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Evening star., 1937-02-07
RELIGION, ART AND SCIENCE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN d. D., d, c. L,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

Religion and art have always been
closely related. Religion has been the
inspiration Of art and art has been the
rich exponent of religion. Among the
choicest canvases the world holds, those
that portray sacred persons and themes
occupy a commanding place. Well nigh
every nation has produced q painter
whose supreme effort has been to place
on canvas a conception Of the Holy
Family and in the features of the Ma
donna he has expressed his ideal in terms
of his own people. Thus Raphael gives
us the face of the Italian, Murillo that OF
the woman of Spain, and SO on through
the great masters of the brush. When
asked Heinrich Hoffman in Dresden IN
1893 from what studies Of the human
face he had produced his noble and
beautiful head of the Christ he told me
that 1t was from no such study; he had
fashioned his masterpiece solely from
his imagination. With a sigh that ex-
pressed his deep yearning he said: IT I
could only paint what I think" Even
his fine canvas was inadequate to express
his devotion and love for Him whom
he worshiped.
Art draws heavily upon the imagina-
ton, and its rich colors are creations OF
the mind and heart. Science has its
exact measurements, its test tubes, It's
mathematical calculations; its labors are
in the study and the laboratory: its
findings are the result Of long pondering
and unflagging and persistent research.
To it the world pays tribute and from it
1t has received countless blessings. Our
age has witnessed such amazing advance
along scientific lines that it Is bewildcred
by its achievements. Time was when to
relate science and religion seemed an
impossible task. We recall Andrew D.
Whites monumental work entitled THE
Warfare of Science and Religion" in
which he sought to show and show con-
clusively the age-old conflict that had
marked the resistance of religion to the
new disclosures of science. We doubt
whether such a contention could be
maintained today. Religion has come to
recognize the legitimate field Of science
and science the legitimate field of re-
ngion.
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A Real Juvenile Court.

=, Regardless Of differences of opinion
: over what to do about the United States
Supreme Court, there is practical una
nimity of opinion over what to do about
the Juvenile Court of the District of
Columbia. The local court should be
modernized and brought into line with
accepted Juvenile Court practices and
concepts already prevailing in ma
,jority of the States. The method Is
outlined in bill, and an excellent sum-
nation of its purposes, which probably
will be presented to the House tomorrow
in the form of H. r. 1858 and the accom-
panying unanimous report from the
: House District Committee recommending
Its passage.
brc The bill to modernize the Juvenile
- Court, making it real Juvenile Court
vai1stead of q Police Court for children
:, under seventeen years of age, has had
"a long history. 1t was proposed. In
essentially the same form that it is pre-
sented today, as far back as 1914. 1t
=. passed both Houses of Congress, only to
, die in conference over certain amend
ments. 1t has been revived since. Last
year its provisions were subjected to
careful analysis by the corporation courl-
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conscience has led her to step on toes
that may not have required stepping on.
Then there Is the fact that politicians
become uncomfortable when they must
ask woman for political favors' par
ticularly when the woman does not
particularly understand the ways OF ma
tional politics and politicians.
The result is that what probably mas
been the best administration Of the De.
partment of Labor in its relatively or1eI
history has received the least 1aVor-
able attention.
And, where a woman has tackled
tough Job, with important results to show
for it, there has grown an impression
that the job was bit bungled.
Really what happened was that Miss
Perkins took over a department that
handled many of the Federal Govern
ment's social welfare activities, and. as
a leader with long experience in welfare
work, prepared to move ahead IN that
field when labor disputes and the grow
ing tension between workers and en-
ployers forced her into the center OF an
impossible task, for the solution OF
which she possessed no power other
than that of persuasion. The job was
one that neither man nor woman could
fill with full satisfaction.
Mr.. Roosevelt Is well enough pleased
with the first four years Of experiment
with feminine administration Of Gov
ernment department to indicate that
there will be another four II Miss Per.
kins wishes to serve.
81 (copyrisht. 1e37J
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Among the most outstanding scientists
Of this later age the church has found
many OF its strongest and most ardent
advocates. The late DIR. Henry Fair
field Osborn, an outstanding leader In
the scientific world, boldly maintained
that what education in its larger inter-
probation needed was a "reaff1rmation
Of the elemental imperatives of religion"
AS write there lies before me letter
from an eminent modern scholar in
which these sentences occur: Religion,
art and science are trinity in unity"
and again he afirms: Religion, art and
science must join hands in a higher
expression of good than the world has
ever known" The great Master declared
Himself to be the Way, the truth and
the life" He further declared: "Ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free" To bring light where there
was darkness, the illumination Of ,he
mind where there was dense ignorance;
health where there was disease; a clear
vision of life's greatest values where
superstition and selfish conceits hindered
mans highest development-these were
the avowed purposes Of His ministry
Surely there Is nothing in His teaching
that embarrasses or restricts men in his
wider search for truth. He is the in
spiration of the honest seeker. The light
which He brought to the world was to
be the chief contribution to mans en-
deavor in his quest for the more abun-
dant life. Let it be readily acknowledged
that art and science have done much to
make religion more real and more in
dispenSable, yes, and to make 1t a more
vital asset to man in his struggle for
the highest attainment of his ideals.
The more intimately these contributions
to the enrichment of life can be related,
the sooner shall we approximate those
standards Of excellence that will make
this better world In which to live.
Better bodies mean better souls;
broader knowledge Of mans greater
freedom; the opening of things secret
and hidden means a finer understanding
Of the will and purpose OF God and Of
the amplitude Of His love.
"Ye shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free" this is His
promise.
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Progress by Indirection.

