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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

eff people of inferior intelligence
hear of the Tao, they laugh immensely
II would not be the Tao unless they
laughed at it.''-Laotse.
It is remarkable how many things
and persons people Of inferior intelli-
gence find 10 laugh at.
Their laughing material includes
everything and everybody they do not
like
Thus their scope is wide
Thav keep themselves in remarkably
good laughing trim.
There has never been a great inven-
ton put on the market but that these
persons found the time to laugh at it.
Mostly they laughed immensely" as
the Chinese philosopher says.
In his saying, however, the word car
riss with it a ring Of humor, but in the
laughter Of the crew Of grinners there
is never any fun.
Their laughter is the human substi-
tute for the barred teeth and drawn
back lips of the wild animal.
They would kill if they dared.
They laughed ha! ha and haw! haw!
when the first umbrella appeared on
the streets of London.
The inventor was called "crazy,"
favorite word with all persons of in
ferior intelligence.
Yet today millions upon millions of
umbrellas in all the countries Of the
wide, wide world show what fools these
mortals be.
Newness is what they cannot stand
The first European to appear smoking
pipe was dubbed no better than he
should be, even If he was lord The
appearance of the new drink, tea, led
to an immediate attack.
New styles in clothing always induce
the pack to chortle nightly, not be-
cause the clothes are not good but
simply because they, wonderful ones.
have not seen them before. They re-
sent keenly being shown something they
know nothing about.
Yet within a year they are wearing
the same styles themselves and priding
themselves on being very Chic"
Before the World War men who
dared appear on the streets of our
Eastern cities without hats were the
subjects of many stares and often audi
bic comments. They were minding
their own business, and committing
nothing more heinous than going with
out a hat
What they did was all right but the
fact that it fiouted the conventions of
the Universal Herd was all wrong. To
dare to be different-from us-there
was the rub
Medical advice to many men back
from the war to go without hats finally
gave the vogue to an innocent, health
full fad
Today man may venture on the
streets with or without q hat, just as
he pleasss, without meeting the grins,
semi-concealed or open, which at one
time greeted him at every corner.
The person of inferior intelligence
just cannot mind his own business. His
eyes are continually open, and his ears
always pricked up, to learn all he can
about others especially those whom he
does not like.
Just why his continual preoccupa ton
with those he does not care for must
remain one of the mysteries of human
kind One--let it be said openly. one
of superior intelligence-might be in
clined to think that he would be willing
to let them alone
But no. they intrigue him. He is
forever standing in the front door, tC
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may give the poet again the chance TO
speak to the multitude, as in the early
days Of civilization. Yesterday he re-
cited some of his poems, and no one
can tell how many million people heard
them Doubtless vast audience listened
to the stirring, graceful lines
But as yesterdays broadcaster said,
the poet speaking 10 an unseen audi
ence. however great it may be, will
never know when his work fails, and
why. He cannot get the reaction even
of the printed comment upon a new
poem that is committed to the world
in types. He speaks into the air, and
there is silence afterward. Yet he must
know--if he is a true poet he will know
that his words have reached the
minds and the hearts of many. 1t will
be even as Masefield said yesterday in
closing his Introductory remarks that
the very silence into which he speaks
gives the impression that his audience
has been listening breathlessly.
1t is with great delight that such
broadcasts as this of John Masefield
are received The ear-weary listener
besieged with blatant sounds of bombast
in speech and modern mimicry of mu
sic, rejoices to receive an intellectual
offering, especially from one whose
printed words have often been enjoyed.
This sort of broscasting is indeed a
worthy use Of the radio, which has such
great possibilities of giving pleasure, or
pain,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Harold Bromley's fourth ambitious
attempt to fly the forty-five hundred
miles in a land plane from Japan to
the United States has ended in another
failure, but it is the kind of failure
that connotes skill and courage of the
highest sort and stamps the young
Canadian airmaH as one who is likely
TO garner many honors IN aviation be-
fore he puts away his leather helmet
and goggles. For, like the famous Coste,
Bromley turned back when the going
became impossible due to fog and rain
and when his gasoline line sprang a
leak. Because he had the courage and
skill TO reverse his course at the Azores
when he was making his first attempt
to reach America by air Mai. Coste
lived TO see the fulfillment of his
dreams. Bromley did the same after
covering twelve hundred miles on the
air trail to the American coast. He
wisely decided that discretion was the
better part of valor and turned back
W ldlO odlNlS 4iCdA lilS ctoA tAAAs POAits
And so Bromley lives to try again, If he
cares to, and should success eventually
be his 1t will be because he is the type
of f1yec to whom aviation owes its great
strides: cautious, skillful and coura-
geous, but withal possessing the daring
of the o1eer to whom cannot" is an
unknown word.
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Freighter Due Honor
In Rescue of Tahiti

