meat
is another mans poison"
What is noise to one man is nothing
TO announcer. WIldC S less LLldIl nOILlltlB
| to one is q terrible racket to his
| neighbor.
One man cannot stand the tick Of a
clock, and banishes every timekeeper
! from his home.
Another cannot tolerate the drip of
a spigot any place in the house.
A third is immune to the crying Of
babies. but cannot stand the barking
of dog.
A fourth is offended by the yowling
of cats in the alley.
Another protests that the noise OF
automobiles is intolerable, disturbing
and unnecessary.
One will declare that he can 60 to
sleep against any noise except the talk
and laughter Of human beings.
One will assert that he does not mind
| talking and laughing but finds himself
kept wide awake by the radio Of the
| man next door.
Out of all this tumble Of noises. to
which any reader can add a hundred
| or so by taking thought, there results a
noisy potpourri which constitutes the
basic ground noise of the modern city.
1t is aggravated by the clank OF milk
bottles in the early hours Of the morn
| ing, by the rumble of owl cars on the
street car lines the yelping of dogs put
| out in the back yard. the fretful vail
ing of sick babies, the noisy farewellS
of roistering men and women, the full
blast of radio set run without regard
for the rights or wishes of others.
The truth is that a city Is a COM
munity, and communal living calls for
| some regard for others by every one
else. The necessity for sleep. In varying
| amounts, is of so basic character that
IL 20 h. ala fal Hyek hA
perpetual clatter which goes on in the
cities shows that there exists large
necessity for the entire matter being
brought to the fore again and again
until people are called back to the
common-sense sanities of the old days
when regard for the rights of others
was common part Of the courtesy Of
life.
Noise seems to be . part of the
"show-off" spirit which besets a people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
''Sensible" Grading
Of Wheat Is Urged

From the Kansas City Journsl-Post.
the protests that grain men, millers
and farm organizations are making
against some of the abuses under the
existing system Of grading wheat are
obviously reasonable. They are not
asking that real standards be lowered
pr that wheat shall be graded beyond its
actual merits. But they do object
and very properly-to certain highspun
theoretical standards, which have moth
ing to do with the real value of the
Whsat.
In poultry shows there is q large lat
itude in the matter Of theoretical
points" A perfect" hen, under the
point system, is q rare bird. This is
all right when some way of awarding
prizes must b. found. Nearly all en-
tries seem perfect IN the eyes Of even
raiSerS of poultry.
But poultry is not sold on such a
scientific point system. The theoretic-
ally perfect hen would not be worth
any more at the poultry market than
the same size and general type of hen,
falling short Of theoretical perfection.
The purchase and sale of poultry for
eating purposes do not follow the lines
Of grading for blue ribbons.
The same rule should apply to wheat.
When the wheat is just as good for all
the purposes for which wheat is used,
notwithstanding it does not meet some
color notions or other ideal standards
of theorists, it should be graded on that
basis. Let the theorists use their
technical standards in awarding prizes
at fairs.
The Southwest has long suffered
great losses in money through having
its wheat graded down. regardless of its
real quality, because 1t does not have
the same tint as wheat grown In some
other climate. It Is an unreasonable
system and should be abandoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
The Forest Fire Problem.

From the Great Falls Tribune.
Comparatively few Montanans as yet
realize the extent of damage done by
forest fires within the States bounda-
rieS this season. Taken as a whole,
they constitute one of the worst
catastrophes this State ever has suf-
fered. Thousands and thousands of
acres of virgin timber has been do
stroyed. many homes have been ruined,
great watersheds impaired and nature 5
pristine beauty marred. Even when
the exact area traversed by flames has
been ascertained, it will be impossible
to calculate the damage done. The
value Of a watershed cannot be nsti-
mated easily. The worth of a great
landscape cannot be figured in dollars
and cents.
1t is apparent, however. that the
disaster is one which will be generally
felt. 1t will be felt by the Nation to
some extent. but by Montana to a
greater extent. The forests are an
asset as necessary to our well-being
as our rivers, or our mines. or our
farms. The utility of our wooded hills
and mountains is not solely in the tim
Der they yield, but in the water they
conserve and the glorious background
they provide for recreation. We can
i'll afford to lose any of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
A "Life" of King George.

"a, All London is talking this week of a
work which was possibly intended to be
= . posthumous biography, but is none
the less arresting because its royal sub
Ject happily still rules. 1t is life" of
George v, by veteran soldier-author,
Sir George Arthur. Written by man
whose own life has been largely spent
In the British Army, it is natural that
his book should have the military smack
throughout.
It is this circumstance which appears
TO insure it lively vogue in England,
where otherwise it might have been
consigned to the limbo of the unnoticed,
found guilty on the charge to which
most biographies of still-living persons
are subject, viz, of being the vanished
truth. Sir George has boldly used King
George as the peg on which to hang
the British soldiers view of the unwrit-
atens British constitution. 1t is not abso-
Lutte enough, in Tommy Atkins opin-
ion, according to George VS. Boswell.
When nearly all Europe, after the arnAi-
stice was accommodating itself, this
complaint, Sir George Arthur asserts,
echoed through every barrack room
from Lands End to John o. Groat.
eff it had only been question Of the
adherence of the army" he boldly dis
closes, sit might have been compare
lively easy at that moment to set up an
absolute dictatorship. The talk among
the, soldiers struck the note of unswerv-
ing loyalty, not to the principle of the
constitution, but to the person Of the
KipgPl This talk" it appears, was
aimed primarily at the politicians"
personified at the time mainly by Mi.
Lloyd George.
This biography of the King Emperor
draws the conclusion that, despite the
bad Kings" she has had, Britain today
is individually monarchial" and, be-
cause Of this national instinctA I'VE can
snasls snuslv at Communist hrsAthinss."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

