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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
FOLLOW MY LEADER"
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES e. FREEMAN D. d, L. D.
Bishop Of Washington.

He was committed is clearly Obvious.
Repeatedly, they not only misappre.
hended the purpose of His ministry, but
they failed to follow Him when He
himself needed their companionship.
This was especially true toward the
close Of His ministry. So long as He
gained popular favor, so long as He
held the multitudes by His preaching
or bewildered them by His miracles,
they could follow In His ways When
the shadows began to fall and when
the gathering conspiracy to destroy
Him was beginning to disclose its
malevolent purpose, they hesitated and
faltered.
In the above text we read: "They
were in the way going up to Jerusalem:
and Jesus went before them: and they
were amazed and as they followed
they were afraid" It was an ominous
statement that followed where He said:
Behold, we 60 up to Jerusalem; and
the Son of Man shall be delivered unto
the chief priests, and unto the scribes;
and they shall condemn him to death"
It is little wonder that these words not
only amazed but depressed His dis
ciples. They failed Him in the great
crisis. No more tragic word is written
concerning Him than this, They all
forsook Him and fed" To follow the
leadership Of this supreme Master Is
not always to pursue the line of least
resistance. AS a matter of fact, the
sheer heroism Of Jesus demands a like
quality in His followers. II He is worth
following when the way is easy, where
His companionship adds q touch Of
luxury to life, He is more worthy of fol-
lowing when doing so entails incon-
venience or the sacrifice Of ease. 1t is
safe to say that the true value of fol-
lowing His leadership is more con-
spicuously disclosed when 1t involves us
In ways that are dinacult, and In trials
that test US to the utmost. To be able
to say Though He slay me, yet will
trust Him." is 70 bear true witness to
our devotion as His disciples. That is
fine phrase that Bernard Shaw struck
on: What q man believes may be
aScertained, not from his creeds, but
from the assumptions on which he
habitually acts" We must disclose con.
fidence in the leader we follow.
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Tert: Jesus pent before them, and
as they tollotDed, they Oere afraid"
st. Mark, @,32.

eLL' Jesus UeHL OeyOTe LHeW, ana
as they tollo,0ed, they tOere afraid"
st. Mark, %32.
There was a game that most Of us
knew in our youth that had the en-
gaging title Follow my leader" If the
leader happened to be adventuresome
and daring we found 1t diff1cult at times
to follow him. The real JOY Of the game
was in the effort that some of the fol-
lowers put forth in seeking to avoid
difficult and seemingly perilous move
ments.
All through life, in one form or an
other, we are playing this game. From
start to finish we are the followers of
some leader. Heroes and hero worship"
expresses a universal human tendency,
and it is good that this is so. A "go-it-
alone" policy renders us insular, indif-
ferent and incapable of high attain
ment. At the beginning of life, and.
indeed, far along the way, the best
leaders must be the parents in our
homes. The trust and condolences we re-
life. Later along the way chosen friends
and counselors come to I'LL an impor-
tant place in our lives. We have our
carefully selected teachers, those guides
In things intellectual to whom we look
for mental stimulation. We have our
leaders in every sphere of action and
they do much to shape our thinking
and to determine our course. Let us
hope we also have leaders in things
spiritual men to whom we look for the
Interpretation of the deeper values Of
life. The real test comes, whether in
youth or our later maturity. when to
follow our chosen leader calls for self
imposed discipline and sometimes per-
sonal sacrifice.
The men Jesus called about Him to
be His disciples were men who came
from the lowly walks Of life He did not
choose them from the schoolmen or
from circles that were exclusive. Their
pilgrimage with Him was brief in its
duration. but every day Of it was filled
with experiences Of incalculable worth
and significance. That they were UNI
able to understand many of His utter
anceS and that they were incapable Of
realizing the mighty concerns TO which
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BRAND Strikes a Snap.

There Is many q slip 'twixt the Gun
and the lip, In international politics, as
In the lesser concerns Of life. M. BRAND
mas just made that discovery in con-
nection with his grandiose scheme for
a United States of Europe. Enlighten-
"a ment comes to him from the Neither
lands.
The Dutch government has notified
the French foreign ONCE that the
ground has not yet been sufficiently
prepared for federation of states on
the lines proposed last year by M.
BRAND. The master Of the Quai
d'Orsay recently submitted his project
in q formal memorandum for the con-
sideration of interested powers.
: Diplomatists are trained to discern
! brightness in even the darkest clouds,
which explains why French officials
find the Netherlands attitude ZEN
. couraging." The Dutch authorities
raise the obvious point that continental
groupings, such as M. BRAND designs,
might, In practice, "aggravate differ
,ences between continents" Undoubted-
" The Hague government is thinking
of o possible Pan-American league OF
states which might be forged - and
forced-into existence by European
, confederation transparency leagued for
politico-economic purposes.
~ ~ The Dutch conjure up yet another
objection, which at flash reveals the
difficulties and complications with which
"a the plan bristles. BRAND has pro.
posed that the United States Of Europe
: should be based first on q politica
accord and then upon economic
grounds. Holland declares 1t to be hel
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SHOOTING STARS.
by PHII.ANDER JOHNSON,

