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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
Chicago Confronted
By Money Problem

From the New York Sun.
Dirty politics in Chicago and Cook
County has produced situation in
which the city and county treasures
are bare and the ordinary processes of
government are inadequate to I'LL them
This is the condition commonly de-
scribed as bankruptcy" The word
does not properly define the fact. The
eity and the county have assets more
than sufficient to pay their obligations:
privately owned property is liable for
their debts. The present emergency is
the elimination Of dissatisfaction
among taxpayers, bred by corruption
and waste in government. New York
is commonly said to have been "bank-
rupt" in the early 70s, following its
exploitation by Tweed; its credit was
restored by the heroic treatment to
which it was subjected by Andrew II.
Green in the office Of controller.
Solution of the difficulties in Illinois
is to be attempted by a committee of 81
conspicuous citizens, who will try to
find the money to maintain the public
services until the tax money now with
held comes in. Tt will be a hard job,
but that the ChicagoanS who tackle 1t
will do it nobody doubts. They will be
handicapped by the necessity of OBJ
serving the law, which has not been al
lowed to hinder the thefts committed
by the hooters of the city. but they will
overcome even this disadvantage. When
they are through, it will be interesting
to see whether Chicago's voters. who
knew exactly what they were doing
when they put their present mayor In
office, will think 1t worth while to vote
hereafter for q moderate infusion of
honesty in the administration OF their
affairs Tt is up to them: they Will de-
eide whether q city now bankrupt in
cash shall proclaim itself bankrupt IN
common sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
Farmers Individualism
Seen Ban to Ford Plan

From the Louisville Times.
When Henry Ford suggests that farm
ing should be conducted Oh q merger
basis he speaks as business man, but
not as a student of human nature.
Farmers are farmers because they are
individualiSts. There would be no fun
In farming on corporation basis.
Farms without fences, lands farmed
regardless of boundary lines on the area
controlled by the corporation, might be
made profitable on q mass production
basis, but the farmer would cease TO be
farmer, and that would not please
him
Farmers like their little farms. They
slave for them, lose money on them, wear
themselves out on them, grumble en-
them and hold onto them. That Is why
they are farmers.
The Ford idea Of coordination came
from the farm, however. The Ford
idea appears to be to make an industry
all-inclusive and self-Sustaining., The
builder of the Ford plants was not con-
tent to buy metal; be bought ore prop
critics; he bought transportation, too:
On large scale in the industrial world
he did what the old-time farmers did
he reduced his buying to minimum.
Modern farmers have been abandon
ing the self-sustaining theory of farm
ing. They do not make their own
clothes, build their own houses. produce
their own fuel, build their own means
of transportation. They buy more and
more-at the other fellows price. In
cidentally, they sell at the other fellows
price also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

thanksgiving" taken from the order
of service used in giving praise for the
recovery of King George III in 1889
the year of the American CONSTITUTIONS
birth. "God Save the King! God save
this realm! God give us grateful
hearts!" the dean of the abbey intoned
early in the impressive ritual invoked
amid all the pomp and reverence OF
that tradition which our British cousins
delight to honor.
Not all Americans realize that when
the Britisher sings God Save the
King" or stands at the salute when Its
inspiring tones are played, he emissions
not so much the person of his sovereign
as the empire of which the monarch
is the living symbol. God Save
Britain" is what God Save the King
really means. The subject respects the
King and reveres the crown because
they personify all that the English
man, the Scotsman, the Welshman and
many an Irishman hold dear-so dear
that they are ready to give their lives
for it, as hundreds of thousands Of
them calamity did within the memory
of most of us.
In George VS. case, nevertheless, as
in the case of his beloved father, Ed
ward VII, and of his great ancestor,
Victoria, 1.-The widow O. Windsor" the
British articulate genuine affection for
the sovereign himself when they say
God Save the King" The recent re-
turn of King George to London, after
his long and desperate illness, was q
triumph such as a conquering hero
might covet. This simple, unobtrusive
gentleman, snatched almost miracu-
lousy from the jaws of death, has
hold upon his people that is unmis-
taxable and not to be underestimate.
His subjects look upon King George as
a man who is every inch King and
a King who is every inch a man.
There are radical souls throughout
the world, and no doubt in the British
Isles in particular, who fancy that when
John Bull votes a Labor government,
not easily distinguishable from a So
cialist regime, into ONCE, the crown
rests uneasily upon the Kings head.
Yesterdays events in old London town
shatter that theory into absurdity. From
Devonshire to Delhi, around the globe
and all the way back, the cry is still
God Save the King"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

