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from this country and ships here 81
per cent of It's total exports.
Australia is essentially interested In
wool, which Is listed in q separate sched-
ule, but, nevertheless. is a product of
agriculture and hence In the farm pic
ture. 1t takes from the United States
25.3 per cent of its total imports and
sends here 6.5 of It's general exports.
Cuba Holds Balance.
Cuba, with its heavy production Of
sugar and enjoying preferential Mls-
toms duty over all other nations, re-
verses the picture, having a heavy bal
ance Of trade against the United States
and taking SO per cent of its imports
from this country while shipping here
70 per cent of its exports.
Among the gloomy forebodings which
have been voiced regarding this new
tariff about to be written by Congress
Is that unless most delicately handled
1t may invite reprisals abroad. Just
how those who have been working OH
this revision have attempted to satisfy
demands here at home and at the same
time avoid complications which might
tnjure foreign trade will be known In
few more days.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

lures can be plotted in fairly smooth
curve. It is as certain as anything on
this earth that any January In the tenn
perate zone will be considerably colder,
on the average. than any July.
But is there a similar cycle extending
over years instead of months? Let us
assume such cycle of twelve years cor
responding roughly in meteorological
phenomena with the twelve-month cycle
that we know. Then there would be a
January year, February year, May
year, July year and December year.
We could predict with assurance that
the November year would be colder than
the May year.
1t is upon such assumptions as this
that most long-range forecasting sys-
TENS have been worked out. If the
cycles actually existed the work of
weather forecasting, one of the most es-
sential OF human activities. would be
simplified, agriculture and industry
would benefit greatly and enormous saw
ings would be made possible.
None would welcome information of
such cycle more than che professional
meteorologists--the star of the United
States Weather Bureau and the Official
forecasters Of other nations. Their work
would be easier. Their services would
be Of more value.
Frequently, however, they have been
accused OF an extreme degree of con-
servatisn In refusing to make predic-
tons on the basis Of cycles alleged to
exist by other neteorologists. As mat
ter Of fact, 1t is revealed by Prof.
Charles r. Marvin. director of the
United States Weather Bureau, there
is nothing they would welcome more
than knowledge Of q stable cycle. They
have examined most of the alleged cir
cular periods and found that they
simply do not exist. Belief in them is
based on observations which have not
been subjected to rigid mathematical
analysis.
The meteorologists devote much effort
to examining the evidence for such
cycles, but they are unwilling to infiict
them upon the public without some
mathematical probability that the fore
casts will mean something.
The Weather Bureau Is not spurning
the evidence. rs It's detractors sometimes
charge.
II simply is demanding that the evil
dence be valid--and thus far this de.
mand has not been met.
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The I'm Alone Arbitration.

There will be mutual satisfaction on
both sides Of the border that Canada
and the United States have agreed to
arbitrate the I'm Alone affair. Having
been unable 10 agree as TO the facts
or the Law in connection with the sink
ing Of the Canadian rum-running
schooner by the American Coast Guard,
the machinery of diplomacy provided to
meet Just such emergencies Is now TO
be invoked.
Great Britain and this country in
1924 signed ship liquor treaty, whereby
controversies hereunder arising are To
be subjected to international arhitra-
ton. Secretary stimson suggested such
action Is soon Is 1t became apparent
that Canadas contentious were irree-
orcilabls with our position, and the
Dominions Minister at Washington, the
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This and That