Day Of Rest.
Sunday Is q day Of rest
When all the world Is at its best,
SO presently may be seen
To chase a golf ball on the green.
Perhaps I'll heed the thrilling call
To witness tennis or base ball,
And sympathise with churchmen grave
Who tell us how we should behave.
A hand at bridge may be my wish.
I may pursue the silent fsh,
And quite forget in sportive zest
That Sunday Is q day Of rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

Tammany orators fear disorder as a
result of divided opinion on prohibition.
Tammany has had many old expert
ences which by this time should keep it
from being seriously disturbed by the
possibility Of little rough work at the
polls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

The face of George Washington carved
on Mount Rushmore can be seen for
miles. Sculptor Borglum has managed
to achieve a bigger, If not necessarily
q better, George washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

It is rumored that Chicago had an
Unexpectedly quiet Fourth of July, gang
sters regarding American independence
as too small a matter to call for am
munition.
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Political corruption Is charged against
Carol Of Rumania. In some royal circles
1.-THE flower Of the family" is not held
under obligations to qualify as tine pink
Of propriety."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

A naval treaty is matter of so much
world Importance that statesmen must
be patient If it asserts precedence even
over the golf game or the fishing trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

PEI. A cessation of crime does not mean
rest for the police, who have enough
clues on file to keep them attentively
occupied for months to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
But What a Name /!

From the Terre Haute Star.
The rush of tourists to Reykjavik, Ice
land, was prompted by the Fealization
they would not have another chance to
attend thousandth anniversary.
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Wrong Hearers.

From the Roanoke Times.
Confession may be good for the soul.
but 1t doesn't improve ones chancer
with the average Jury.
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Standing His Ground

"You have conducted several investi-
gations?"
Eyes" answered Senator Sorghum,
"and in every instance I am holding
my own. still know just about as
much as when started"
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EYanAAGencN.

when . candidate shakes hands" y
said Uncle Eben, "he has de best Of
de bet. He ain got nuftin' In his hand
an rs got vote in mine"
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National Development

National Development.
"You have helped to make a fine
little town of Crimson Gulch."
with the assistance Of Chicago" an
swered Cactus Joe. Opportunities for
gunner got so limited here that they
all went East"
"Treachery," said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, hurts more than open at
tack. A good enemy is better than a
bad friend"
Evanescence.
The speech that seemed grand display
OF rhetoric proves a Stacker.
The orator. will have his day.
So viii the firecracker.
"When . candidate shakes hands"
sa;d TYncIn Hf,a0 SthA has De hest 0f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

Jud Tunkins says q Communist wor-
ries man by trying to convince him
that he hasn't already got trouble
enough.
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Prospect Of RepOsS

Prospect Of Repose.
Although perplexities arise,
Well feel a sense of cheer.
The fireworks will not bring surprise
Again for one more year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Taxing Fictitious Value.

1t is necessary that proper steps be
taken through adequate legislation to
prevent the sale of worthless or fraudu-
lent securities in the District. The
people of this city are virtually unpro-
tected now. Thousands of dollars are
lost annually, it has been estimated,
because of the unrestrained operations
of those who, under proper laws, could
not do business in this city.
But the point brought out in an ar
ticle in yesterdays Star, describing one
of the features of the Blaine blue sky
bill, must be borne in mind in the
consideration of the principles embodied
IN this and other proposed laws-that
is. that 1t is altogether beside the point
10 place an exorbitant tax on certain
types OF property, which must be paid
by the innocent purchaser, in the hope
OF preventing or discouraging the evil
practice of excessive appraisals. Ex-
cessive appraisals are uniustified They
create fictitious and inflated values. tend
10 destroy the good name of first mort
gage paper as a sound investment and
somebody always gets left holding the
bag when the final time of accounting
comes.
The Blaine bill, however, takes the
position that If promoter obtains an
excessive appraisal on a building he
should be made to pay taxes on that
appraisal. Well and good as far as it
goes. But the promoter would not paw
the taxes. The man who buys the
property in good faith will paw the
taxes or else the load will be borne by
the bondholders who have bought on
the strength of the buildings alleged
value.
Making the assessment automatically
equal the appraisal merely gives to that
appraisal the implied approval of the
tax assessor. Aside from the discrimi-
nation involved, for the building next
door might be appraised and assessed
at much lower figure, the practice
would convey substantial ok" from
the Government that the promoters ap-
praisal represents substantial value.
There are better ways of preventing
fictitious and inflated appraisals than
by involving the assessment figures.
They will no doubt be found when
hearings are begun on the Blaine bill.
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had taken part in the excavations in
the valley, died suddenly in 1926.
Howard Carter, who conducted the
exploration, found the tomb, opened it
and supervised the removal of its con-
tents, is of all persons the one who II
the curse is effective should long since
have succumbed. But on the contrary
he is alive and flourishing. He ridicules
the superstition of the vengeance of
the Pharaoh, which he says all sane
people should dismiss with contempt
There is" he declares, mo place more
free of risk than tomb"
1t is altogether in the course of nature
that number of persons involved in
the exploration in Egypt should have
died in the course of six years, but it
is somewhat significant that so many
should have met violent deaths SO soon
after the elimination of Tut-ankh-
Amen. The psychological effect of the
tradition, repeated and stressed when
party passed away, has undoubtedly
been malevolent. 1t is easy to see how
Lord Westbury, who had no association
with the enterprise but was interested
in it because of his sons participation,
might brood himself into a noxious
melancholy He had surrounded him.
self with souvenirs of Egyptian enter
prises. He had long prior to the ex-
petition named one of his daughters
Nefertiti, after Tut-ankh-Amens queen.
Thus saturated in Egyptian lore, the
curse" marked him as a victim.
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Inadequate Inspection Services

