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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS

Gilbert Parker Turns the Bible for CharactersA Volume
of American Poetry -Sergt York's World War
Career and Few Novels.
Evening star., 1929-06-26
Cause and Cure of Gambling.

The story of the Chicago attorney
who paid a professional $4,000 and
spent months of honest toll on the
links to bring his score under eighty
and thereby win five-dollar bet is an
exceedingly eloquent commentary on
the cause and cure of gambling.
The attorney in the case would prob
ably disdain a five-dollar fee for legal
work that required a maximum of five
minutes effort. A f1ve-dollar fee would
probably be construed as insulting and
worthy only of disdain. Yet he was
willing to pay $4,000 and to work hard
for months to win five dollar gambling
bet. And why? Because he received in
addition to the five dollars the emotion
al stirnulant that went with It,
Remove that stimulant, or kick" or
whatever one chooses to call it, and
the gambling cure win be effected. AS
long as it remains, gambling will re-
main.
OF course, the Chicago case may not
be such fine example. after all, for
it involved golf. Any golfer will ad-
NIT that $4,000 invested In bringing
his score under eighty and keeping it
there is sound investment paying
high dividends, even without the FIVE
dollar bet.
Evening star., 1929-06-26

believe that there win be no departure
from that policy ct washington now
With q Labor regime in London just
over the horizon, Secretary Stimson a
few weeks ago informed Matthew Vol,
vice president Of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, that no alteration in the
United States attitude Is contemplated.
Conditions, of course, change. No one
can prophesy that our ofiicial boycott
of Russia-there is no embargo on trade
Relationship never be raised. Moscow
knows the irreducible price of remov-
ing it. The Soviet must renounce, and
by its works prove the worth Of its
words, all forms of red propaganda on
our SOIL It must recognize the sanctity
of private property, as it has long been
held inviolate under international law.
It must provide compensation for con-
iscated American property. It must
acknowledge the validity Of the Russian
governments debts to the American
Treasury and people.
When these conditions are met, the
u. S. S. r. may look to the realization
Of its ambition to be recognized by the
u. S. A. And no sooner.
Evening star., 1929-06-26
q. S. A. and U. S. S. R.

Premier Ramsay Macdonald has no.
titled the British dominion governments
that Great Britain intends to resume
diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia
in the near future. That was prospect
which became fairly certain as soon as
Labor's victory in the recent British
elections dawned.
1t was the preceding Labor govern
ment which recognized Moscow In 1924
Ia relationship rudely shattered three
years later when the Baldwin cabinet
raided ARGOS House In London and OBJ
tanned discriminating evidence Of Com
munistic intrigues in the British Isles.
ARGOS House was ostensibly the trade
headquarters Of the Soviet. When 1t
was proved to be the official center Of
subversive boishevist propaganda. Rus
sia was asked to get out Of the British
Isles, bag and baggage, and did so.
The United States was not inspired
by the first Macdonald governments
coquettings with the Soviet to emulate
those tactics, and there Is reason to
Evening star., 1929-06-26