Some of the comment following the
Presidents message on the Supreme
Court and the judiciary suggests that
the fundamental weakness of the Presi-
dents strategy may be its disingenuous-
ness. 1t is, plainly, just bit too smart.
The sugar coating, in the form OF de.
sirable reforms, is bit too thin. Why
should the President, If he believes IN
what is known candidly as packing the
Supreme Court, approach his goal by
such a circuitous route?
The value of surprise as an important
element in strategy and tactics has been
demonstrated from time immemoriai.
The wooden horse of Troy is merely one
classic example. But to be effective the
element of surprise must be simple and
direct. Many strategist has become so
tangled in the depth of his own strategy
that he has lost the battle.
The President used the element Of sur
prise in his message. The press con-
ference, the mystery of an important
message about to be sent to Congress,
the doors guarded until the President
completed reading his message to the
reporters, the hurried summoning OF the
chairmen of the Judiciary COMMITTEES
all these things no doubt appealed to
the Presidents highly developed sense
of the colorful and the dramatic.
And the Presidents strategy in prep
aration is also revealed. Plainly dissat-
isfied with judicial interpretations OF
constitutionality of his New Deal meas
ures, the President has led campaign OF
attrition against the. solid walls OF
confidence In the Supreme Court. The
court has been pictured in the public
mind as standing in the path of progress.
The Constitution has been rendered
formal homage-but the courts which
interpret 1t have been the targets OF
continued bombardment. Now. through
the breach in the walls, the President
leads the attack.
But why the white flags? Why, if the
plan is to add to the membership OF the
Supreme Court those members who are
inclined to a political point of view,
should it be concealed under the advo-
cacy of judicial reform? The proposal
to enlarge the Supreme Court is not new.
The enlargement of the Supreme Court
is nothing new. 1t is question which
is to be considered on its merits. Why
is it not presented for consideration on
it's merits? Why is it given the appear
ance of something that 1t is not?
The Presidents message and proposals
will be debated for many months to come.
In the end, despite the form in which
the proposals have been presented, the
question for decision will be whether we
are to change the traditional conception
of the Supreme Court and the judiciary
for the sake of obtaining what may seem
to be Immediately desirable ends in leg
islation. There ought to be more direct,
and less dangerous, methods of achieving
those ends.
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sci and the Commissioners and, later,
by a subcommittee under Representative
Nichols of Oklahoma. Mr.. Nichols sub
committee could not complete its work
in time for adequate presentation to
the House. This year it has become
one of the first local measures to be
placed on the House calendar.
1t is to be hoped that members will
study the excellent report accompanying
this bill, which explains its provisions
and its underlying philosophy, and that
they will pass the measure SO that there
will be an abundance of time for its con-
sideration in Senate committee and by
the Senate itself. Enactment Of this
needed legislation should not be de-
layed another year.
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The ''Sin" of Being Old.

