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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
'sMEMORIES AND IDEALS
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LII. D.
Bishop of Washington.

ideals and obligations In the plastic
period Of youth largely determines the
results OF sixty. To live with only the
consciousness Of the values Of the pres
ent. and to be ever fastening on to the
OCCUPATIONS Of the future without the
unfailing habit Of looking to the rock
from whence We are hewn, means i'm
poverishment and ultimate dissatisfac-
ton. An engaging book written some
Shadow" is descriptive of a life that
had suffered the eclipse of memory, Of
one who had lost all contact with the
past. Even names and faces Of kinS-
folk and friends were quite lost to him.
AS the narrative proceeds he is brought
at length to his old home overseas
wherein he had spent his happy boy
hood days. There in the old house he
comes suddenly upon situation that
was intimately related to the things Of
his childhood. Immediately memory
reaSserted itself and the darkened mind
was flooded with the light of other
days. He had found at length his
shadow.
AS we grow in years our shadow
lengthens. It reaches from the present
clear back into the remote period when
life was simple and uniformed. Prob
ably nothing contributes more largely
to the maintenance of the high things
Of character than this consciousness Of
the ideals and hopes of early life.
When we are truly normal we are
bohnd TO measure ourselves by those
standards that We set when all the
world was before US. To ripen and
mature or grow old gracefully" means
more than to enjoy the Joys and emolu-
ments Of the present. It means to keep
life wholesome, pure and consistent by
adhering to the standards and ideals
OF early days. In our better hours We
yeara for the waters of some well by
Bethlehem's gate. Memory renders us
no greater service than to keep fresh
and active the precepts and principles
inculcated by one whose voice may
long since have been stilled. We may
yearn for the touch of a vanished
hand and the sound Of . voice that is
STILL" but II Is far better to exemplify
IN the years Of our later life the ideals
given us in youth. 10 experience eye
births OF feeling" means to honor the
past by q fresh commitment to Its
highest and hottest standards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

to the steady increase In capacity of
freight cars and more thorough loading
and to increases in the power of loco
motives, plus better operating methods.
Glass / roads own $1,000 fewer freight
cars than year ago and nearly 100. 900
fewer than their high record in 1925,
and they own 2,100 fewer locomotives
than q year ago. They have retired
obsolete equipment and replaced It with
larger and Better equipment. In July,
the latest month, for which the statistics
on the subject are available. the aver
age daily movement.per freight car was
S2.1 miles, the highest on record for
that month Of the year, and the average
load per car was 27.3 tons, an increase
of IT Of q ton compared with July. 1928.
In the first six months Of this year
class I railroads attained the highest
efficiency In the use Of fuel by road
locomotives Of any corresponding period
on record, hauling 10 tons Of freight
and equipment one mile for every pound
Of coal. or its equivalent In fuel con-
sumeds
=, lCopygieht. 1a7e.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
This and That
By Charles E. TracesceH.