been associated with foot ball?-C. 8. w.
A. Howard Jones has coached contin-
uously since his playing days at Yale in
1908. He has produced All-Americans
at Syracuse, at Yale, at Iowa and the
University of Southern California. In
his four years at the University of Cali
fornia, he has made the best record of
show that his teams have won more
games than any other in that period.
O. What is the Staymared applet
A, j.
A. The Staymared apple is an origi-
nal variety produced in the famous Or
chards Of B. C. EIoomaw, near Coving-
| ton, Va. 1t is an improved variety of
the Stayman winesap. This apple turns
deep, rich solid red all over in late
August, when the ordinary Stayman is
mostly green and just beginning to be
| striped with red.
@. What is the derivation of the word
"welcome"?-M. L. C.
A. The word welcome" is from the
old English wilcuma-"Wil' meaning
will, desire or pleasure, and "cuma"
meaning conner or guest. Originally
the word meant one whose coming is
pleasant or desirable.
@. Please give some facts about the
life of Lady Drummond-Hay?-P r. Y.
A. Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Ha
is the daughter of Sidney Lethridge Of
Hampstead, England. In 1920 she mar
ried Sir Robert Hay Drummond-Hay, a
British diplomat and consular officer.
After his death in 1925, she took up
journalism as a career. Lady Hay was
the only woman to cross the Atlantic
on the Graf Zeppelin's first trip and the
only woman passenger who circled the
globe on the famous Graf.
@. Do the lepers in the Philippine
Islands have moving pictures?-R. T.
A. Under the auspices, of the Leon
ard Wood Memorial for the Eradication
of Leprosy, periodical shipments of film
are made to various leper colonies in
the tropics. Originally suggested by the
late Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, this
practice has been carefully preserved
each year by Will H. Hays. Seven mo-
ton picture producing companies re-
Gently sent 778,000 feet Of motion pic
ture film to the Culion Leper Colony
in the Philippine Islands.
@. Do many persons take advantage
of the A. A. A. Theater Ticket Blu
reau?-W. r.
A. That the theater ticket service Of
the American Automobile Association is
MRnly appreciated Is eVlQenCeO Dy JHe
fact that during last season over $4,000
worth of tickets were sold by the ticket
bureau at the Washington headquarters.
@. Does the Suez Canal have any
tide?
A. There is practically no tide at the
Mediterranean end of the canal but
toward the Suez end there is rise of
from three and one-fourth to almost
six feet.
@. What is the difference between a
synthetic and an imitation Stone?-
D. K. NJ.
A. A synthetic stone has the same
chemical composition as the natural
level, but is made by man instead of
by nature. An imitation stone has
much the same appearance as the true
gem. but is of an entirely different COM
position.
@. Is there much dust in New York
city?-R W..
A. 1t has been estimated that on
clear days 2,100 tons of dirt, dust and
cinders are present in the atmosphere
of New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
A Museum of Naval History.

A plan is under consideration by
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission for the establishment at
the Capital of a marine museum to
provide a permanent place for famous
ships of the Revolutionary War, the
War of 1912. the Spanish-American
War and the World War. This is an
elaboration of project urged from time
to time in the past for the final place.
ment here of the old Constitution" It
is proposed to harbor these historic
relics In q basin to be especially pro-
xidsd by readiustuent Of thu shass line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
Theory Of Feminized America
Universally Secuted by Press

