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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

woods ever 50 many times In our younger days.
After all, Huh Smith conveyed the right idea
IN the words he used to sing:
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
Laughing where the wild birds sing:
dream and sigh for the days gone by
Swinging in the grapevine swing"
A MoNG the residents Of the District Of CO.
\ lumhia, those Of German extraction, par
ticularly were always eager for Sunday
picnic in the woods, and TO an extent the
custom ID stin kept up. Recently the writer
came into possession Of photograph, taken
20 years or more ago, Of the Sycamore Island
Club guests
This club. composed principally Of the Ger
mans of the city. was formed back In 1885.
and continued In existence for Q long while.
Its members were Q whole-souled. jovial Lot,
always bent on innocent pleasure and great
believers in the scriptural injunction that goes
something like: Eat. drink and be merry, for
tomorrow you may die"
No one worked harder than they did for six
days q week, and no one deserved more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

thev n dav of rest and this was their way
Of having a good time-singing. dancing eating
and drinking lager beer. Usually these plcnics
were great family gatherings, where the spirit
Of Bacchus was always present and where con-
VITALITY reigned supreme and where 1t was
not who could hit the hardest but rather who
could sing the loudest. Indeed, the quality
Of the voice was rather q secondary considera.
tion-it was volume that counted. Nor when
they danced to the strains of the BLUE Danube"
was 1t of any considers alton what couple could
dance the smoothest, but who could hop the
highest-in real old German style. And, best
Of all everybody went home happy.
The writer regrets that he cannot give you
the names Of those appearing in this photo.
graph, for he failed to find any one able 10
identify them. He thought sure Henry Dismer
would know but in this he was disappointed.
Yet he knows that some Of The Stars readers
will be able to do 80.
At an earlier date the German residents
were also welcome participants of the hospi.
tally Of George Washington Parke Gusts,
where however, liquid refreshments had to be
omitted, because the grandson Of Mrs Wash.
ington would not permit intoxicants Of any
kind on the ground. In this connection the
writer has before him an old admission card,
which reads:
Steuben Monument Festival
At Arlington Springs.
Monday, September 10, 1859.
Procession Tickets, IS cents.
The imprint on this little card gives the
name of the printer as Sage" and the city
directory gives it as p. n. Sage, Seventh. cor.
Louisiana avenue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

NURINd the Revolutionary Wax. washing
- TONS mind was too much occupied with
plans for achieving independence to give the
canal idea serious consideration, but one year
after peace had been declared We find him
serving as president of the Potomac Company.
incorporated by the States of Maryland and
Virginia, with authority to improve the navt-
mation Of the river, to charge tolls, etc"
While the Potomac Company existed Il evil
0antly brought some returns to its stockhold-
egg for we are told that during this time
a.2l1, 903 barrels of -four and 42.456 barrels OF
whisky, among other articles. were brought to
tide water, realizing $238,117.66 in tolls, and
the value Of the merchandise being 1885 ,964.
Each boat in those days carried only from 90
to 100 barrels of -four. while during the days
OF the successful operation of the canal, as we
see It today, the boats carried from 1000 to
1,2O0 barrels of flour each.
There Is no reason in the world why constd-
orable and conspicuous evidence should mot
be present today Of the old Potomac Canal. im
which George Washington manifested such
great interest, for it was really q gigantic uu-
dertaking involving almost msurmountabie dn-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
A Yellow Dog Bench

There is little of the spirit of Faneuil Hall or the
Boston Tea Party in the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts. The noble democratic sentiments Of James
Otis and Samuel Adams have evaporated in the at
mosphere of the banking and textile barons.
The national committee labor injunctions in
duced the Massachusetts legislature to offer bill out
having the notorious yellow dog contracts which COM
pei laborer to agree not to join labor union as
condition of being employed This is probably the most
notorious instrument of capitalistc autocracy now
freely used in country. If there is reprehen-
Sibe type of class oppression this is it. 1t is
over, rank violation of any true freedom of con-
tract.
But the august bench which allowed Sacco and
Vanzett to go to the chair found that the yellow dog
system indispensable to freedom of contract in
the great Goldfish commonwealth An anti yellow dog
bill would deprive of his freedom to make con-
tracts If it were not serious matter, one might
break into ronical smile he reads the assertion
of the court that the spirit of an anti-yelow dog
bill appears to be class legislation and to impair quail
y before the law and equal protection Of equal laws
to all persons"
So the yellow dog contract is the symbol of social
equality and human freedom in Massachusetts in July
1881. Such are the changes in human opinions and
values in the last 155 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EFS2S