isn't there something that can be
done about it," -
This is the gist of inquiries in rela-
ton to the recent dog poisonings which
have taken place in various parts of
the city.
Always the owner Of lost pet wants
to know what can be done about it.
Now this IS a natural question, but the
sad part of it is that little, if anything,
can be done about it, especially in re-
gard to the poor dog which is gone.
What can be done Is to safeguard
pet from the sneaking form Of cruelty
known as poisoning.
Curiously enough, this is the one
thing many pet owners will not do.
They feel that their dog has right to
fresh air, even if he banks his head of
all night long, and thereby causes
scores OF nervous persons to stay awake.
Those who love the dog the most are
the flrst to admit that he really has
little place in crowded city.
Not only IS there not room enough
Tor dog to live as q dog should, but
his very presence is likely to cause dis
comfort to tired men and women.
This is further complicated by the
indifference Of many dog owners to
the rights and wishes Of others. They
permit their dogs to run at large IN
neighborhoods, destroying shrubs, roses
and tulips, digging up grass and IN
other ways creating nuisance.
It Is inevitable that some one person
in q neighborhood subjected to a con-
tinual dose of the dog nuisance viii
10 %1,1
nuisance. And the sad fact is that the
easiest way out" is too often the
poison route for these people.
- ~
These observations are not made as
an apology for the dog poisoner, but
solely In an effort to show readers
what can be done about It,"
the only thing that pet owners can
DO about 1t. from practical standpoint,
Is to watch their animals better.
This means that they must be kent
nome. We realize that this solution
may not meet the ideas of some, but It
has practical common sense behind It.
The man or woman who distributes
poison thereby endangers not only
dogs, but cats as well, and may even
jeopardize human beings, particularly
small children.
The poisoner Is particularly reprehen-
sible. in that he does what he does
with criminal indifference, and has not
even the excuse Of sudden passion for
his deed. -
He cannot be guarded against, for he
strikes In the dark. The only real cure
for this two-legged coward is to give
him nothing to strike at.
X X
The saddest part of the sad business
OF dog poisoning Is that the poison
reaches the most innocent creature In
the world, the dog itself.
No dog knows that it annoys any
body. It Is totally innocent. It is be-
cause this is so that owners everywhere
should check up on themselves, and be
sure that their pets are not likely 70
suffer from their own indifference.
As o lover Of animals, we make an
appeal to all concerned to guard their
pets at all times, and to see to it that
they annoy other people as little as
possible. II this could be carried out
on city-w1de scale, we are convinced
that there would be no poisonings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
Taximen and Tricksters.

Here Is Q dispatch from Rochester,
N. Y, printed In The star yesterday,
that requires postscript, or follow:
w. ]. Even, Detroit taxi driver, Is
disllusicned y looked ir IKE velvet when when
to New York. The fare jumped the cab
In Yenkers, near the largest city IN the
country. Even, doubling back home
on his 70o-mile trip. stopped here TO
wire for money.
What most people would like to know
about this case Is what will happen to
Even when he gets hack to Detroit.
VIII he have to pay for his gasoline?
viii he be paid for his time in driving
his elusive fare to YonkerS and then
driving back home again with an empty
cab? In short. will Even have to bear
the burden Of this trick?
Taxicab drivers are not supposed to
use their judgment regarding the re-
liability Of the people who engage them
for service. They are, common car
riers" and must take whomever sum-
mons them. There may be some kind of
q rule operative in large taxicab COM
panies regarding unusual orders such
as that received by Even OF Detroit,
but the public does not know Of any
such regulation. If taxi driver as
sumes the risk Of an exceptional order.
what IS the limit beyond which he takes
his own chances? Il it one hundred
miles, or q thousanda
In the past few years there have been
numerous cases Of public vehicle drivers
held up by robbers who have boarded
their cars as passengers. Some drivers
have been slain. In some cases cabs
have been stolen, the drivers being
forced to alight at the point Of Q gun.
But no word has ever come respecting
the obligation Of the employing COM
pany toward its operatives, who are
thus exposed in line Of duty to serious,
even deadly hazard.
Perhaps company taxi drivers are pro-
tected by q form OF insurance against
fraudulent fares, such as the man who
rode free from Detroit to Yonkers.
There is certainly risk in that sort Of
thing at all times. But In the light Of
Chauffeur Ewen's experience 1t Is quite
likely that taxi drivers who are asked to
trundle their fares over five or six hun
dred miles Of road viii be likely to de-
mand q deposit in advance. ct least to
cover the cost Of fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

