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Evening star., 1937-02-06

And there you are. That Is Prof.
John Dewey, President Hutchins Of
Chicago University and the Social
Frontier for the month. Relevant?
Helpful? One trusts as much.
A PRETTY and pleasant magazine
comes to hand from the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History Of
New York City. 1t is called, appro-
priately, Natural History, and, unlike
most museum publications, is neither
dull nor mysteriously technical.
It carries some beautiful photo
craps Of the Martin Johnsons' last
expedition into Borneo, together with
an article in which it is recorded that
the natives. seeing Mrs. johnson take
ice out of her electric refrigerator
after having put water in, christened
the new substance instantly water
rock"
1t also tells Of Chiwali III, Para
mount Chief of the Lalas in Central
Africa, and how he entertained an
author. Mrs. Lucy Pope Culisn. He
permitted her to attend a musical
ceremony given in honor OF his dead
ancestors, who were present in their
bones. At the end OF the performance,
young men were commanded to return
these honored. II slightly gruesome
relics, to the Paramount Chiefs hut.
One Of the young men, says Mrs.
Cullen, started picking the relics up
one in each hand. Chiwali stopped
him and made him return them one
at time. AS Mrs. Cullen quotes him:
"'No ancestor said Chiwali, would
like to be moved about in handfuls.' :"
His instructions were carried out.
CCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE for Febru-
ary carries two pieces written in
reply to the Uzzell and Leroy article
which appeared in that magazine in
December, "The Decline Of the Male"
AS was mentioned here, that piece
represented American manhood as be-
ing distinctly on the wane, and it
drew on the movies, current fiction
and the advertisements Of popular
products to prove its contention.
Two men have risen Indignantly
to refute this wicked SANDER. They
are Albert de Pima and Robert Faber.
Mr.. de Pima says that men are not
declining. Women, he comedies, may
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Cooper Is Waging War
On Racketeer Legions
Famous Crime Expert Denounces the Theory
That Lawless Ways Do Not Pay, and Pro-
poses to Prove Loss Should Arouse Nation.

in the underworld, the take'-was
$4,000, ,000, ,000."
Now, nine billion dollarS-even in
round numbers-is q fairly good-sized
sum Of money. 1t stacks up as slightly
more than one-fourth Of the national
debt. In fact, Mr.. Cooper believes We
could liquidate the national debt in
a few years If some Of the racketeers
and their rackets we're put out Of
business. As it stands now, even the
racketeers are running the racketeers
ragged. Everybody is trying to get in
on racket.
And these rackets pop up in the
strangeSt places-in laundries, and
shoe-shine shops, and cosmetic stores,
and beauty parlors, and, well, you can
call your own shots; name your own
places. Even the hussies have q
racket, and the fake medical men. So
1t goes.
Injustice after injustice, now being
piled upon the body politic-even in
the courts of law, where the unknowns
take the rap and the big shots 60
free-causes Mr.. Cooper, in his book.
to chisel one Of his finest monumental
lines. It is this:
Justice must have been the first
gold digger; she has such a long and
unbroken record Of never having been
approached by q poor man."
Evening star., 1937-02-06

)OURTNEY RYLEY COOPER,
one of Americas most prolific
Y writer's, the man credited with
~ discovering Canada in writ
ing way, came to town yesterday en-
route to Florida and announced he
Is about to wage war on racketeers.
In patriotic mood, as q native-born
Kansas City man and an old-time
police reporter, Mr.. Cooper has grown
mighty tired Of watching the crime
wave sweep over America. So he has
written another book, fresh of the
presses next Friday, which lays bare
the entire system Of racketeering in
this country.
Here's to Crime!"
That's the title of the new book
hailed as the answer to a police re-
porter's prayer: If any.
Though the new book has yet to go
on public sale, it has gone into the
third printing. That means plenty in
the publishing business. Also that
Mr.. Cooper can put his typewriter in
moth balls for while, take a good,
long rest under Southern skies and
then 60 out on the warpath against
some 10000 public enemies. He knows
'em all. BY their first names, too.
This country is crime-ridden," Mr..
Cooper declared, rising from lounge
in his suite at the Mayflower. He ad-
justed his waistcoat and delivered
himself of the mock toast used as title
for the new book:
Here's to Crime!"
Well, sir, after hearing Mr.. Cooper
crack down on shady politicians, cor
rupt police officials, racketeers and
what not, it seems that a lot Of false
propaganda is being spread around
and about the crime markets, to wit:
Crime does not pay. t-..
Crime does not pay, eh? You ought
to hear Courtney Ryley Cooper hold
forth on that premise.
Some of the good folks, who should
know better, try to tell young fellows
with a flare for gun-play, kidnapping
and high-handed banditry that crime
does not pay. At the same time these
sorry scourges of society are out with
their molls proving that Just the
opposite Is true-and getting away
with 1t.
Mr.. Cooper, with years Of investiga-
ton behind him, looks at the record,
and, in refuting staid old statement,
says:
"Trouble is, crimes does pay. And
pays well. 3ae bill last year against
the American people-or. Is they say
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Brief Reviews of Books

