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place Miss Clark is well known in
Gaithersburg, where she attended
school.
Miss Lillian England of Rockville Is
visiting her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses Grihth, near
LaytonSville.
Miss Ethel Shockley of Snow Hill,
Md, was the recent guest of Miss Olive
Edmonds in Rockville.
Miss Elizabeth Grifith Of Laytons-
vile, is visiting her cousin, Miss Maude
England in Rockville.
Mrs. J. Darby Bowman entertained at
eight tables of bridge and luncheon at
the Montgomery Country Club, Rock
Vile Tuesday, her guests including the
members of the Rockville Tuesday
Afternoon Bridge Club and other
friends.
Miss Henrietta Riggs, daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. Samuel Riggs of Lay
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ington, were recent guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James T. Bogley in Rockville.
Mr.. Howard Schropp Of Hazleton,
Pa, has joined his wife and children at
the home of Mrs. Schropps parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mclaughlin, in
Rockville, and will be guest there for
two weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. Herman wilson Of
Gaithersburg, spent the week at At
lantic city. :.
Mr.. and Mrs Jay q. Coleman and
children Of Atlanta, Ga, arrived IN
Rockville yesterday to spend several
weeks at the home Of Mrs. Coleman's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Bogley.
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Judge and Mrs. McChord
Take Apartment for Winter

Judge and MRS. Charles G. McChord
have taken an apartment in the May
flower for the coming Winter and will
move there the FIRST Of next month.
Judge and Mrs. McChord have made
came to the Capital some years ago,
when the Judge was appointed Inter-
state Commerce Commissioner by the
late President Wilson. Judge McChord
resigned his post about o year ago.
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Good Wine Novel Wins Prize.

BORDEAUX. France (R.-A novel
in praise of good wine won a prize OF
10000 francs (about $4,000 for Paul
Berthelot. q Bordeaux editor Six wine
firms contributed to the prize, which
Is to be an annual offering.
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Vienna Releases Communists.

VIENNA, August 8 (PD.-Of the zoo
Communists taken into custody to pre-
vent demonstrations on Thursday only
10 still were held last night and sew
eral Of them were foreigners.
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The Pope and Mussolini.

Evidently it takes more than the
Swallow of the Concordat to make
Summer Of peace between the Pope and
Signor Mussolini. No sooner is the ink
on the Lateran accords dry than the
Vatican publicly assails the Italian
premier for giving voice to worse than
heretical expressions as to the very es-
sence Of Christianity and Catholicism. "
The Pope's castigation is administered
IN an open letter to the papal secretary
Of state, Cardinal Gasparri, and
published in the Osservatore Romano,
ohicial organ Of the Holy See.
The Duce incurred Plus XI's wrath
because of certain utterances In Mus
solini's speeches in the italian Chamber
and Senate last month, advocating the
acceptance Of the Concordat. In the
Chamber, on May 10, the premier de-
faned the situation to be like this: THE
state, supreme in the Kingdom Of Italy;
the Catholic Church, with certain pre-
enainence, loyalty and voluntarily
recognized"
Addressing the Senate twelve days
lAteE -Mlssolini said; Ny Chamber
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Pass the Farm Bill!

