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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
BY THE RIGHT REV. LANES 8. FREEMAN D. D, IL. d,
Bishop Of Washington.

and influence. Robust spiritual health
Is rarely found in q too great occupa-
ton In the class room. The out-of-
doors Christian Is ever more vigorous,
healthy and appealing than the aScetic.
That our age Is applying new tests and
more severe to old systems and old
modes of religious expression is con-
spicuously true. This by no means is
an evidence Of diminished interest in
the deep things Of our Christian faith
on the contrary, 1t witnesses to desire
to have the Christian faith presented in
terms that are ineligible and in con-
sonance with the teachings and high
aims of the divine Master. Too often
the person of Christ, as well as His
teachings, are 0bScured and rendered
ineffective by an excess Of ceremonial
on the one hand, or an excess of me-
chanical devices and organization on
the other. The heroic elements in the
Christian religion are little stressed and
an overemphasis Ia placed upon o
comfortable gospel that conduces to
softneSS and looseness Of living. The
great Master never presented to men
claims that called for . passive and I'M
demonstrative faith. To disciple who
would seek to share His glory with Him
He said, Are We able to drink OF the
cup that shall drink Of, and to be
R0ROAACO WADAl VIC UARbASkM OAA&y a 0hA
baptized WITH" A later disciple de-
clared, Endure hardness as q good SOL
der Of Jesus Christ"
There was nothing in the appeal Of
the early Christian teachers that sug-
gested a soft and easy way of salvation.
Character was not made strong by pur-
suing the line Of least resistance. It
was the heroic element In the early
days Of the Christian church that made
a. ~
stern Romans were amazed by the for
titude and courage with which the new
converts maintained their Christian
course. Every age that has witnessed o
convincing expression Of the Christian
faith has been marked by Q habit Of
life on the part Of Christian adherentS
that was courageous and aggressive.
Our age does not differ from those that
have gone before, and the sheer popu-
larity of o Christian profession that
proves its worth In practice Is as APP
pealing and irresistible now as hitherto.
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District. The existing bridge should be
replaced by one that will conform in
appearance to the Million Dollar
Bridge" that carries Connecticut ave-
nue. over Rock Creek Valley. But the
cost Of building bridges has evidently
mounted, for the authorities contem-
plate spending about $4,000, 900 on re-
placing the Calvert street structure.
Chain Bridge, it is generally agreed,
must be replaced within q relatively
short time, despite the repairs and i'm
provements completed not long ago
There is some hope that Virginia will
share the expense If the new bridge ia
built It's cost Is estimated at about
$685. 900.
The Twentieth Street, or Park Road,
Bridge over Piney Branch takes care
Of an increasing amount of trafic each
year, and its replacement Is already
under consideration at a cost of about
100000. There are, in addition, the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over Ana
costa River, the Benning Bridge over
the same stream and the p Street
Bridge over Rock Greek, all Of them old
and unsightly structures and all of them
weakening under the strain Of continued
and heavy use. The cost of the three
last named projects will be about q
million and half dollars.
1t Is desirable that each of the new
bridges be made an attractive adorn-
ment of the city as well as meeting the
demands of . new generation that
moves swiftly on wheels, hates to slow
down and sometimes skids.
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merely means that 1t will be accepted
when the emotional forces involved
are sufhciently obvious, as they may
have been in the Smith case. Hence
forth it hardly will be safe for courts
in the District to rule against the ad-
mission Of evidence tending to show
that the prisoner was not responsible
for his actions because the governing
power of his mind" had been overcome.
Actually, of course, juries have long
recognized this doctrine and have re-
fused arbitrarily to convict when the
emotional forces involved were such
as to appeal strongly to the jurors
themselves-aS witness q long list Of
"unwritten law" acquittals.
In recognizing the doctrine Of cir
resistible impulse" the law places itself
in a difficult position. It has no OBJ
jective criterion of such impulses. In
the absence of such a criterion it Is
necessary for jurieS to arrive ut their
determinations subjectively-to use
themselves as the standard by which
to judge others. This always Is dam
gerous and unreliable.
There can be no objection to ad-
hitting the doctrine Of irresistible i'm
pulse, in so far as it is scientifically
established But 1t is well to recognize
how reaching are the implications
and to try to arrive at universally ac-
cepted objective standards. There are
degrees of free will or there is no free
will ut all. II the former is true there
must be a measuring stick to determine
the extent in specific cases-and the
vague, subjective common sense" Of
juries Is not such measuring stick and
never can be. If the latter is true then
at least our concepts Of crime and pun
ishment fundamentally must be altered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Irresistible Impulse,