Of course, everybody more or less
enthusiastically agrees that it is ter
rible mistake to be old. In point OF fact,
it is approximately as much of an error
as being young. Authorities who spe-
cialize in generalities are fortnight in
their condemnation of both conditions.
Some suppose it to be a cardinal sin to
be less than seventy; others presume 1t
kind of felony to be more than seven
teen. Just now it momentarily is the
fashion to follow the latter school and
to throw metaphoric hen fruit at every
thing and everybody not absolutely
gangrenous with juvenility.
Solomon's opinion that "the hoary
head is crown of glory" temporarily
has been forgotten; the Mosaic injunc-
ton to "honor thy father and thy
mother" is out of date. Perhaps 1t is q
symptom of the current period Of con-
fusion and experimental transition that
even theoretically responsible leaders Of
the people should cater to that strange
variety of ass-consciouSness which sets
the undeveloped future at war with the
still unburied past. The resultant spec
tacle would be tragic If it were not SO
notably comic.
But 1t is incontrovertibly laughable to
hear an individual "on the wrong side
Of thirty" complaining about some other
individual who happens accidentally to
be his senior. The critic overlooks the
law whereby he himself is destined to
encounter the same fate. He also neg
lects the principle which holds that a
sage who has lived sensibly for three
score and ten years is apt to be phys
ically and mentally superior to a fool
who has wasted his energies through only
half that length of time. Age, as any
intelligent insurance solicitor will argue.
is q relative affair. Byron's blind old
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Good Intentions.
Perhaps, in mysterious place,
That we can reach some day,
The good intentions we may trace
That somehow went astray,
And, like the shepherd with his sheep,
Well show a pathway plain:
Our good intentions we will keep
And bring them home again.
Perhaps out there where stars are bright
Our good intentions wait,
And we at last may see them right,
Amid rejoicing great.
They say internal depths are paved
With purposes once fair.
But let us hope they have been saved
For us Somewhere. Up There.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

References are being made to George
Harvey's appearance in knee pants. as
Ambassador to Great Britain. Restora-
ton of forgotten men to remembrance
might be an embarrassing occupation.
In his day George Harvey's magazine
made him conspicuous far more than
his trousers.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

An enlargement of the United States
Supreme Court would be literary stimu-
lation, with new material for gossipy
personalities. 1t is reasonable to expect
that further Garden City publications
will have the editorial approval Of the
Department of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Responsible authorities assign to
Cairo, ILL.,, the pronunciation "Kayro," I"
although an early reference to the
ancient Egyptian city on the Nile seems
probable. A modernization may have
occurred under the same influences that
sought, without avail, to pronounce st.
Louis as If 1t were spelled Saint Lewis. /"
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Inevitable Contention.