The story Of photography, amateur
and professional. Likely to be inter-
esting to addicts.
GOING TO MAKE A SPEECH? BY
E. st. Elmo Lewis. New York:
Funk and Wagnalls.
Directions as to how to proceed II
the answer is yes. Very voluminous.
THE HARKNESS COLLECTION IN
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Documents from early Peru relat-
ing to the Pizarros and the Alma
gros. Washington: Government
Printing ONCE.
MYSTERIES.
DEATH IN THE LIBRARY. BY Philip
Ketchum. New York: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co.
Private detective finds his foster
father dead in his home. Night clubs
and the like follow.
POETRY.
THE COLLECTED POEMS AND
PLAYS OF RABINDRANATH Ia
GORE. New York: The Macmillan
Co.
For the FIRST tima published in COL
lection
Evening star., 1937-02-06
NON-FICTION.

FASHIONS IN ART. BY Huger e.
licott. New York: D. Apple
ton Century CO.
The interrelation of art and fashion
through the ages. Interesting.
FATHER WENT TO COLLEGE. BY
w. Storrs Lee. New York: Wilson
Erickson Co.
The story OF Middlebury, VT, Col
lege. Interesting.
THE ROMANCE OF THE CALEN-
OAR. BY P. w. Wilson. New
York: w. w. Norton Co.
Methods of measuring time in every
country-down through the ages. In
teresting.
MEXICO IN YOUR POCKET. BY
Jean Austin. Illustrations in color
by Vaslav Mariinsky. Garden CITY:
Doubleday Doran & Co.
How to travel in Mexico and enjoy
yourself without going native. Sen
sible.
PHOTOGRAPHY. BY G. E. Kenneth
Mees. New York. The Macmillan
Co.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Capitol, such as committee rooms and
Office rooms, and would give a corridor
on the gallery floor and on the prin-
cipal and basement floors. At present
there IS no direct means Of passage
from one end Of the building to the
other on the gallery floors, q lack
keenly felt by the legislators and others
who must frequently pass from one
wing to another. Also. at the present
time, the Appropriations Committee
of the House Of Representatives.
cite one example-occupies Offices on
three separate floors. BY removing
this and other committees to the en-
larged portion much-needed room
within the present body and wings Of
the Capitol would be released to serve
as reception rooms for members, who
are now faced with the embarrassing
necessity Of meeting those with whom
they have business in the public cor
ridors.
With the exception of q slight mod
tfication u the width Of the central
portico ana the central steps, which
Evening star., 1937-02-06

down the walls and window frames
stained with the smoke that commem-
crates the burning of the structure
by the British in 1912"
The arguments. it must be stated
in the interest Of exactness, are with
out foundation, for the reason that
the landmarks no longer exist as ideal
lied by those who desire their pres
ervation. Directly after the burning
Of the Capitol measures were taken
to replace SCARED and burned timbers
and mutilated stones with new ones.
Entire new window frames were con-
structed. As for the steps. they were
in such q state Of disrepair, and pre-
sented 50 unsightly an appearance
because Of the zebra-effect Of their
vari-colored GRANTEES that legislators
requested their removal four or five
years ago, when they were carted away
and replaced with others Of more suit
able stone.
1t is not the intention Of Senator
Connally nor Of any one Of the legis-
lators interested in this bill to destroy
anything Of historical value in con-
nection with the Capitol. It IS their
contention, rather. that the proposed
changes will serve only to preserve
it and retain all Of its characteristics
while taking care Of the expansion Of
the Nations activities and our growth
as . nation.
TOHN RUSSELL POPE, distinguished
architect Of New York City, told
the Congressional Committee: give
years ago I was appointed by the
British government to make altera-
tions and additions to the British
Museum. was told that it was
sacred monument, along with West
minister Abbey, and that any one who
laid q hand on 1t to improve 1t or to
make additions or alterations or modi-
fications was subject to manslaughter.
The point here Is, as see 1t, that 1t
is matter Of proper conservation"
Mr.. Pope decried the use Of paint
to "cover some substance Of which We
are ashamed" in such a structure as
the United States Capitol, and pointed
out that the famous and architec-
turally beautiful domes Of foreign
countries, such as Les Invalides in
Paris, st. Peters in Rome, and st.
Pauls in London, carried out the front
portion of the buildings in order to
create q visual and mental feeling OF
adequate support, and q symmetrical
proportion in the entire building.
Various other famous architects
testified in support Of Senator Con-
nally's bill. to the effect that as the |
country grows and as Congress ex-
pands, more space is needed, and that
if no additions or alterations were
made we should still have the original
Capitol, completely inadequate to its
purpose. They also emphasized the
fact that all such changes should be |
made by men competent to under
stand the necessity for the preserva-
ton of the original intent of the
building and who would enlarge or
alter it not only with consideration |
for its past, but also for its future his
tory.
From our European ancestors" de-
clared Clarence zantzinger. architect
Of the Department Of Justice Build
iuS, on Pennsylvania avenue, and Of
outstanding structures In other cities,
Evening star., 1937-02-06

