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Dining Car BibS.

Those travellers by rail who have
averted starvation by patronage of the
dining cars have suffered severely from
the depredations of vagrant food,
jostled of forks and out of spoons by
the jouncing of the trains They have
endured in silence while their clothing
has been soiled, their dignity offended,
their composure disturbed-that Is.
mostly in silence. Of what avail is pro-
test? To what end can the voice be
raised? Who can be blamed? The
walters and the stewards are not at
fault. The engineer may be rough
rider but he is far away at the front
OF the train. The roadbed minders may
be accountable, but they are scattered
all up and down the route.
Nor is there much protection from
the napkins supplied by the corpora
tions that run the dining cars. The
squares of linen are too small to serve
as shields against bombardment. Be-
sides, there is a prejudice nowadays
against wearing a napkin as bib
Yet even fashion must yield to neces-
sity, and now a demand has been voiced
by some of the more portly passengers
for larger napkins. And the American
Railway Association, in session at At
lantic City, is considering a resolu-
ton, brought in by special committee
on supplies, favoring the adoption of
napkins twenty by twenty inches in
size, in order to meet this demand.
The napkin of four hundred square
inches, it is computed, will adequately
protect even the stoutest eater from
the ravages of the oscillating dining
car table. And with such a covering
available probably those who prefer
neatness to 'niceness' will use it bib
fashion, despite the mandate of fashion
and form. 1t is not in any sense deroga-
tory to a mans sense of fitness that he
adopt this means of keeping his food
in its proper role, as aliment and not
as pigment.
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Value of Speed Is Questioned
AS Segrave Sacrifices Life

Death of the "Speed King" Mai. Sir
Henry o. SegraVe, while engaged in
trying out a fast motor buat on Lake
Windermere, in the famous lake coun-
try of England, is made the ocCa sion by
the public to deplore the ambition mere
ly to set speed marks. Americans re-
member Segrave's performance at Day.
tona Beach and the fatality that ac-
companied the attempt to cn&llenge his
mark. Admiration for the British
marVelNof skill is mingled with doubt
as to the scientific value If exhibitions
in which the chances are in favor of
death.
"As sportsman. Americans admired
him" atteSts the Albany Evening News,
but that paper also observes that Sc
grave made faster machine than was
safe and he has given up his life fer
the desire to Geat all others" The
News comedies that the race owes It's
progress to the spirits that dare, that
must pass all others" The Memphis
Commercial Appeal expresses the opin-
ion that pioneers in any undertaking
deserve all the glory that attaches to a
courageous adventurous spirit but even
so. 1t is still to be doubted that travel
ing on the earth at the rate of 4 miles
minute has a value commensurate
with the risks involved"
Segrave himself is quoted by the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as having
stated when he drove his Golden Arrow
at Daytona Beach in March, 1929, that
he had one chance In ten OF coming
through alive" md it is suggested that
taking similar risk in a speed boat
on Lake Windermere the intrepid
holder OF records was killt d.: that the
one chance failed him" The Post
Gazette continues: "Knighted for his
Florida feat, Sir Henry was accounted
one OF the best qualified men in the
world at handling speeding engines on
land and water. His skill vas not great
enough to save him. The prac-
tical benefit of such terrific speeds is
negligible. The crowds show hv their
presence that they desire the races AS
long as they turn out, the death risks
viii go on. Other drivers will take the
place OF those who lose the one chance
until the public awakens to the useless
ness OF speed as an end In itself and
calls a halt"
Admiration for the spirit OF this
gallant sportsman" IS voiced by the
worcester Evening Gazette, which calls
HIM "a distinguished officer in the Brit
iSh Army during the World War" and
"a conspicuous figure in the world of
sport That paper recalls that King
GecrPe conferred knighthood Lpon him
for the Daytona exploit" but that the
major had announced that he was
through with that form of racing. and
commends his decision as mo less a
credit to him than Nis success on the
track" The Gazette continues. THE
racing of speed boats offers some pros
pect of stimulating improvements in
engine and boat construction which
can no II a lly t.Spf,tl
Calling him 'the finest type of sports
man, cool, daring and not afraid to
take risks no other man had taken"
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one trusts. before everything else, his
own judgment.
He is not afraid of lack of sanction.
He is his own sanction, and is sure
enough of himself to feel that his
choice is as good as any.
A bit of conceit here will do q great
deal of good
This Art Shires, recently come to the
Washington ball club, has the right
idea.
Now Washington can win the pen
nant," he is supposed to have said.
X
When one begins to read as he
pleases, whether at the age OF Is, 28,
90, so, so, or whatever year Of discre-
tion, he must be phlegmatic.
He must be ready to be aSSailed. to
meet the thrusts of friends and foes,
who feel that he Is altogether too
chesty in the matter.
What do you know about books, any
way?" they will ask, or at least inquire
by glanceS.
The truth is that bookdom is no I'M
charted sea. Any one with an ordi-
nary grade school education has enough
learning" to read as he pleaSes.
A book is no thing of mystery.
Rather it is plain portion of human
thought, caught up between covers.
AS long as minds react to minds,
books will be tools, simple or complex,
for human intellects.
4
Let no one be afraid of a book. there
fore. Books are the pleaSanteSt things
In the world. One may treat them as
he pleaSeS without retaliation.
There is no need for any one to suffer
from an inferiority complex in relation
to the books of the world. 1t always
must be remembered that few writers
compose for the benefit of any class or
race, but that all writer's write for uni
verSal mankind, and that he who finds
what he wants in book has the silent
benediction of the author.
Thus Caesar still looks out from his
Commentaries, happy through the ages
that men of discrimination have been
able to recognize the good in them. A
man OF action, fighter, nevertheless
he wrote with his hands what his brain
told him to write; the result is a book
which is ageless, despite the best ef-
forts of Latin teachers to ruin it for
many readers.
When one gets over the childish fdea
that books somehow are the personal
property of teachers, he is ready to
read as he pleases.
He sees then that English literature"
is not simply a thing divided into
periods, but living, growing, breath
ing organism. alive in every part filled
with yearnings, dreams and hopes.
If one finds Chaucer's tales to his
liking in 1880, what difference does IL
make that they were written in 1900 or
so?
The "Iliad" has but recently been in
cluded In the Modern Libraryl
Select from the ages if you want to
read with profit as we'll as pleasure.
Be man, when it comes to books. Do
as you please, so long as you hurt no
one else
Mind your own business when IL
comes to reading, and let every one
else mind his, if he will.
That way liberal education lies, if
any. -
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A Federated India.