lantic seaboard but Sundry and divers
authorities In the TaSheel State think
that II the tape measure. were TO be
carefully applied to Clingman's Dome,
Mount Guyot and Mount lie Conte,
Mitchell might lose its pinnacled glory
So DR.. George Otis Smith and his
oracular United States Geological Sur
vey have been asked to do some cal
culating. The work is in progress.
nous University of North Carolina
geologist, after whom the mountain was
named, continues to rest in peace in his
grave atop the rocky eminence, in the
course of ascending which he toppled
to his doom some SO years ago.
X X
Prohibition achieves q classic victory
with the impending dismantling of New
York'S most famous brewery, the George
Ehret establishment, which for many
years has occupied square block and
a half on East Ninety-second street. AS
a going concern, a European American
brewery combination in 1912 offered the
Ehrets $40, 100000 for their property,
which has been struggling now for 10
years as a near-beer mill. The six Ehret
heirs admit they've been keeping the
brewery going in the unfagging hope
that light wines and beer would some
day be legalized. Now they've decided
that. that hope is too remote to warrant
further operating losses, so the place is
shortly to be sold or put to some en-
tirely different industrial use.
X X " X
One of the many members OF Con-
gress who are spending a working vaca-
ton is Representative w. Frank James
of Michigan, ranking member OF the
House military affairs committee. He
is touring the country inspecting Army
camps and posts with regard to future
legislation, especially proper housing
facilities for our soldiers.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, to study Mansfield Park" for one par
ticular bit of craftsmanship, the sus-
panse created in the readers mind by
| the absence in foreign lands of Sir
Thomas Bertram.
BIT by bit Miss Austen builds. this up,
with consummate fictional ability, I'M
| til the reader unconsciously comes to
look forward to the return Of Sir
| Thomas.
when the cats away, the mice will
play" The absence OF the dignified
British household Jehovah" to use the
term created by the late Prof Tridon,
lets loose the pent-up play spirit OF the
daughters and sons of the household.
They determine upon a playi
| Imagine one of our "snappy" youSc
novelists of today creating a real story
out of such a situation. Yet Jane Aus
ten did 1t, and got away with It," to
use the language of today's younger set.
Deity at certain points in the story
Miss Austen brings in reference TO
Sir Thomas who is expected back time
and again, but invariably delayed. The
reader, as we'll as the characters in the
story, progress under the cloud Of that
| impending return.
No one is permitted to forget that the
serious, moral, eminent and always
proper Sir Thomas is likely to come
| home some day or other, but no one is
prod6ed into the belief that he will
come home at precisely the wrong mo-
ment, as he does.
This is where the splendid technique
of the author shines. It Is an effect
which lesser writers must have labored
| for in vain, but which this woman Sc
cured easily because she wrote naturally
about things which she understood.
The play is under rehearsal. Now 1t
is an improper play, with speeches which
young Victorian ladies ought by no
means to speak, but the young people
forget all about that In the excitement
Of their endeavor.
On the afternoon of the first grand
rehearsal of the entire three acts, just
while great stir is going on in the
verified into a theater there is hustle
in another part of the household.
Sir Thomas has returned!
II any one imagines that the lord
and master of Mansfield Park creates a
scene upon his arrival, they do not
reckon with the sure craftsmanship of
Jane Austen.
Neither Sir Thomas nor Miss Austen
works in any such way. The former,
under the skillful maneuvering of the
author, is exactly in character.
He sees the theater with slightly
lifted brows, but congratulates the
young house guest who originated the
idea. = Then he quietly gives orders
for the dismantling of the stage and
the burning of the copies of the play.
There is no fuss, no ranting. merely
an assertion of the rights of the head
| of the household, in a day when the
head of a house had rights.
The reader, no more than the young
people, feels in any mood to question
the master of Mansfield Park. His
sturdy principles of conduct, his ideas
of integrity. are his own, with that
finaIity which makes an honest man
respected where he is not loved.
No, there Is no need to take up a
"shocker" to study fiction in the max
ing: quiet tale such as Mansfield
Park" which is truer to life than most
of the "thrillers," will do very well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
Personal PrOnoun II"
Used Most Over Phone
BY Z. Z. FREE, PHI. ID.