Jack Spratt sat on the edge of the
basement steps glazing down at Mrs
Blackie and her family Of five kittens
reposing in the soap box.
Jack. he Of the gooseberry-green eyes,
does not like Blackie and her kittens.
In fact, he detests them cordially.
When possible he pays no attention to
them, but sometimes he has to pass
Blackie, or one Of the kittens becomes
inquisitive.
In the case of the mother cat, Jack
contents himself with few good low
growls Of warning, but when a kitten
descends upon him he spits at 1t.
1t Is comical to watch the reaction
of the kittens to this manifestation of
inhospitality. D'Artagnan, the light
and touched noses with HIM.
This happened jus. ~ 'ayS after
the sturdy, misch.evous D..rtagnan
could walk. Just as the Gascon was
lifting a wobbly paw to slap at Spratt,
the latter gave mighty hiss and took
to his heels.
The spectacle Of the large and digni-
fed Jack Spratt running from the tiny
DArtagnan, Just four weeks old, was
amusing in the extreme.
Athos, the black kitten, was the first
to climb out OF his soap box home I'M
assisted, which he did when weeks
old
He was followed shortly by Alex
andre Dumas, the black and white
kitten, and by D'Artagnan. For the
next few days the kittens invariably
came over the edge in the following
order
Alexandra Dumas.
2-D'Artagnan.
3-Athos.
Porthos lmaltese) and Nipper OZARK
tiger striped were slower about getting
out Of the box, but finally negotiated
1t, with much dragging of the hind
legs.
A few days later Alexandra Dumas.
who is the leader Of the gang, discov-
cred that he could leap over the edge.
His flrst leaps were rather one-sided
since his hind legs usually got stuck
on the edge
All the Kittens took to wrestling as
soon as they. got their sea legs. One
OF Nipper's favorite sports is biting a
corner OF sheet Of newspaper.
y \
At the mature age of % days the kit
tens learned to drink milk out of
saucer. The three leaders of the pack.
Dumas himself. DArtagnan and Athos,
learned readily, although with much
snufning and sneezing.
Athos learned how to drink well and
learned very quickly. although right at
first he seemed to think eating consisted
In trying to bite pieces out Of the edge
OF the saucer. White sand they tried to
eat.
The kittens come out to caper only
when they have a human audience.
Their favorite time is at night. At the
sound OF a familiar voice they come
piling out of their box with many
squeals and squeaks.
Athos, who Is the smallest, was the
first to walk and the first to climb out
Of the box. He seemed to like people.
Dumas Is the largest and most adven-
turous and perhaps the smartest
D'Artagnan Is full of mischief and
extremely fond of wrestling. One of his
favorite sports is to slap at his mothers
ear, which always gets him a good
Porthos is quite slow, and seems the
dunihest. He has o fine disposition, a
benign face, and the softest coat Of all. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
EVERYDAY RELIGION
I BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. d, L. d,
Bishop OF Washington