A king in his power and aff1uence
yearned for the association Of his youth
David was at war with his ancient
enemies. the Philistines. His mind was
occupied with strategy and the things
that concerned the security of the
state. He had risen step by step from
his humble career as shepherd to. be
the. leader of a great people. He was
renowned in arms and his position was
an enviable one. From . purely human
standpoint he had all that he could de-
sire, and yet, conscious of his power
and growing influence. he had a pas
sionate yearning for the waters Of the
well OF which as q boy he had stopped
to drink.
The narrative Is dramatic. Three of
his stalwart warriors broke through the
host Of the Philistines and drew water
out Of the well Of Bethlehem, and took
1t and brought 1t TO David" Little
did the King realize that at such fright
He could not drink the water. It had
been bought at too great q price, and
"he poured 1t out" as sacrificial offer
ing to his Lord.
1t IL quite universally true Of all of
US, that o. we grow In years we turn
with increasing fondness to the Incl
dents and experiences Of our early life.
Tragic il the situation Of that man or
woman who has no sense Of the value
Of background. To grow old and be so
disillusioned by the stern and bitter ex-
perienees of life that we are incapable
Of affection for old environments, asso-
Citations. fellowships and ideals is not
only to lose out Of life one Of its sweet
est treasures. but one of its greatest in
Spirations. Well did the poet write:
"TIow dear to INV heart are the sceneS
Of my childhood.
When fond recollection presents them
to View." -
Some one wisely observed that sixteen
largely determines the conditions OF
our life at sixty. He conceived that
what we fix for ourselves In the way of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
The Government Service Week.

Yesterday was the last Of the Satur-
day half holidays Of the season. Here
after, until some time in the late Spring
or the early Summer Of 1880, the Gov
eminent departments will work on full
time basis for each of the six days of
each week. 1t Is announced, however,
THAI the National Federation Of Federal
Employees will ask for legislation at the
next session of Congress putting the
departmental service definitely and
permanently on the Saturday half
holiday basis.
Nearly thirty years ago the depart
mental working hours were extended,
the closing time being shifted from four
o'clock to four-thirty. This was done
under the impression that the addition
of half an hour to the working day Of
the clerks would increase the output. u
AS a matter of fact, 1t did not. It Is
impossible now to measure the efficiency
of the departmental working forces Of
today compared with those Of the
earlier time, because meanwhile the de-
partmental conditions have changed
completely; the forces have been great
ly enlarged and there is no basis Of
estimation. It is, however, the observa-
ton of those with experience both be-
fore and after the change that as far
as general efficiency has gone the Gov
ernment's work was as well and as rap
idly done during the nine to four work.
ing days as during the longer day.
The same is true with ras:ience TO
the week. The working week Of Ave
and half days probably yields as much
IN OUTPUT" as the longer week Of six
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

includes minstrel entertainments by an
organization in the village known as
the Tropical Exotics. balls, parties and
Soirees, entertainments by the Temper
ance Order, debating society known as
the Mount Pleasant Lyceum, who week.
" discuss the important questions Of
the day; . literary organization known
as the Philomathic Society, a youths
debating club-all these associations
providing in general way for the
amusement Of the villagers.
1.-THE fact that there Is no spirituous
liquor sold in the village betokens a
temperate, industrious and thrifty little
settlement where there Is little sickness,
few deaths. quiet nights and pure at
moSphere to breathe unfreighted with
the nauseous gases of the asphalt
nuisances, which make life bitter for
city people, =.
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SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Old Man Trouble.
Old Man Trouble
Came this way.
Cares redouble
Every day.
With q warning
He draws near:
Yet next morning
win be aiming 20 clear.
Old Man Trouble
Calls again:
Shows the stubble-
Not the grain.
II you seek sorrow
Where its lent,
He'll let you borrow
To your hearts content.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Germany Is back in the world mar
ket. The emotional talk about "hans-
Ing the Kaiser" has ceased. and people
are now studying his relationship. as
one Of the worlds biggest business men,
to the tariff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Travel is rapid and comfortable.
Statesmen with matters to discuss visit
one another. AS centuries are counted
it is not so very long since the days of
the stage coach, which now has no
place excepting In a museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

The hurricane swept aside from Flor.
ida, again calling attention to tina
State as a fortunate as well as beau
tiful locality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

There Is q strange fascination about
crime news. The reader is at least
permitted to follow columns of harrow
ing details without suspicion of propa-
ganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Aviation has made marvellous prog
ress. Yet 1t has not gone ahead far
enough to provide Washington. D. O..
with suitable airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

A quarrel is in progress as to how the
Koran shall be taught Turkey has
never been successful in keeping re-
ligion out Of politics.
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Self.ApprOYal.

