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Einstein on Radio.

Prof. Albert Einstein admonishes
the universe of radio addicts to listen
with more becoming respect when
crooners. jazz bands, symphony orches-
tras or mere spellbinders are holding
forth over the air. The author of
relatively has just climbed down from
the Olympic heights of incompre-
feasibility, which he ordinarily adorns,
to talk in words Of one or two syllables
on the magic OF hroadcasting Address
ing the seventh German radio exhibit
lion at Berlin, Einstein said:
One ought to be ashamed to make
use of the wonders of science that are
embodied in radio set, the while ap-
preciating them as little as a COW APP
preciates the botanic marvels in the
plants she munches. Honored listeners
(the professor was himself broadcastine
at the moment) forget not when you
listen how humanity came into posses
sion of this wonderful means of COM
munication. The source of all scien-
tific advancement is the source of the
God-given curiosity OF the toiling ex-
| perimenter and the constructive phsn-
tasy of the technical inventor.
Contending that it was the scientists
who first made true democracy pos
sible," Prof. Einstein then reeled of
the names of Oerstedt, who first dis
covered the magnetic influence Of
electromagnetic currents; Refs, who
first employed this in""-n", to crestt
sound Bell, inventor nc telephone
Maxwell, who fundamentally proved
the existence Of electric waves: Hertz
| who first created them with a spark
/ and Lieben, who with his Fleming
valve invented a detector organ ful
electric waves Einstein eulcgized ''th'
army of nameless technicians,' whit
each, in some humble but vital way
did his bit to make radio what 1t
today. The patentee Of relati;ity nigh
with full justice have included in hi
roster Emile Berliner, eminent Wash
ingtonian, whose contributions to tn
science of sound fifty years ago. Will
he was helping to perfect the tsle
|, phone for Bell assure him a dsfinit
niche in the hall Of radio fans.
Prof. Einstein strikes an unanswer
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A Landmark Doomed to Pass.

Definite announcement has been
made that new structure for the
Post ONCE Department on a site fac
ing Pennsylvania avenue between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, may
be the next to arise in the Mall-Ave-
nue. triangle. acquisition of land for
this site hiss progressed to the point at
which the preparation of plans and
working drawings by the designated
architect is in order. An expenditure
of $10,300,00 has been authorized by
Congress for this building, and at the
present rate of progress it may be I'M
der way early in the coming year and
completed by the end of 1892.
This means the passing probably
within the next two or three years, Of
an architectural landmark of doubtful
quality, but, UP TO short time ago, of
apparent permanence. When the Mall.
Avenue triangle plan for public build
ing emplacement was definitely adopted,
wonder was expressed whether the Post
ONCE Building would be permitted to
remain, in virtually the center of the
tract, in complete diSsonance with the
other constructions. The point was
not particularly stressed in the first
:. ages of triangle building development,
but eventually it came to be under
stood that the granite pile, of which
there are at least half q dozen rep
licas in different parts Of the United
States, would be RACED. The structure
that is now known as the Internal
Revenue Building, occupying the south
half of the tract, was designed to be
continued around the area comprising
four full city squares.
When the new Post ONCE Depart
ment is completed on the tract i'm
mediately to the west, the present
building will be RACED. It's destruction
will not take nearly as long as did its
erection nearly forty years ago. Elder
Washingtonians will remember the
protracted discussion of the reasons
why the building was so slow in evclu-
ton. They will perhaps remember The
daily count of Notwithstanding
the water boy--a research that brought
to light some rather interesting facts
concerning the methods of public build
ing construction then in vogue.
Now that the plan for successor to
the Post ONCE Department is definitely
in hand and the passing Of the old
structure is within early view, there
may be some regrets at the prospective
demolition of Landmark. The tower
with its clock that for years was noted
for its vagaries of time keeping, win
pass. Hawks viii, not find lodging In the
upper arches, and the query of visitors
as to whether this gaunt granite pile Il
the city jail will no longer be heard.
The Post once Building that is to 60
stands as symbol of the old haphazard
system of public structure design. 1t is
proper that it should pass to make room
for an edifice that is part OF q
grand plan of systematic and artistic
monumental construction.