The doctrine Of irresistible impulse
seems likely to become established def
nitely Is . murder defense in the Ma.
tional Capital. Such is implied in the
action Of the District Court of Appeals
in setting aside the conviction and
death sentence Of man for the stran-
Cling Of his daughter in the midst Of
an emotional tempest more than year
ago.
The prisoners attorney asked the
trial Judge to instruct the jurors to re-
turn q verdict Of not guilty If they were
convinced, among other things, that
the prisoners will, "the governing
power of his mind, was, otherwise than
voluntarily, so completely destroyed
that his action was not subject to It,
but beyond his control" The court re-
fused.
Justice Van Orsdel Of the Court oil
Appeals holds that when an insanity
defense has been offered and where
the facts are sufhcient to call for the
application Of the doctrine Of irresisti-
BILE impulse, the jury should be 20
charged"
This Is by no means new doctrine
but Its legal status Is far from clear
Theories of guilt and punishment gen.
orally suppose the free will Of the IN
dividual to choose between right and
wrong behavior. The law has been re-
luctant to accept the theories OF that
school which holds, often with brilliant
loaic, that human beings are helpless
playthinss Of intangible forces over
which they have no control.
At present an insanity plea is required
as preliminary to Offering this defense
The law assumes the ability of the nor.
NAL intelligence to exercise free will
over behavior. But there are few SUBJ
jects concerning which there is greater
confusion than legal insanity" Il
courts are willing to accept evidence Of
involuntary suspension Of the viii
psychologists and psychoanAlysis Car
furnish them plenty OF 1t. Probably Il
is safe to say that few murders were
ever committed where q plausible cas-
of suspension of the will could not b.
formulated. Eventually, following Thu
road, the law may have to so the whol'
way and discard the concept Of viii
altogether.
For a long time the acceptance o
this sort Of evidence will be limited
by the common sense" Of iuries. Thii
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The Districts Bridge Program.

The District budget now before Con-
gress proposes 70 cross only one bridge
before it is reached, the Connecticut
Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley. AS
a matter of fact there are at least six
other bridges that must be crossed
sometime within the next ten years or
20, and at . cost Of about $4,000, 900.
The current budget contains an item
Of s250, 900 to begin replacement Of the
Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle
Valley, project that will cost about
100000. The narrowness as well ~
the age Of this structure makes 1t the
first one Of the new bridges demanded
by greater trafic requirements. At pres
ent the relatively wide roadway Of Con-
necticut avenue narrows sharply at the
approaches to the bridge, and when q
street car attempts to cross it while au'
tomobile trafic Is at its height q ratheI
hazardous congestion results. Durini
the work of replacing the bridge thu
engineers will have to provide SOM
method OF accommodating the heav.
now of trafdc on this much-useC
thoroughfare. There are no logical de-
tours around the bridge short Of Wis
consin avenue on the one side ant
Rock Creek Park on the other.
Year after next the budget will prob
ably recommend that anothe. Of Wash
sngton's important but aged bldg
structures be replaced, and the Calver
Street Bridge presents itself as tn
logical candidate for consideration
This. by the way, Is the largest OF tn
bridge undertakings confronting tn
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Tert: Get vour manner of nfe be

Tert: "Let your manner OF life be
as becometh your profession. -
Philippians, i.27.
Nothing does more to make the ap-
peal of Christianity convincing than the
life of one who day by day lives his
Christian faith. 1t would be equally
true to say that nothing so disastrously
affects the appeal of Christianity as the
example of one who in daily practice
fails to live up to its acknowledged pre-
ceptS. A living epiStle known and read
of all men, is oftentimes more potent
for good than much preaching. The
Scotch woman who said she had rather
see her minister walk from the church
door to the pulpit than to hear any
other man preach Is a case In point
There can be no doubt about 1.-THE
world judges the worth and value OF
our Christian religion by what 1t effects
in our daily habits and practices.
1t Is common TO many of us to think
OF our religious life as finding its largest
and fullest expression within the con-
fines OF some sacred building. An atti-
tude OF devotion and prayer, or an ex-
preston Of praise in hymn and anthem
have their distinct place, but their value
Is tmmeaSurably increased when they
interpret themselves through q consist
ent practice in daily life. Our Christian
faith suffers from q too close confine-
ment within the clustered walls of the
sanctuary. It may get its chief inspira-
tionS there, but the demonstration of its
practical worth will be disclosed in the
way 1t affects the common course Of our
everyday life.
Some one makes a clear distinction
between Christianity and churchianity
Unfortunately the terms are not always
synonymous. Our churchianity ex-
presses itself in acts Of corporate wOr-
ship; our Christianity expresses itself in
terms of conduct. It has been said
that those periods in the church's his
tory where the most meticulous care
has been given to the recasting and re-
interpreting of creeds, and the making
of formulae, have been the most sterile
and unproductive Of spiritual results
It might also be said with equal force
that the periods in which the church
has addressed itself to mechanical de-
vices and an excess Of organization have
been marked by loss Of spiritual power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Banishing Dull Care.
Come hither, merry dolls and clowns,
From countryside and from the towns
Resembling marionetteS, we see
Delivered to the Christmas tree.
Come hither, lass, with face so fair
Made of cosmetics placed with care
Come hither, lad, in bright array
OF strange cut garb and cOlors gay.
without a care let mortals wait,
All passive, for q friendly fate,
Content in sympathy to be
With toys upon the Christmas tree.
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Many Commissions, but Not a
Commission Form of Government