Of small achievements we must beg
The right Of seeming proud.
Even the hen who lays an egg
Will cacrle long and loud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Text-sAnd David lonsed, and
said, Oil that one would give me
drink of the water of the well Of
Bethlehem, which Is by the
gate."-1I Samuel, xxiii.15.
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Possible IInp0sitiOn,

ibid you ever attend . party where
alcoholic beverages were served?"
mot to my knowledge" answered SEN
ator Sorghum. II am absolutely ig-
norant Of such havors and it may be
barely possible that my innocence has
been imposed upon"
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High Pressure.

The editor was going strong
With plans to run the Nation.
The business doctor said, whats wrong
Is with your circulation"
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"An airplane," said Uncle Eben,
clocks mighty fine, but my favorite
crittes VIII wings b still . chicken"
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Relying on the Old World.

Relying on the Old World.
"Henry Ford Is going to manufacture
In Europe"
I'm glad Of IT," said Mr. Chusgins.
1.-THE Europeans have had to tackle
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They spoke many wise words while do
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Fifty years ago some Of the sections
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
HITCH HIKES BUT
 ID HER RANGER
Girl Heads for Montana to Meet
 Her Correspondent

Pepperell. Mass. July r P'- Robert Laws. United states forest ranger, of Missoula, Mont, today was probably unaware that Miss Mary Howe, 19, of this town, was hitch hiking across the continent 10 meet him for the first time although they have corresponded for four years.
 A week ago, Miss Howe, daughter of Dr. Edward o. Howe, local den tist, left home without notifying her parents. She was later traced to Pennsylvania cities and has since communicated with her father. end ing a country search for her,
 Today Dr Howe received two lat- ters. One. from his daughter, said she did not intend to return home but would continue on 10 Montana to meet Laws and stake a claim for q ranch. The letter was mailed in Southport, Pa. The other letter, from Laws, indicated that he knew noth- ing of the impending visit of Miss Howe.
 It was learned today that cores pondence between the fire ranger and Miss Howe began after she had read a magazine article hy him on the loneliness Of a fire rangers life.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
G0URAUD
 GUEST IN BOSTON
Lunches With Governor and :. Motors to Camp DeVens

< Boston, July IT P-General Henri ]. E. Gouraud French world war commander who directed American troops, began the second day of his .visit here as luncheon guest of Governor Frank G. Allen and then motored to Camp Devens in Aver to review the Yankee Division"
 General Gouraud motored here from Gloucester where he had spent the night as guest at the home of Congressman A. Platt Andrew. He visited the state house before the luncheon to pay his respects to the governor and was accompanied, among others, by a detail of negro officers of the Massachusetts Ma tional Guard who had served over seas in the area which was under the generals direction. Adjutant General Jesse F. Stevens and the members of the governors staff were present.
 The governor presented the gen. eral with a gold pin bearing the seal of the state after the two had con- versed with the aid of an interpre- ter, a member of the generals staff.
 After the luncheon, Governor Allen accompanied the general on the motor trip to Camp peNens, where the Massachusetts National Guard is encamped.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
Teams for Golf Course
 Drive Are Announced