Long expected and eagerly awaited
recommendations by the Simon Trl-
partisan Commission for the Future
Government Of India were made known
in London last night. They complete
the report, of which the first part was
issued a fortnight ago for the purpose
of preparing public opinion on the
subject.
It may be said at once that the rec
concentrations fall far short of the in
dependence aspirations of the Swara-
lists, or Gandhi group, though that was
10 be expected in light of the misgiv-
ings previously expressed by Sir John
Simon and his colleagues as to the pres
ent capacity of the Indian people for
self-government. What is now advised
is progressive expansion of local self
rule, leading eventually to full "domin-
ion status" Some day, the Simon rec
concentrations contemplate, India should
be ready FOR that complete political
autonomy within the framework Of
the empire" which Canada, Ireland,
Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa enjoy.
While we are prepared to recon-
mend a considerable advance toward
government, the report says in a
significant passage, and while we be-
lieve responsibility can only be taught
by making men responsible for the eff
fects Of their own actions. We desire
to secure that that experience is not
bought too dearly" Then Sir John
Simon and his conferees set forth that
the strong hand of the Emperor King
and hts military might must not be
prematurely withdrawn from India:
There must be there power which
can step in and save the situation be-
| fore 1t is too late. There must be pro-
vided, as far as may be. safeguards to
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the gallery fully to meet its and the
publics requirements and best fulfill the
function for which it was established.
The future growth and the expansion
both of gallery and school are dependent
wholly upon increasing this endowment.
1t must be the thought of many thou
sands of persons-last year nearly l60,-
600 entered the gsllery's portals-that
this hope may be realized, and realized
in the near future. Many successful
man wishes at the end of his days to
do something worth while for art A
worthy and a competent channel offers
itself.
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Beneficial Beouests for Art.

