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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

Gus moral Of the story would be that
the pen is I11ightier than the sword. II
one wants a vacation in the Navy. But
there must be 4 better one than that
somewhere. The Navy doesn't want Its
oficers who crave long shore leave APP
plying for it through the magazines.
About the only thing about the case
left to pique the curiosity OF the public
is whether the admiral is going to keep
on writing. or whether his enforced va
cation was given him for the purpose
Of allowing him to write himself out.
At any &ste, ths public generally Is glad
that the admiral. with fine record Of
service to his country, Is back ia har-
ness again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| little outside to hurt your feelings
Miss Hester Prin, In the reducing
way, hastily conceals this card In her
pocketbook. II Fate DEGREES that her
cent brings 1t down the chute.
Miss Prim always has cherished the
belief, however, that she is intensely
domestic, so the card Is only child or
two of, after all.
| No machine can guess right to the
very last detail. but this one does pretty
well. everything taken into consider
alton.
Hester puts the card away, knowing
that the girls at the ONCE will get a
great laugh out Of It. They will con-
centrate, Of course. on the second por-
ton OF the message.
Chance. fortune, fate--call IL what
one Willis much in evidence with
these cardboards. A fat man and a
slim girl decide to get weighed, but
when the young lady sees that the big
! fellow is about TO get on the platform
she walks on.
He. therefore, gets the following:
If you are woman you possess the
ability OF assuming great responsibility
| ia general Office work"
| But amt a woman" IL says,
throwing the card into the gutter.
X X y
The point is not that he is or isn't
woman, but that the phrase which
sticks in the mind Is none other than
You possess the ability of assuming
great responsibility"
Perhaps the less ability one has for
assuming responsibility the more he is
| inclined to wish he had it,
Often enough 1t Is what We haven't
got which we want the most, or which
We think we most desire.
Either way the hope is there.
Weigh yourself, therefore. not Sc
much to learn how fat you are as tc
cheer yourself up with a heavy dose
OF practical psychology.
| Especially on rainy, dull mornings
when the atmosphere is anything but
cheerful, 1t is invigorating to take one:
/ stand on a weight machine and wait
for the influx of happiness.
You are a merry. happy soul. and
take great delight in parties, dances
and games Of all sorts"
Oh, ira Ia Ia Ia la!
Or this: You are a deep student OF
human nature. Few people fool you
although often you pretend they do
Standing on. the weighing machine
ones mind must revert to the unknown
genius Of the cards.
| He works ceaseleSsly thinking up en-
! heartening sentences which put vim
| and vigor into the daily work of I'M
known millions.
/ He takes the stock abilities of the
race. and so shuffes them that who
ever they reach will not be offended.
These fortunes" must be all things
! to all men, and so they are. since they
are composed principally Of those gen.
eralities into which almost any reader
may At himself.
The amazing thing is that so many
of them mt" as well as they do. Even
! the most hopeless person, evidently
/ possesses smatterings of greatness,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

must be considered worth as much,
theoretically At least, as another. The
cost of rebuilding disease-shattcred
body never ran be exactly estimated.
There may, however, be middle ground
here where some partial solution can be
worked out.
Now, as for the Specialization Of med
zeal practiCe-state medicine.
There has been an increasing trend
i'll this direction with not altogether
satisfactory results. At first glance the
Idea has much to recommend IT, Med
ical service is practically a universal
necessity and 1t is to the advantage of
the population at large that 1t be uni.
vcrsally employed. 1t shares some COM
mon factors with postal service, water
service and highway service, which are
almost entirely socialized In the United
States, and with such services as COM
municAtion. transportation, gas and
electricity which, while they remain in
the hands of private capital are rigidly
regulated by the state.
Why not have a universal state
medical service. supported by taxation
and administered by chains OF free
clinics and hospitals or by institutions
with strictly standardized fees? Such,
for example, Is the postal service.
The greatest objection to such a pro-
posal is not that it has slightly COM
munistic tInge. 1t doesn't work, except
in q quite limited fashion.
The practice of medicine Is an art
still primarily an art. Success depends
As much upon the individual as upon
the application OF standardized tech
niQue. One man can cancel stamps,
run a street car, or tend the mechanism
in a pumping station as we'll as an
other, gwen an approximately equal
basic intelligence and training. But
one man cannot cure fever as well
as another-any more than one man
can paint picture, compose noctGrne
or direct a battle as we'll as another.
Primary factors in the practice OF
medicins are the intangible qualities of
the individual. 1t cannot be reduced
TO A mechanistic basis, except ut its
lower levels. Most of all things on
earth, individuality def1es Specialization.
The problem cannot be answered
satisfactorily, it is likely, except by
long process and social evolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
War Clouds in the East.