Have you ever believed there might
be a way to induce people to dwell to-
gether in silence and content?"
I'm silence, perhaps" answer Sena-
tor Sorghum, but not content. un-
derstand that those who have mastered
the needful mode of expression can have
terrific arguments even in a deaf-mute
asylum"
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Only wonderful self control, it may be
assumed, prevents Charles Evans
Hughes from making some rousing po-
litical speech, the same as If he were
again campaigning.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Horse racing in the District of Colum-
bia may be favored as a special accom-
mediation to a group of United States
citizens who are used to being kept
guessing.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Society in general is so much con-
cerned over the Ohio food situation
that curiosity may arise as to why the
Order of the Cincinnati does not do
something about it.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Fears are expressed that this country
cannot maintain neutrality in case of
war. 1t can if it will show fighting
equipment that will inspire thorough
respect.
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AS politics proceeds, jurists have a
clearer idea of what the President was
laughing at in all his campaign photo
graphs. His confidence of purpose was
such that he did not take the trouble to
laugh In his sleeve.
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Anybody expecting DR.. Royal Copeland
to present a candid diagnosis of politics
should not omit to send stamped, SELF
addressed envelope for confidential reply.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Fifty Years Ago
In the Star

The Star of January 81. 1887. COM
ments as follows upon a proposal, just
made. to erect a me-
mehhoildiS mortal in this city to
To Mothers. the mother of the first
President:
"The Washington national monument
having, after forty years of struggling.
been capped and dedicated and the
Mount Vernon estate put into safe
keeping, it has occurred to the citizens
of Fredericksburg, Va, to revive the
project of memorial to Mary Washing
ton. mother of the immortal George,
which has lain dormant for half
century. To this end Congress is in
vited to contribute the small matter of
twenty thousand dollars.
Undoubtedly the object is excellent,
for all accounts agree that Mrs. WASH
ington was a woman of sterling char
acter-an old-fashioned mother. who
brought her sons up to do something
and to be somebody. 1t is eminently
fitting that Fredericksburg should honor
her memory, but there may have been
a reasonable difference of opinion as
to the expediency of an appropriation
by Congress to glorify a private citizen
whose claim to such distinction rests
wholly on the cultivation of the domestic
virtues. For all we know, the mother
of Abraham Lincoln may have been
as deserving on this score as Mary
Washington. But good mothers-heaven
be praised!-are not so rare figures in
the history of our Republic. The men
who have grown great and who have
Loyalty ascribed the roofing Of heroic
y1rinPiy,IoS thair n1nrol
the women who bore and reared them
are many indeed. To establish the
precedent of raising monuments would
be dangerous for Congress; and. If a
few are to be chosen from the multitude,
who shall draw the line between the
mothers, for instance. of Patrick
Henry. of John Jay and of Winfield
Scott?"
1.-THE traction railway BILL which re-
Gently passed the House and is now be-
fore the Senate. !"
Tn Washington. February 4, 1887,
'is made the sub
ject of conflicting petitions from citizens
of the District. Where the use of the
tIdClAOll oyoCClA 40 ~ oSeASoSAS SAAA NS~N-
tional street railroads are desired or de-
sirable, no weighty objections can be
urged against it. The swifter cable is
likely to become q substitute for the
horse on all street railways. The sys-
tenn has the merit. too. Of supplying
groove rails, level with the street, that
do not hinder travel and diSlocate the
wheels of light carriages crossing them.
as the projecting T rails of the present
horse car lines often do. The valid OBJ
lection to the present proposition is not
to the system. but to the use OF certain
streets for railroad purposes upon which
the city does not need additional facili-
ties of transportation. Residence streets
like Twelfth, Thirteenth and Sixth. upon
which 1t is proposed to place tracks, are
already easy of access from the tracks
upon adjacent parallel streets like
Eleventh. Fourteenth, Seventh and
Ninth. The streets and avenues not
positively needed by the public for
street railroad purposes should be care
fully reserved"
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Much complicated argument has origi-
mated in Tennessee. The alert and con-
scientious Secretary Of State at least
managed to steer clear of the Scopes
trial.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

For the present the Red Cross appears
to take care of all flood sufferers, in
Guiding reporters who insist on rushing
to the scene Of peril and getting their
feet wet.
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Amatory Anatomy.