or bacteria may invade the blood and
cause destruction of the blood cor
puscles. This type Of anemia is seen
/ in malaria and in certain forms of
blood poisoning. In other cases OF
anemia the blood cells are destroyed
by some poison circulating in the blood.
This type of anemia is seen in lead
| poisoning, in tuberculosis and in
! Bright's disease. Anemia is also pro-
duced by constant loss of blood. Such
| loss of blood may be due to an ulcer or
to blood-sucking parasites, such as
hookworm.
| @. Does the moon have any effect
upon the temperature of the earth?
-E. K.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
! the direct effect of the moon on the
temperature of the earth is entirely in
! appreciable.
Q. Can cotton, watermelon and ba-
mana and orange trees stand frost?
--E. A. l..
| A. Cotton can stand very slight
frost II only of a short duration.
certain subspecies of orange trees like
wise can stand a slight frost. but the
banana and watermelon would be in
stantly killed by frost.
@. What is the seating capacity of
Drury Lane Theater and of Covent
| Garden?-T. w. I.
A. The seating capacity of the Drury
Lane Theater as remodeled IN 1922 is
1900. There are three tiers above the
| ground level. The seating capacity Of
Covent Garden is 1000. There are four
tiers of boxes.
@. Where is the largest -four mill
in the world?-J. N. N.
] L. to- DEE Fo1o he },
burn Crosby plants with capacity of
10000 barrels a day.
| @. How many ex-Presidents Of
France are hving?-M. D.
A. There are four-Poincare, Mile
rand, Loubet and Fallieres.
Q. How old is the student exchange
idea among universities of the world?
ID. v. W.
A. One of the first records We have
of this custom is dated 1343, at which
time home was established at Bologna
| for the Spanish students attending uni
versity there. H was a common Gus
tom during the fourteenth, fifteenth
| and sixteenth centuries for all OF the
| larger countries to establish residences
in Rome for their respective students.
| @. Can anything be added to gaso-
line to improve it'll. A. G.
A. Something can be added to gaso-
| line which will increase the ability to
stand high compression. The chief in
| gredient added is tetra-eheyl lead. which
Is the chief constituent of ethyl gas.
The pure substance Is not sold to the
general public because it is very poi
sonous, and can be handled without
danger only under certain conditions.
@. Were the pictures in "The Show
Boat" actually taken on the Cotton
BloSsom"?-E. w.
| A. When the Cotton Blossom" the
original show boat, was being moved
upstream, fire caught in the hold and
| the muddy water of the Pam1ico sub
merged the veteran show boat. The
result was the actual construction of a
| show boat in all its pristine glamour
on the banks of the Sacramento River
near knights Landing. where many of
the scenes of the picture were made.
Boxes, loges. and much of the old
piecrust grillwork were bought from
Mississippi boats that were about to
be scrapped.
Evening star., 1929-06-26

It possible to make rule for one man
and another rule for the great majorityp
Under the Constitution, Congress is
given the authority and the right TO
declare war. II Congress takes such a
step. citizens are called upon to support
it under the Constitution. Congress
furthermore has the power to call the
citizens of the Nation to arms in such
war. During the World War, 1t drafted
the men of the Nation for war service
by special act. In the event of another
war, it is likely to do the same. A large
body of citizens who declined to be
drafted and gave as their reason the
excuse that they had not promised to
take up arms when they became nat
uralized citizens might in the day OF
emergency become menace.
The case of Prof Macintosh, it is said,
will be appealed. In the end, II 1t comes
to the Supreme Court. there can be but
one decision. That court only a few
weeks ago handed down decision in
the case of Rosika Schwimmer, denying
her citizenship because she had declined
to take up arms in time of war, If she
should be called upon to do so. This
was. the decision of the court, although
the case involved woman, more than
fifty years of age. 1t is inconceivable
that she would ever be called upon to
enter the military forces of this country
in event of war, both beacuse of her sex
and her age. Still the court decided
against her. Only full allegiance, given
without mental reservation. can or
should win American citizenship.
Evening star., 1929-06-26
Voting for Wild Rose
Shows Love of Bea,ltv

from the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Americans balloting In a contest con-
Quoted by the American Nature Asso-
citation have given majority to the
wild rose, probably the most widely
distributed Of all American wild flowers
and the best known.
IL has been an interesting contest,
for it has demonstrated that people are
aware OF the beauties that nature has
provided for them. In the final count
the wild rose rolled up 220,0 900 votes to
10000 for the columbine, $4,000 for
the violet and $4,000 for the goldenrod.
The columbine, though beloved by
many, Is not nearly so we'll known as
the wild rose. The violet, modest and
shy and the inspiration Of the poets,
Is appreciated by most, but because It
remains tucked away under the brush
or grows hidden in the thickets or
woods has not the opportunity for popu-
lar appeal.
The goldenrod, one Of the last of the
seasons blossoms, majestic though It
Is and pretty in name and coloring,
exists under the blight OF prejudice and
uisreSpect. 1t would not be surprising
TO learn that many of the votes cast for
the other flowers were votes of those
who suffer from that undignified malady
known as hay fever.
The wild rose is abundant, It is fra
grant, and 1t is charming in its texture
and merits the accfAim 1t has received.
Evening star., 1929-06-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.