issued in protrsctsd absence from all
forms of public worship In later life.
They seem to feel that their duty in
this respect has been fully discharged.
They could not look upon a Sunday
service as other than a stern and for
bidding discipline In some instances
such view is justified by the baroness
and coldness Of the churches. The
reformations doubtless made distinct
contributions and gave finer under
standing of some of the fundamental
truths of the Christian faith. On the
other hand, they subtracted from the
conception OF that faith much of the
element Of JOY, and robbed its express
sion of much of its beauty, rendering
II dull and unappealing. A coldly In
tellectual Interpretation of the Christian
religion makes an appeal to certain
types of minds. but has IN 1t nothing
of universal appeal.
The story Of the New Testament,
notably that OF the Gospels, Is drama
tically fascinating. 1t appeals to the
finer instincts of our nature, notably
the heroic and the esthetic. We at
tempt to make our homes attractive,
as we'll as our places of recreation and
amusement, by adjoining them with
pAAd0 OOohCAAdA ofPSoA-
ing. We are greatly affected by color
and symbol in all the relationships of
life When 1t comes to that which has
to do with soul culture and enrich
ment we need that which is appealing
to the eye as we'll as to the head and
heart. Where worship is subordinated
to the Office of preaching 1t fails to
fulfill that for which it Is designed.
Preaching has its distinct and i'm
portant place, and it needs in our day
to be more widely recognized and more
effectively discharged. On the other
hand. II the church Is to serve the high
end for which it was intended worship
must be so ordered as to be symphonic
in character. There is no evidence, so
far as we can discover 1t, of unrespon-
siveness to the appeal of beauty. AS
matter of fact, the present age is
given more largely to the consideration
Of grace and symmetry and color than
any that has gone before. If the
church Is to fulfill its large part 1t must
employ all It's genius In making
corporate worship so appealing, so
fascinating and so satisfying that it
shall meet the demands of an age that
Graves beauty. The hunger OF the soul
Is as great today as 1t has ever been,
but 1t is hunger that demands salts
faction, and 1t will rapidly respond to
the beauty of holiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago Thomas A. Edison was
having a difiicult time trying to con-
r. vince the public,
Edisons Lamp e csi =, tSe S Sssttar
Of inventions, that his incandescent lamp
would ever prove to be practical util-
ity or would ever supersede gas and oil
for illuminating purposes. After indie
fatigable efforts, however, he finally OBJ
tanned patent, and on the 2lst day of
April, 1879, patent on an improvement
was granted. The following in The
Star Of the next day gives the speciflca-
tions covering the improvement on the
invention:
The specifications of Edison's i'm
provement IN electric lights, for which
a patent was granted yesterday, is as
follows:
Electric lights have been produced
by coil or strip of platina or other
metal that requires high temperature
to melt, the electric current rendering
the same 1ncandescent. In all such
lights there is danger of the metal
melting and destroying the apparatus.
and breaking the continuity of the cir
cult. My improvement is made for reg
ulating the electric current passing
through such incandescent conductor
automatically, and preventing its tenn
perature rising to the melting point.
thus producing a reliable electric light
by rendering conducting substances in
candescent by passing an electric cur
rent through them. In my apparatus
the heat evolved or developed Is made to
regulate the electric current so that the
heat cannot become too intense because
the current Is lessened by the effect of
the heat when certain temperatures are
reached, thereby preventing injury to the
incandescent substances, by keeping the
heat at all times below the melting point
of the incandescent substance. Various
devices for carrying my improvement
into practice may be employed, and
have tested large number. I, how
ever, have shown in the drawings my
Improvement in a convenient form, and
contemplate obtaining separate patents
hereafter for other and various details
OF construction, and state my present
invention to relate broadly to the COM
bination, with an electric light produced
by incandescence, of an automatic ther-
NAL regulator for the electric current.
The incandescent metal is to be plati-
mum, rhodium, iridium, titapium, or any
other suitable conductor having a high
fuSing point. and the same is used In
the form Of wire or thin plate or leaf
The expansion or contraction of a suit
able material under changes of tennpera-
ture forms thermostatic current regu-
lator that operates automatically to pre-
vent injury to the apparatus and to
the body heated by the current. The
electric light may be surrounded by n
glas stube, or any other suitable device,
such as two concentric glass tubes
with the intervening space filled with
alum water or other bad conductor of
heat. the object being to retain the heat
of the incandescent metal and prevent
loss by radiation, thus requiring less
current 70 supply the loss by radiation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
On Second Thought.

On Second Thought.
I have kicked about the taxes. a. q lot
Of people do;
I have often said l. wondered what our
land Is coming to.
I have kicked about the railroads and
bewailed the reckless way
The cash Is sometimes handled, which
commuters have TO pay.
But In spite Of my misgiving
About arbitrary rates,
I'm mighty glad I'm living
In these old United States.
I've bewailed the tipping evil In pathetic
flights Of song;
And expressed the sad opinion that all
graft Is very wrong.
From gunman TO philanthropist I've
scanned the social scale
And criticized my country In q melan-
choiy wall.
Yet my Joy can't be hiding,
AS afar strange terror waits,
That chance to be residing
In these old United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
BrOOkhart's Break With Hoover
Called Saddest Sight in Town

enrich Wall Street by laying waste the
whole of every rural region in the
United States. That would be we'd
ding present Of some size.
Mr.. Hoover, then, choosing between
Mr.. Brookhart and Mr.. Meyer, chose,
as men will, the siren who sang the
widest song According to Mr.. Brook
hart, himself, that certainly was Mr..
Meyer. whereupon, nevertheless, as Is
usual, Mr. Brookhart solaces himself
with a suit for breach of promise and
a suit for alienation of affections COM
bined.
(Copyrisht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Does the weather, or any single ele-
ment of it, follow periodic cycles' We
know one meteorological cycle by which
we can make predictions with reason
able AssurAnce--that Of the solar year.
Over any twsNe- month period tempera-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

