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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

recognized and always maintained the
principle Of art In drama, which Is i'm
perishable.
It behooves the present-day lover Of
the drama to read Brander Matthews
essays and books of commentaries,
which present In graphic form the story
OF the stage throughout the centuries.
He, was confirmed first nighter'' on
Broadway, on the grand boulevards in
Paris and the Strand In London for
more than fifty years. He was no lit
erary prig. He had broad taste in
drama and In letters. He held no brief
for strict classicism, recognizing that
the world needs to indulge in ephemeral
expression in all art forms. To him the
comedy that lived for a season and
passed into the records of the theater
was assimportant as the enduring work
that remained from year to year and
became q standard.
In the death Of Brander Matthews,
even though he had become emeritus
and had for several years ceased active
contribution, the American stage loses
an exponent of its best traditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Brander Matthews.

For more than third Of century
Brander Matthews, critic, educator and
playwright, carried the torch Of litera-
ture and drama, as professor Of Eng
lish at Columbia University. He retired
from that position few years ago and
on Sunday he died at the age Of sew
enty-seven, in New York City. TO thou
sands Of students who attended his lee
lures he was an inspiration. To an
even wider circle Of readers Of his books
he was delight. Gifted with a Wig
orous and vivid style Of expression, he
gave to the world no less than thirty
five volumes of commentaries upon let
tiers and drama, upon the stage as an
institution, upon the opponents Of the
dramatic art. He lived to see the stage,
or, more correctly, the theater, deterio-
rate; to see 1t become commercial
rather than an artistic institution. This
degeneration was in progress while he
was still active In his professional work
and was stfll contributing his writings
to the press. But while he deplored this
condition. he did not despair. for he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

relations committee was rs-established
and strengthened. Mr.. Kellogg was q
former Senator. He had been menu
Der of the committee. Moreover, he and
Senator Borah were friends. They went
to each Others homes. The entente
cordiale between the department and
the committee was close, complete and
effective.
So it is to be hoped that the tenn
peramental and gifted gentleman from
Idaho will find much in common with
the lawyer er-diplomat who Is now
at the helm of foreign affairs. A Borah-
Stimson working agreement, as smooth
ly functioning as the Borah-Kellogg
pact for outlawry of war between the
Senate and the State Department, is
contamination devoutly to be wished for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Rorah and the State Department.

Hardly second in importance to the
preliminary disarmament conference
discussions at Geneva is the impending
meeting at Washington between Sen
ator Borah and Secretary Stimson.
Upon its outcome issues Of war and
peace depends between the Senate
and the State Department. America
and the world at large are jointly In
terested in the powwow.
If the chairman Of the Senate COM
mittee on foreign relations and the
Secretary Of State agree to consider
international affairs in a spirit Of &C
commodation and occasionally to con-
cur as to the manner Of conducting
them, that constitutional requirement
known as senatorial advice and consent
will be essentially promoted. Recent
history has witnessed far more advice
than consent from the treaty-making
branch Of Congress. Assent has been
withheld in particular from the prin-
cipal foreign affair now pending In this
country - the protocol providing fol
American admission to the World Court
Personal equations have entered into
the relations between the Senate and
the state Department I'm late years
while Mr.. Hughes was Secretary Of
state, Senator Borah practically re-
Trained from contact with him. Their
minds did not run along parallel lines
when Mr.. Kellogg succeeded TO the
secretaryship, the state Departments
line Of communication with the foreign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