The confereeS of the Senate and
the House have finally reached an
agreement on the farm relief bill. BY
vote of to the conference COM
mittee has determined to eliminate the
debenture clause from the measure.
This clause has been the great STUN
bling block in the way Of farm legisla-
ton at this time. Politics was at the
base Of the movement which brought
about its adoption in the Senate. It
remains to be seen whether politics
rather than the interests Of the farmer
will prevail in the end. The House
and President Hoover have stood strong
ly against the debenture proposition,
The conference report on the farm bill
goes, under the parliamentary situation,
to the House today. It's adoption there
is confidently predicted.
When the conference report is sub
mitted to the Senate there will remain
only one step to bring about the en-
actment of farm legislation. That is
for the Senate to accept the confer
ence report. No doubt exists that the
President will sign the bill If 1t Is
sent to him In its conference form.
Will the Senate for partisan political
purposes block this legislation? If 1t
does the farmers will get no legislation
and the purpose for which the Con-
gress was called into special session
will have been nullihed.
Ever since the deflation which fol-
lowed after the close of the World War.
the American farmers have demanded
some measure of relief from the Gov
eminent. Bit by bit, legislation has
been enacted to aid them, but no great
basic agricultural law has so far been
put through. Many attempts have been
made to do so. Unsound and unwork-
able remedies have been attached to
bills for farm relief, just such as the
debenture clause, and have prevented
final action on these measures in the
past. The pending bill proposes to set
up a Federal farm board with wide
powers to aid the farmers.
1t provides a revolving fund Of $780,
600 900 to be used for the more orderly
marketing of farm crops, the real sore
spot so far as the farmers are con-
cerned. 1t does not seem possible that
any combination in the Senate will care
to bear the odium Of preventing the
final passage of this farm relief legisla-
ton. If it does, the members of this
in the final analysis. The country
would like to see start made along the
lines laid down in the farm bill. If adj
ditional legislation is required, it may
be put through later, but the common
sense thing to do now is to pass this
bill and make a beginning.
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The Power of Music.

The convention of the National Fed
Grafton Of Music Clubs, to be held at
Boston next week, calls attention to
the great gains which the musical arts
have made In the United States.
While there have always been must
clans and musical lovers in this coun-
try, it was not until Theodore Thomas
made Americans orchestra conscious"
that music began to enter into the
lives of the people.
During the past quarter of century
the growth of music clubs throughout
the land has been nothing short Of
phenomenal. Thousands Of singing
clubs and amateur orchestras have
brought music into something like a
real status In small towns and villages.
Mechanical devices. such as the
player-piano and the photograph,
while at first frowned upon, have amply
demonstrated their right to musical
standing.
Popular radio broadeaSting, one Of
the electrical wonders of the age, Is
peculiar In that it simply furnishes a
path for music, good, bad or indifferent.
The term receiver" Is precise.
All these musical means, as they may
be termed. combine to place music
where it belongs, in the homes and in
the hearts Of home lovers. There Its
power is absolute, particularly for good,
Good music stirs the imagination, and
from 1t has come many deed Of physi-
cal or mental vigor which it would be
difficult to trace back to It's origin. 1t
is because music has this stimulating
power that those who are responsible
for it should see to 1t that 1t is good
music, in so far as possible.
Such meetings as that of the National
Federation of Music Clubs place the
emphasis where 1t should be, upon high
class music, good music, fine music.
Such music Is the ideal. For lesser
moments lesser music may do, but for
general consumption day in and day
out only the best music is adequate.
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Sees Canada firing
OF L. S. Drv Problem

From the Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post.
Our Canadian neighbors are plainly
firing Of the problem which our pro-
hibition laws have brought to them
Doubtless a good deal of the feeling
which is finding expression across the
border against these laws which affect
Canadian centers materially is due to
the recent case of the schooner I'm
Alone, sunk by the Coast Guard on
the high seas
The utterance of the Canadian min
lister of national revenue in the Com
mons at Ottawa, protesting against the
proposal that Canada undertake meas
ures Of enforcement while the United
States apparently was doing little
enough itself, was significant of the
growing dissatisfaction of our Northern
neighbor with the conditions which
have been developed. His statement of
the situation on the border, the con-
nivance Of American enforcement off,
GERS with bootleggers, the ease with
which great quantities of liquor are
brought into this country, taken to-
gether with the recent testimony of
Commissioner Doran, head Of the Unit
ed States enforcement service, as to
the spread Of the new criminal system
engendered by prohibition, presents
matter for serious consideration. It is
not possible that we can ignore the
irritation which Canadians are show
ing toward what is approaching
state of international nuisance In this
phase Of prohibition.
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Suggests League Meet
West of the Atlantic