New discoveries are constantly being
made that promise to change the entire
aspect Of aeronautics. There have been
interesting comparisons to show which
enterprise Is entitled to rank Is the
leading industry. When aviation gets
well under way there will be one con-
spicuous leading industry" with the
others trailing at q considerable dis
lance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Little Nipper doesn't pay much atten-
ton to human beings. He is fond of
bowling up his back and capering side
ways or backwards.
None OF them Is afraid of Jack
Spratt. the big fellow with the green
eyes. the white face and shirt FRONT
and glistening white paws. we are won
dering what Jack win do when Mrs.
Blackie's kittens begin to chase after
his long striped tail. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Many in Dutch Over Ii.

From the Lansins state Journal.
They claim golf really originated In
the Netherlands where 1t got It's name
but the position OF others Is that any
game where the srnAllest-sccrs wins
would be Scotch. \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

All will be well II Aimee Mcpherson
can be as successful In keeping mortals
out Of trouble in the eternal future as
she Ia In getting them into trouble here
below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

From the Fort Worth star-Telesram.
Among the other things that usually
come up In the Spring are the newly
paved streets under which they neg
iected TO lay all the pipes needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

A private car will convey Harry SIN
clair to the gateway. But even opu-
lence such rs his cannot provide him
with a private jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

II IL could be foretold when the
Louisiana Legislature would be ready
for picturesque combat, there might be
a lucrative demand for ringside seats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Il Ia now hoped that the apple bios
som queen win have enough gentle and
mysterious authority to prevent the fruit
crop from being failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

The man who says he likes to work
Is courteous through and through.
When toll looms up he'll bow and snirk
And murmur, After you!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
SHOOTING STARS.


The Merry Robin.
A robin sat upon q limb,
A-singin' very jolly.
"Oh, bird" SEE ], ! SEE to him,
you should be melancholy!
"You haven't any children small,
No friends nor no relations;
You've got no certainty at al
OF lodgin' or Of rations.
"You haven't got no place to went,
You lcafer In q tree, you!
Or, If you have, I bet cent
No one is glad TO see YOU"
The robin stopped his song and said:
Excuse me while ! smoker.
II is the narrow life you've led
That makes you such Q kicker.
This limb I sit on amt 20 hne,
And scant is my apparel:
A simple sort o. feed Is mine.
And yet love to carol.
while thinkin' on my state Of ease
My soul in song relaxes.
! 90 an come just when I please,
An never pay no taxes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

The Prince Of Wales uses an airplane
frequently and finds 1t rather safer than
q horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Or the Anti.Pistol League.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
The Chicago Community Chest has
sent back AL Capone's $1,000 check,
and we wonder whether AL has tried
the Anti-Saloon League.
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20 the Use for republication of ali news dis
patches credited TO 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

To tell q mushroom, merely eat
The specimen that you may meet,
And note, next day. with studious care
II you've stayed here or gone elsewhere
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THEODORE w. MOVES. . Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09