The completion of three teams in the proposed drive for s25,0O0 for a public golf course was announced today by Edwin P. Lanphier, IT,, chairman of the general committee. The teams whose membership has been completed are as follows:
 Dr. A. J. Savard, chairman; Ed win P. Lanphier, IT,, John c. Loomis, s. H. Anderson, Anna Gour- son, Frank Arata, Arthur E. Berg, Charles w. Hawkins, Robert Ber- tini and Mrs. Hazel Fraprie.
 Arvid w. Borg, captain. Robert Mcconnell, L. V. Clark, V. R. kier- nan, E. F. Kilduff. J. F. Sexton. w. F, Curtin, David Mahoney, Harry Hatsing C. l.. Barnes, B. L. Cramp- ton and D. Miles Shepard.
 Donald R. Hart, captain; Ray mond Fraprie, James H. Curtin, Ray w. Leach, Ninton Knight, L. w. Vogel, Ann Petuskis, J. V. Onorato,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
Falcon Headquarters
 Here for Two Years

The first monthly meeting of the newly elected officers of the Falcon fifth district, who were chosen at Union City July 1 and and in stalled into office at New Haven July 7, before a large delegation sent from all the Falcon nests of this state, will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Falcon hall on Beaver street. The installation of B A. Grzybowski. whose induction into the office of treasurer of the Falcon fifth district was postponed beca use of absence, will take place at the opening of the meeting.
 Plans will be outlined by the Of ficers for the transaction of business of the Falcon fifth district, the head quarters of which will be in this city for the coming two years, and pre- liminary plans will be discussed for the Falcon state convention which will be held here in 1881.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
PEASANTS RECEIVE
 ACRES BY MILLION
RuInaDia No Longer a Country
 Of Vast Landed Estates

Washington, D. C., July 1.-Two hundred thousand Rumanians who met at Alba Julia 10 celebrate the 10th birthday of greater Rumania also celebrated a bloodless revolu- ton.
 Ten years have seen the distribu- ton of S,402,24O acres of land to 1,475,751 peasants.
 Before the war Rumania was a country of the landed rich and the landless poor. Today the maximum holding permitted to one individual | is 1,235 acres. King and nobles gave up their estates to fulfill the de- mands of the agrarian reform.
 Not Shot Fired
 Ten years of transition in Ru- mania are traced in a bulletin of the National Geographic Society frorm it's Washington, D. C. headquarters.
 What Russia, Mexico and other countries have done in the matter of land distribution at the cost of many lives and much money, Rumania accomplished without a shot" con- tinues the bulletin.
 But reform was not without cost Uncertainties, lack of organi- zation to meet new conditions, and lack of transportation facilities in creased the cost of borrowed money to F and 14 per cent. Credit is tight in a country where all the money in circulation must pass through the national treasury as taxes three times per year.
 Eight Out of Ten Farmers
 "Greater Rumania is nearly three times as large as pre-war Rumania. The new nation took in Pennsylvania, the Banat, Bucovina and Bessara bia and has yet to digest them. Old Rumania was the size of England. Greater Rumania is larger than Eng land adding to itself Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Like the units of Great Britain each is different; Bessara bia is an extension of the Russian black earth prairie: Bucovina, a forested . t' 3iDIl' ullaN N dllld all upldlu notable for industries as we'll as agriculture; the Banat a lowland.
 After the war Rumania saw vi sions of an industrial future. The country has ample resources; oil, water power, wood, ore and a good labor supply Ten years have dim med the vision but have not wiped 1t out Eight out of ten Rumanians still are farmers so the nation has decided to make a good job of farm- ing before turning to industry. Co., operatives have been organized. Groups of peasants find they can af- ford to buy American farm machin- cry, A grain grading law was passed in 1928. Silk culture starting from nothing has Increased to an enter prise enlisting 4O0O workers and S1S,00o, GOO capital.
 Corn Meal Mush and Sunnovcvs
 since the World war Rumanians have turned definitely from wheat to American corn. Greater acreage is planted in corn than wheat. Corn mush displaccs bread as a national food Bessarabia looks like Kansas. But last year a second drought hit