/ dulged In some OF its customary capers
It had come in like lamb" as every
one will recall, and 1t had more or less
remained that way.
The grass In many q front yard Il
at least o month ahead Of the normal
year. Some Of the lawns along Massa-
chusetts avenue are as green IS they
ever VIII be and many q yard could be
gone over with the mower.
Forsythia had bloomed and the gay
note Of daffodils and crocuses etched
| many . humble dooryard. Then came
the warm Sunday, not Springlike, but
| Summary, when the thermometer went
up to 85 degrees In the shade.
+ ~ X
Yet was the home gardener satisfied
He was not.
He knew that everything was toe
dry. II Spring was really at hand, "a
1t seemed, as his own Dutch bulbs gave
him evidence and as the blossomine
cherry trees around the Tidal Basin
seemed to prove, there should be a
plentiful supply Of moisture to give the
sap plenty to work on.
The week reminded him more of a
late, warm Fall than of Spring. Mois-
ture was the need Of the moment; a
good steady rain would do everything
world Of good.
II Il
Waking in the night, many a home
gardener listened with satisfaction to
the rain patting down on the roof.
And when he woke UP that Saturday
morning he was highly pleased-no,
disappointed find 4 real rain had
set in.
A bit Of sleet complicated the situa-
ton slightly, but 1t ended shortly, and
the amateur gardener could see no real
harm coming from It,
He could see the slight slush on the
back steps. March was going out like
a lion!" How we'll the flower borders
looked! Their soaking had done them
good.
AS for the grasA it was fine and
green; never had he seen 1t look so
well so early In the year.
Nature, after all, is the only true lawn
sprinkler. Under her guiding hand a
real stand OF grass may be secured. She
forces the tender roots to go down deep,
during the hot days of Summer, so that
they are protected from the suns rays,
and there they stay during Winter,
where they are safe from Winters
frosts.
Is that not a charming economy?
Plenty of rain and plenty Of warmth
these are the two needs Of every gar
den from now on. Warmth presupposes
the sun to make st. Given alternate
days Of sunshine and rain, with the
former prepondersting, and the rains
good soaking ones when they do come.
the National Capital bids fair to enjoy
its finest Spring in many years.
Whether. this joyous anticipation will
come true depends entirely upon the
subject under discussion--the weather,
that teeming uncertainty which no one
can predict very far in advance.
AS uncertainty Is the spice Of life,
giving room for hope, guardian of man
kind, so 1t is the very gist, as 1t were,
of the weather. 1t is because no man
knows exactly what will come next that
the changes Of the weather are so re-
plete with interest, so beautiful in
themselves. Thus with the right men,
tai attitude, secured through the sim
pie expedient of starting q backyard
garden, one may wake up on a rainy
morning glad instead of unhappy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

One Of the chief merits of home
gardening Is that 1t tends to make one
weatherWise.
There are q remarkable number OF
people In q city who have absolutely no
interest in the weather aside from its
bearing on their personal plans.
And with the increase Of luxurious
modes of transportation even this con-
sideration is vanishing, so that today
thousands upon thousands of persons
have no interest In the weather at all.
This viii strike many as great loss,
for the weather has an interest in itself
and by itself; the very pageantry Of the
seasons depends upon 1t.
To lack an interest in these daily
changes is to miss one Of the oldest and
linked with the destinies Of mankind
since the food.
Every one. of course, is interested in
the daily weather forecast, II for no
other reason than to poke fun at the
forecaster when he misses 1t.
Upon special occasions, such as the
recent inaugural, the forecast even gets
great is the public interest In 1t.
Ordinarily, however, the weather is
a subject for scarcely minutes notice
In the lives Of thousands Of people, who
60 on about their business and their
play as II sunshine and shadow did not
come into our world from the very
clouds and infinite spaces.
It is because "the weather" Is the
result of immortal forces, working upon
this planet from millions of miles, that
1t deserves more than casual con-
sideration.
We submit that every one should be
interested in the weather every day,
not only because it is romantic thing
scientific romanticiSm, II you will
but even more because 1t is beautiful
manifestation. no matter what its form.
To keep alive the sense of the appre-
citation Of beauty, so easily lost In a
machine age, Is one Of the duties Of
every man and woman who believes in
something outside himself which makes
for Righteousness, as the poet put It,.
1t would perhaps be impossible for
in sun, rain, snow, clouds, II every one
gardened, II every one planted and
tended even so little as back yard.
Once the city dwelier puts a seed
into the ground, he finds himself solidly
allied with the farmers. whose very
livelihood depends upon the weather.
The city mans garden bears no such
relation to himself as the farmers farm
does to the farmer; it serves esthetic
ends where the latter's ground serves
eminently necessary and practical ones.
The rural dweller, despite his hard
toll, may be as keenly alive to the
beauty Of the early morning as any
number of urbanists who have nothing
more to do than launch into poetical
EXPLANATIONS.
The gushing girls laudation Of the
dawn is not the sort Of thing we mean
when we speak for keeping alive the
sense Of beauty inherent in the weather.
\ 4
Interest, rather than gush, is what
counts.
Consider that last week Of the month
Of March. What variety Of weather
there was from the beautiful warm
Sunday to the next Saturday morning!
Pageantry was unfolded as March in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Cost Of Schools.

