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Dreams of Speed.

The Imagination Is stirred by reports
Of an airplane now under construction
in Germany designed to cross the At
lantic In six hours--that Is TO travel
500 miles an hour at an altitude Of
40 900 feet.
Competent experts say that this may
be far from an idle dream. There ID
nothing theoretically or mechanically
impossible In the way Of such an ex-
plot, although there are several prac-
teal difficulties to be overcome. Some
day it will be done. The Germans may
be on the eve Of doing 1t.
II and when such q flight is mace
1t will constitute one Of the major
events In the history Of the present
age. For q long time, Of course such
transportation will not be very prac-
teal. The first flight, and many flights
thereafter, will be made by daredevils.
But they will be none the less signifl'
cantor what daredevils do today or
binary cautious folk are likely to be
doing tomorrow as a routine matter
The FIRST men who rode in railroad
trains or in automobiles were dare
devils And what unpredictable posi-
bilities are involved in six-hour trans
portation between North America anc
Europe, whether 1t be reality nex'
year or a century hence? Life as
whole will be speeded up accordingly
as has resulted from every notable
increase in mechanical speed.
The German mind is playing with
the speed idea. Last year that coun'
try saw the first demonstrations o
the rocket motor, still far from prac
teal but theoretically the most efflcien
device for Transforming energy int
speed known to science. Only tn
other day a railroad train was demon
strated at Hamburg capable Of 10'
miles an hour. The German inventive
J genius, to which the world has owet
so much in the past, is intrigued Will
the possibility Of sensationally taste
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Japan's Primitives.

warfare with savages 30 long has
seemed q thing OF the past that its
temperance strikes an incongruous
note In newspaper headlines.
The great clash. came in the nine
teenth century-the era of the conquest
Of the earth by the civilized nations.
Primitive peoples everywhere were re-
Giuced to subsection by the soldiers and
20 compliance with the culture OF their
conquerors by the school teachers and
missionaries.
In the forty years following the Civil
&ar came the last notable combats
with the American Indians, and the in
terror Of the North American continent
was laid open to the homesteader. The
"wild West gave way TO cities, villages,
trolley lines and amusement parks. The
Indian soon was wearing store clothes,
taking his Saturday night bath, attend
ing moving picture shows and the like
absorbed all too thoroughly 10 please
ethnologists and, probably. for his own
good. He disappeared from history as
a savage" Probably the term never
was validity applicable TO the race which
contributed. in one way or another
scout as much as the white man him
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Furnishing Attempted Suicides.

Should some modern Marco Polo,
returning from his travels in far
away land, tell of kingdom ruled by
an all-powerful monarch who prac-
ticed the quaint custom of arresting
those who attempt suicide, placing
them in the stocks that they might be
ridiculed before beheading them as
punishment, his audience would be
adequately impressed by the contrast
between uncivilized and civilized peo-
pies.
Here in washington, for instance,
some man in o At Of dependency goes
to O drug store and purchases o drug
sold to induce sleep. He lies to the
druggist, for the scoundrel does not
admit that he intends to kill himself.
He intentionally takes an overdose OF
the medicine, passes into the Valley
Of the Shadow, but comes back again.
When he has recovered he Is arrested
for violation Of the drug laws, taken
into court and fined. If he Is unable
to pay the fine he Is sent to prison.
Thus the community takes its pound
Of flesh. The man who attempts sui
eide is adequately punished-not Tor
attempted suicide, but for violating the
drug laws. His family Is also punished.
The culprit, no doubt, Is firmly con-
WINGED that it does not pay to attempt
suicide. One must either make .
thorough Job of it or abstain altogether
from the practice. But how much
better this is than ridiculing the man
by placing him in the stocks and then
beheading himl We move forward.
It has become an accepted procedure
here, perhaps elsewhere, to prosecute
those who attempt suicide, when vio-
lation of the drug laws can be shown.
The man who buys poison, telling the
druggist that he intends to kill rats
with it, then takes the poison in an
effort to put himself out Of existence,
provides an excellent ease" for the
Government.
How absurd Granting that some un-
fortunate human beings resort to flc-
titious attempts" at suicide Is NOR
bid expression Of some fantastic or alb
normal emotion, acts which plainly
demand the interference Of govern
ment, cannot the advances OF science
not TO speak of awakened social re-
sponsibility, discover better methods tc
deal with the victims? Some cases de-
mand the intercession Of social workers
Others doubtless require medical ex-
animation and diagnosis. AL Of them
are too serious to be dealt with through
police court machinery. The efforts Of
the Government should be directed TO-
ward discovering the cause and suggest
ing the cure Of these pitifu cases
Mere punishment is beside the marx
wholly irrelevant and apt TO become
mockery Of the justice supposedly repre-
scented.
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IMPEDIMENTA
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. IL. D.
of Washington.