From the Buffalo Evening News.
Since the Council Of the League of
Nations finds 1t convenient to hold its
June session In Madrid, there are those
who ask why 1t cannot arrange to hold
a meeting on this side of the Atlantic
say, in Canada. There is a possibility
that Senator Raoul Dandurand, repre-
sentative Of the Dominion, may extend
an invitation to the Council to meet In
Ottawa before Canada's term as men,
Der Of the body expires In 1881.
There is much to be said for this idea.
To begin with. such a meeting would
establish clearly the universal character
of the League Of Nations, which Is too
commonly regarded as an institution
concerned wholly with affairs of the Old
World. Then, meeting in Canada
might have a good affect in the United
States-not that IL would strengthen
sentiment for membership by this coun-
try, but that 1t would perhaps develop
here q more sympathetic attitude to-
ward the League, many Of whose activi-
ties now engage the unofficial interest
Of America.
The League Of Nations has been a
going institution for nine years. It Is
too much to expect such an experiment
as 1t represents to be established COM
pletely in so short a time. II 1t has
appeared to make slow progress, the
fault lies with the national govern
merltS represented in 1t. Per-
haps the League would gain increase of
spiritual force If the Council were to
come to America for a session.
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that other damyankee, James Rus
sell Lowell:
But consistency stu was a part Of
He's been true to One party. and tibet
Is himself"
Furthermore:
We're the original friends of the
Nation,
All the rest air paltry and base
fabrication.
Constituents air hendy TO help a
man in,
But afterwards don't weigh pin"
If the census recorded how manv
citizens despised their right and duty
of vote at the previous elections, and all
such were penalized as slackers, worse
than aliens and the victims of forcible
disfranchisement, in their influence in
support Of our Government. how would
the tens of millions thus exposed COM
pare with the 100000 or 5000, 900
aliens who fail to seek citizenship, or
the thrice that number, perhaps, of
blacks who are deprived Of their con-
stitutional rights? Such "slackers at
the polls" number at least 9oD00.00 or
80 600, oo0-ten times the number of
Stacked aliens--yet they are part of the
basis of representation In our Govern
ment-wholly hidden by the present
census.
Aesszg.zAh !saa. hz Raal Va G1ll,pssA !.
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speech was found difficult. will define
It as necessary, even In its polemical
points, which hit the target they were
aimed at. 1t was necessary to clear the
atmosphere, which. being too sentiment
tai, would have ended by altering the
contours, character and objective OF
events 1t was necessary to dispel
the equivocation which allowed people to
believe that the Lateran treaties would
have Vaticanized Italy or that the
Vatican would be Italianized."
In the Gasparri letter Pope Plus not
only charges Signor Mussolini with
heresy, but of remuddying the 1talo-
Vatican waters, so long whipped with
strife. His Holiness finds the Duce's
tone not "opportune and generous III
the hour of pacification." He calls It
IAN unwelcome and dolorous interrupt
ton" The Supreme Ponttf reassertS
the primordial claim of the Catholic
Church to supervise the education Of
youth Tin italy, and the church's pre-
eminence as the Kingdoms state re-
lgion.
Mussolinis reply to the Popes blast
is not likely to be long in coming. 1t
may be expected to be temperamental
and vigorous. But it is almost incon-
ceivable that even a vivid verbal clash
between Italy and the newly recog-
nized state of the Vatican City can
seriously undermine their laboriollsly
achieved accord. The Concordat is
essentially a e-and-take compact.
Mussolini envisaged new bulwarks for
his autocratic power In Italy at large
through liberal concessions to the
church. He may-and, if he runs true
to form, he will-explode under the fire
of the Pope's fusillade, but it is not
likely that the Concordat itself will be
a victim of their new hostilities.
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Declares Krishnaji
Report Was i'm Error
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
AS divisional secretary for some years
of the Order of the Star may I ask
you to insert this letter in your pub
LEGATION to correct misstatements ap-
pearing in an article In your Sunday
issue from Ojai, Calf, dated June l,
in regard to the head of the order, j.
Krishnamurti.
Mr.. Krishnamurti did not leave the
Theosophical Society to form the Order
of the Star. The order was formed in
1911, nor has Mr.. Krishnamuru sep
arated from DR.. Annie Besant. inter
national president of the Theosophical
Society. Or. Besant In the International
Magazine of the society makes this
statement: II ask you not to believe
stories about quarrels, about separations.
Krishnaji and I are bound together by
q tie that nothing can break" It is
absurd to state that the order Is dis
solved. It Is we'll established with
centers throughout. the world. The
message of Mr.. Krishnamurti Is a world
message, and the order exists to draw
together all people interested in his
message. It Is also a mistake to speak
of him as Messiah. The term be-
longs exclusively to Jewish history.
BLANCHE K. POVELSEN.
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Precise Measurements.