With Russia, China and Japan all
nnobilizing troops, or preparing to do
80, to cope with sudden emergencies
which have arisen in ManchuriA, the
peril of war In the Far East assumes
at least the form of an alarming pos
s!bility. A crisis has been provoked by
Nationalist Chinas seizure of complete
control Of the Chinese Eastern Railway,
the management Of which hitherto has
been shared with Russia.
Leading up to the seizure was Chinas
recent closing Of the Russian consular
ofices at Hardin and the arrest Of
some OF their attaches on the ground
6f Communist political intriguing
against China. Thus all the embers
/ Of q Russo.Chinese conhaarAtion are
I at hand. The fires of war in other
parts of the world have been kindled
with far less infiammable material in
Gays gone by. Undoubtedly the world
must reckon with the chance that
clashinE ambitions, as so often before,
will once again plunge the three
! Asiatic powers into armed conflict.
7 Perhaps the realization that japan
would not hesitate to intervene in
force In any serious trouble in Man
churia will restrain both Russia and
China from resortinE to extremes.
The Japanese own the South Man
churian Railway, with coincident in
terests ramifying All through China 8
great Northern province. Toxic has
openly suspected the day might come
when China, with It's new sense Of
militant nationalism, would seek to
diSpossess Japan of her railway rights
in Msnchuria just as Russia has now
, been compelled to renounce her par
ticipation in the Chinese Eastern line.
Although the Hamaguchi-Sh
government has just taken once on the
issue Of b souarer Japanese deal for
China, it is wholly unlikely that even
the new peace" cabinet At Toxic would
shrink from vigorous protection Of ia
pans immense interests in ManchuriA
II they appeared to be endangered by
Russo Chinese hostilities.
Events change kaleidoscopically in
the mystic East, and often scare" re-
ports Of diplomatic. political and mill
tary moves are dispatched to the Oc-
cident for purposes OF preparing west
ern public opinion in favor Of the con-
tentions Of this or that protagonist But
'Hjswing' the latest news from the other
%Ae Of the globe with even that skep-
ticiSn, it seems Enthusiastically grave.
The world At large will hope that
the Bear and the Dragon, each with an
eye peeled cautiously across the yellow
Sea in the direction Of wAtchful, pow
erful Japan, will decide that discre-
tien is the better part of valor. If they
de not contrive to patch up their Diff
ferences, q situation will arise from
which even a country as remote from
the embittered scene as the United
states could not possibly hope to re-
main wholly detached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Locked Bathroom Door
Is Considered Hazard
BY E. e. FREE, PHI. d.

Not many people would deliberately
shut themselves inside a closet with a
tiger, a rattlesnake and q fash Of light
ming. Yet prudery has led most men
and women into habit almost equally
silly-that Of locking themselves in a
bathroom full of dangerous articles
whenever they take a bath. The fact
that a high percentage of home acct
dents occur in bathrooms has already
been revealed by insurance statistics.
Now comes DR.. Guy Hinsdale OF Hot
Springs, Va. with q report to the
American Medical Association describ-
ing Is kinds of bathroom accidents,
most Of which, by reasonable foresight,
can be avoided or made less serious in
their consequences. The first cause on
DR.. HinSdale's list includes falls into or
out of bathtubs or on other slippery
places in bathrooms. Another common
bathroom danger is that of Scalds from
too-hot water turned on carelessly or
let loose by broken fixtures. Electric
shocks from defective wiring constitute
another serious danger, since the wet
body conducts electricity especially we'll
Poisoning from the confined fumes OF
bathroom heaters is common abroad
and not unknown, here. Baths that
are too hot or too prolonged may cause
sufferers from some diseases to faint
and drown unless rescued promptly.
The habit of the locked bathroom usual
ly prevents alarm or rescue In such
cases until the victim Is beyond aid.
who took their baths all together In q
was not . bad idea, DR.. Hinsdale sug-
gestS, not only because of good ventfla-
ton but because aid was always at
hand IN case OF need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Atlanta's Bobby Jones Hailed
As Greatest Golfer of All Time