capacity to say: This one thing I do"
They lay aside every weight; like an
athlete they train themselves to def
mite task When we apply all this to
our indulgence in things spiritual. the
development and enrichment of the
things of the soul, we inevitably dis
cover that discursive habits, the acqui-
sition of all kinds of isms, periodic ex-
cursions into new cults and systems
only serve to weight us down with that
which is non-eSSe ntial to normal spirit
ual growth. Our observation leads us
to the conclusion that those who mis-
carry In their spiritual life, whose de-
votional habits are checked and him
dered. are those who are largely af-
fected by an excess of things that are
e. raneous to that which is fundamental
and essential. There are religious fads
and fancies that are so alluring, so ap-
pealing to the curious multitude that
they are led away captive to them, the
result being, in too many cases, spiritual
enervation and apathy. The many re-
ligious systems that are abroad today
only tend to confuse those who are sin
cerely seeking to find the way that
leadeth unto life eternal. The anomaly
Of the situation is emphasized when one
studies the simple and direct teachings
Of the great Master Himself. He did
not lay upon mems shoulders burdens
too heavy to be borne. He laid down
deep principles that had to do with
LIES largest concerns. In habit and
teaching He exemplified the virtues of
simple life, life unembarrassed and
unhindered by the accession Of things
unnecessary and valueleSs. If there was
ever time when we, needed to get rid
of our impedimenta, the things that
however attractive and appealing, are
extraneouS to our daily spiritual needs,
1t is the present. It were well that the
church of every name undertook a
stock-ta taking period for the purpose of
discovering how much in system and
practice they are carrying that is I'M
related to the vital needs of those to
whom they minister. Life grows more
intricate and complex with each new
day; we are the victims of environing
conditions. the followers of that which
Is eccentric and bizarre. A modicum Of
this may suffice to serve all our needs
When it comes to those principles that
govern and control us in daily habit II
were well for us to lay aside every
weight, to jettison of our cargo that
which Is not vital or essential.
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airplanes, automobiles. locomotives and

airplanes, automobiles, locomotives and
ships.
Sooner or later something is bound
to come of it. The prospective rewards
are sufficient to insure persistence,
once the scientific mind has taken the
first steps on such a road. The prac-
teal difiiculties encountered at pres
ent may be expected to give way before
such persistence. It may well be that
the day Is near at hand when the
world will know as commonplace such
speeds as now, even in speed age"
are fantastic dreams.
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Tert: Lay aside every tDei0ht."-
Hebrews, rii.1.