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luxuries. Somewhere there were fund
to be had The way into the magis-
tracy was fairly easy. Why was it not
possibls, argued his friends, to get him
out in front, to line up the voters Of
his own native extraction in the city
and the state. who we're numerous, and
to roll up such big figure for him as
candidate for the supreme bench that
he would be known as the most popular
so. getter in Tsmmany since Alfred E.
Smith? After the judeeship the gov
ernorship, and then-who knows? But
there was a slip. Ewald went ahead too
fast. He promoted a mining corpora
ton, not altogether on ethical financial
lines, an6 trouble came and the Fed
eral authorities investigated and item
the financial and judicial and poll al
beans were spilled All of which shJHs
that the aspirant for high political Of
fee must mind every step he takes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Dr. c. c. WI, Chinese Minister to the
United States, attended the high school
at Atlantic City, N. j., a quarter of a
century ago, while his famous father,
WI Ting-fang. was envoy at Wash
ington. WI Ting-fang, it appears, had
come to the conclusion that it was
the best high school in the country.
The other day DR.. WI, who has a
Summer place at "the shore" addressed
the local Rotary Club. He was razzed
by the POSTMASTER, once a high school
comrade, for completing his American
college education by going to university
in England. THE doctor probably
didn't think our English was good
enough" observed the Rotarian. There
upon DR.. WI. with that tact which
stamps him the diplomat he is, re-
torted: Pure English is spoken in the
best circles of both America and Eng
land, and I have generally found it
impossible to distinguish between them. "
A Washington woman went to high
school at Atlantic City with DR.. WI
Dorothy Sherman Pierson, concert
singer, and wife of William T. Pierson,
popular program director of Station
WMAL.
Despite the senatorial weakness for
oratory, both on and off the floor,
Morris Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas,
has just discovered that silence is
really golden. The final official vote
in the Lone Star senatorial primary
gives Sheppard 526,293, as against TIA
$50 for Henry, his nearest opponent,
and 40,l30 for Mitchner. who trailed
third Sheppard won this smashing
victory without making a single speech
during the primary campaign. The
author of the eighteenth amendment
reached Texas only the day before the
primary, having been detained in
Washington by the special Senate SEES
sion in July.
With Chairman Wickersham attack
Ing the Jones FIVE and-ten law and
Chief Justice Hughes clarifying States
rights, little birds twitter more vocifer-
ously than ever that the prohibition
wind is due to change in exalted quar-
tiers at Washington, and by 1892 at the
latest. This may give some point to
news from Boston that Christian A.
Herter, a one-time Herbert Hoover pri-
vate secretary and leader of the
Hoover Volunteers" in Massachusetts
in 1928, has just come out for Eben
S. Draper. wet Republican candidate
for the Senate, against the dry William
M. Butler, former G. o. p. national
chairman. Herter resents Buffers
charge that Republicans who would re-
peal the eighteenth amendment are
'disloyal,' and instances President
Hoover's recent Endorsement of Dwight
Morrow for the senatorship from New
Jersey. Chris is one of the favorites
in the large and gallant company of
Hoover young men.
Copyright. 1901
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The Aspirations of Mr.. Ewald.

This Ewald case in New York, which
has already cost some casualties-Ewald
himself losing his maSistracy and Dis
trict Leader Healy his leadership and
a lucrative city job, and the Ewald fam
lily some $4,000 or more in a bad loan"
would seem, If tales that are now be-
ing told at INC Federal Building in New
York City are true, to have cost the
city and the State heavily in personal
and political services in the llture. For
it is now said with evidence OF assur-
ance thai MIR. Ewald, starting with a
deputy assistant attorneyship, followed
b. a magistracy, was headed for the
higher bench and ultimately the goV-
esrcrship He is--or was--an aspiring
E.rson. Back Of him was an influential
ac-io-po.itical organization. Before
I'm yegs p-,iti-ian-ofhciais s'llo wanted
- blx suburban homes and othe;
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able note. Spoiled moderns Go take
too casually for granted the manifold
boons which the wizardry of man has
wrung for them out of the seemingly
inscrutable. Radio holds high place
among them. With television, 1t is
destined TO ascend to an even loftier
altitude. The geniuses who made
broadcasting possible could not have
anticipated that the loud speaker of
your next-door neighbor would be
blight, instead of boon. The next
development of the art perhaps will
provide for the extinction of that nui-
sance.