nosa's nerves. He virtually collapsed
with his clubs in his hands. When
one realizes that the great Hagen, four
times British open champion. was nine
tenth in the competition that Jones
won, the significance of Jones victory
becomes apparent. Bobby Jones is
really a supergolfer.'
He is the marvel of the golfing
world" according to the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal, "as much because he
is able to meet all sorts of situations
as because of superior ability in play
ing the game under normal conditions.
Athletes have a vigorous term for this
ability, which they wrongfully attribute
to the confidence that is born of phyei-
cal courage. Really 1t is a mental
virtue. The Albanian wonder is able
to meet adverse conditions of weather.
to resist a let-down when he Is behind
and to ignore temptations OF over
confidence when he is ahead. Men Of
this mold are masters rather than
victims Of luck"
"'Espinosa got q thousand dollars.
while Bobby got q cup" the Little
Rock Arkansas Democrat quotes the
"material-minded folk as saying, but
that paper adds: That isn't the spirit
of golf. Atlanta's youthful lawyer got
far more than that, he got the joy of
making another contribution to the
game, therefore the happiness of mil
lions. That is a far greater reward
than all the gold in the land"
Referring to various explanations Of
the uniform success of the champion.
including the statement that "he pays
little attention to his adversaries but
devotes his attention to trying to equal
the par OF the hole he is playing" and
the theory that "he gets the goat of
the field" the Baltimore Sun concludes,
1T il simpler to say that Bobby 10 q
golfing genius and that he wins be-
cause in medal score play Of 80 holes
he Is master of them all"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

The most consoling piece of mocha
nism in the world is Weighing ma
chine.
You step on the platform and out
comes card with your weight neatly
printed.
The consolation comes on the back
As sure as you turn the card over you
read some optimistic statement as to
your capabilities, possibilities and fu-
ture.
It doesn't make the least bit of diff
ference that you know as well as you
stand there that any one with the price
OF admission might have drawn the
same fortune"
The thing Is soothing Just the same
Never a man or woman steps on one
OF those machines without feeling the
better for 1t, although he may laugh at
the glowing black type on the reverse.
The unknown who writes those for
tunes" is a genius in his way.
He writes on the basis OF pleasing
humanity. and surely that Is the profit
able method. after all.
He who insists on pointing out faults
must take his chances. whereas the
astute liar who pats humanity on the
back will reap rich reward.
The unknown seer behind the weigh
lDR IldGllItcS hIlOWS IllS
He knows that men and women can be
flattered even by a machine.
Apple sauce" as it Is called. may be
ladled forth on a card as we'll A. with
q spoon. The price is a cent, A penny"
and the whirring wheels 20 round for
all alike.
"You are tireless worker. deep
thinker and logical in your judgments
and opinions
Is there a man or woman alive who
would not feel the better for reading
that?
Despite his judgment (Which the card
says is good, he somehow connects his
weight with the fortune"
Even If he is the most cratic worker
in the world, he will swallow the SEN
tence whole, and come up for more.
Seemingly it is impossible to put too
much "blah" on one OF these CARDS.
They are built on the theory that people
like to hear good about themselves.
The most careless young man would
like to believe that he Is q tireless
worker and deep thinker. He does not
have to argue very long with himself to
convince himself that he Is Logical In
his judgments and opinions.
Perhaps he will have jolt admins
tered TO him II he shows his caro-
around among his fellow workers, how
ever.
Fellow workers invariably profess to
believe nothing good about an associate.
They scorn the man behind the weigh.
ing machine-until they get weighed
themselves
Then they are inclined to believe
that he must be a pretty astute fellow,
after all.
The man without any children is
nearly bowled over to receive the fol-
lowing:
You are domestic. and patient with
your own children, and will endure
great desl more from them, but very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