/ one of the brightest young men In
Washington newspaper circles. During
the World War he held a very respon-
sible key position In a great Federal
department, and since that time has
functioned in typical American style
abroad in various nations.
AS for James, in his young days he
was the dumbest Of the dumb. We can
recall the infinite delight with which
we once punched James in the nose
| amid the plaudits of our mates. AL
| James was good for was to be punched
around by his playmates and his teach
| ers.
/, Yet once he got out of the educational
| system, he turned to with q will, in a
profession which met his tastes, distin-
guished himself all along the line. and
became one of Americas foremost sur
geons In the A. e. F.
| What was the matter with these boys
when in the grades and high school?
There was nothing at ali the matter
with them, the trouble lay, as 1t still
does. with the system itself.
A good memory is all that child
needs in the American educational sys-
tenn. The class leaders are boys and
girls with good memories.
"A certain amount of glib recitation
and equally glib putting of facts on pa
| per in examinations will permit any
! boy or girl to be regarded as bright
by both teacher and parents, when the
plain truth is that such youngsters real
| ly excel in the powers of memory.
| Nor must it be forgotten that some
children resent, with all the power oi
the human spirit, the autocracy which
| places the teacher in complete charge
of other human beings. They sense, in
an almost instructive way, the injustice
Of being branded as "impudent" when
| all fellow did was speak up for ones
self
To us the little Johnnies who "faiI to
pass" are enheartening, inspiring, for
they show better than any words can
that the old fire of the human spirit Is
intact.
you can lead a horse to water, but
| YOU can't make him drink" Such was
| the old aphorism quoted by a pupil 10
a teacher. who replied with one equally
pithy, "Yes, but If q bird won't sing
make him sing"
1t is the compulsion of the whole
educative process that rifles many a
young mind. Instead of frowning at
such a rebel, parents and teachers ought
to be glad for him, because he shows
them the way of escape from boredom
from cramping systems of thought, from
compulsion.
Our idea is that there should be no
marks, no grades, no passing nor keep
ing back, in the American educational
system, but that knowledge should be
made available to the minds of youth In
proportion to their ability to absorb It.
The tyranny Of teachers, and of
marks, and of being passed or not be-
ing passed, would give way to a free
system in which false pride and undue
fear equally would be banished.
There is too much of this business
of sitting in judgment on our fellows in
this country. and it unhappily has its
beginnings in the American educational
system.
No teacher, no system, no nothing
will be able to convince us that Johnny
has been derelict in failure to pass
something which has failed, in its turn
to make him think enough of 1t to
want to pass it.
Evening star., 1929-06-26

To the parents Of all little boys wht
did not pass" at the recent scholastic
sl1owdowns, we would offer, with dut
hesitation. the following advice:
You should worryl
And that ancient bit of slang still
means, of course, that one should moi
| worry at all
! Neither should small Johnny worry
Least Of all should John worry.
Ten years from now this so-callec
failure will seem so small that tbs
absurdity of the slightest amount oi
brow -creasing worry win be strikingly
manifest.
Yet somehow we know that Johnny:
father looked very severe when the
report card was brought home, and
maybe the young mans mother wept
in secret, in the way that mothers
have of doing.
Both, however, were mistaken.
After all, Johnny's failing to make
the next grade was not so much a fail
ure to pass" anything as an indict-
ment of orthodox education.
Out of the thousands of boys who
are forcibly crammed into the Ameri-
can educational system every year there
are bound to be a certain number OF
free thinkers
We use the term not in its usual
meaning, but solely to indicate the
mind which insists on being unfettered
The unfettered mind Is, next to love
the greatest thing in the world. From
1t have come all the inventions, the
poems. the stories, the pictures, the
products; which tend to make life liv-
able and worth while.
Now this same unfettered mind must
begin at some age, but it is not sus-
pected generally that it often begins In
the first grade Of public school.
X X X
We are not speaking here of the lazy
boy who simply won't study his les
sons, or of the backward child, but OF
N1e boy who somehow does not fit into
the educational system "as is"
We suspect that more youngsters
meet this latter description than evel
are given credit for it.
What is there in mankind which pre-
vents child from resenting orthodoxy
as well as an adult? Nothing, and as
proof We present Johnny.
Young John has as good mind as
any boy. He has more imagination
than most, too, a faculty which will
stand him in good stead later in life
when he attempts to write a novel, OF
build better gasoline engine.
His untrammeled mind, however. sees
through the bunk of formulated edu-
cative system for each and every child
prearranged form into which every
young mind must fit itself on pain Of
not being passed.
Perhaps you think this is rather a
large way of speaking about a very
small boy, but we are convinced that
time will prove us right in the case OF
Johnny and thousands of others, as
time has proved the absurdity OF
marks" and grades" before.
Why. we recall two instances of the
biggest dummies" we ever knew. We
VIII call them Frank and James. Frank
was an overgrown boy who always sat
at the tail Of the class. When he got
up to recite, the bright ones in the front
seats uttered. Teacher was divided be-
tween desire to litter, too, and the
deep necessity which the educational
system foists onto teachers of frowning
Yet this same Frank grew up to be
Evening star., 1929-06-26
Farm Relief Bill Is Viewed
By Press With Varying Favor