From the Lincoln Nebraska State Journal.
When the steamer Ventura entered
the Golden Gate bearing load of pas
sengers rescued from the Tahiti, which
foundered in the Midpacific recently
the town of San Francisco celebrated
the event with whistles, shouts. the
dropping of many flowers, the droning
Of airplane motors and all the other
impedimenta that goes with an official
welcome. But does the Ventura deserve
all the honor?
When the Tahiti found itself in dam
ger in the heavy sea and called for
help, the Norwegian freighter Penybryn
was first to answer the call 1t was
reinforced later by the British warship
Veronica. Transfer of passengers could
have begun on the Penybryn's arrival,
but when it was learned that the Ven
tura was on its way it was decided that
it would be better to wait. if possible,
for that ship, since the freighter did
not offer passenger accommodations
and since waiting was possible as long
as the two ships were at hand to rem
der aid II necessary. 1t was better to
wait than TO transfer passengers to the
freighter and then to the Ventura, since
transfers are risky on heavy seas, and
the risk would thereby be doubled, So,
as a matter of convenience and lux
ury, 1t was decided to wait as long as
the Tahitis master deemed prudent for
the Ventura.
Fifteen hours after the Penybryn
hove in sight the Ventura arrived. Pas
sengerS were transferred and less than
three hours later the Tahiti sank. Dur
ing the last few hours residence on the
Tahiti was extremely precarious. II the
Penybryn had not been at hand, the
passengers could hardly have been re
strained from taking to the lifeboats.
The success is due largely to the fact
'that the officers retained the confidence
of their passengers, and there was no
time when panic worked its havoc.
The Ventura made a gallant rescue.
But the Penybryn had a share in it, 1t
is fine that San Francisco pays tribute
TO the Ventura in the adopted New
York sty lie, but honor is also due the
Penybry1L lowly freighter.
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teen passengers was carried, an average
of more than one hundred and fifty
air travellers day. That the planes
were ninety-flve per cent on time in
thirty-nine thousand miles of flying is
an indication of safety, good adj
ministration. modern equipment and
skillful pilotage. The patronage figures
tell the startling story. 1t is the public
education to flying and its use of the
air that, in the final analysis, is the
basis for the steady progress of COM
mercial aviation.
And the American public is unques-
tionably taking to the air. The Pan
American Always, the largest in the
world and a model of efficiency, has
brought South America almost to the
doorstep of North America But it hes
been enabled to accomplish this great
feat because Of the rapidly growing APP
probation by the public of the pleas
snt and time-saving elements in air
travel. Three days in a we'll appointed
plane now takes the place of almost
three weeks by boat in the South
American trade, and time was never
more valuable than it is now in this
fast-traveling civilization.
1t is now possible for the American
air traveller to go almost anywhere he
desires by this modern means OF trans
portstion. Plane services span the
United States and more will go into
operation as soon as the demand is
shown. The writing is in the sky, and
1t will not be long before supremacy
will rest where 1t belongs. in the birth
place of the art of flying.
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see if he can spy on the coming and
goings of others. He treats these others
as the man with sore mouth treats
his aching tooth. he is always rubbing
his tengue over it, and then wishing he
had not done it.
What such a man can never see is
that the one he laughs at would not be
the one he laughs at unless he laughed
at him!
There you have bit of Oriental
subtlety not at all difficult to under
stand. 1t simply reverses the judge.
The joke of it is that the man who
laughs" in an unpleasant way thinks
he is judging the other, whereas it is
much nearer the truth in many cases
to say that the one or thing laughed at
is doing the Judging
The man who laughs, not being wise
enough to know how great, wide and
wonderful the world is, childishly inn
AGNES that there is nothing more to
know than what he knows.
Therefore all things and experiences
outside of his knowledge are, to him, so
much foolishness.
He is perfectly sincere about it.
The ignorant peoples of any race
have never heard of the great men and
art works of their own country. IF you
say Caesar" to a low-grade Italian. he
will not have the fsintest idea whom
you are talking about,
Even high-grade people at tines are
lured into laughing at others. but they
are always ashamed of it afterward.
The person of inferior intelligence is
never ashamed. If anything, he is
proud. He may be exposed to the great
est man in the world, but he never
catches a bit of his spirit. Pshaw!
doesn't he know this guy, and who is
he, anyway, that he should be SO
stuck-up?
There is nothing Catching" about
the superior man to the inferior man,
especially in a country such as the
United States. where, by some magic
alchemy of human nature, all men are
supposed to be free and equal.
The great mass of men are willing to
admire, in the abstract, especially when
they get no closer than the man in the
crowd" to the subject of hero worship.
But just let them become acquainted
with the man. later, they soon proceed
to make the memorable discovery that
he is III no wise different from them
selves. Familiarity does, indeed, breed
the well known contempt
Our man of inferior intelligence (and
it is, in truth, rather a matter of in
telligence than of character, as it some
times seems refuses even to see the half
dozen good traits of his victim.
How does he accomplish this? BY
the simple eXpedient of looking for a
flaw, and then magnifying it out of all
proportion. This gives him his aim,
something to laugh at. and at the same
time prevents him from seeing, thus
admitting, the six good traits.
So one may see how easy it is, after
all, to be a person of inferior intelli-
gence. 1t doesn't take any brains, but
only solid determine ton to see Moth
ing good and to see everything bad.
If there is nothing bad. it is COM
psrstiv -ly easy to twist good trait
into a bad one. Just refuse to meet the
other half way, on any ground, then
turn upon him for being a Crouch"
Then laugh at him immensely. But re-
member, he would not be himself unless
you laughed at him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Further Safeguards Urged
To Check Hurricane Peril