Or is it done by a handful Of shrewd
male politicians" The Springfield
Union suggests that 1T is rather odd
that college profeSsor-a male teacher
should have failed to observe IN those
students that have been blessed with
male instruction the same weaknesses
that he attributed to the educational
product of women"
DIR. Rogers ought to do more travel
ing" advises the Cleveland News. He
should, for example, attend State
teachers gatherings of Commonwealth
which borders on Ohio. He will observe
there a fellow instructor who, to all
appearances, has never been tanned by
a woman. Each year this twentieth
century replica of Socrates contributes
his mite to the intellectual, moral and
ethical advancement of his associates.
1t runs something like this: Mr.. Chair
man, move you that We go on record
as opposed to granting licenses to teach
ers who use tobacco in any form. A
person whose lips or fingers are stained
with tobacco juice isn't fit to be in
schoolroom.' But, alas for Socrates
twentieth century model! The un-
critical, illogical, empty-headed femi-
nine majority Immediately and regu-
| larly tables the resolution"
The country has been somewhat
mystified,' the Akron Beacon journal
suggests, "as to the course of all the
civic handicaps that have been lying
around loose-the booster who shouts
but never thinks, the club member VINO
has lost the gift of analysis and criti-
cism, the sovereign citizen who never
votes, the taxpayer who. until he has
| to pay, never cares a hang how the
public service is conducted. The Boston
Tech professor has given a perplexed
Nation the answer. If he can make his
argument stick, after a running debate
with several million feminist leaders
and followers. It must be true"
Facts do not bear out the professors
assertion that our young people are
growing up uninterested in science and
progress" declares the Schenectady
Gazette. ''On the contrary, they are
eager to try their wings, literally as
well as tiguratively, and no one can say
that they lack courage. AS for lack Of
virility through being taught of women,
have not our greatest men. rulers,
scientists, poets, workers and dreamers,
| boasted they learned the rudiments Of
all that they held holy and of good i'm
port at the mothers knee?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ray, heroine of the Revolutionary War.
On September IS, 1776, British troops
landed at the foot of what is now East
Thirty-fourth street. for the purpose OF
cutting of 1000 American soldiers from
the main body of Washingtons army
intrenched at Harlem Heights. Mrs.
Murray, renowned hostess of her day,
invited Sir Henry Clinton, the British
commander. and his officers to lunch.
BY dint of her charm and lavish enter
tanning, she contrived to delay them
for two valuable hours-just long
enough to let Gen. Putnam and his
men get away. Murray Hill takes its
name from the colonial estate which
was the scene of this historic ruse.
couple Of years ago the episode formed
the plot of a sprightly musical comedy
called Dear Enemy"
4
Reorganization of the office Of en-
gineers in the War Department, which
will follow the induction of Mai. Gen
Lyle Brown as chief of engineers rep
reSents President Hoover's first personal
Intervention in the remodeling of Gov
eminent departments. Having to dc
with engineering, it's q normal and
natural beginning. The scheme to de-
centralize the far-flung engineering &C.
tivities Of the United States Army by
having its various big jobs boSsed by Army
officers on the spot. instead of officers in
swivel-chairs at Washington, is a typi-
cal Hooverian idea. How important il
Is to do this is indicated by the Presi-
dents striking observation that any one
OF the lower Mississippi flood control
upper Mississippi improvement and
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway
projects is destined eventually to be a
bigger operation than the construction
Of the Panama Canal.
\ \
Foreign diplomats in Washington are
wondering whether Ambassadors Dawes
and Gibson are going to be summoned
to Washington for the duration OF
Prime Minister MacDonald's visit. Both
have been so intimately identified with
the negotiations which led up to the
impending Anglo-American accord that
1t would be logical for President Hoo
yer and Secretary Stimson to want them
close at hand as matters approach the
decisive stage.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL. =

when they get to q certain point OF
material prosperity and luxury.
No doubt the old Romans made as
much clatter with their regal chariots
as was possible. No. we do not believe
that 1t was Caesar, but Caesars tmita-
tors.
Masters of men usually know how to
includes moderated laughter, talk
and so on, becomes inseparately part
of the best kind Of living.
It is notorious that the finest motor
cars make the least noise. The gay
young blades who have fixed up some
old piece of Junk until 1t will run can
outroar the most expensive car on the
market.
Three-fourths Of the bothersome
noise in modern cities Is due to the
"show-off" spirit of those who, never
having had anything before, now pos
sess a little.
Instead of putting this little to the
excellent use of living like cultured
human beings, they spend most of 1t
making q noise, either with inStru-
ments which they misuse or by turning
night into day, as they call it.
X X X
often man seems to be the victim
of his devices. He gets caught in the
tolls Of something he has invented and
thereafter can never get free from 1t.
The danger incident to many of these
inventions would be bad enough, but, as
II this were not enough, most of them
add plenty of noise for good measure.
This Immediately divides the world
into two groupS-those who are f1nan-
cially interested In something or other
and those who are not. And both
groups are further divided into those
who do not mind the noise of the thing
and those who do.
Usually the former group has such
unanswerable financial reasons that
those who object on purely cultural or
aesthetic grounds are silenced at once.
Who cares because some thin skinned,
Undetermined young man writing books
in an attic protests that he cannot
hear himself think?
1t is not on record that the City
Council of Berlin ever stopped the
cracking of whips because the phi
losopher Schopenhauer wrote q diatribe
against the practice.
Yet because these DIRECTORS have no
Interior motives except ttieir own peace
of mind and bodily comfort. their
voices generally carry farther than the
other side might expect.
Everywhere today throughout the
world the matter of city noises is re-
ceiving attention. 1t is being realized
| that the old-time peace and quiet of
country and rural towns had much to
commend it.
Those who look upon life as specta-
tors at play land this is that per-
petual audience which sees things
whole know that no amount Of mod
erniSm" can make up for the loss Of
the old time-tried Sanities.
If mankind has learned anything at
all during his years upon this globe. 1t
is in that sphere OF existence which
has substituted the home for the hut,
the clearing for the forest, the smile for
the frown, the hospital for the sword,
service for cheating and love for hate.
Quiet and peace have been the con-
comitants Of these good things wherever
true civilization has carried them.
Noise is only the rust on the wheels Of
progress.