livery business has its high
H lights and vagaries. But deal
ers in books, I imagine, are the most
fortunate Cor harassed). in that
their clientele represents more
diversified group than any other
Practically everybody buys or Dor
rows a book sooner or later-men
women, boys and girls.
But that isn't the point entirely
It's the kind Of people who patron
ize book stores that sets them apart
from any other kind of business es-
tablishment.
OF course, interest varies some
what, depending upon the locale Of
particular shop.
For instance, people who patron
ize our larger and swankier shops
such as Womrath's, are for the mos
part sophisticated adults. They are
usually informed as to the latest tlc'
ton, biography, poetry or whatever
it is that interests them. They know
what they want.
And if a particular book is in cir
culation it is easy for them to choose
a substitute. Or in some cases thei
may consult the librarian to assis'
them in making choice. And i
she has read the blurbs diligently
and can size up her customer i
isn't difficult to recommend thu
proper book.
The entire transaction is conduct
ed in a quiet and efficient manner
An aura of sanctified respectab1lit!
seems to permeate the atmosphere
of these stores-even when a VOL
une Of the frankest Erotica is be-
ing subrosaed from seller to buyer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

The American Federation of Teachers has just
passed resolutions asking Governor Rolph of Cali
fornia to rdon Mooney and Billings because its
members tnC it difficult in face of this scandal, to
teach young America that cur courts deal out
handed justice.
The leading churchnlen OF all denominations are
sending similar appeals on the ground that to keep
Jail two innocent men upon the word of liars makes
a mockery Ca our Christian civilization.
Among the professions the American Bar remains
lent Lawyers and judges the repute Of whose call
ing is the most seriously affected by the fragrant
archy, corruption and tyranny of the California jul
dcial system in these trials, should be the first to
protest and demand restitution. Because they have
been trained to bow to judicial precedent and
ship the laws letter will they shrug their shoulders
and pass by on the other side?
The latest demonstration of this legal Journalism
is the refusal of the Wickersham commission to make
public report Of its own experts on the Mooney
Billings cases. federal commission charged with ex-
posing and curling awessness even of the law ITSELF
remains silent on the big American example of judi
cial failure.
Dr. John Barker Waite of the University Of Mich
gan law school told the Institute of Public Affairs
in Virginia last week thatNawyers more than the law
must take the blame for judicial abuses He is right
Until the American bar courageously sets about to
the robed member of the BENCH it will remain CO.
consprator with the underworld, "truant in the
law" itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
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WILLIAMS, SENATE SPEECH

WILLIAMS SENATE SPEECH
July IA
ON July IA, 1917, Senator John
" Sharp Williams of Mississippi
delivered a speech in the United
States senate in answer OF Sen
ator Stones assertion that I'VE are
in the war unwisely. Extracts from
the speech follow:
1.-The President and the admins
tration did do everything that hui
man intellect could conceive for the
purpose, if possible, of bringing an
end to the war. The President came
to this chamber and made that
speech which was criticised, not only
abroad, but here in this chamber, as
being a 'peace-at-any-price' speech
the celebrated speech in which he
said we must have peace without
victory.
"Now We are in 1t; we have got
to see it Throughout only to q
successful issue Of this war, but
while we are about it, to just and
permanent treaty which shall, as fal
as possible, make war cease to be 6
game Of national athletes.
I'VE propose now. in time of war
to prepare for peace, and for just
and lasting peace, and we are going
through with it until we
seen it through, not only to peace
but to just and lasting peace, 9
! righteous peace" Il
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
A Philippine RepOrt

If the United States granted immediate indie
pendence to the Philippines and at the same time
took away the privilege OF free trade with this cou.
try the economic consequences to the Flpinos would
be very serious
This is the view expressed by Governor General
Dwight F. Davis in his annual report It is a view
shared by important Filipino leaders, including some
who devoutly DESTROYS of early freedom for the
islands.
Immediate independence, however is being adgo-
Gated by certain groups in this country as a measure
OF protection against imports from the Philippines
particularly sugar. And, of course there are many
among the islanders who want their freedom at once
and regardless of the consequences
Very soon, it seems with pressure thus frora both
SIDES the United States must undertake serious re-
consideration of its policy concerning the Philippines
During the present economic depression, according
to Davis, the Philippines have Jared better than most
of the world. Prices are low, government revenues
have declined and business has slowed up but he
asserts there has been little or physical suffering
and the government finished the year with surplus
Despite these favorable factors" he says, there
Is no question that the one thing which saved the
Philippine islands from major economic disaster was
the free access to the enormous American market.
We could not have sold our sugar and many other
crops in any other market under the fierce competitive
conditions and the low prices prevailing. The
financial political and social effects which would have
followed the loss of this market under the existing
circumstances hardly be estimated
Seventy-two per cent of foreign trade was with
the United States the trade balance to the islands
being favorable to the amount of 55318000 pesos.
But according to Davis free trade has not been with
out benefit to the United States since the sale of
cotton goods machinery, automotive supplies canned
milk, wheat -four and other articles have been stead
lily increasing over period of years. Island import
ers would seek cheaper goods from sources closer at
home free trade ended, while the tropical pro-
ducts we purchase would in any event have to be
obtained from overseas sources.
Davis makes no recommendation on the issue of
independence. His facts, however, are an argument
against the islands cutting themselves entirely free
from, this country.
The right of the Philippines to their independence
can not be denied-their right to have it whenever
they want it. But this imperialistic chapter in our
national history viii not be made any brighter if
we cut them loose for the reason in the brutal
manner, advocated by those interests which claim
10 be hurt by Philippine competition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
The Cleanup