TINE reviewer has remarked at
least once on the prevalence Of
magazines Of the digest" Va
= riety. inquiring, not as one
consumed hy common curiosity, but
with pensive interrogation. what would
become of these periodicals when they
finally outnumbered the publications
which are putting out original articles?
The question, however. seems to have
been written in the water. Not only
have the existing digesU taken no
warning, their number still grows.
A new one appears this month, bearing
on its index page the proud numerals
volume /, No. /. 1t Is given over to
"digesting" books, and, indeed, that Is
its very name. the Book Digest.
Now you may consume not only your
magazine fare, but your books as well,
at second hand, gulping them down
"digested" for you in advance. No
less than 10 current books are thus
presented in the new periodical
(volume I. No. ID.
And do not think for one minute
that this means reviewed" No in
deed. The "digested" book Is merely
quoted. Excerpts, according to some
other mans taste, have been picked
out for you, and the rest simply
chucked into nothingness. Ten books
are thus served up to you, all for .
quarter OF dollar.
1t saves time, you say. So 1t does.
It saves reading. too. But if you do
not like to read you can save even
more time by emitting the practice al
together. And II you do-why skimp
on 1t? That is one Of those questions
which are never going to be answered.
TWO eminent and embattled pro-
fessors toss indignant words at
one another in the February Social
Frontier, somewhat as follows: Presi-
dent Hutchins of Chicago University
wrote. some months ago, a small book
called The Higher Learning in
America"
Now. according to Prof. John Dewey.
this Is q reprehensible work, In that
it lacks something Of the modern
spirit. According to the Social From
tier:
"The charges which Prof. Dewey
leveled at the Chicago University
president were that President
Hutchins depended for his educational
insights on Plato. Aristotle and st.
Thomas; that he has contempt for
modern science and neglects it in his
educational scheme, that he favors
making higher education in America
aloof from contemporary life, and
that by constant emphasis upon
eternal and authoritarian principles
he approaches closely to fascist at
titude."
These seem to be very serious
charges, indeed. President Hutchins
placing constant emphasis on eternal
principles and approaching q fascist
attitude? COR. for that matter, ap-
preaching any kind Of an attitude.
front Of your mirror and attempt to
approach an attitude. See how far
you get. Then dust OF the lexicon and
do . little research into the meaning
and usage Of the words which make
up our language But this is really
grave, indeed. What does President
Hutchins say in defense Of himself?
According to the Social Frontier he
defends himself for one page and q
half. Summed up in two words,
President Hutchins says, "'Tain't So"
Evening star., 1937-02-06