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Method Believed Important
In Fight for Stage Reform

Efforts of clergynen and their as
sociates to clean house in the theaters
of New York City attract attention,
largely because of interest in the method
that may : be employed. Comment
throughout the country recognizes the
conflict between a traditional tendency
of people generally to prefer wholesome
things and present-day uncertainty as
to standards. Endorsement is given to
the campaign In which Cardinal Hayes
was the leader and which has received
impetus from such men as Bishop
Manning of the Episcopal Church and
T. Fosdick is mentioned as an active
force. Confidence in their ability to
arouse the public conscience Is ex-
pressed.
Filth is filth anywhere" says the
Chicago Daily News, land it is a reck-
less abuse of the principle of freedom
TO violate the decencies and proprieties
of civilization in the name of q great
and noble art" The Daily News holds
that "as another dramatic season is
about to open, the effort to combat
commercialized indecency in the theater
is particularly opportune." 1t advises
that "the theater-going public should
give hearty support to the movement of
the allied religious and ethical bodies
against the cynical degradation of the
theater"
1T is a worthwhile fight. The
theater ought to be a place of enchant-
ment and beauty-not hedonistic wal
low" declares the Worcester Telegram
of people can be led to insist upon
decency" Quoting Ingerson as saying
that I'VE shall have to make health and
decency and cleanliness as interesting
as vice." the Columbia State advises
that 1.-The cure must be very gradual
a weening of the public from these de-
based amusements, and making it think
that the best amusements. are also
most alluring."
x X " X
With the New York church cooper
alton, the South Bend Tribune contends
that something ought to be accom-
plished,' and urges that this crusade
should not be confined to New York
City, although it probably is more
greatly needed there than in any other
place in America" The Danbury Eve
ming News states: 1.-The theater is
completely dependent upon the APP
proval of the great majority of the peo-
pie, and the great majority of the peo-
pie are decent. Dirty plays will have
their fairly successful runs, but the
patronage will not continue .
There is no excuse for filth on the stage,
and it should not be tolerated. Whether
it is wise to call attention to particular
offenders is to be doubted. And a stage
censorship is not to be tolerated Per-
haps the highest hope for better things
lies in the education of public taste"
1T is time for the stage to clean up"
proclaimS the Houston Chronicle. per
haps the influx of actors from the film
world will help. One can scarcely i'm
agine Mary Pickford playing in some of
the roles which have been so common
on Broadway in recent months. Public
opinion can put stop to such a con-
dition by encouraging those plays and
those actors worthy of recognition and
frowning on those productions which
have neither artistic merit nor moral
substance. The baseless vulgarity and
actual indecency displayed behind the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

footlights at various Gotham theaters
this season has shocked and disguised
thousands of people who proudly cau
themselves broad-minded, but who feel
it their duty to- draw the line some
where. New York has been numbed by
the daring and aggressiveness OF the
theatrical producers who have more
than gone the limit in portraying
themes which degrade"
Studying the position of DR.. Fosdick
as member of the board of directors
of the Church and Drama League of
America, the Dayton Daily News says
that "a plan of self-regulation is to be
worked out" and quotes prominent
producer to the effect that hee has
made beginning by striking all pro-
family from the script of his new play"
realism The Daily News concludes
that "the majority will gladly dispense
with realism for the moment if an OPP
pressive censorship may be averted as
result"
"Many efforts have been made" ac-
cording to the GAINESVILLE Gazette, Ito
stop the presentation of such plays, only
to be met with the jeering by critics
and others concerning censorship. In
several cases where police have arrested
the police have had fun poked at them
for their inability to see the artistic
ana understand the full import of the
literary rebellion But when a great
religious organization goes seriously at
this business Of both censorship and at
tack, there is likelihood of something
more than ordinary happening and q
check to these nasty plays"
Abuse could not long exist If the
people were aroused to sense of their
responsibility and refused to play into
the hands of the panderers and plum
derers," in the judgment of the Roch-
ester Times Union. while the New York
Evening Post maintains that "the way
to improved conditions on the stage is
through raising the public taste"
The explanation, as suggested by the
Ann Arbor Daily News, is that "legiti-
mate drama, making its last stand
against the talkies. has degenerated to
illegitimacy in a desperate endeavor to
attract attention" 1t emphasizes the
fact however. that sit is the visitors to
the big town that keep the theaters GO
ing, and particularly do the visitors help
to make indecent theatrical attractions
a success" The Memphis Commercial
Appeal maintains that 'the history of
the theater shows that no genuinely
demoralizing or degrading play has
ever passed the supreme board of CEN
sorship, which is public opinion"
Cardinal Hayes of New York" AYERS
the Louisville Times, "does not exag-
gerate in his asSailment of the purpose
and character of certain exhibitions
upon the American stage. But the pub
lie which supports such productions,
either by payment Of cash for tickets
or by sneering at Victorian ideals, I'M
derwrites the stage as 1t exists"
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One of the worst consequences OF
civilization is the fear of getting wet.