For those who appreciate and applaud
the part which art is playing in these
times in this country there is food for
thought in the latest annual report Of
the director of the Corcoran Gallery.
This document, just issued and covering
the year ending May 81, in what seems
an entirely justihable way points out
the free seryice which the institution
and its valued art school have long
rendered to the community and, through
the many thousands of visitors to the
National Capital. to the country, and
calls attention to the fact that it is
not out of place for the trustees OF the
institution to hope and feel that both
gallery and school are resTly entitled to
more substantial financial support from
the public
The gallery has endesvored through
out tha flfty-siX years OF its existence,
the report declares, to serve the public
in the fullest possible way with such
resources as were at its command. Dur
ing this time it has n Yer solicited funds
and has received its support solely
through its original endowment, its
modest door receipts and subsequent
voluntary gifts by its friends. Its art
school charges but nominal tuition. In
no way have thcse resources been able
TO match the growth of the Capital or
the widespread awakening of interest in
art
The board of trustees It is stated, en-
tertsins the hope that not only Wash
ingtonians, but others interested in the
promotion of art and IN giving assist
ance to well established and worthy
public Institutions may eithe.' through
gi2 or bequsst, n1n'Se such cor buttons
Evening star., 1930-06-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Reason Enough.

NGAaOh EhOukhs
That Lindbergh family contrives
Most every little while
To bring new interest to our lives
In fascinating style.
They're like the rest of us, we know,
With sentiment so true.
The reason why we like EN- so
Is-juSt because we do!
Some people fortunate will claim
Affection everywhere,
While others toll with noble aim
And no one seems to care.
Great records many men will show,
But this we say of few,
THE reason why We Ike 'em so
Is-just because we dol"
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There might be less objection to taxes
if the labor involved in filling out the
declaration were not beyond the capac-
ity of the average mind. Economic need
is easily recognized. The expert ac-
counting involved becomes complex.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

The favorite phrase of Uncle Joe
Cannon was lin the final analysis" AS
history repeats itself, it becomes evident
that the human brain is still incapable
of effecting an analysis that may be
considered final.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Traps are again being set for the
Japanese beetle. Their name is prob
ably misleading. There is no evidence
to show that Japan holds them in es-
TEEN as chronological pets.
Evening star., 1930-06-24
France Awards Medals
For Large Families.

LIE Matin, Paris.-Is France being re-
Juvenated2 You shall hear In the
presence of M. Ouesnel, national dep
uty to the legislative chambers, an i'm
posing ceremony recently took place at
Saint Aubin-d -Cretot, a little village
in the Department of Yvetot. Twenty
medals of honor For the French Fam
ily," two of the medals being gold, were
awarded to parents possessing total
of 1877 children. The entire hamlet con-
tains but 280 people, and nearly half
are children less than IL years old
This is the sort of replenishing
France needs after the disasters and de-
pletion of the war;
Evening star., 1930-06-24
The SjIences.

Some day I'll travel far away
Where silent SHOWS are vast and deep
Where auto horns will never bray
Nor gunner hurry forth to slay.
And l can get some real sleep.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

"Safety-f1rst' was good motto when
it started. Aviators and speedy motor
lists are doing their best to render it
unpopular.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Germany does not want jazz. Many
persons do not want Wagner. In a con-
test between the ridiculous and the sub
lime a compromise may yet be effected.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Gsngsters are not expected to be stu
dents. Police records do not find them
quoting Nietzsche in reference to the
will to power"
Evening star., 1930-06-24

from the Akron Beacon journal.
Here's a tip for the nations: A Chi
cago gangster wouldn't agree with
those who wished to quit killing and
they shot him.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Studying this book may, not turn out
swarms of writer's on the mystery theme.
Let us hope 1t does not. II will, in
dubitably, however, add to intellectual
appreciation and activity A genuinely
superbtpiecs Of work of great general
value
Evening star., 1930-06-24
Do They Go There?