I'VE have a tradition in architecture.
Our inheritance demands that the
thing stand up to the eye. The most
superficial investigation seems to JUS
tify the statement that the dome Of
the Capitol is not properly seated on
the building" In his opinion, history
would not suffer in the correction Of
this architectural incongruity.
WITH regard to history, Francis P.
Sullivan, who has worked with
Mr.. Lynn for more than a year in re-
viewing and studying the problem. re-
ported that all documents and records
showed that over a period Of time
changes and alterations were made,
not to retain the worst and inadequate
features Of the old structure, but to
proceed with regard to preservation
of the spirit and intent of the build
ing along lines that were originally
laid down for a completed Capitol.
Substantiating this. Mr.. Sullivan cited
the rebuilding of the Capitol after the
burning by the British, when from go
to 100 workmen were continuously en-
engaged for more than two years in
restoring the struture at a cost that
was three-fourthS of the cost of the
entire original building-an indica-
ton that it was very nearly rebuilt in
entirety.
Producing fake of the paint that
Is on the present central portion Of
the building. Mr.. Sullivan said: "You
can see the superimposed layers
which, during period of over 10 years,
have been successfully smeared over
the delicate carvings and holdings
and realize how little Of the original
effect can be seen through this OBJ
securing encruStation. Even If one
wanted to, it would probably be i'm
possible to reproduce in marble the
effect Of sandstone carving, covered
with 18 or 20 coats Of paint, but the
effect Of the original carving repro
duced in marble would certainly be
nearer the intended appearance than
what we see today" .-
1t Is in this spirit Of preservation
OF historic landmarks rather than
their destruction that Senator Con.
nally has, through the vicissitudey
Of lengthy and periodic discussion,
fathered and brought to the last lap of
its final legislative Journey a bill Of
the greatest historical interest and
significance-that Of the extension
and completion Of the United States
Capitol.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Is considered desirable in order to give
additional emphasis to the central en-
frances, the latter plan or modified
scheme B, would preserve without
change the original architectural de-
sign and detail of the central portion
of the Capitol Building.
When the construction Of the Cap
itol Building was first under consid-
Grafton DR.. Thornton-then architect
thought 1t would be necessary to i'm
port the marble used in the surfacing
Of the structure. The present archi-
tect Of the Capitol, Mr.. Lynn, has as
sured Congress that this would not be
necessary. pointing out that the north
and south wings are constructed Of
marble quarried in Lee, Mass, and
adding that there Is available suitable
marble for resurfacing the central por-
ton in the United States.
p EVEATIONS about the condition
~ Of the present central portico
came somewhat as surprise to the
Investigating Committee, for 1t was
stated that this section Of the Capitol
has to be painted every four years
and that every time the repainting
takes place it is necessary for con-
siderable pointing up to be done"
where the sandstone has sloughed OH.
In bringing out this fact Mr.. Lynn
emphasizes that while the plain sur
faces Of the Capitol Building are in
good condition. generally speaking" !"
there are places where the stones are
cracked and spalled and other places
where the joints have opened, adding,
1T is quite possible that it is in much
worse condition than is apparent, be-
cause the paint hides the actual con-
dition."
I'm some places" said the Capitol
architect, where the paint has peeled
off, the surface of the stone has come
with it. I consider that the whole
stonework is deteriorating progressive
ly. The ornamental parts-the mold
ings, balustrades and cornice-are
badly damaged in some places and Of
fer some possible prospect of danger in
the not very remote future. For exam
pie, q large piece Of the cornice at the
internal angle Of the portico fell about
two years ago. If that had been over
the steps it might have been serious"
In undertaking the alteration the
achitect's Office would plan to remove
the portico and steps and leave the
main wall intact, building out with
marble eastwardly the designated num-
ber of feet. The west front Of the
Capitol would also be faced with mar
BILE in place Of the present sandstone
of both fronts. making q complete
marble building. On the west front
this would be accomplished by cut
ting back the sandstone to receive the
marble in the present facade.
WHILE each successive occupant OF
w the achitect's Office in the Capitol
has been invariably and emphatically
in favor of completing the building as
originally intended, whatever criti-
cism has been offered in other quarters
has been based mainly on the argu-
ment that historical landmarks would
be destroyed during the progress OF
the work Of extension.
what" demanded these objectors,
destroy the historic steps up which so
many oAour Presidents have walked
to take their oath Of odice? Tear
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Giant SundiaI.
PARIs is to have a giant sundial tc

serve all the city.
The obelisk in the Place de Ia
Concorde is to serve as the shadow
thrower whereby all the city can tell
time.
First suggestions that the obelisk
could be so employed were made years
ago by the late Camille F1ammarion,
the famous French astronomer, Flam-
merton suggested that perhaps in
ancient days, the obelisk had been so
employed by the Egyptians.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
PrOsaic to Romantic.

THE depression has served to turn
the course Of many a life. At
the Smithsonian Institution two men.
one q former bond salesman and an.
other q former electrical worker
have developed through w. p A. work
into highly competent craftsmen in
assembling broken pottery Of aborig-
inal America. Aided by the design
and by special cements, these two
men have accomplished an important
work in preparing specimens for fur
ther study Of the life of America back
in some cases to prehistoric days.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

With the establishment Of several
new broadcasting stations, France
hopes to be able to compete with
6her European countries In the radio
program field.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Capitol Design

CONTINUED From Page BID
Evening star., 1937-02-06
By John Jay DAILY.