| Can the States afford to educate
their children?" The research division
of the National Education Association
asks and answers this question with a
new set Of statistics showing the rela-
ton between expenditures for public
schools In the various commemorative
and the amounts paid for various
| Injuries.
The District of Columbia, for example,
spent SO, $50. 614 for schools and $6s, 148,-
672 for automobiles in 1925. The cor
responding figures for Maryland were
s26,577,10l and $16S,57s,2s5. There
was about the same relationship in
Virginia with $2S.sS4,ses for schools
and $3.50, 733,sS5 for automobiles.
The National Capital in the same
year spent s16,27s,45s for tobacco,
| $14,067,144 for soft drinks, Ice cream,
chewing gum and candy. $s,232,276 on
theater and movie tickets, $6.293,1s6 on
jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics, $685.
s34 on sporting goods and toys. The
total expenditure for these purposes was
! s,67o, 9os-more than five times as
much as the total expenditure for
schools.
Maryland did a little better, with
expenditures Of $86,110,068 for auto
mobiles and luxuries, compared with
the $26,577,10 1 for schools. The figures
in Virginia were $74.S78, 800 against the
s2S ,384,866 school expenditure.
Our yearly income" says the report
Of the research division, now ap-
preached ninety billion dollars. That
this income Is ninety billions, rather
than fifty or sixty billions, is very
largely due to human factors, special
capabilities possessed by the Nations
citizenry, which are the result of such
agencies as good schools. These quail
tiles have not been developed in q day
nor decade.
Our annual investment in schools is
now about two and q quarter billion
dollars. Due to the special aptitudes
which the schools have assisted in
creating, our income has been increased
by ten, twenty or more billions year.
If the schools have had even q small
share in discovering and developing
these special aptitudes, the investment
made in them has been an exceedingly
profitable one.
This conception Of the place of
schools in our economic system suggests
that we look upon expenditures for
education as payments to depreciation
or insurance fund which 1t Is the sheer
est folly to neglect. The special human
aptitudes which have been principally
responsible for recent economic advance
In the United States are Of a perish
able rather than permanent quality.
This all-important asset may be COM
pletely lost in one generation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Diplomatic liquor and the trouble II
is causing official Washington lead the
press into a discussion which reflects
| widely varying opinions, ranging from
belief at one hand that serious inter-
national complications may result from
useless infringement upon diplomatic
immunities to insistence at the other
extreme that the foreign guests Of the
Government should not and will no;
expect their privileges to be stretched
to cover persistent violation Of the
fundamental law Of a country to which
they are accredited.
THE original intent Of diplomatic
| immunity" in the Judgment Of the
protect foreign representatives from suf-
fering wrong, not to shelter them In
committing wrong. 1t is accompanied
by the corresponding international right
of any country, at any time, to decide
| that any given foreign representative
is persona non grata' and to demand
his recall The idea that our rela.
lions with other countries may be seri-
ouSly imperiled by our objection to
abuses of diplomatic immunity, such as
injuring pedestrians by reckless driving,
for example, is without foundation"
while Mr.. Hughes was Secretary OF
State" recalls the Lexington Leader,
1.-The apartments of a secretary of the
Polish legation were raided. The Secre-
tary apologized for the unwarranted in
trusion, but he called attention to the
fact that the Government agents found
an excessive quantity Of liquors, and
the Secretary was very promptly re-
more" The Sioux Falls Daily Argus
Leader feels that there is such thing
as being too polite" in considering such
matters as "too delicate for interven-
tion," and expresses the conviction that
this evil may be checked"
X X X X
ITO interfere with their personal sup
plies in transit" insists the st. Louis
violation of international law, and II
not stopped would occasion serious and
justified protests from other govern
ments, embarrassing to our Government
and hurtful to our interests. Such
seizures cannot possibly help prohibition
enforcement and can but add to its
difficulties
AS to the method of transporting and
the safeguards needed, the Fort Wayne
News-Sentinel remarks: 1.-THE interna-
tional provision which makes the
United States Government responsible
for the safe conduct Of foreign diplo-
mats and their possessions may be in
voked If hi-jackers prey on liquor trucks
owned and also operated by foreign sub
jects dispatched to our shores in the
diplomatic service"
"Such gargantuan thirsts as the
diplomats apparently possess simply do
not exist" exclaims the Grand Rapids
Press, enforcing its opinion with the
record that zone intercepted truckload
for an exotic little legation brings lao
bottles, or at the rate of about 400
bottles for each member of the mission,
and this as one of the frequent and
regular shipments. It would appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Voice From the Street.
The farmer views the sunrise brief
Out In the eastern sky.
He tells us that he wants relief;
And so do !.
While am lacing on my boots,
Just after the alarm clock shoots,
The motor bus Its signal toots;
Then passes by.
I'm weary Of the heavy rent
And taxes high,
And Of the vehicles hell-bent
With raucous cry.
Each thinks his Sorrow is the Chief,
When Hope is wrecked on Hard Luck
Reef.
The farmer says he wants relief.
And So Do II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Any great financial enterprise should
welcome ex-Gov. Al Smith as member
of its organization. While his political
ideals were not accepted by all the
States In the recent election, he demon
strated unquestionable efficiency as q
high-power salesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Research has revealed traces OF
Caligula's dissolute nnagnificences. There
are glories of ancient Rome that Musso-
lini may not be inclined to initiate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Commuters into Chicago arranged to
nav $4,000 a year extra fare to avoid
strap-hanging discomforts. Traffic
problems can be solved with the assist
ance of Il checkbook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

For some Maryland streams, anglers
over eighteen years old must have
licenses, which fact is no discourage
ment to the small boy who goes ahead
and catches the most fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Once regarded as subject Of humor-
GUS comment, now, in the midst Of
traffic problems, no one is mentioned so
seriously as Henry Ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

The Prince Of Wales is done with
horses; and this is Ill luck for the
horses, for the prince has undoubtedly
been big-hearted lover Of animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

it, one that projects it into the enthu-
siastic acceptance of readers who are
intelligently interested in this ever
narrowing world Of peace, into this ever
widening world Of problem and investi-
CATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Evolution.