Following a report made some time
ago by the Bureau of Efficiency con-
corning needed changes in the building
inspectors Office, conditions in that
Office were studied by Mai. Donald A.
Dawson, senior Assistant Engineer
Commissioner, and requests for addi-
tional personnel were included in the
estimates sent to the Budget Bureau.
The Budget Bureau cut down the num-
Der of additional inspectors sought by
the municipal authorities, but the ap-
preparation bill now under considera-
ton will probably authorize additions to
the force.
In a second report, made public yes
terday, the Bureau of Efficiency pro-
poses complete reorganization of the
inspection services at the District
Building. 1t recommends that these be
Jumped under the supervision of a new
official, whose title will be superin-
tendent of inspections, and that there
be installed more adequate system of
inspection, a readjustment of fees that
will make the service self-supporting
and steps to assure closer scrutiny of
the qualifications of electricians and
plumbers licensed to operate in the Dis
trict.
The Bureau of Efficiency is altogether
justified in taking whack at the sys-
tenn which now permits builder to en-
ploy and pay an inspector of his own
choice to do the necessary work of in
specting his project. 1t favors the aboli-
ton of this practice, substituting in
spectors from the District Building who
are paid by and responsible only to the
municipality. The additional expense
would be met by the creation of new
fees.
The statement by the bureau that
less than one-half of the periodic in
spections required have been made in
| the past" of elevators in the District,
and that although the law requires
semi-annual inspection of freight ele-
vators some of them have not been in
spected in years, indicates an amazing
lack of insistence on somebody's part
that this necessary service be made to
function. This failure to function is
perhaps readily explained by lack of
personnel and shortage of appropri-
ations, but committees of Congress are
not apt to let such things stand in the
way if anybody insists that the proper
remedies be made, and shows cause why
they should be made.
The entire report by the Bureau of
Efficiency leaves one wondering why
the District officials themselves nave
not taken the situation in hand before
and demanded that those obviously nee
essary steps recommended by the bureau
be taken.
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Chang Buying Bombers.

A dispatch from Shanghai states that
the Chinese Nationalist government has
given an order for twelve bombing air.
planes for use against various elements
which, the Marking administration be-
lieves, are planning Spring drive.
This is the first large order for aviation
equipment for military purposes in
China. 1t is an evidence of real pro-
erosion toward the modernization of
the one-time Celestial Empire.
incidentally, the dispatch throws light
upon a declension of the value of the
Chinese monetary unit, the Mex dol
lar. These planes are to cost 725,000
dollars Mexican, which is translated
into $240, 900 gold This is at the rate of
slightly more than thirty-three cents to
the American dollar. A few months ago
forty cents was the average reckoning at
Shanghai
In this dispatch is evidence that the
Nationalist leaders still suspect Yen
Hai-Shan, the so-called model gov
ernor of Shansi Province, of anti-Nan-
king intentions. A short time ago Yen
Hai-Shan sent message to Chang
Kai-Shek, Nationalist president, sug-
costing his resignation. Chang replied
in peremptory refusal and Immediately
began preparations for campaign
against a possible combination OF
"tuchuns," or ENTHUSIASTICALLY pro-
vincial military leaders with more or less
definite followings of armed men. Then
Yen rejoined in disclaimer Of any
hostile intentions. But Yen, who is the
great friend and ally of Feng, the
Christian general, now in retirement
has always persisted in refusal to &c
to Marking for conference. He holds
aloof and nobody really knows just
where he stands. Early last Summer
he and Chang met in Peiping, where
Chang went to prevent the departure
of Feng from China. Yen lodged
Chang for several days and finally on
plea of illness took refuge in a hos
pital where the persistent Nationalist
leader had difficulty in finding him
They eventually got together and ar
rangement was effected that kept Fens
in the country and prevented military
crisis.
Everything works more or less BY
contraries in China. Asseverations OF
fealty are usually interpreted as warn
ings of eventual betrayal. Feng's pro-
posed departure from China last Spring
was considered as tantamount to 9
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Picketing the Gamblers.