"I' and "you" are the two COM
monest words in American CONVERSE
ton. at least in that part OF it con-
Quoted over the telephone. He" is a
commoner telephone word than She:
get" is ahead of have" or want;
see" is far conmoner than hear" or
feel; the commonest word express
ing a definite action Is tell" Such
are few conclusions from census OF
conversations, as reported by N. r.
French of the Bell Telephone Labora-
tories, at the recent New York meeting
of the newly organized Acoustical So
ciety OF America census likely to be
cited, once the psychologists have had
chance to analyZe it, as not alto
gether fattering to American self
esteem. The thousand telephone con-
versers were self-centered enough, for
example, to use the word "I' about
Is per cent oftener than 'you," the
actual figures being 1890 rs" and 3,640
"you's" in the whole series of converse
tions Next in the list comes "the, -
which was used 3,110 times; "a" was
used 1000 times, and "on" was used
2046 times. Verbs were used in the
order lis" "get," will" "see," have
and know; from which the pSychol-
ogist might gather that telephone con-
VerSerS are more interested In what
they have or in what they are to get
than in what they want to know. Sup
posed national optimism is perhaps re-
f1ected in the fact that will was used
far oftener than won't" do" and
don't" appeared. however, almost ex-
actly the same number of times.
Neither yes" nor mo" appears at all
in Mr.. Frenchs list of IS most-used
words, so the relative telephone preva-
lence Of yes-men and no-men is still
unsettled. The entire list of IS COM
monest words is composed. it is curious
to note, If words of one syllable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08
Luxurious Snakehouses
And Portable Schools

To the Editor of The Star:
To one who came to Washington two
years ago, and has marveled ever since
at the use of portable schoolhouses in
the District, the announcement recently
of the worlds best Zoo" as Capital
project was incongrous indeed.
Seventy-five portables are now in
use, built IL years ago for temporary
use. They are dark, cold in Winter,
hot in Summer, unhealthful, unsafe.
And yet to them we send 1000 Of our
most precious and best loved possessions
our boys and girls.
Men of ability and experience are being
sent to foreign countries and to various
cities OF our own country to learn the
best construction for animal houses at
the Zoo. When and where have men
been sent to learn better types Of hous-
ing for our school children?
Special attention was given TO reptile
houses-tkat they might be the best in
the world. Does not some one covet for
Washington the same reputation for
schoolhouses?
Plans are being made for electric in
stallation for heating, lighting and VEN
tilation for these reptile houses. 1t Is
even intended to equip some with Wtra-
glass to admit violet sun rays.
Children In the portables sit in dark
rooms on a cloudy day, straining their
eyes, or not seeing at all-simply make
guess at their work, for there is no
artificial light. On cold days they hud-
die around a stove. being sent home on
the coolest days to avoid actual suffer-
ing. In one group of portables where
the roof was torn off by a strong wind,
children became hysterical at any sign
of wind. All toilets are outside, I'M
comfortable and difficult to keep in a
sanitary condition. Before the Home
and School Association purchased
benches, the children sat on the floor
for class Rotations.
They would burn like cracker box,
be mere playthings for strong wind
and are sleeves in a heavy rain.
Mothers are not dogs in a manger."
They want the Zoo animals we'll cared
for, their houses warm and light
and ventilated. They want the snakes
the beautiful, Shiny, crawling things
to be comfortable. But have they not a
right to expect as much for their boys
and girls? LEILA PIER KING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