throughout all its departments and
bureaus and divisions and of1ces and
commissions and boards.
The other would be empowered, with
out further recourse to Congress for
detailed legislation, to make q contract
for the final working Of the power
plants and nitrate plants at Muscle
Shoals on the Tennessee River.
It can further be stated that four or
flve additional commissions Of . social
service" sort, like the Commission on
Education and the Commission on Child
Health and Protection, are expected
to issue after o while from the White
House. There will then be two great
questions In the smoking compartments
Of Pullman cars:
whats your business?" and whats
your commiSsion?"
(CopyriRht, 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

The McCrorY Explosion.

The real danger confronting the
community, now that the coroner's
jury has sagely concluded that the
McCrory explosion was an accident, is
not confined to the number Of other
boilers or hot-water storage tanks in
town that may be defective. The chief
hazard lies In the possible willingness
sophical view that accidents win hap
pen" and let the matter rest.
Testimony before the coroner's jury
indicated that the tank that exploded
was defective, and that this defect
caused 1t to give way. The defect
was on the inside, and not visible from
the outside. An ordinary inspection
would not have revealed the weakness.
AS for fixing the blame, it was appar-
entity impossible for the coroner's Jury
to trace the history Of the tank beyond
the time Of its installation in the store,
some nine years ago, or to find out the
name Of the concern that made the
tank and furnished it to the contracting
formed the inadequate job Of welding
the bottom on the tank, and the in
dividual evidently welded the bottom on
with the knowledge and consent of SUI
periors who must have known that the
job would be unsafe.
It Is inconceivable that in Q case
that involved the loss of six lives there
will be no further efforts to trace the
origin Of this tank and to make known
the circumstances under which the
tank was welded, sold in the District
OF Columbia and installed In q posi-
ton where the weakness constituted q
constant menace. There may be no
criminal carelessness, negligence or d.
rect responsibility. But the facts
should be made known.
Testimony before the coroner's jury
showed, FIRST, that had the heating
plant been installed In the basement
and under the store instead Of in q
vault under the sidewalk, the disaster
would probably have been much greater,
and, secondly, that q law now in effect
IN the District prevents the placing Of
boilers In sidewalk vaults.
There has been some question a. to
whether the District authorities would
make public their own report concern
ing the findings Of the special in
vestigators appointed b look into the
tragedy. One amazing reason for with
holding the report was that 1t might
possibly show the municipalities hand
If there were suits for damage.
The report should be made public.
It should discuss the causes Of this ex-
plosion and explain the circumstances
under which q defective boiler or tank
may be sold in the District, apparently
with no inspection, even If that inspec-
ton would not reveal a weakness. 1t
should explain the reasons for q law
prohibiting heating plants under the
sidewalk, when there Is obviously greater
danger when they are in a basement.
Above all, 1t should discuss what the
District government plans to do in the
way Of preventing such accidents in
future
Catastrophes such as these are
usually followed by a feverish dashing
about and q hurried locking Of stable
doors. That il logical. But 1t would
be more comforting to the public If the
dsshing about was more evenly dis
tributed throughout the year in expecta-
ton, and not as the result, Of accidents.
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between the Gar and his would-be as
sassin Karakasoff and struck down the
latter's hand in time. The second at
tempt was made in the Bots de Bou-
logne by the Pole, Biaxoofsli, who fired
q double barreled pistol and failed Of
his purpose. Last April, while walking
in the grounds of the Winter Palace, the
Gear was again shot at and, though not
wounded, was very badly frightened.
The attempt OF the nihilists to blow
up whole train, regardless OF the
innocent lives that might be DESTROYED.
will convince Americans that Minister
Stoughton was right when ne described
the nihilists as q band Of diAboiical
aSsassins and plunderers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Reference by Mr.. Ware to Senate pro-
ceedinss relative to his claim to a seat
as - big burlesQue" shows the resolute
sense of humor that enables q man tC
laugh even when his aspirations are
defeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Selection Of Mr.. Hurley to be Secre-
tary of War is generally regarded as a
worthy promotion. Mr.. Hurley has for
some time been in a position to IA
miliarize himself with the details Of his
present job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

In making Washington, D. c., q
model city the usual preliminary propo-
sition asserts itself-more responsibility
for q conscientious and already hard
worked police force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