The action and success Of an army
Is largely determined by the DISPOSE
ton of its impedimenta. Some one
has said that battles are won at the
rear rather than at the front. Our
efficiency is likewise determined by our
ability to free ourselves from unneces-
sary burdens. The busy folk who are
ever ready to assume fresh obligations
are enabled to do so by so apportioning
their time and distributing their bur-
dens that there is nothing of conflict
or embarrassment in handling them.
Those whose lives we envy, the men
and women who are the true leaders
in any sphere they occupy, are those
who so apportion the hours of each
day, so regulate their habits. their
work, their pleasures, their several
duties, that everything falls into its
proper place and receives its due con-
Sideration. On the other hand, the
fretted people, who work and play
without design and purpose, who show
the effect of the burdens they are
carrying, are those who have no order
In their Lives, no system, no program
ana no time table. 1t was said Of
John Wesley, the great evangelist, that
he found little diff1culty in preaching
five sermons day as he moved from
place to place. He had definite
itinerary and the size of his objective
compelled him to unburden himself of
things unessential and unnecessary.
When our system of education
reaches a higher stage it will take
cognizance Of some method by which
life may be Systematically planned and
ordered. Speaking of education, we
sometimes wonder whether too many
subjects, specifically considered, do not
ultimately constitute in the mind of
the student impedimenta rather than
stimuli. The same thing applies to a
too discursive habit in the matter of
reading President Eliot of Harvard
endeavored in his "Ffve-Foot Shelf of
Books" to compel concentrated reading
Of the great authors. His suggested
plan may seem to be too superficial
and yet it is far better to read a FIVE
foot shelf of the best than to read q
20-foot shelf Of mediocre works
The great forward movements. the
epochal periods in life, are invariably
distinguished by leaders who have the
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ment insurance other than the social
insurance law. The French subsidies,
however, apply only to 60-day benent
in q period of IL months.
Germany has a system OF compulsory
unemployment insurance which was
established in 1927. This applies to all
classes of workers and involves COM
pulsory health insurance and compul-
sorry old age and sickness insurance;
The crews of vessels and seasonal
woGkers also are included. About 49,
200 600 workers are insured against
unemployment in Germany. In Great
Britain, under the amended unemploy-
ment insurance system, there is COM
pulSory insurance of all employed
persons except those under 16 and over
IS years of age.
Each province in italy has separate
insurance funds created by decree and
groups Of provinces have special funds,
but the general management OF these
is vested In a national insurance tund.
Unemployment insurance is compulsory
for all wage earners of both sexes over
is and under IS years of age, with
few exceptions In Luxembourg the
state advances the funds necessary Tor
benefit payments and RECEIVERS fourth
of the amount from municipalities and
one-half from employers ana workers.
Mexico decided in 1929 to establish a
fund to be formed by grants from
public authorities and compulsory con-
tributions from civil servants and agrt-
cultural and industrial workers. These
contributions are effective on wages
higher than $3.50 gold per day. The
amount deducted is limited to two days
wages from each worker liable to con-
tribution.
In the Netherlands the state con-
tributions vary from an amount equal
to that paid by the workers up to twice
that sum. Half of the amount paid
by the state is recovered from the COM
muneS Employers do not contribute.
In Russia the employers bear the entire
cost. The Spanish system is voluntary,
but is subsidized by the State and
applies only to workers whose annual
earnings do not exceed S661.30.
Switzerland pays 40 per cent Of the
total of the voluntary unemployment
funds, which are administered by Joint
bodies of employers and workers. The
systems of Poland and Norway also are
subsidized by the state.
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20 Nations Carrying
Insurance for JObless
BY HARDEN CoLFAX.