Thousands suffer from it. although they
do not quite realize just what Is the
matter with them.
No, it is not ones precious clothes, 1t
goes deeper than that. 1t is ones sell,
and it is not the body one fears TO get
wet. but it is the mind.
Civilization has descended upon us
full force, so that We no longer revel In
the elements. We are the children OF
those who invented the umbrella, that
queer, ugly, cowardly invention.
Practical, yes. An umbrella will keep
most of the rain off. But by Nature we
were intended to go bareheaded, and
were crowned with a thick thatch to
be all the umbrella we needed.
SO perhaps it is the clothes. after all,
which spoil us. There are thousands
of us who would go without clothes at
all, if the law and certain other matters
permitted.
The rain makes Us afraid for the
crease in our trousers, and the sit of our
hats. Women. strange to say, worry less
about the effects of falling water than
one might suppose.
AS class they despise umbrellas,
Will get their newest creations soaked
without a thought. Let no uncharitable
male say that is because they do not
have to pay for them. Many of them
do-an of them do, in fact.
X = s; *
Why should one think about the rain
when there is no rain?
There have been rainlike clouds in
the sky, they put us in mind of rain,
and spoke large of one of the greatest
benefits of the drought. Yes it has
benefits 1t has removed the rain fear
from thousands, perhaps hundreds of
thousands of minds.
Ask any psychologist and he will tell
you that anyehing which removes fear,
even a little one, is entitled to great
deal of credit
burden has fallen from the peoples
of the cities. although most of them do
not know it, and many of them would
not admit it, after it was explained to
them.
How many persons there are who
will admit nothing If you say the day
is beautiful, they will reply, "Oh, don't
knowl"
They are liars, and ought to be
slammed in the face, but what can one
fools in the FACET is too much trou-
BILE, and, besides, it is against the law.
4 x * X
Since the rainleSS days began, the in
cubus gradually has been lifted from
the minds and souls of timid city
jewellers. Now they can go anywhere,
any time, without even thinking whether
1t will rain or not
Millions of picnics have been held
throughout the United States with the
hearts Of countless participants I'M
clouded by the slightest drop of moisture
from the clouds.
Makers of sandwiches have had no
fear of precipitation making their cream
cheese sandwiches any moister than
they were in the beginning.
Thousands of orphans, drug out of
their snug retreats for a day in the
Open" have come back as dry as shaw
ings, after having swallowed millions of
ants.
X * n r
The drought has done this for us;
we should be grateful But it has done
more than that. 1t has shown us how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Green or black flngernails, together
with roSe-colored eye shadows, are in
store this Fall, according to cosmetolo-
gists. Both green and black finger
nails are nothing new to parents of
small boys on Summer vacation, or any
other color, for that matter, that tool
room or paint shop affords Ccsmetolo-
gists do not mention freckles, but they
are expected to enjoy q wide vogue
until Christmas.
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@. What Is the meaning OF suttee?-
j. ON.