~OURTNEY RYLEY COOPER,
one of Americas most prolific
Y writer's, the man credited with
~ discovering Canada In writ
Evening star., 1937-02-06
By NC. r.

TINE reviewer has remarked at
least once on the prevalence Of
magazines Of the digest" va
u riety, inquiring, not as one
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that journey, progress so monu-
mentally forlorn that it challenges
the mind to find its equal in history.
The second part describes the actual
sea fight, as it was experienced in a
number of the vessels. AS has been
said, the author gathered his notes
for this narrative while he was in a
Japanese prison camp. Men from
many ships were there with him, SO
that 1t was possible for him to get re-
ports on the action according to many
viewpoints.
It is a tale of one thing, however
from beginning to end, from the lu-
dicrous shooting of the harmless Eng
lish fishermen in the famous Dogger
bank affair Ounder the hysterical fear
that they were japanese destroyers)
to the final catastrophe. And that Is
q tale Of minds essentially childish,
preoccupied with the notion that be-
cause their owners wore gold lace and
insignia, they were functioning like
the minds Of men.
It causes one to reflect on Kiplings
semark about the Oriental character
Of the Russian mind, as incident after
incident Is recounted, all with inepti-
tude as their burden. It causes one
to note that these people have never
fought with success since they under
took to adopt the fighting methods of
Western Europe. Their Mongol ances-
tors, keeping the formation Of the
Horde, won a great empire by the SIM
pie arithmetic Of numbers and the
simple rule of exterminating the con-
Quered. But once they tucked their
shirts in" they declined. Napoleon
went down before their Winter, not
before their resistance, They over
whelmed him by their retreat. not by
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Earl Gray went to Billings,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Pierce Hodges went to
MI. and Mrs. Ivan Clark went
to Billings, Friday. .
Shelby Hodges is visiting at
Pompeys Pillar, this week.
Donna Wagner s1ent the week
end at the Horace Hudson home.
Happy Humphrey helped G. M.
Brown clean seed, Wednesday.
Myrtle Simpson spent Sunday
night with Edna Mae Simpson.
Ira Yates Of Rapelje spent the
weekend with Clinton Blackburn.
Tom Faw and little girls spent
Thursday at the Elmer Stimpson
home.
Mrs. Harry Simpson visited her
mother, Mrs. Quarnburg and sis
ter Edna, Monday.
J. L. Blackburn returned Mon
day from q trip to North Carolina
and Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Simpson
played cards at the Tom Faw
home, Saturday nieht.
MI. and Mrs. Earl Grev and lit
tie girls visited at the Pierce
Hodges and Robert Ewing homes,
Sunday afternoon.
Relatives Of Junior Mabe sur
prised him, Monday evening. with
ice cream and cake, the occasion
being his seventeenth birthday.
Mrs. Hodges father, ]. A. Sher-
odd. wife, son Cites and George
Bowles of Pompeys Pillar spent
Sunday at the Pierce Hodges
home.
Bert Lumas of Red Lodge is
building 9 new house on the
Stray Calf place. We will have
new neighbors soon. Welcome to
our community.
Montana Sorenson, Marguerite
and Vera Plummer and Lena Mae
Peck were out horseback riding
Sunday afternoon. Edna Mae
Simpson Joined them and they
called on Mrs. Happy Humphrey
and Myrtle Stimpson.
The Halfway Home Demonstra-
ton club. will put on a home tai
ent play in the near future, the
exact date to be given later, Mrs.
P. Hodges, H. Simpson, H. Hud-
son, E. Stimnson, T. Faw, E.
Schaak and H. Humphrey met
with Mrs. Earl Gray, wednesday
afternoon and chose their parts.
after which Mrs. Gray served a
delicious. lunch.
The branding for the season
took place at the Harry Simpson,
Horace Hudson and Earl Gray
places Saturday, Mrs. Bina Hud-
son and Mrs. Earl Gray helped
Mrs. Simpson cook for the men.
Monday they branded at the Cary
Mabe, J. L. Blackburn, Elmer
Simpson and Happy Humphrey
places. Mrs. Bina Hudson helped
Mrs. Mabe cook for the men.
FOR RENT-Small house. IN
G. A. LITTON.