The public printer charges that po-
lice work in the suppression of gambling
enterprises operating near the Gov
eminent Printing ONCE is inefficient
and that the present process of picket
ing places where it is suspected and be-
lieved that gambling is carried on is
only tipping of of the operators. for
their protection The chief of police
fejoins that the police are following up
the complaints of the public printer by
doing all that they can do without the
possession of warrants. The public
printer points to cases in which specific
evidence of gambling is furnished by
members of his staff only to be ignored
by the grand jury after protracted pre-
liminaries. The chief of police holds
that his department is not responsible
for the failure of the courts to con-
vict
It is well known that the conviction
Of the proprietors and operators Of
gambling establishments in this city is
difficult It is indeed rare. Notorious
places have been raided again and
again, with evidence that should result
III sentences. The cases are stalled in
Police Court and are then dragged
through the intermediate process Of
grand jury inquiry, and when indict-
ments are found, in only fraction of
the cases instituted, the trials are post
poned until the evidence is weakened
or lost. Meanwhile the same estab-
1isllments are reopened and continue to
do business.
There is no occasion for an acute
controversy between the public printer
and the chief of police. They are seek
ing the same end, the suppression Of
gambling establishments. The public
printer feels the demoralizing effect upon
his staff of the pernicious betting habit,
which distracts thought from daily work
and causes losses. productive of an I'M
wholesome state of mind. The chief
of police wants the places cleaned out
as breeders of crime
There may be some question as to the
wisdom of the picketing procedure. Maj.
Pratt believes that by stationing mem
beers of the force in front of estab-
lishments where it is suspected and
practically known that gambling is car
RED on, habitues are deferred from en-
tering and the conductors Of the es-
Establishments are frightened away from
active operations It is inconceivable
that the picketing is deliberate tip
off, Of police attention. If the picket
ing is effective in one place, it might be
carried on elsewhere. But no one should
expect the police to cover the whole
ground of the District in this way
There are not enough men on the en-
tire force to picket all the establish
ments that are suspected of being
operated for illegal purposes.
What is needed is some speedier proc
ess Of law that will carry these cases
through the courts expeditiously and
effectively. Prompt conviction and
punishment are far more effective than
picketing.
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The Curse of Pharaoh.

death shall come on swift wings to
him that toucheth the tomb of Pha-
raot" So runs the legendary warning
In Egypt that was revived when six
years ago Howard Carter opened the
tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen in the Valley
Of the Kings. This sinister portent Is
revived by the death of Lord Westbury,
seventy-eight-year -old peer of England,
who, last week, plunged to his death
nv leap from high window. Lord
Westbury's connection with the OPEN
Eng of Tut-ankh-Amen tomb was re-
mote. His son, Richard Bethel, who
was secretary of Howard Carter during
the excavation, was found dead in a
London club last year in mysterious
circumstances. His death brought the
course" back to memory. Lord West
bury had evidently been brooding over
the loss Of his son, for he left a note
which read, in part: II cannot stand
any more horrors"
There have now been at least nine
and by one reckoning twelve deaths
4dAly ClOoCly dooOCAhOCO Will CAAS OpG4l-
ing of the tomb. First, the Earl Of
Carnarvon, who financed the expedi-
ton, died, a few weeks after the tomb
was opened, from the effects of the bite
of a poisonous insect. Then Sir Archi-
bald Douglass Reid, who X-rayed the
mummy. passed. Col. Aubrey Herbert,
Carnarvons half-brother, who was pres
ent at the opening of the tomb, next
died. Jay Gould, American millionaire.
died of pneumonia after visiting the
tomb. Mrs. Evelyn Greedy, American
tourist, killed herself in Chicago after
q visit TO the Valley of the Kings. Prof.
Lafieur of Montreal died after inspect
ing the sarcophagus. H. G. Evelyn
White killed himself because he thought
the curse had reached him. Prince Ali
FANNY Bey of Egypt was mysteriously
shot soon after a visit to the valley
DR.. Jonathan W. Carver was killed in
an automobile crash after assisting
Howard Carter in his work. In addi-
ton, two French Psychologists, MN
2enedite and PaSanoYa. both Of whom