The strenuous demand for jobs and
the not less strenuous efforts to supply
those Jobs In the last week have drawn
the attention of Government officials
and economists as well as of business
men to the possibilities which lie in the
field of unemployment insurance.
Deep study is being given this sub
ject, and while 1t is one which has not
attracted wide interest heretofore, ex-
cept among economists, it is far beyond
the experimental stage in a good many
foreign countries. Twenty countries
have unemployment insurance systems
in effect according to the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics of the Department OF
Labor.
The first national insurance act was
put into effect in Great Britain in 1911.
Even before that time, however, the
trade unions Of the country and OF GER
tain continental nations had eStab-
lished the policy Of paying regular al
lowanceS to members who were out OF
work, and later unemployment rellet
was granted by municipalities in sew
eral countries or additional funds were
made available by the municipalities
for the trade union payments.
This substituting of trade union I'M
employment funds by municipalities
and communes was taken up by France
in 1905 and by Norway In 1906
In 1907 Denmark put into effect what
is known as the Client system, WHEREBY
the state rather than the cities ADDED
to the unemployment funds. inns Is
regarded as the forerunner OF compul-
sorv unemployment insurance on q ma
tional scale.
The object Of the insurance schemes
in the 20 foreign countries Is, OF course
the immediate relief of unemployment
but in some instances the systems pro-
vide for training workers in JOBS 1or
which there is a better demand during
periods of enforced idleness. Many Oh
the systems provide for the constructlon
Of needed public works to take all tne
surplus of workers. =
The Queensland, Australia, system 10
compulsory and provides for the estap-
lishment of fund supported by equal
payments of the government, the en-
ployers and the workers. In AuSIFIs
the unemployment insurance law passed
in 1920 provides for compulsory nsuI-
ance for all wage earners with the OK
ception of certain classes. The costs
of the system are divided between EN-
ployers and employees and may, not ex-
coed rs per cent of the normal coneri-
button Of the sickness insurance. BEL
GUM has a voluntary system applying
to the workers in all trades. The sIate
contributes 1924 per cent and the work.
ers 33I1-per cent. In addition many
of the Belgium Communes voluntarily
give subsidies to the fund.
In Bulgaria, domestic servants ana
employees in the public service are ex-
cepted from benefits. Workers. employ
ers and the state contribute Jointly.
In Czechoslovakia, the employers do not
contribute and the system Is voluntary.
In Finland benefits are PAID WORKERS
secutive IL months, but after the maxi
mum amount has been paid for three
years the payments are suspended Tor
one year. Employers do not contribute
The French government subsidies the
voluntary unemployment funds, al
though there is . system Of unemploy-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
Hero Worship,

An illustration of the speed with
which hero worship can burn itself out
is given in the Just revealed case of
Capt. George Fried, who won fame and
adulation for his fine seamanship and
heroic efforts in the rescues Of crew
Antoine and Florida. When the GAL
liant captain came into port after the
second sensational achievement en-
thusiaSm ran high. Nothing was too
good for him. In fact, so stirred were
the people Of Yonkers, N. Y, that they
decided to give him q nice little house
And on a bright June day last year,
with the Boy Scout troop hoisting a
flag on the lawn and prominent citi-
zens Of Yonkers lauding the captain,
he was presented with the keys to his
new dwelling, given as token of APP
probation by the citizens Of Yonkers.
So everything was fine. Capt. Fried
moved in and the incident passed into
history. But with startling suddenness
it was revived recently. The captain
appeared before the Tax Review Board
and asked for o reduction in his as
sessment. Much surprise was expressed
at this action and then the brave
mariner for the first time explained
that the only thing given him by the
citizens Of Yonkers was the key to the
house. which he could have secured
anyway, because he was paying and
paying well for his token Of apprecia-
ton"
It seems that ct FIRST the plan was
to present him with Q house. Money
was slow in coming in and 1t was de-
cided TO help him buy o house. Money
still failed to appear, however, and
the final plan was TO sell Capt. Fried
Q house. At this point, however, an
argument arose IS to the price
Twenty-one thousand dollars was the
initial figure. Capt. Fried finally sue
ceeded In buying the property fol
seventeen thousand five hundred dollars
II Capt. Fried's seamanship and
courage were admired before. ne has
demonstrated another quality. that Of
sportsmanship, which must be admired
now. Never a word did he say in more
than . year to shatter the illusion Of
his gift house." and it was only when
necessity demanded that he was forced
to reveal the true state Of affairs. II
certainly appears that the least the
tax board could do would be to reduce
his assessment as he has requested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