The great destruction following the
hurricane in Santo Domingo has slim
ulated search for efficient methods
by which the damage done by these
storms may be reduced 1t is pointed
out that radio communication and de-
velopment of Weather Bureau methods
have been effective in avoiding dis
tress, and increase in study of the sub
ject is advocated as a public duty.
1T sometimes seems as If 1t had
been decreed that the sunlit regions
about the Caribbean Sea should be the
permanent home of turmoil and dis
aster," says the GAINESVILLE Signal.
This is especially true of the island
that is the home of the Dominican
Republic. /" The hurricane is the
embodiment of the threat that per-
petually hangs over the West Indies;
the final curse of the people who live
about the lovely Caribbean" The Co
lumbus Ohio State Journal sees in the
storms there destructive powers pc
culiarly their own" causing the public
to "shudder with horror as one is re-
ported"
AN equinoctial storm does it's devils
dance" AYERS the Birmingham News,
emphasizing 1.-The great toll in life and
property when spiraling winds
go bowling over the Caribbean Sea and
set their teeth in those sea mountains
called the Antilles" where "desolation
ensues." The result is described by
that paper as this latest tragedy of
Nature" The Hamilton (Ontario) Spec
tator declares: With all our boasted
scientific advance, humanity is pitt
fully helpless in the face of Nature in
an angry mood. The tropical hurri-
cane is lust as devastating today as
ever it was: those who are caught in
its path perish. But the advance of
civilization can be shown in one way,
at least-in the rescue of sufferers.
Those who live in safer chimes show
their gratitude by responding to the
cry of distress. This Is the common
task of humanity"
Quoting a Marine Corps aviator, who
said of Santo Domingo, 1T is as If
giant had crushed the town like a toy,
and then had stirred the pieces with
a stick" the Haverhill Gazette adds
And the hurricane, awful spawn of
the Caribbean, was such a monster.
Bafore It, beneath it, the works of
man were as futile as the ant hill be-
meath your feet, and life, to its might,
as trif1ing as an insects existence"
Although "there isn't anything the
Weather Bureau or anybody else can
do to head off the hurricane or to
moderate its fury" the Duluth Herald
recognizes that "its nature makes 10
possible for the Weather Bureau to
forecast its coming with great &C
curacy, and even to route its path and
send warnings wherever 1T is booked
to 60" OF the effect of this work
the Hartford Times voices the judg
ment: 1.-THE bureau has the duty OF
watching the tempest by means of
Geographic and radio reports, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Taking to the Air in America.