that Mr.. Rockefeller Is now reported to
| be busy preparing q history OF his own
life. Much work has already been done
| on this autobiography and, while 1t was
originally planned to publish it ten years
after the death of Mr.. Rockefeller, it is
now proposed to bring 1t out while he is
still alive. 1t should be work of great
interest, dealing as 1t must with the
career of one of Americas most success
full business men and with the develop
ment of great industry,
Mr.. Rockefeller has passed the allot-
ted space of man by q score of years,
yet he is still hale and able to play his
nine holes of golf, and is thinking of in
creasing the number to eighteen. Thirty
years he has lived to enjoy the fruits of
his labors. He has since his retirement
from active business followed routine
course of work, play and rest, which he
refuses to have disturbed. His day be-
gins at o'clock in the morning, and
he tackles his work first, consisting of
attention to private matters. Then play
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to his routine and has preserved his
health in an exceptional degree. He is
one of Americas successful business
men, who has been willing to relinquish
his interest in active business and to
give his attention to other matters. When
he quit, he quit. He was in compare
lively bad shape. Had he continued in
harness, he might have been dead long
since.
Some men die when they give over
the routine of work to which they have
been accustomed for years. They lose
their interest in living. But that has
not been the case with Mr.. Rockefeller.
A New Highlander, more than ninety
years of age, once said to an equally
venerable friend that he had reached
the conclusion the critical period of a
mans life lay between ninety-nine and
hundred. He lived in the Berkshire
Hills, where ripe old age is the custom
rather than the exception. Possibly
Mr.. Rockefeller has reached the same
conclusion. Judging from his present
state of health, he may yet reach the
century mark and pass it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

If one wants to study the handling
OF suspense In a novel he should not
turn to one of the latest "thrillers."
In such works the "plot" is almost
too well manipulated; the preferable
book is one dealing with less exciting
material.
To the ambitious person interested
mend Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. u
While by no means the greatest OF
her novels, being topped by both Pride
and Prejudice" and Emma" this story
is excellent on account of its technique
Let it be stated at once that any one
may enjoy studying the novel without
being able to write one, just as one
may take an automobile engine apart
without either being able to make II
in the first place or to put 1t together
again.
It is largely question of the inquir-
ing mind. Those who enjoy a good
story for the story's sake have their
reward. 1t is not necessary to disSect
the work.
Those who both enjoy a work of fic-
ton and its construction have double
amount of pleasure out OF one and the
same book.
They read the story first, then think
1t over In their mind, with the chances
very decided that the latter half OF
the enjoyment will be in no sense in
ferior to the first.
In fact the latter greatly resembles
the Renaissance stage after a party
has seen play or gone on trip some
where. Every one knows that the
greatest enjoyment comes in living the
whole thing over again in conversation
One advantage in so recalling
novel is that the process does not nee
essarily require a" companion. In the
privacy of ones own mind a reader
may recall what he has read with the
greatest of satisfaction.
v n y
In the writing of novels there are
two sorts of capabilities, in the main
The first builds up what may be termed
the elaborate plot; Granted that a
writer possesses this constructive abil-
ity in the first place, it is not dif1cult
to understand how he works 1t out. II
almost works itself out.
The second takes slight pictorial
theme, which may be called almost
plotless, especially as compared with
the other type, and so handles 1t that
the total result is not inferior to the
other.
In Mansfield Park" the author has
as material only the ordinary every
udy l11G VI Vic SLSdG EJii6AAoAA
class. She wrote in a day when mar
riage was the chief aim of all women
Quiet romance is the theme of her few
novels.
Men and women walk in them just
as men and women do in real life
Without in any sense being psychology
cal, Jane Austen's stories are a more
complete representation of life as 1t
is under civilization than any number
of more brilliant novels which nigh!
be mentioned.
She knew, better than most, in her
artless yet studied way, that the real
life of every man is mostly in his mind
! The little everyday adventures, which
we're the only kind of adventures she
knew anything about, come to take en-
huge significance in her books.
And the question is, and must re-
main, Do not the adventures of every
day, plotless and of little significance
although they may be, occupy a SINH
lar place in the lives of most of us?
The student of literature will do vel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