the whole problem" Emphasizing un-
certainty of probable results, the Ann
Arbor Daily News adds: "On the other
hand, 1t may exceed all expectations in
serving practical purpose. But at all
events an effort is being made to- solve
problem that has called long for
solution"
That the farmers must do their part
to bring success is the judgment of the
Santa Barbara Daily News, the Harris
burg Telegraph, the Sioux City Tribune
and the Raleigh News and Observer.
I'VE hope it is the universal panacea
so long sought" says the Fort Worth
Record Telegram. Frankly, we are not
expectant of any permanent results,
even though the first flutter Is upward"
The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
contends that so far there hasn't ap-
peared any seaworthy raft on the
troubled waters of agriculture" The
Butte Daily Post offers the comment:
THE intention is all very good and
the lawmakers are doing their best.
Even in the face of history
We still cherish the fond hope that
agriculture may get the relief 1t so
richly deserves"
AS to redemption of pledges by the
administration, the Portland (Oreg.)
JOURNAL nolQS LAat a Iarm relleI meas
ure that is not effective is worse than
no attempt at redemption"
The Canton Daily News thus analyses
the principles involved: I'VE may be
sure that the agricultural commission
and its work and powers will be q bone
OF political contention. This tying of
the individualistic farmers up under a
national commission is certain to cur
tail their individualism, even as it cur
tails their old independence. They will
become more class conscious. more
united in their demands. If Mr..
Hoover's bill does nothing more for the
farmers. it win give them a focus for
their diseontents. It can hardly fail
to lead to more and more serious clashes
between a more unified agriculture and
an already unified industrial interest.
The farm relief bill closes the period of
clashing individuals and brings in COM
plete the day of clashing classes"
Evening star., 1929-06-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKiN.