An example of how the United States
Is at last taking its rightful position in
the world of aviation is furnished in
the figures lust released by the newly
organized New York and Washington
air line. which operates planes between
the two cities every hour on the hour.
In the past Europe has led the way in
the development of commercial flying
but the heavy patronage not only on
this new Eastern airwsy but on the
transcontinental. the Western seaboard
and the South American lines indicates
clearly that America is fast catching
I'D end that the Old World should in
Graz its pace if it hopes 10 retain
leadership.
Ter .as hr-t Ten days of operation 81
tbs ,tc- Yet. -Fl1ilsdslph4a-z Warrington
l.4~- total al nftsen hundred and nt-
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amount expended now for the nominal
ton of Mrs. Mccormick. Only seven
of the Senators who voted eleven years
ago to seat Newberry and at the same
time censure him are in the Senate
today
The decision of Senator Harry B.
Halves of Missouri not to be candi-
date to succeed himself, announced
at the Missouri Democratic State Con-
vention, has given rise to conjecture
already as to his probable successor.
Charles M Hay. "bone dry" and can
didate for the Senate in 1928, may get
into the race. If he does. he is likely
to draw former Senator James A. Reed
into the conflict Reed is wet and
bitter political enemy of Hay. 1t is
not likely Senator Reed will view with
eouanimity an effort on the part of the
Hay people to nominate Hay for
the Senate again. Senator Halves term
OF Office ends two years hence, His
Withdrawal from the Senate will be a
matter of personal regret to his coll
leagues No man has warmer friends
in the upper house than has ths Senator
from Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Drought.
A steel-blue sky
When vapors sometimes meet,
And then drift by
Amid the cruel heat.
A starving stream
That limps along its way
Where pebbles CLEAN
Beneath the suns fierce ray.
A moaning COW,
Who ticks the calf new-bred,
And wonders how
Her creature shall be fed.
A human wife,
With lips thin drawn and stern,
A baby's life
Is all Of her concern,
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