This Evolution sets pace
For which we all should wish.
Let's hope our steps Wen ne'er retrace
Till zach Is some poor fish.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

"You dom have to look fob trouble, :
says Uncle Eben. "If dat's what you
want, all you has to do u to stand still
and slaet ych eYes..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
Exnerience not Renuired.

Experience Not Required.
docs your small boy annoy you by
asking questions?"
mo" answered the patient parent.
what annoys me is his calm and con-
fident assumption that he knows the
answer to everything"
utter no falsehoods," said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, land be content
with much silence. Remember that
truth Is most precious to be weighed
with care and expended sparingly."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
The Evening star Newspaper Compan

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New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: Il Regent St., London.
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
PrAffx Much the Sans.

II you were ! and I were you,
In LIES complex design,
For your mistakes should be due,
And you'd be making mine.
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Practical Forgiveness.

Practical Forgiveness.
do you try to forgive your enemies?"
Certainly" answered Senator Sor-
ghun. IF you can win over an enemy
his vote Is just as good as another
mans"
Jud Tnnkins says he's been tryin'
hard to lose his appetite for mince pie
ever since he found out that its princi-
pal flavor Is In violation Of law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

@ What part of the population of
Ireland is born in Ireland?-W. F. L.
A. The population of Ireland is esti-
mated to be 4,229,124, of which approx
mately So per cent Is Irish born.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
STOCK MARKET
DRIFTS LOWER
Turnover Low, Due to Cred
it Outlook And Hot
Weather

NEW YORK. July 27.-P-The
stock market drifted lower today.
With the rather gloomy credit out
look and the hot weather, traders
we're largely inclined to leave Wall
Street to take care Of itself for the
weekend. The days turnover to-
tailed 1,370,610 shares, the lowest
since June.
There was practically nothing in
the meagre business news of the day
to influence the market. Several
more excellent June railway earn
ings statements appeared, put
seemed to have been discounted.
In contrast to the brilliant in
dustrial situation, the state OF
credit was rather depressing. AL
though a few weeks ago Wall Street
generally predicted easy money at
this time, yesterdays increase in
time money rates indicated that
fairly snug conditions. The decline
in call money to 9 per cent, from the
10 per cent peak of the week, was
due rather to lessened demand that
an influx of funds.
The motors were generally steady.
Coppers held their ground. What
selling came into the Steel5 was we'll
absorbed. Some of the chemicals
were under pressure. In the rails.
Atlantic Coast line lost 8 points.
Foreign exchanges were also If
regular, francs sagging in profit
taking. and sterling cables h0i ling
at S4.85 3-8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
Two Small Girls Are
Adiudged DELINQUENT

Two little girls, nine ana eight
years old, were adjudged delinquent
in Judge Dancy's juvenile court
Saturday afternoon and commit
ted to Mrs. j. K. Bull, matron OF
Cameron county Jail, until arrange
ments can be made for their en-
trance to a reform or other
school.
The father and an uncle of the
girls testified that they could not
control them. The mother Of The
girls died five years ago.
Neighbors who take in washing
testified the girls stole 10 or is
pieces of clothes from a line in Ne
back yard and that jewelry bought
from them was stolen. it after
wards was proved. The father and
uncle stated they left the girls at
home during the day while they
were at work here in the city, and
that they had reprimanded them
many times for wrong acts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
ARMY BUDGET
CUT STUDIED
War Officials Discuss Pro-
ject With Hoover On
Fishing Ground

MADISON, Va, July 27.-(P-
The mountain fastness of President
Hoover's fishing preserve was the
scene today of conferences which
may have a far reaching effect up
on Americas expenditures for ma
tional defense.
Determined to reduce the mount
ing cost of army maintenance, with
a resulting saving in federal dis
bursementS that can be applied to
tax reductions, the chief executive
went into a detailed study of the
situation with Secretary Good and
other high war department officials
who we're his weekend guests.
The group included Assistant Sec
retaries F. Trubee Dawson, and
Patrick j. Hurley, Gen. Charles P.
Summerall, chief Of state, and Col.
Campbell Hodges, the presidents
military aide.