Evening star., 1933-07-01

r Z SOIR. Brussels-The art Of
keeping silence, most unfortu-
nately is the least explored by
IL those who need its amenities
the most! The persistent chat
ter and the vulgar guffaw are most
prevalent and loudest where the mind
is vacant and sensibility unknown.
Nevertheless. in our era. a saving in
fuence is gradually having its happy
effects and, though the coarse and
blatant dolt is by no means extinct.
he is at least learning to vocif0ate
with better grammar. and in more in
innate rapport with the enunciation Of
the academy.
The ubiquity Of the microphone Is
to be credited with this amelioration
so felicitous. The infections of these
perpetual disputations are now correct,
and We are. at least, no longer tor
mented with solecisms in speech as
we'll as with inanities of thought.
While these babblers know as little
Of orthography and syntax as they
ever did, which is to say. nothing, they
possess the consolatory ingenuity of
being able to repeat without much
deviation portions of the more signifi-
cant and seasonable outpourings of the
radio. Formerly this coterie selected
for its interminable declamations the
longest words they could find upon
the printed page. ignorant for the
most part, Of their meaning and caring
less for their propriety in vocal repe-
tition.
1t will be long before the chatterbox
is a species extinct. but in the mean.
time we are grateful that he will jar
less upon our ears, in that he in
geniously, and we grant with a certain
aptitude, mimics. though at time IRA
tionally, the eloQuence Of professors
and the savants! Next to silence, an
idea we'll and punctiliously expressed
will always be preferred to the crack
ling of thorns beneath q pot!
Stamp to Honor
Doumer's Memory.
lie Matin. Paris-Last year, Just
about this time, we offered M. Louis
Rollin, then minister of the P. T. T.
post Telephone Telegraph a sugges-
ton. why" We asked, does not
your administration issue a stamp in
honor Of Paul Doumer?" The minister
showed q lively interest and promised
to proceed with the idea at once. And
so q postage stamp. bearing the por-
trait Of the martyred President, will
appear in 1888. 1t was M. Rollin' S
original intention to make this purely
temporary issue, valid for but one
month, and commemorative of the ma
tional grief. The limited time ap-
pointed, for its use would emphasize
its exceptional character. However,
when We called yesterday upon M.
Laurent-Eynac. who superseded M.
Rollin in the ministry of the P. T. T.,
L. xoIl 1,nI tlAd 70
give q new direction to the project.
Mot only do I heartily approve Of
the suggestion Of lie Matin," he said,
but we are convinced that the Paul
Doumer stamp would not have q tram
STORY vogue. We will devise for 1t q
conventional design, In harmony with
the current usage, and make 1t avail
able for unlimited usage. We owe this
homage and devotion to the great
Frenchman who became the victim Of
his high oflce. Both as President and
in private life. IS an upright citizen and
exemplary father Of q family, he was
the typical representation Of the best Of
our race, and It will do US good to keep
his face and memory continually be-
fore US.
II should remind you, while We are
thus discussing the matter, that Of the
four sons of the lamented President Of
the republic three lost their lives In war
time catastrophes Of aviation. 1t was
in commemoration of these epochal
tragedies and rare sacrifice that, while
minister Of the air, named one of the
study halls in the Ecole Superieure
d'Aeronautique the Sale Doumer' Per-
sonally it is a great Joy and privilege
to me, after having the opportunity of
honogin4 tn aon0 non "a b. oh1o IN