The resources of our free informa-
are invited to call upon 1t as often
AS you please. 1t Is being maintained
solely to serve you. What question
can we answer for you? There is no
charge at all except q cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Address
your letter to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director, Washington, D. c.
@. What was the name Of the song
sung oy Baclanova in "A Dangerous
Woman"?-J. H. p.
A. Miss Baclanova sang four Rus
sian songs in "A Dangerous Woman So
However, the outstanding number was
The swan Song" by Marie Pauri.
q. How long ago was the iirst build
ing of the University OF Chicago con-
structed?-C. B.
A. The first building was begun in
1891. Students began to come in 1892.
g. On Memorial day are the graves
! OF both Union and Confederate soldiers
decorated at Arlington National Gene
| tery?--N. c. G.
A. American flags were placed on
! the graves of both Confederate and
Union soldiers on Decoration day.
O. Has any one driven an automo-
bile from Rio de Janeiro to this coun-
| try?-J. H. s.
| A. Jose Mario Darone. In a Stude-
baker. went from Rio de Janeiro TO
Buenos Aires and on TO New York and
| the entire trip took Is months. This
il the only case In which car has
been driven from one America to
another.
Q. Where do the icebergs come
from?-L. T.
A. The source of probably all the
icebergs of the Arctic and sub Arctic
is Greenland. Most of the icebergs
are formed on the western slope and
are larger than those that are formed
on the eastern slope. They drift across
I the entrance of Baffin Bay and Davis
Strait TO the Labrador coast. Here
they are caught by the Labrador cur
rent and drift slowly southwark.
@. How long have pensions been
granted in the United States?-T. A. B.
A. The Pension Bureau says that
some pensions were granted FOR dis
ability as early as 1875. An act grant
ing pensions to invAlids was passed
in l785, but the first service pensions
were granted by the act of March 10,
1918.
@. Please give some information
about the South Dakota Wind Cave
S. W. P.
A. The South Dakota Wind Cave
is IL miles northwest of Hot Springs
in Fall River County. 8. Oak. The
cave has extensive galleries in Paha-
sapa limestone, with many fine crystal
formations on the walls. 1t was once
a channel OF subterranean streams and
owes it's origin to the solution OF the
limestone by water. The name is APP
propriate because at most times a
strong air current is passing into or
out of the narrow entrance to the cave.
@. Can a battleship fire a large
caliber gun directly over the bow or
stern without causing any damage 10
the deck?-E. n. s.
A. The Department Of the Navy says
that guns on a battleship can be flred
from any point or in any position on
the deck. or in any direction, WITHOUT
causing any damage.
@. What Is the Oldest state ceremony
in the world?-P. D.
A. The enthronement Of the Emperor
of Japan is so considered.
@. How many flyers belong to the
Caterpillar Cubic. L.
A. There are now 129 on the roster,
with 1877 emergency jumps. eight flyers
having resorted to the parachute twice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
A Tale Without a Moral.

The Magruder case hes apparently
beer settled by restoring the writing
admiral to duty and command after a
twcnty-month vacation with pay. There
will be no criticism Of the method
If settlement. The comments so far
have been the reverse and Secretary
Adams is lauded for taking the sensible
way out OF the dilemma facing the
Navy. The only criticism Of the Nays
action is that 1t has written q tale.
in the Magruder case, without a moral
and without q climax. 1t started out
like q lion to deal with the bad Boy
OF the Navy" and wound up Ike a
lamb.
when Admiral Magruder wrote his
article On economy. or the lack OF It,,
In running the Navy. q bonnbshell
seemed TO explode In the white build.
tnRs down at Seventeenth and B streets
and the fragments threatened to do
some serious damage. Admiral Ma
sa1ider was called upon for proof OF
his assertions. He was asked to submit
q plan for improving the running Of
the Navy, and he was removed from
his command at Philadelphia by an
order that Secretary Wilbur explained
was not punitive. The country waited
anxiously for Admiral Masruders proof
and plans. but his answers to the Navy
Department were merely pronounced
unsatisfactory and his vacation. with
pay, was continued. The admiral con-
tinued to write articles and continued
on vacation, and while his friends en-
deavored to have him restored to duty
nothing happened. Yesterday he was
given q command formerly held by an
oficer who stands next 10 him In
seniority.
He has been neither repriman2ed
nor court-martialed and, as far a. his
record with the public goes. has come
: through his battle unscathed, I'D possi-
INV Yetreshed by bis vacation. The cbN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
"And When"