A. Suffice is the self-burning of
widows The custom began in India
when one Of the wives of Brahma, the
Son of God, sacrificed herself at his
death that she might attend him in
Heaven. Seventeen widows have burned
themselves on q funeral pyre of raiah
and in Bengal alone over 700 have been
known to perish in this way in year
The English government abolished SUIT
tees in December, 1928 but they have
since occasionally taken place.
@. Is land or, river otter valuable
furP--F. r.
A. Land or river otter is used to make
fur coats. II is one of the most du-
rable Of our native furs. 1t ranks as
one of the finer furs. Its value depends
on the skin.
@. What instrument did Victor Her.
bert play in an orchestra?-M. I.
A. He played the violoncello. His
musical education was received in Ger
many: he became principal violoncello
player in the court orchestra at Stuff
CART. then soloist on the concert plat
FORM In 1886, when 81 years old. he
became solo cellist in the Metropolitan
Orchestra. New York City. In 1904 he
organized MS own OrcneSCra.
@. Are there places in Asia that
Christian missionaries have not gomez
M. l..
A. There are many parts of Asia
which have not had the gospel preached.
Much of the interior of China and q
large part of India have not been
reached.
@. How old was Mrs. Surratt at the
time she was hanged following ths as
sassination of President Lincoln?--O. r.
A. Her exact age is not known. She
was born about 1917 in Prince Georges
County Md She was therefore about
4S years old at the time of her death.
@. Why is it necessary to be quiet
when fishing? Can fish hear?-N D.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says fish
have no sense of hearing. They have a
sense of feeling, however, which warns
them of an unusual motion of the
water.
@. Is Phillips Holmes related to Tay-
| lor HolmeS?--G. K.
| A. Phillips Holmes is the son of Tay-
! lor Holmes He went to Hollywood from
Princeton without the intention OF going
| into the movies, but was offered con-
| CTdcI, dCCSpUSu anu UiuS 1911 W UCSOiiiO
popular leading man or star.
| @. How many students enter public
| school in the Fall in the United States?
| g. d.
| A. About three-fourths of those OF
school age enter. In 1923, out of total
population of 30,000,000 children be-
! tween the ages of 7 and II, 25,179,69
entered public elementary and second
| airy schools.
J. s. g.
| A. The Weather Bureau says that one
reason, often the chief if not only one,
is the fact that evaporation occurs from
the wet surface and objects on it. Evap-
grafton consumes very much heat and
hence is a cooling process.
@. How many citrus fruit trees az
| there in Texas?-W. F.
| A. According to the 1929 count, there
/ were 5,118,981 trees. This enormoi5
planting has been practically made sin :
1920
@. Are animals other than hors ;
spoken of as thoroughbred?-T. d. =.
A. Other animals which are recordc |
or eligible to be recorded are spoken I
/ as pure bred.
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and to bring about the entrance of a
President into Office the January after
his election instead of waiting until
March. When Phil Campbell, former
Representative from Kansas, offered a
resolution at the Bar Associations con4
vention in Chicago which sought to
place the association on record against
the change, only 2 out of the 2,4OO
delegates attending the convention
voted AYE" The Senate has three or
four times adopted the Norris resolu-
ticn. The resolution. after being held
UP for years in the House. finally came
to a vote there. but failed TO get the
necessary two-thirds vote for adoption.
Some day the Norris resolution will
prevail. in all probability. The lame
duck" sessions Of Congress are Illogical
and alsosare usually unproductiye.
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1t seems hardly fair for great trans
atlantic liner to ship bait and tackle for
five hundred persons in order that her
passengers can go cod-fishing of the
Grand Banks. The liners run down
enough fishing schooners and dories in
fogs as it is without taking for sport
what means a livelihood for the sea
fishermen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Whether Sir Thomas Upton takes
home the cup or not, he will remain
honored in the annals of fame as the
man who made grand success of life
by taking that little old motto, "Try,
try again." in absolute seriousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

Theatrical producers are promising a
season of extraordinary attractions
Playwrights deal cleverly with human
problems without being able to solve so
simple problem as the relationships of
wage earners to the weekly pay roll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-25

When Eskimo dogs discover a MEM
Der of the pack that is wounded and
weakened. they turn and try to de-
YOUR him. Some cynics will regard this
fact as an evidence of almost human
intelligence.