Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-27
Highligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

ject formed the theme Of our converse
ton, and I challenged him to say II ne
could call to mind single example
of grace he had ever encountered in
the whole of his experience with his
people, one graceful compliment, one
graceful action. He was silent.
Yet, entirely regardless of the feel
ings of others, the Scot is absurdly
sensitive to what he considers an Of
Tense or slight when no offense or
slight is intended. Notwithstanding
some excellent qualities of both head
and heart, the Scots are absolutely
destitute of delicacy or fineness, and to
seek these desirable attributes, so no.
ticeable in England and Ireland and in
many parts of the continent, is to seek
in vain. Whatever their possessions,
and Jean, his wife-and particularly
the wife-are still barbarians. I am, sir,
etc. EXILE.
Priest Gets Damages
For Injury to Coat.
Irish Independent, Dublin-A decree
for IS was granted at Newry to Rev.
Jas. Fitzpatrick, Newry, against Jas.
Thompson, contractor, Sugar Island.
for damage caused to FIR. Fitzpatrick S
hat and coat by defendants work.
men, who allowed liquid cement to drop
on him while he was passing a house
at which they were working. FIR. Fitz-
patrick stated that he accused the men
they denied it, The Judge held that
they had been guilty Of grave negli-
gence.
Thinks 'Indirigible"
Is Better Name.
LIE Matin, Paris-After the tragedy
at Beauvais, it seems that 'dirigible" is
very ironical epithet to bestow upon
an airship like the R-10l. "Indirigible"
would be far more appropriate, If we
may be permitted to coin word. These
great airships are "dirigible" only when
there is no tempest to disturb the har-
mony of their progress, though some
one told us the other day that the max
imum weight of the water which could
be retained in any storm by the shell
Of the R-101 had been carefully CAL
culated, and the struts and engines de-
vised accordingly. 1t appears now, how
ever, that the craft was weighed down
with 10 times more of additional incu-
bus than was ever anticipated. That
was the reason for the frightful COLI
sion with the little eminence of Beau
yais. Thus airmen are always at the
AACASJ VA OAAAOACSNC1 AIICbCO1 OlOBtSckl CO1A~
dittons. These vessels may at present
be able to withstand the rigorS of
tempest, but cyclone or tornado, trav-
cling many times more swiftly than
even Geographic messages-these are
yet indomitable and fatal jeopardies.
X X X
Difference of 1O2.745,283
In China's Population.
The Transpaciic, Toxic. - China's
population provided the first sharp con-
f1ict of ideas to which the session of
the International Institute of Statistics,
recently held in Toxic, has so far given
birth. The chief American delegate.
Prof w. F. Wilcox of Cornell figured
the Chinese population as 342, 64l 1923.
The Chinese delegates presented their
own figures, 445, 386,611 Only a slight
variation of some 02,745,283 souls
almost as many as there are in the
whole United States! Inasmuch as all
the considerations of the institute de-
pend more or less upon the population
figures of China, it can be readily seen
that the results of the conference may
not be all that were expected.