resistance wire which is to be built inte

resistance wire which is to be built into
each lens.
Lieut.. Soucek's flight yesterday proved
that layer upon layer of clothing is not
necessary to keep a man warm in the
extreme cold of the upper air. While
previous altitude flyers have worn all
the clothing they could wrap around
only a fur-lined flying suit. Fur-lined
boots and a fur-lined helmet and gloves
completed the equipment. He reported
that while he was able to sense the ex-
treme cold, he was perfectly comfortable
His outfit was planned in accordance
with the suggestion of Comdr. Ceres as
the closest approach to the clothing of
the Eskimos who endure extreme Artic
cold.
Planes Motor Overhauled.
Except for a routine motor overhaul,
nothing was done to the altitude plane
used by Lieut.. Soucek at the Naval Air
Station today. The overhaul was made
under direction of Aviation Chief Ma
chinists Mate Charles Kidder, who has
been in charge of the mechanical care
of the machine.
Lieut.. Soucek was born at Lamont,
Okla, February "a, 1897, and was grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy in June, 1921. He served
aboard the battleShip Mississippi in
various capacities until February, 1924,
when he was assigned to temporary duty
as student naval aviator at Pensacola.
Fla. He completed the course and be-
came naval aviator in August, 1924. In
December Of that year he was assigned
to duty in a Navy squadron at San
Diego and after one month there went
aboard the U. S. s. Maryland as Junior
aviation officer, serving there for more
than two years.
He was transferred to duty at the
naval aircraft factory, Philadelphia, in
May, 1927. and month later was or
dered to the engine section of the Blu
reau of Aeronautics in this city. He
holds service membership in the Penn
Athletic Club, Philadelphia. and the
Racquet Club here. His next Of kin is
his father, John G. Soucek Of Medford,
Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09
new M'KINLEY HIGH
EXERCISES ARE SET
Federal and District Officials to
Speak at Formal Dedication
Program Wednesday.

Representatives of the Federal and
District Governments. as well as WASH
ington's citizenry, will speak at the for
NAL dedication Of the new Mckinley
High School, Second and T streets
northeast, Wednesday night, Stephen z.
Kramer first assistant superintendent
in charge of high schools, announced
today.
The speakers will include Senator
Hiram Bingham. Representative Robert
G.. Simmons, Commissioner Taliaferro
and Rev. DR.. Abram Simon of the
Eighth Street Temple.
Complete plans for the ceremony have
not been arranged, but school author
tiles, including members of the Board
of Education, DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent. and members of mis-
staff, are expected to attend.
The building was opened at the be-
ginning Of the 1928-29 school year last
September, when the structure barely
was completed. The personnel was
transferred from the old Mckinley
Building at Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue at the conclusion Of the
school year last June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09
TAK0MA PARK WOMEN
ASK ABOUT MILK CUT

The District Of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs has been petit
toned by the Takoma Park Women's
Club to institute an inquiry to learn
If 1t is the purpose of milk producers
and distributors to reduce the retail
price during the Summer. The reso-
luton pointed out that this has been
customary In the past, since the cost Of
production and transportation of milk
is less in Summer than in Winter.
The resolution, offered by Mrs. Mary
L. White, further sought an eXplana-
ton on the part of dealers in the event
they have not planned to give house.
holders the benegt of a reduced price
this Summer A copy of the paper was
sent various civic organizations of Ia
koma Park, Maryland and Washington
newspapers. as well as the Federation Of
Women's Clubs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09

lived in Europe we would be in war
before we got our grip unpacked.
While we are having Washington
days and Lincoln days, lets have a
Thank the Atlantic Ocean day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09

Nah jong is a game of chance, &C
cording to a recent ruling of the mu-
nicipal council Of Manila, p. l., who,
however, will permit 1t to be played on
Sundays and holidays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09
4-YEAR.OLD CHILD DIES
OF ACCIDENTAL SHOT
Received Charge From Shotgun in
Face as He Was Climbing
Steps at His Home.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. May 9.-Walking
up the back steps of his home for din
ner, little Wesley Roberts, 4-year-old
so nof Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Roberts, liv-
ing about IL miles from Columbia, was
killed Tuesday when shotgun in the
house was accidentally knocked down
from It's upright position inside the door
to discharge its load full in the fact of
the child.
The fatal accident occurred when
the boy was answering summons from
his mother to come to dinner
Coroner w. A. Mccain decided that
an inquest would be unnecessary.