Despite the public offer of an lndianap-
oils citizen to duplicate the face washing OF
the statehouse by Cincinnati corporation
for $4,000 less of the peoples money, state
officials smile complacently when criticised
for this waste or worse of public funds.
The fact that the law was ignored en-
tirely in the placing of the contract means
nothing, apparently, when excessive charges
for public work are made.
Now it develops that two former Cover
nors, whose records were not altogether
happy, refused to do the very thing which
has been done.
Both McCray and Jackson were fur
hished with emergency funds for special
uses. During their terms of office they had
at times unexpended balances, and the sug-
gestion was made to them that the statehouse
needed a bath.
These Governors SHE'D away from any
such use of the money in their care on the
very sound argument that there is no "emer-
gency" in this work and that the law con-
templates that the legislature shall control
any expense for such purpose.
If there was an emergency it was not IN
the condition Of the statehouse itself. No one
contends that the building was in any worse
condition than it was during the session Of
the legislature.
That the contract was let during the
absence If the Governor, secretary of state
and auditor, and was signed by their depu-
ties should place the bondsmen of the state
treasurer upon notice of the irregularity of
the whole proceeding.
If the law concerning competitive bids
can be set aside by statements of a super
janitor that he had tried to get other firms
to bid and did not succeed, then all safe
guards of public expenditures are de-
stroyed. The law says very clearly that
there shall be competition. There was no
competition.
The offer of the Indianapolis citizen to
save the people 100000, the added testimony
that estimates received during the McCray
administrator when all labor costs were
higher, ran even less than this sum, the
rank violation of law at every turn suggests
that some pubhc-minded citizen or organiza-
ton should take steps to protect the public
treasury.
Cleaning the outside of the statehouse
may not be as important as some work on the
interior.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
The Same Yeast

TIME same kind of yeast is work
Il ing not only in Germany, but
in some other countries, and the
longer this depression lasts, the
stronger it will work.
Paradoxical as it may seem, mass
thinking always runs to one-man-
rule system, with a boss, efficiency
with a book Of rules, discipline with
some one to WELD the whip.
When people elect to travel in one
ship, they must expect to obey one
captain. The same goes for the
one-party system, or the one cor
poration idea.
We need to take counsel, espe-
cially here in America, lest science
lead us back to the philosophy OF
despotism, with an autocrat to make
US efficient, or car to make us safe
That is what science has done
for Russia, with a Stain in the
Kremlin, and that is what it will dc
for people anywhere who become
oversold on the witch medicine OF
experiences to relieve them from the
task of thinking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
HEALTH SERVICE
Protect Head and Eyes From Sun

summer is the attempt of the desk
and indoor worker to get a good
coat of tan in one afternoon. Sum-
mer lasts for several months.
A half hour or an hour in the
sun once each day is much safer
way to acquire a coat of tan than
seven hours in sunlight the first
day on the beach.
Travelling in hot weather is ex-
tremely difficult. Railway coaches
are VIGOROUSLY close and hot. Tropi-
cal experts advise avoiding small
rooms and the use of open coaches.
Fans help circulate the air, as
does the speed Of the train. If
thin, double roofs are used, If the
windows are protected by awnings
Or colored glass, and if there is
plenty of ventilation, travelling,
in hot weather can be just as COM
Portable as in cooler times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
After the BaStiIIe

WE do well to remember the
w nightmare conclusion to this
heroic dream at time when all the
world is troubled and perplexed,
when the popular mind has been
made gulible with. fatigue and half
the leaders are doing little but
cough up wisecracks, or platitudes.
Looking back from the distance of
a century and more, we can see the
queerness Of what happened after
the bastilIe was stormed-how men
mistook one emotion for another,
and how six years of confusion gave
rise to passion for peace and
discipline which made it possible
for an ambitious man to immediate
a whole continent on the altar of
his greed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
Like SQUIRRELS