During earlier days of political dis
cussion O demand was frequently heard
for the exercise of more influence in
matters pertaining to public welfare by
the practical business man. This wish
Is now coming true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Homicide mysteries appear to be
working in relays. when one ceases to
grip popular attention, another is pro-
duced from the old records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Mexican affairs are now suggesting
an election investigation which will pos
sibly include craftsmanship as well as
pertinent inquiries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Promises Of prosperity for the coming
year are emphasized by the immediate
prospect Of more and better homes and
greater business buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Parking restrictions still tend TO push
the "congested area" along toward
suburban limits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Russia may yet come into line with
new economic theories which cali on
people to forget lighting and 60 to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Saving the Honors.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
AS the auction bridge PLAYER would
have said II, "All Is lost save honors."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

IF airplanes had been invented in
Noah's time" said Uncle Eben, he
needn't have gone to de trouble of
bildin' hisself an ark"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Shop Early.

Shop early" comes the summons clear
Which we will not forget,
While vowing in another year
We will shop earlier yet!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Rate nv Carrier Within the City

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and ViPSinia.
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RelaxatiOns.

"You are said to read great deal
of fiction" =
YES" answered Senator Sorghum
"all kinds Of 1t, some Of 1t by regular
novelists and some who use mostly
imagination in what they print in the
Congressional Record"
Jud Tunkins says he didn't lose any
money In stocks, though he might have
lost some If had had enough to put
down bet.
Ready for Holiday Cheer.
Stocks that went down 60 up again,
And problems once obscure grow plain.
A tax reduction seems all right
And well paid work is now In sight.
The world prepares to voice the thought,
"Oh, see what Santa Claus has brought"
>LiberaIity.
when you went into business, why
did you call your place shopper"
II desired my patrons to feel that
they were being literally treated"
said Miss Cayenne, so gave them
two extra letters on the sign for moth
ing"
Superstition" said HI Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, lis usually an effort to
locate the blame for our troubles else
! where than with ourselves"
Shop Early.
! shop early" comes the summons clear
Which we will not forget,
While vowins in another year
We will shop earlier yet!
IF airplanes had been invented in
Noah's time" said Uncle Eben, The
needn't have gone to de trouble OF
bildin' hisself an ark"
| G--.s-- IL IT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

All Other States and Canada.
Daily and Sunday. / VT. $I2. 90; mo-, 81 90
pafy only ...-....l ". $500 mo-. CSC
sunday only ......l ", $500; Tao. SOC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

Jud Tunkins says he didn't lose any
money in stocks, though he might have
lost some If had had enough to put
down bet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

When the new Secretary of the In
terror, DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur. came
before House committee for the flrst
time, In connection with the estimates
OF appropriation for the Interior De-
partment, which are now under discus.
sion IN the House, he was given q
little lecture 90 new man" by Chair
maA Cramton Of the subcommittee In
charge OF that departmental bill, as
follows:
May make this statement, Mr.. Sec.
rotary, because you have come to direct
the destinies Of the department with
which this committee is most closely
associated. You will have business with
various legislative committees. This is
the only committee that touches all Of
your activities. Hence, while you will
nave great deal of business with vari-
Gus committees, the committee on pub.
tic iAnos, the committee on irrigation
ana reclamation, the committee on Iu-
dian Affairs, we touch, somewhere, all
OF your problems.
since you are new to the atmosphere
OF washington. let me make this state
mSnC 70 you Is to the desire Of this
commlttee. We never know any friend
mere. We play no favorites. Even II we
are rough sometimes. You will remem-
per one Biblical quotation, whom LlIe
LOro loveth He chasteneth." So you
VIII Understand that we do not always
agree With you; nevertheless our desire
Is 10 cooperate with those who have
the administrative responsibility, 1t
Delng our theory that the best use Of
Ene Governments money and the best
government result from cooperation
between the administrative and legisla-
uve branches. In so far as we are con-
cerned you can be assured that our de-
SIRE Is to Cooperate with you to the
greatest extent possible"
little lecture and then Rraciously re-
pneo: Thank you very much. Mr..
chairman. We appreciate that and our
ATTITUDE Ii exactly the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

An attempt to kill the Gear Of Russia
by an explosion under the imperial
The Gear AS railway train so years
ago led to the following
O Target. comment In The Star Of
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Ready for Holiday Cheer,

Superstition" said HI Ho. the sage
Of Chinatown, us usually an effort to
locate the blame for our troubles else.
where than with ourselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

The death of Representative w. w
Greist Of Pennsylvania, chairman Of the
House committee on post ofdces and
post roads, has disclosed how strong the
Keystone State has been on that com.
mittee with flve out Of thirteen Repub-
hcan members, the other Pennsylanis
members being Kendall, Kelly, Watres
and SWartE.