"And When"
And when the FREELY came along
I gave It my attention strong,
And said, What pleasure you might
bring
If you could only learn to sing!"
And when the mocking bird drew near
with melody to charm the ear,
I said, You would rejoice our sight,
If, every night, you brought q light!'
And when you look the matter Ger,
AS you no doubt have done before,
You'll And folks regulate their lot
By enjoying gifts they haven't got!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Medical Costs.
How to pay the doctor2

How to pay the doctor?
This Is an increasingly dificult prob
lem amid the social and financial COM
plextties Of modern life.
Various expedients have been pro-
posed. The Chicago Medical Society
has just issued q standard installment
payment plan. In other cities schemes
Of sickness insurance" to be admin
istAred by some seni-public organiza-
ton, have been considered.
A satisfactory solution IA still awaited.
Perhaps the problem IL uisolvahle be-
cause Of the fundamental nature of
medical service itself. II is not easily
adaptable either to insurance or So
cialization plans.
Medical expenses are emergency ex-
penses. Most emergencies can be COW
cred by insurance. When house burns
down, ship sinks or crop is de-
stroyed by hail, the loss to the individ-
ual Is made up by Insurance companies
who have calculated fundamentally the
chances for just such events and
charged q corresponding premium over
o long period. Now 1t probably would
be possible to calculate with the same
exActnees the chances Of q sickness
emergency In the ordinary life. There
Is one insurance factor, however, which
bafEies the prepayment of such q scheme
A Aouse, . ship or q crop can be APP
praised with reasonable exactness. One
house is worth $1,000, and another Is
worth $4,000. The valuation Is stated
in each insurance policy. The cost OF
materials and the wages of mechanics
necessary for replacing either building
are standardized.
But In medical insurance one hfe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

Washington, D. c., needs an airfield
And what the Nations Capital really
needs 1t usually gets, even though the
preliminary processes may be a tribe
slow and complicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

A defaulter usually says he played
the races" Why blame the horse? AS
a matter of fact, what he played was
probably the stock market, where the
possibilities Of profit hold a lure far be-
yond that of a racing bet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

Ahplanes may bomb coast cities.
Fear Ia restrained by the thought Of
what other defensive airplanes may be
doing In the meantime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

Tenacious of principle. Ambassador
Dawes adheres to his favorite pipe.
There is . certain conservatism as
serted in the way a man smokes, as
vel as in the way he talks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

All Trotsky appears to be asking OF
the world At present Is a place to rest
his typewriter and the price Of postage
stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
IJsuallv Media Rena;r;ny.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The sociologist who says the model
husband should be able TO mend fau-
Gets. fences and furnaces might have
added ability 70 E4bair his own thumb
afterWard,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

The housewife with "hy-swatter"
may not be a. graceful a. Helen Wills;
but perhaps she is no less useful to So
ciety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Too True to Be Funny.

From the Dayton Daily News.
The latest counterfeit 500 bill is said
to be perfect, except that IL lacks a
comma. Most of the 500 bills we ret
hold Of lack a couple OF ciphers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

From the Louisville Times.
That Los Ar -elcs burglar who paused
long enough to wash up q sinkful of
dishes In q home he had robbed Is hem
pecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Rate by Carrier Within III

Rate nv Carrier Within the City.
The Evening Star. ......... .lse Der month
Iwhsn Sundaysl soc ger month
the EVENING and Sunday star
TNe eiJnday star ... Sc per cory
Snllecfion made At the end OF each month
orders may be sent In by mail or telephone
National 5000.
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Turnover or Overturn?

From the Asheville Times.
The turnover in the automobile BUSH
ness Is always heavier. for some strange
reason, on Sundays and holidays.