From the Grand Island Independent.
One poor fellow who lost his heart,
then his head and asked for her hand
now finds trouble on foot and Il about
to get It in the neck.
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
fte use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved
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There Is still no danger that so many
Justices will accumulate that White
House receptions to the judiciary will
be overcrowded.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Old Man River Rhine still hints Of
more trouble than any caused by the
Mississippi.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

An element of the New Deal consists
in drawing for more court cards.
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Making q Pet Of Him.

"Is your wife fond of dumb animals?"
IT think she is" answered Mr.. Meek
ton, "but I'm not sure. Anyhow, she
very seldom lets me talk"
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Jud Tunkins says his radio is a will
ing performer, but 1t can't learn any
new tunes that amount to much.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Zone who weeps without present rea-
son." said Hi Fo. the sage Of China
town, "is exceeded in insincerity only
by one who laughs continually with q
view to ingratiating himself"
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Confidence Disappointed.

Everybody thinks that he
Knows what a government should be,
But no one that mankind has met
Has ever made one perfect yet.
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1T ain tryin' to reform nobody" said
Uncle Eben, "'cause Is jes' selfish
enough to b1ieve dat II I has any good
ideas for moral improvement, kin meb.
be take de benefit personally"
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Superabundant Energy.

Superabundant Energy.
Our honored statesmen are all right
AS they their ways pursue.
Sometimes you think they're going to
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department until it Is on the way to
becoming an extremely important
branch of the Government.
She took an active part in shaping
the policies of N. r. A., and in the
process, crossed Gen. Hugh johnson, the
colorful administrator, who has not for
gotten his experiences with the Secretary.
AS a result he loses no opportunity to
aim a torpedo at her official career.
Under her administration, the statis-
tical services of the Labor Department
have been expanded and improved. She
has been given responsibility for admin
istering the Walsh -Healey act-known
as the little N. r. Although which
the Federal Government uses its pur-
chasing power to enforce labor stand
ards in industry. The present system
of social security, involving old-age pen
sions, old-age insurance and unemploy-
ment insurance, was built out Of the
study of a committee on which Miss
Perkins was chairman.
The first four years of feminine ad-
ministration Of major department Of
the Federal Government-the only four
years ever to provide an example of fem
inine administrator been years
Of the departments principal growth in
prestige and Importance.
But, in those years, Miss Perkins has
not sold herself to the public very
effectively.
She got off on the wrong foot with many
newspaper men by showing q reserve
that they did not particularly like. Her
backstage clashes with Gen. johnson,
finally leading up to his resignation as
N. r. A. administrator, brought reper-
cussions when the general began to
write for newspapers. A New England
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And yet they never do.
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there was plenty Of stone. but the in
finite labor must have required vast
numbers of men.
The country being extremely rugged.
there was no lack of natural sites. For
example. the fortress of Sabyn stands
on a vast mass rising out Of gorges sur
rounding it, much as the Rock of Gibral-
tar rises out OF the sea. There was but
a single entrance. It was reached by a
bridge which spanned a gorge dropping
hundreds of feet below. When the bridge
was raised the fortress was cut of
utterly.
While the outer walls of these castles
were forbidding in the extreme, within
there were amenities Little is left Of
the palaces, the living quarters, but
there are several amazing churches re-
naming, all contained within the en-
comprising walls. There one finds
superb examples of Gothic comparable
with some of the great Gothic cathe-
drals Of France and England. There
are the clustered columns, the springing
arches and the groined ceilings. Stand
ing within one of these edifices, 1t seems
incredible that, just outside, through the
walls many yards thick, lie either bleak
Syrian mountain or stretching deserti
These are the strange vestiges of
thousand years ago which are being re-
stored as monuments to that vast move
ment which shook the Western world
to its foundation and altered history.
Ages have rolled by since the sword of
Richard Occur de Lion and the scimitar
of Saladin rang, but some things remain.
The Psychologists and architects, work.
ing on the restorations, have found
growing in crannied walls such Euro
pean flowers as the snapdragon, not
indigenous to the region at all. but
which surely are descendants Of seeds
brought by Crusaders centuries ago
from some quiet English garden.