The annual conference of state and
city weights and measures officials now
is in progress at the Bureau of Stand
ards. However prosaic their work may
seem, 1t is one of the essentials of
modern civilization. The advancement
of material culture from the beginning
has been dependent on the advance of
techniques of precise measurement. The
mechanical wonders which have trans
formed modern life-the telephone, the
automobile, the radio, etc.-have not
come suddenly into existence during
the past half century entirely because
of great squirt Of inventive magma
ton. They have been made possible
by the development of technique of
measurements down to the thousandth
and ten-thousandth part of an inch.
From birth to death the individual
constantly is attended by measurements.
Almost while the infant is drawing his
first breath the doctor is weighing him
and measuring his height for the birth
report. The process continues all the
days of his life until the undertaken
measures him for coffin in the end
Measurement enters every human &C
tivity. Scales and yardsticks are every
where. Until methods of measurement
have been developed there can be no
quantitative analysis of anything.
Science continually is striving to ex-
tend the possibilities of measurement.
1t is being extended from the visible
to the invisible, from the tangible to
the intangible. Today efforts are being
made to devise measurement standards
for such qualities as intelligence,
imagination, will and character. The
success which has attended them still
is open to doubt, but they are necessary
pioneering efforts.
A theory arises from the scientific or
philosophical imagination. Its validity
depends upon the possibility Of measur-
ing the factors which enter into It.
Such Q scientific achievement as the
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Professors Advice
to Students Backed

To the Editor Of The Star:
Prof. Rogers advice to the gradual
ing class of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology did not astound me,
surprise me, nor shock me. Let's be
honest. The professor simply exploded
the usual hooey and blooey stuff heard
at commencement exercises.
The fact that the professor advised
the graduates to aim high and marry
the boss daughter instead of his stenog-
rapher shows that the professor is not
sentimental, but clear headed and class
conscious. That boy sure knows his
economics!
I beg to differ. however, with his
advice that the young men put on the
dog" and become snobs. This does not
pay. Facing actual facts and condi-
lions as they are today. the professor
would have done much better had he
advised the young graduates to become
adopts in the art of handshaking" in
order to succeed. This does pay.
PHILIP EBERT.
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to expel them because they believe more
than some of us do in the teachings Of
the Sermon on the Mount" On this
point the Asheville Times states: Jus
tice Holmes has lived to see some Of
his dissenting opinions Of past years
virtually wholly adopted by the ma
lority Of his colleagues. He may not
live TO see his philosophy Of freedom
to think incorporated into the law Of
sonably liberal doctrine will some day
prevail"
While the patriotic duty of citizen
ship Is to support the country In times
OF peril, going to the very last sacri-
fee" the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
says, There is no interest of national
safety nor any tradition of American
patriotism to be endangered by the adj
mission to the Nation Of men and
Peace IS so exact and liberal that they
will not Tight" The Columbus Ohio
State Journal thinks that at really
requires more courage to be an honest
and intelligent conscientious objector
than it does to follow the crowd and
go out and tight, and we need all the
moral courage we can get in this coun-
try and all the various points Of view
that thoughtful people take"
= X
"A Benjamin Franklin who could be
proved to have said There Is no such
thing as Q good war or q bad peace
would have to remain an alien,' says
the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. and the Bir-
mingham News asks, IF the Govern.
ment in time of war lets of thousands
Of Quakers who are men, why should
the Supreme Court Of the United States
prescribe this lone opponent of arms
bearing, who in this case is a woman?"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer comments:
Millions, we believe. hate the thought
Of the 'uncompromiSing pacifist,' but
will regret to see the great Supreme
Court make that thought q bar to
American citizenship. That branch of
Government, even If no other, should be
q defender Of tolerance"
Readers OF the minority opinion Of
the court, which defends the case of
conscientious DIRECTORS" suggests the
New York Sun. may be struck by the
ironical thought that it was written by
the sole war veteran on the Supreme
Court bench, one who bears the scars
of wounds received at Balls Bluff, An
tietam and MaryeS Heights" The
Springfield Republican also points out
that 1T is with that background of GAL
lantry under fire that Justice Holmes
declares in the case Of Nine. Schwin-
mer: If there Is any principle of the
Constitution that more imperatively
calls for attachment than any other.
1t is the principle Of free thought. Not
free thought for those who agree with
us, but freedom for the thought that
we hate"
THE dissenting opinion of Justice
Holmes" asserts the Little Rock Arkan-
sas Democrat, mot only is a golden
text of liberalism but 1t is a whole svs-
tenn of morals in government. Written
with that clarity which marks all opin-
ions by that grand old liberal, it fur.
Their typif1es the man, in that 1t con-
tains common sense. free from petty
and artificial patriotism"
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