That all mankind everywhere the
world over Is akin in Its sensitiveness
to ridicule has been manifested anew
by the establishment of motion picture
censorship in China. Practically the
prime tenet Of the censorship code OF
the Celestials Is that no film tending
to reflect upon the Chinese even IN
q spirit of humor" (as the law reaoS)
may be exhibited.
To the American people, the greatest
movie fans in the world. this pro-
nouncement may seem curious. Since
the time Bret Harte published THE
Heather Chinee," and probably earlier
Americans have regarded the Chinaman
as a particular and especially legitimate
butt of humor and often unkindly ridi-
cule. This spirit was strongly fostered
by two ruling circumstances. First, the
Chinan,an seemed to the average Amer
lean the most outlandish Of people. His
manners and customs, his appearance
and dress, his sing-song language and
the fact that he did not aSsimilate all
marked him as utterly different and
strange. Second, he was almost wholly
excluded from entering the United
States. This fact widely known to the
people, hung about him veil of I'M
desirability and inferiority and therefore
1t might very pertinently be added
that his gentle, non-resiStant acceptance
of an ostracism which often rose to the
pitch of persecution encouraged bully
ing. He never fought back, but accepted
ali manner Of indignities with sub
mission.
His universal entry into the laundry
business, q somewhat mental calling as
conducted by him, did not raise him in
the social scale. His names were so
curious that he accepted without demur
the universal appellation Of John. Chill
dren still run after a Chinese in the
streets crying John, John, the China
mon."
II was inevitable that the motion
pictures. seeking to reflect If not quite
| interpret American life, almost 1nvari-
ably depicted him in either comic
or a sinister guise.
So, many Americans doubtless will
hear with surprise of censorship In
| China which says: You shall not make
| fun of O Chinaman. Some will regard
such an attitude as effrontery on the
part of the patient, gentle John. Motion
picture producers are finding out, how
ever some to their cost, that the game
does not work in China and that II
| Cinnamon are going to patronize hlms
! they are not going to see themselves
ridiculed-not even In q spirit o.
humor."
| Ban Undesirable Features.
Il Is not other than natural thai
the opinions of many Americans shoulc
be formed solely by the news they
read from China. The news whicf
travels fastest and Is most widely reac
is the news Of violence. For more thar
a. decade the principal news out o.
China has been news Of warfares. The
Boxer uprising has not been forgotten
and since that time there have peer
constant reports Of how army has beer
contending against army in struggle
for control of provinces and. finally, To-
the unification Of the nation.
Tales Of the kidnapping Of American
missionaries have filled newspaper
pages. Tales of innumerable wild ant
rapacious and merciless bandits hav'
been usual.
So a further clause Of the Chimes
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Revised Foot Ball.
II humbly beg your pardon, sir;
fear that have mashed your toe
Such accidents will oft occur
In gatherings like this, YOU know"
And have BEEN" was the reply,
More hasty than was rightly due.
I fear I have confused your eye
And does this ear belong to your"
Believe me, sir, I meant no harm.
It happened by the merest chance.
I trust that you will take my arm
In getting to the ambulance.
It's now fulfilled. our fondest dream
These college rudenesses are past.
Kind courtesy doth reign supreme
And foot ball Is reformed at last.
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In former days . mint julep was
about as acceptable q small hospitality
as one could offer q resident of the
Old Dominion. Today an invitation
from some neighboring locality that has
q water supply to come over and en-
Joy o shower or tub is, in virginian's
eyes, the acme Of entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

Fifteen years, astronomers announce,
will be needed to analyze the photo
graphs taken of the recent eclipse of
the sun. Some movie features would
be the better for a similar period Of
study before being released to . pal
pitant public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

There are those who consider that
the retirement Of sea-dog OF the call
iber Of Admiral Hughes is a greater
loss TO the Navy than the laying of Of
goodness knows how many gobs and
Marines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

A Chicago wife weighing $50 pounds
obtained a divorce from her spouse,
who tips the beam at ITO, on the charge
Of cruelty; 1t seems he knocked her
down. You do not believe in fairies2
Why, here is o lneal descendant Of
Jack, the Giant Killer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

A Buffalo health expert announced
that high school athletic training Is
positively silly. "How many of you
played foot ball or basket ball since
you left SCHOOL," he asked his hearers
sarcastically. All right; for that matter,
how many have worked out an algebra
equation or read chapter of Caesar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

They may never find out who killed
Mary Baker, but Washington hence
forth should lead the country in the
proportion Of residents who are well up
on the science Of ballistics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

The Louvre Is determined TO have
better, II fewer, guides, and makes APP
plicants pass thorough examinations.
Talkative but nl-informed guides have
foiled the essential purpose Of many a
hard-earned European trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

Rudy Vallee and his musical cohorts
came In entirely too late for the gala
opening Of washington's newest hos
telry. He should add q foghorn to his
band.