Take advantage of this free service
If you are one of the thousands who
have patronized the bureau, write us
again. If you have never used the
service, begin now. 1t is maintained
for your benefit. Be sure to send your
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and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps
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ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
j. Haskin, director. Washington, D. c.
@. Why does playing in sand appeal
so strongly to children &C. G.
A. Joseph Lee has said: Sand
seems to have been made for the
human hand. It is so plastic and
obedient to the will of the planner
1t furnishes excellent opportunities for
drawing and molding. yet the child's
love for the sand is undoubtedly Older
than any intellectual interest. Its ap-
peal Is to the emotions and nerve cells
associated with a very distant racial
history, so far back that their intel
lectual content is lost and only their
emotional content remains. The sand
appeal may even hark back to the
amphibious days of the saurians
when the first progenitors of man
crawled out of the sea to bask on
the beaches of pristine world. How
ever that may be, or from whatever
source, the love of the sand is there
and nearly or quite universal among
children"
Q. What is the average speed OF
freight trains?-G. r.
A. In 1928 the average speed was
1873 miles. This is not the actual run
ming speed, but includes all stops made
for switching, for picking up and set
ting out cars, etc.
@. Please tell where some vegetables
other than potatoes and cucumbers
orfginated.-F. a.
A. Celery is spoken of in the odyssey, -
and Is later mentioned by Pliny the
Elder, which leads scientist to believe
it must have originated either in
Greece or the Dardanelles. Lettuce
also is native to Greece. Sesame, wall
nuts, peas, spinach, watermelon, were
all known in China 200 BIC Spinach
was also brought back from New Zea
land by Cook after his famous voyage
Sweet potatoes we're known in China
2700 BIC. Radishes were cultivated in
Japan and China from the earliest
historical records. Bananas, first
now known to have had their origin
In Central and South America. The
first records of figs were found in an
early drawing In the Pyramid of Gizeh
Egypt, $500 BIC. From America prick
ly pear, maize and tobacco were first
imported into Europe and Asia after
the voyage of Magellan, 1520-21. Cab
bage was first known on the Isle OF
Lapland, Denmark, and on the Isle OF
Heligoland Satisfy was native oi
Greece, Dalmatia, Italy and Algeria
The Jerusalem artichoke was discovered
about the same time. 1916, In both
Brazil and Canada. Garlic originated
in Sicily.
@. What was the English Civil War
called?-E. F. r.
A. It was known as the War Of the
Roses.
@. What Is the difference between
the weight of one quart Of water and
one quart of milk?-L. p.
A. A quart Of water weighs 20e
pounds, while quart Of milk weighs
AIS pounds.
@. What causes anemia2-S. Z. N
A. There are many different cause:
of anemia. Various forms Of parasite.
Evening star., 1929-06-26

which had installed and was under
my charge. Dewey, In the 70s, had
been inspector Of the Boston lighthouse
district and later naval secretary of the
Lighthouse Board. He was therefore
more than ordinarily interested in the
London exhibit, and, though still quite
weak, stopped to see it on his way to
the United States. He told me of his
illness and inquired about all the folk
he knew in the Lighthouse Boards ONCE
II he had hole in his liver In the
Mediterranean again In 1887, do not
know OF 1t. 1t would have been q re-
markable coincidence"
X y y
The War Department is experienc-
ing difficulty In Contracting" the
mothers and widows of World war
soldiers and sailors buried in European
cemeteries. Their addresses are desir-
ed In connection with the pilgrimages
10 their graves, which Congress has
authorized to be made at the expense
OF the United States. The War De-
partment is administering the law. The
main trouble lies in the fact that
there is no list extant Of the women in
question. In the Army's cemeterial di-
vision, there Is list Of persons to be
notified in case of q service mans
death, which information was supplied
IN 1917, but only a small proportion of
the mothers and widows can be reached
directly through these next-of kin, be-
cause OF the many changes in IL years
women entitled to make the pilgrim
age are urged to communicate with
the quartermaster general of the Army
at washington. There are some 10000
graves overseas, but mothers and
widows now privileged to visit them
number fewer than 10000. OF this
so far.
wisecracker, who confesses he for
Snel Is upset by the De Priest-White
t1ouse. tea party episode, writes in to
suggest that the Hoover regime hence
;s.rs!o ;Urwaro ne known as the "Feud admin
Knox College. Galesburg. Ill. next
ran is TO receive two Japanese stu
uentS, who will spend four years each
IN the United States as the first 'Ban-
croft scholars" They will be sent bv
the Bancroft Memorial Fund. created
IN nonor OF the late Edgar A. Bancroft.
american Ambassador to Japan in 1924
anu 1879. It was established by the
means Of promoting friendship between
nippon and the United States. Bancroft
& was native OF Galesburg and distin-
guiShed graduate of Knox. For fwo
reasons, 1t has been decided bv the
Japanese committee in charge of the
iund to send all students to small
american colleges. It is desired. first
mat they shall be the only Japanese h,
attendance, and, secondly, it is believed
tney. viii be more likely to in1bibe "the
True american spirit" on small college
campuses than in the big universities.
tCopyright, i929.)