different animal Is taken and as re-
view the child gets the repetition. It
is easy in watching the demonstration
to see how quickly child learns TO read
under the present system.
@. What proportion Of the losses
taken by Arms through extension of
credit are caused by fraudulent fall
ures?-R. G.
A. This varies with the year. The
National Association of Credit Men says
that the actual credit Losses OF 1924
were close TO 100000 900. Of which
probably $3.50, 900 900 arose from fraud
ulent failures. The total for 1925 was
smaller, as q result Of the deterrent ef-
fectS Of the associations campaign
against commercial crime.
@. What is the significance Of wear
ing Phi Beta Kappa key?-B. d.
A. The Phi Beta Kappa key Is award
ed for scholarship In college or given
to men and women who have achieved
distinction In some particular field allied
with learning.
@. How did ships called "schooners'
get that name?-W. D.
A. The first vessel Of this type Is said
to have been built in Gloucester, Mass.
about 1913 by q Capt. Robinson. When
the vessel was launched bystander ex-
claimed, 20, how she scoons!" Where
upon Robinson said, "a sooner let her
bel" "Scoon" means to skip or skim on
the surface Of the water.
@. Is it too early to say what the
fashionable colors will be In the FaH7-
S. L. S.
A. Manufacturers are now making up
their Fall stocks. One Arm says that
independence blue will lead, reddish
browns and wood shades come next,
then dark green and claret. Black will
be fashionable, especially when COM
bined with the new shades.
@. Are rabbits edible only in the
Winter?-I. H.
A. Domestic, hutch-raised rabbits
may be eaten the year round. Raising
rabbits for the market Is now a -FOUR
ishing industry.
@. Are the Rocky Mountains grow
ing higher2-E. r. l..
A. Probably. The Rocky Mountains
are fairly new. Scientists know this
because they are so steep. Old noun
tains are more worn down and have
lower forms. The growth of mountains
Is slow. They are not pushed up sud-
denly In some grand cataclysna, but rise
a few inches in a thousand years.
@. How much did the Oversee Rail-
way over the Florida Keys COST
F. e. H.
A. It was constructed by Henry M.
F1agler and cost $4,000, 900.
@. Who has won the golf champion
ship of the Columbia Country Club the
most times?-C. p.
A. M. B. STEVENSON has this honor,
having won the Wardman Trophy in
1922, 1926 and 1928.
O. How many theaters are now
equipped for talkies?-L. II.
A. There are more than 2,00o In this
country and over 500 theaters outside
| the United States equipped with Aneri-
can talking apparatus.
Q. When walking for exercise how
| fast should one walk?-P. c. 3.
A. For an average person In good
| health the rate of 81 miles an hour
| is about right and the daily walk should
, measure from 81 to miles.
9. How old is the Freiburg Pas
sion Play"?-T. 8.
A. The Freiburg version traces it,
history at least to the year 1884.
@. Must O Coast Guard vessel keep
its lights burning at night2-Q. S.
! A. It Is not required to do so.
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Einstein theory, for example, would be
pure moonshine we're it not that some
of the most precise measurements
known to man seem to establish its
fantastic conclusions.
The delegates now in washington are
the men who must apply these in
creasingly fine standards Of measure
ment in the ordinary affairs Of life
where they are OF most consequence
to the individual. They constitute an
invaluable bulwark against fraud and
laxity in the discipline of life which,
were it not guarded against, inevitably
would lead to q serious decline In civili-
cation.