From the Louisville Times.
When speed fiends get to Heaven
they probably keep the repair depart
ment busy at the job of fixing their
broken wings.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Prom the Savannah Press.
President Hoover is planning to
study the stock market collapse Of the
past year. THIS class Of students Il
r~rv 1sr0s
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Goes to Any Length
TO Win AdOred.

The Bulletin. Sydney.-Bscause the
girl he adored admired tall men. a man
i'm Paris paid 5000 francs to a charla-
tan, who undertook to increase his
stature He was prepared 1t seems, to
go to any length to win her!
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Jud Tunkirs said he thought he could
charm his wife by learning to play the
u&ulele. He now learns that his prac-
ticing is what made her so tired that
she eloped with the hired man.
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sovietists are eager for publicity and
a little inconsiderate in forgetting
Trotsky as their original press agent.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

DE gentlemen of de species" said
Uncle Eben, docs most of de brasgin'.
A rooster crows loud; but when a hen
caekles she has laid afsss. And dat'S
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Domination From the Skies.

you don't seem to have your old
hold on the popular imagination"
What chance have l got?" asked
Senator Sorghum. Il know my political
economy very we'll But must confess
to being too mature to learn to run an
airplane"
Evening star., 1930-06-24
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Popular Aversion.

oh, let me stoutly through days that
broil,
Then into slumber sink.
Let me work at the desk, or in the soil,
But do not Make Me Think.
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Taking the "Frisk" Out Of "'FrIscO

Taking the "FriSk" Out Of Frisco"
San Francisco doesn't like TO be re-
terred TO as Frisco" said Cactus joe
You can't blame the old town for
that" answered Mesa Bill. Anybody
wishing to take chance on being prop
erly 'trisked' for his valuables needn't
come any farther West than Chicago"
Seek not TO manage the affairs of
Others" said Hi Ho. the sage of China
town, unless you are willing to meet
sorrow through the neglect of your
own"
Evening star., 1930-06-24
Corn Believed First
Cultivated In Guatemala,


Diaria del Comercio, Barranuuilla.-
At Quirigua. in the Republic of Guate-
mala, there exists a number of most in
tereSting ruins, apparently the remains
OF temples and other public buildings.
There are many individual mOnoliths,
erected as monuments OF different sorts,
sculpiured with human faces and fig-
ures and animal designs, as we'll as
hieroglyphicS which archeologists have
not as yet been able to decipher ac-
curately. One such stone bears a date
in Mayan chronology which has been
computed to coincide with 535 AID. of
the Gregorian calendar The carving OF
this monolith, which is the largest OF
the surviving remnants, is still clear
and perfect. despite the long procession
OF centuries that has passed over 1t.
Inscriptions and representations on this
and other stones tend to the belief that
Indian corn was first cultivated in
Guatemala The corncakes of the
Mayan Indians were probably the first
attempts to cook corn. or maize, and
these cakes are still today the staple
OF the Guatemalan and Mexican diet
Evening star., 1930-06-24

superior artistry. Such, in sum, is
reading
Reading is collaborating. No other
term expresses its blend of acceptance
or rejection, of appraisal and judgment.
Reading is by no means a mere scan
ming of words, a lax mental attitude,
limp uncritical passing of the time.
That is SSipation-just another crime
story in this case and then another
one. An anodyne along with opium
and tobacco and such like. Here, on
the contrary, Is vigorous, stirring stun.
Here is work worth any ones doing.
Here is partaking of the authors own
spirit and plan and accomplishment.
For this reason the study by Carolyn
Wells is as useful for the reader in ms
own way as 1t is for the aspiring writer
In another way. 1t seems 10 me that
fair study OF this remarkable book.
so competently conceived and projected.
would thereafter influence the reading
spirit Of the most indolent consumer OF
current fiction. That 1t would put pur-
pose into the reading energy into this
most delightful of all activities. That
1t would, in the course OF time, bestow
upon the general reader that sense of
values that keen appreciation of pro-
prlety in every situation, that zeSt Of
personal partaking that, taken together,
develop the critical sense itself which,
after all, draws the dividing line be-
tween reading and pretending TO read,
Carolyn Wells is one of those in
SpRcd teachers of which the world is
in need. Not a Sentimentalist. or on
the other hand a stern inhibitionist
where the educators in the main stand,
on one side or the other. In between
Is small company of teachers-in-
telligent, trained, human, Zestful, dy-
mamie, practical and beautifully COM
municable. Behind this practical text
book-for that is what this is. believe
it or not!-stands its author, who is al
WAYS greater than even the best of his
creations. Of her creations in this case.
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BeggarS by Day
and Thieves at NiRht.