ONCE the stars and the sun shine
~ at the expense of their own
weight, they must grow smaller and
smaller with the passage of time.
Eventually all the lucid atoms
within them will have been turned
into radiation and dissipated into
space.
The stars and the sun will have
shrunk to l per cent their present
size, consisting of matter like that
here on earth, the by-product of the
explosion of the lucid atoms.
When that day arrives, the stars
and the sun will have turned them
selves for the most part into waves
Of energy which will go wandering
aimlessly a%pund and around space.
Prof. j, H. Jeans, who holds on
the basis Of the Einstein theory
that space is limited and curved
pictures these waves wandering
around and around like squirrels in
cage.
This theory Of a universe disap-
! pear1ng because matter is turned
into energy, naturally brings up the
question of whether the universe
could not reappear as the result of
energy turning back into matter.
Jeans discusses this question, but
answers it in the negative.
1T has been suggested" he writes.
that the radiation poured out from
millions of stars through millions OF
millions of years may ultimately
cause space to become overcrowded
with radiation, just as a cage would
become Overcrowded with squirrels
If we kept putting them In and
never took any out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
REASON BY Ff naHnIs

Ut beats the world how the fates are doing their
worst to stir up trouble between this country and
Mexico First of ALL just when for the first time in
many years we were standing knee deep in clover
with our Mexican brethren this Oklahoma sheriff shot
those two Mexican students.
Then that sheriff was acquitted and that did not
leave a very delicious taste in MeXico's mouth. And
now on top of everything else judge up in Chicago
sends the Mexican consul at Chicago to jail for con-
tempt of court. The judge let him out again, put
Mexico doesn't feel hilarious about 1t.
II makes YOU wonder where trouble is to break
loose and it is up to all of us, north and south OF
the Rio Grande to keep respective shirts on 1or
we must keep the peace in North America IN order
that the rest of the world may have pattern TO
work after If we should chase the dove off the nest
Europe would forget what peace really looks ike.
CHOULD anything more occur to throw an aool-
- tional monkey wrench into the international trans
mission, Dwight Morrow will have TO resign as sen.
ator from New Jersey and go back to Mexico. where
he cured an old case of lumbago which had MADE
both countries walk the floor for many years.
Foreign representatives are immune from all arrest
and surveillance in this country this being the reason
that foreign embassies at Washington are permitted
to carry a large stock of fire water, while so many
millions of worthy Americans compelled to go
around with their tongues hanging out
DUT this chicago Judee Is hoI TIE AIS' VI ""
ID magistrates to seek to throw the protecting
mantle of his jurisdiction over the representative OF
Q foreign government
For instance once upon time justice OF the
peace down in Connecticut arrested foreign diplo-
mat, believe it the British ambassador, Tor
speeding and made him leave his watch and several
of his decorations for bail
But the intentions of these magistrates were good
Which reminds of story we heard today
town drunk was totterng up the street and
finally fell into horse trough. After he had lain
there for some time policeman came along and was
in the act of dragging the drunk out of the water
when he lookedsat the policeman and said That's all
right captain, but don't rescue me-women and chill
dren drst!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

under the sun is not suitable exer-
else for hot weather. Neither is
four hours OF tennis on a sun-beaten
tennis court.
All forms of exercise in hot
weather should be mild. Golf,
horseback riding, boating and swim
ming are among the sports pre-
ferred, but even these are best taken
early in the morning or late in the
afternoon than in the heat of the
day.
Adequate amounts of sleep do
much to prepare person for the
special stress associated with sum-
n1er conditions.
The use of plenty of water, at
least eight glasses day. has been
mentioned repeatedly. Food is best
taken in small quantities at mora
frequent intervals than in larger
quantities three times a day.
One of the greatest dangers in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
May CryStaIIize
THE situation might be G

AAS OAU~@UiOA hAS14I VIC Cults
Il pared to dropping lump after
lump of sugar into the same cup Of
tea, Professor Jeans continues.
Finally the tea would become SAT-
urated with sugar and refuse to
dissolve any more unless some al
ready dissolved was to crystalline
out.
1t is here that the analogy brings
a ray Of hope. Perhaps as matter
continuously dissolves into energy
the point will be reached where
some Of the energy will crystalline
back into matter.
But Jeans tells us from his call
culations that the comparison of q
teacup and Jumps of sugar will not
do. The situation is more ike
dropping grains of sugar into the
Atlantic ocean.
The Atlantic ocean is space. The
grain of sugar is the visible tlnie
verse. And the question, says Jeans,
is how many grains of sugar will
turn the Atlantic ocean sweet. That
will tell you how many universes
will have to turn to radiation to
crowd space.
Write down the figure 30 and qua
forty-Seven ciphers after it. That
figure, he says, represents the num-
Der Of universes which could be
turned into radiation and contained
in space without overcrowding.
And so Jeans gloomily tells us tbs
universe is like a clock wound I'D
at some time in the distant past
and now slowly running down.
Some day, perhaps in fifteen
trillion more years, it will stop tick~
ing.