at 9:40 pm, on the 18th of February.
Capt. Charles Dwight Sigsbee, COM
mander of the Maine was aboard at the
time The explosion resulted in the
death of 2 officers and $50 of the
crew; of the crew subsequently died
of wounds.
Q. From what people are the Basoues
deScended2-A. P.
A. The Basques are believed to be a
fragment, perhaps the only distinct
remnant, of the pre-Aryan race or alb
original people of Europe. Their Ian
guage is the only non Aryan language
of Western Europe Recent investiga-
tons indicate connections with the Bsr-
bers Of North Africa, who are of Ha-
mite stock.
q. Is it better for child to taks
half-hour music lesson or an hour
lesson? Pc. T.
A. The Etude says that the half-h
lesson, or one only slightly longer, Is
satisfactory for most pupils.
O. How long did Benedict Arnold sur
vive the Revolutionary War?-G. p. D.
A Arnold died June IA, 1901, in Lon
don.
O. What is the other name for the
81
A. 1t is called the thenar
q. Why are some bullets called dunn
dums?-D. E. T.
A The dumdum bullet is sott-nosed
or expanding bullet so named after
Dundum Arsenal, the place near Cal
cutta, India where it was first made.
It's use was prohibited in warfare by
The Hague Conference.
c. What is meant by career and nom
career men in the Foreign Service?-
ID. McC.
A. The terms career and non-career
in reference 10 the Foreign Service refer
respectively to men who have taken up
the Foreign Service as their profession
and to men who are appointed from
private life to diplomatic positions.
O. How many farmers hatch their
chickens with incubators?- Pr. J. S.
A. There are about 5000 commercial
hatcheries throughout the country
where custom Matching is done for far
mers. However, the Bureau of Animal
Industry has no figures on the number
OF individual farmers who use incuba-
tors in Matching chicks. The number
of farmers who still use their hens for
Matching is probably not very great
since this method takes longer and is
more expensive when there are any
number of eggs to be Matched.
c. Who first had the idea Of colors
graduated on a music scale?-S. E. B.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that graduation of coloTs on a musical
scale was first suggested by Sir Isaac
Newton and has been followed by q
multitude of others
G. Why was the large tract Of land
in America given to William Penn?
j. c.
A. The father of William Penn had
loaned large sums of money to the
British crown, part of which was paid
by the granting of large proprietary
interests in the State of New Jersey
AS a further liquidation of the debt by
q council the gath of June, 1880,
there was granted to William Penn
a tract of land in America north of
Maryland bounded on the east by the
Delaware, on the west limited as was
Maryland by New Jersey, northward
as far as plantsble (this Penn claimed
to be three degrees northward) The
tract comprised 300 miles by $50. There
was some dispute over the matter but
royal signature was obtained March IA,
1891
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Good for Schoolboys.

From the kalamazoo Gazette,
According to beauty experts, black
will be one of the most fashionable tints
for fingernails this season. The style
will no doubt be popular among the
Nations millions of schoolboys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

If Sir Thomas Upton should win a
yacht race he would probably be little
embarrassed His customary role in
the public eye is that of good loser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Clamor for farm relief is misinter-
preted. 1t is demanding recognition as
the voice of distress rendered audible
and no idle campaign cry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Streets are torn up. Detours are sig
nailed The Nations Capital retires to
primitive conditions. Some of its most
important thoroughfares take on the
aspect Of mining camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Radio is powerful. Yet the most in
fluential statesman is not invariably
the one who can command the largest
hook-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Soviet craftsmanship thinks hard
about social equality. but also reserves
a few thoughts about red-ink accounts
on the international ledgers.
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Dig at Motorists.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Nothing is impossible in world where
two cars can obey the parking rules by
swapping places every hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Popular Pressure.

Popular Pressure.
why did you decide to switch and
become q wet instead of dry?"
Il didn't decide" answered Senator
Sorghum. I'm these days no statesman
actually decides. His opinions are
forced on him"
Jud Tunkins says man who adj
vertises that he can print something
clever every day is first cousin to gold
brick racketeer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

New York transportation operates
with a nickel car fare. The receiver
should worry.
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Not So Common in Texas.

From the Charleston Is. c. Evening Post
Texas evidently has not as many Of
the common people" as Ma and Jim
Ferguson thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Detective Business Booms.

From the Boston Transcript
With candidates as well as inuuisitors
hiring detectives, it looks as though one
business was safe from the prevailing
depression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

One of the new superstitions relates
to Labor day. 1t is always expected To
afford climatic relief, but has never
done so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
Moscow Art Impression

Moscow Art Impression.
I've heard Of Sovietistic ways.
I do not understand the stuff,
Which seems TO claim a statesman's
praise
With, Tell EN- nothing, treat 'em
rough"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

The Big Feature Phrase.
your night club has made enough
money to enable you TO quit business"
"Oh, yes" answered Ohio Hattie.
yet the business keeps going"
mo difficulty about that. / have
educated parrot to say Hello,
suckerr"
AN honest man." said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, lin order to remain
such must find his companionships
among honest people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

Q. How long did Benedict Arnold sur
vive the Revolutionary War?-G. p. D.
A. Arnold died June IA, 1901, in Lon
don.