anu Thieves at Night.
Ell Dictamen, Vera Cruz.-Cordoba. in
this state Vera CRUZ, has been in
xaded by a host of beggars and thieves.
They are the former by dav and the
latter by night, even Continuing their
larcenies until after the first rays of
dawn in the morning. just where this
caravan of malefactors came from is
not at all clear. The town has been
unusually free from all this unwelcomed
element till now, and the sudden ap-
pearance OF such dangerous horde has
both the population and the police on
the qui ylve. Such of these mischievous
visitors as have been caught in rob-
oeries have been dealt with rather
leniently. but warning has been issued
by the police that future punishment
will be much more severe.
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands.

clear. Up here one feels detached from
the earth with its trans, trains and
work. 1t is as if one had ceased to
exist on earth and were a heavenly
body. 1t is surely as near a conception
OF death as one may experience. An
almost overpowering desire is felt to
continue to go up and up until one is
snatched to the skies. The cold has
now found its way through the gaunt-
lets and grease. A sleepinesS is felt and
an oVerpowering desire to relax and
sleep forever in the arms of the gods.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

Q. When was William Marshall Bull
lit OF Kentucky solicitor general of the
United StateS?-C. F.
A. Mr.. Bullitt held this once from
July 16, 1912, to March IL, 1918.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

q. Is the word congress" always
spelled with a capital letter?-N. A.
A. Congress is common noun and
is spelled with small &C." unless it re-
fers to some such specific body as the
Congress Of the United States.
Evening star., 1930-06-24

@, Who financed the Turkestan-Si-
oerian Railroad? What old 1t cost?
Il. r.
A. This railroad, 1,700 miles long, was
financed by Russian capital. The cost
was about $50, ,000,00
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
CONNECTICUT CREW
BEATEN AT HENLEY
Kent School Victim of Dope
Upset In Semi-FinaIs.
Guest Wins SOULS.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
T ENLEY, England, July 5.-The
Kent School Of Kent, Conn,
was eliminated in the semi
finals Of the Thames Challenge
Cup competition today, bowling to Wor-
cester College Of oxford University Just
when critics were agreed that the New
England schoolboys were going on to
duplicate the feat of Browne and
Nichols Of Boston in winning the cup
in 1929.
While Kent School followed into de-
feat the Princeton lightweight crew
eliminated by the schoolboys yesterday,
one contender from overseas came on
to win royal Henley title. Jack Guest
Of Toronto easily captured the diamond
SOULS, defeating G. Boetzelen Of Berlin
by half a dozen lengths in the final
heat. Boetzelen yesterday defeated Joe
Wright, Jr., countryman Of Guest and
the favorite.
Wins by Half Length.
The Kent-Worcester race was close,
Worcester winning by only half length
in minutes ID seconds. The Oxonians
took q slight lead over Kent early in
the race and retained it throughout.
The truth was that the Kent crew
composed Of youngsters averaging 10
years Of age, was completely rowed
out after the thrilling Fourth of July
contest with Princeton's lightweights
and unable to respond to the necessity
Of finishing the course in the same
brilliant style as yesterday, when they
rowed 40 strokes to the minute to beat
the Tigers.
Falls Easy Victim.
Defeat overlook Worcester later in
the day, however, as their race with
Kent was so strenuous that they were
still fatigued when they went up against
the Vesta Rowing Club in the final.
Vesta had a comparatively easy
victory in its seni-final bracket and
trimmed Worcester handily, winning
this final race for the trophy by a good
length. The time was slower than in
the heat in which Kent was eliminated
The Kent boys are taking home a
racing shell given them by Lord
Rothermere back to Connecticut They
named 1t the Robert N Ogden in
memory OF Kent boy who rowed at
Henley in 1927 and who has since died.