Another Illuminating chapter in the
history of mans conquest OF the air is
found by the American press in the
adventures and thrilling rescue of the
Spanish flyers headed by Maj. Raymon
Franco, who unsuccessfully sought to
cross the Atlantic in a seaplane. The
fact that the aviators are alive to tell
their story is pointed to as proof of the
value of this type OF craft for over
water flights.
Magnificent failure is the verdict
of the Cincinnati Times-Star, with the
comment on the advancement in con-
quest of the elements: I'VE are doing
the things of Magellan and Sir Francis
Drake in a grander manner. Their
galleons seem small and important ships
when compared with our stately air
planes. They sought adventure in a
new realm, the Western World, and our
airplanes seek adventure in new ele-
ment, the heavens above. But 1t Is
higher adventure to attempt the con-
quest of the air, withheld from man
except in NEUROLOGICAL imagination, as
with the wings of Icarus, than merely
to sail seas that had been uncharted.
And the camaraderie of the
world that this most modern gallantry
breeds was never better exempli-
fed than in the search and rescue Of
the Spanish aviators by the British
aircraft carrier Eagle. The descendants
Of the Elizabethan seadogs rescued the
descendants of the men who sailed the
Armada"
The Erie Dispatch Herald views the
rescue as amazing luck" and con-
cludes that their well-nigh miracu-
lous escape emphasizes the dangers that
Turk in these dashes across the Allan
tic-dangers that have taken heavy
toll in both planes and lives during the
last three years"
"The whole world is the gamer" in
News. "by each new triumph in the
field so recently invaded by the ma
chimes of mans creation: and though
some of the results do not at first APP
pear to be worth the cost, 1t is only
at high price and at sacrif1cial en-
deavor that the worlds progress Is
marked from stage to stage. Every
land rejoices in the rescue OF the span
ish birdmen. and applauds the peril
nacity which impelled the British sea-
men to pursue their discouraging but
now well rewarded search.
watching the newspaper day by day,
the average person cannot but be I'M
pressed that he is touching the fiutter-
ing pages of a great new human ro-
nance" says the Binghamton Press.
That paper briefly reviews the most
dramatic of recent flying incidents with
the comment: "And so 1t goes, while
the gripping romance of mans con-
quest Of the air is written in myriad
and crisS-crossing Skeins OF action. all
bound to the central motif of achieve
ment. It falls to the lot of the daily
newspapers of this era to tell that re-
markable story"
The rescue, according to the Yakima
Morning Herald, "just as searchers had
abandoned hope OF finding. them. sends
a thrill of rejoicing around the world >
The Springfield Illinois State Journal
emphasizes the point that "the expe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

Traffic problems for Washington.
d. c., are taken under careful consid-
Grafton by the American Automobile
Association, which usually knows what
1t Is talking about. Maj. L'Enfant
mapped out a beautiful city for horse
vehicles. The streets, avenues and
circles now present considerations to
be met which are practical as well as
picturesque. The A. A. A., a national
institution, may be depended on for in
itiative as well as respect for the con-
ditions which have become familiar to
drivers.