Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-07
Highlights On the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

endurance, q freedom from all sorts Of
intellectual or moral perplexities; II
means ardor, enthusiasm; 1t means q
love OF athletic activity; it means q
horror Of meditation, or repose. In a
word, it comes closes to being the same
thing OF which we speak vulgarly as
"splutter."
There is tendency to go to extremes
in these various forms Of vitality" II
mean will be found between the Excess
sive idleness of the women of past dec
AIDES and the excessive vitality" Of
modern femininity.
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Cheaper Books
Are Urged for Schools.
FL Concrete. Lima.-This treatise
does not have to do with the sum total
Of the books already existing upon the
shelves of the libraries of our uni
versities, but is discussion of the util-
ity and availability of these books to
the students who are taking courses
This is a problem that those passing
through the halls Of our institutions of
learning have had to contend with from
time immemorial. The expenses of uni
versity training are heavy enough with
out the recurring costs Of text books.
So rapid are the advances made in
science, art, medicine, mechanics, ETC.,
today, that a book that can be properly
used this year is hopeleSsly out of date
next year, and students cannot diDose
of their numerous texts required for
their further studies. Our recommended
ton is that the government get out
cheap editions Of all books used in the
schools of art, technology, medicine
law, ETC., and either furnish them free
to students who cannot afford to buy
the regular editions, or sell them at a
price within the reach Of all.
u X ~
pilots of Traffic"
To Hold Forth in Lima.
El Concrete. Lima.-A new group is
TO be added to our category Of public
servants, to which the name is given. In
Sweden, of pilots OF Trafflc." The first
to be benefited by these new assistants
will be the visitors to the exhibition OF
homes. which will be held from May
till October next year. These pilots OF
traffic will cruise the more important
streets and highways, setting the pace
for vehicles. preventing accidents Es
much as possible. and particularly d.
recting and assisting, when necessary
the drivers of foreign cars-that is, the
cars of tourists, either from the interior
of the country or from abroad. Such
people are unacquainted with our traffic
regulations, and would otherwise be
more prone than our own citizens to get
into trouble. If the trying out OF these
additional officers proves advantageous
the service will be extended in the city
X + 4
What One Found
In GeOmetrical New York.
Ell Nuevo Diario, Caracas-My ar
rival in the geometrical metropolis Of
the Yankees filled me with many mis-
givings. I had found European cities
10y and panacea for my soul-but tur-
bulent New York; That immense city
would 1t prove q dark prison, or a limpio
heaven, in which could wing my way
with perfect liberty? A lasty contem-
plation treasured me, dissolved my fears
and restored my confidence. OF course
there were the inevitable disappoint'
ments of the traveller who looks or
Broadway and Fifth avenue for the mar
monious lines and atmosphere OF TIT
Champs ElyseeS; who hopes to ind a.
the Battery the ancient spaciousnes!
and dignity of the Plaza Of st. Mark al
Venice; imagines that he can compare
| the skyscrapers-so lofty and cubist1
| cal-with the noble Gothic cathedrals
er, finally, sees a relationship between
the steel and cable traceries OF thu
Brooklyn Bridge and the granite lace
work Of the Generalife and the Alham'
bra.