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Evening star., 1937-10-24
The Age Articulate.

This, it seems, is the age of talk Nu-
merous observers have noted the fact
and commented upon it. Yet it would be
an error to suppose that the human race
never found its tongue until radio and
sound movies were invented.
In ancient Greece, for example, there
was no dearth of debate. Socrates and
Plato are but two of many names which
are immortal in relation to the skilled
use of speech. All the philosophers
whole schools of them-were masters of
exposition. The plays of Aeschylus,
Euripides, Sophocles and Aristophanes,
heard by thousands, were little more
than intermixed orations and converse
tions. Dialogue was not created by these
masters; rather, it merely was adapted
for the stage by them. Similarly, de-
mocracy as form Of government evolved
without deliberate design from the nat
ural exchange of opinion among the in
habitants of Athens.
In the same manner, Rome successfully
was monarchy, a republic and an en-
pire-each different system talked into
existence. A glance at Horatius, Caesar,
Marc Antony, Brutus, Augustus, Cicero,
Marcus Aurelius, even Justinian, proves
the point. They were educated in elo-
quence. 1t is impossible to imagine them
ruling the earth In silence. Thought
Evening star., 1937-10-24
AT THE BEGINNING:
BY THE RIGHT JAMES FREEMAN, d, IL d, D.. L.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

The first words that open the Bible
are: an the beginning, God" Before
the story of Creation and before the
story of mans development this state
nent is registered 1t is q statement
that puts first things first. Some one
has well said that life begins and enos
With God, and no less a person than
Robert Louis Stevens affirmed: mo man
can say that he has made any success IN
life until he can write at the top OF the
page of his life's journal, Enter God. p"
tits a text so short and yet so pro-
foundly significant that it ought TO
occupy a conspicuous place In every
home, in every forum, in every place OF
human enterprise, in every class room,
in every laboratory where scientlflc re-
search is made 1t might well be the
thought that occupies the mind as one
awakes and begins new day, even as
1t might well be the inspiration OF each
one of us as we enter upon a new task
or 90 forth in search Of new adventure.
The Master said in one OF His great ad-
monitions: Seek ye first the Kingdom
of God and His righteousness and all
these things shall be added unto you. !"
He had been speaking Of the common
necessities of life and had affirmed: !:
Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things" Nothing
could do more to stabilize and strengthen
life than the consciousness that all that
we are and all that we do begins with
God. How 1t would enlarge the vision of
q child to be told that every days play
and every days study is but the affrma-
ton of this eternal fact. 1t creates in
the mind of young and old alike more
comprehensive and expansive idea OF
life's meaning and lends to it an inter-
probation of it's end and purpose.
Louis Pasteur, the great chemist OF
France, thus expresses his own creed:
HE who proclaims the existence of the
Infinite-and none can avoid it-accu-
mulates in that affirmation more of the
supernatural than is to be found in all
the miracles of all the religions, for the
notion of the Infinite presents that dou-
BILE character that it. forces itself upon
us, and yet. is incomprehensible. When
this notion seizes upon our understand
ing we can but kneel. see everywhere
Evening star., 1937-10-24

the inevitable expression of the Infinite
in the world; through 1t, the supernatu-
raj is at the bottom of every heart"
One could imagine this sjngularly
great scientist making bis experiments
in his laboratory with the deep con-
sciousneSs that, somehow. some way, he
was but discovering anew the secrets of
the Infinite.
AS we look out upon the world of ma
ture with its enhancing beauty we have
in every vision of it fresh revelation OF
the mighty Creator. The poet Addison
had this in mind when he wrote his
poem on the glory of the things Of
nature:
I'm reasons ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice.
For ever singing, as they shine,
The Hand that made us is Divine"
When we listen to the exquisite strains
of more great symphony or oratorio,
once again we come to understand that
the concord of sweet sound is but the
expression OF the harmony of the uni
verse, whose Builder and Maker is God!
To interpret all life in its every form and
phase as the expression of the handiwork
of God is to satisfy the deeper feelings
can hardly think of life or of the world
in which we live or be able to understand
its more subtle meaning without this
apprehension of Gods presence and
handiwork. How much simpler the mys-
terry of life seems to us when we have
this understanding of its meaning; yes,
and how much deeper is our satisfaction
when we enter upon each new experience
with the masterful conception: I'm the
beginning. God" There is a world of
religion in this short sentence. AS a
matter of fact, it is fundamental to all
religion. We begin our creeds with the
sentence: Il believe in God, the Father
Almighty" and in this single affirmation
we find the talisman that binds men
together in common faith and COM
mon hope. Every word that fell from
the lips of Jesus was designed to give
larger Interpretation to this first word
in Holy Writ.
Reverently we begin the day and rev.
erently we close it; waking and sleeping
In the beginning, God"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Shooting Stars.
EXPLANATION of a Sadne
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Explanation of Sadness.
Now we hear the serenading
Of the Autumn leaf that's fading
And the gloom which comes paradin,
Everywhere.
But the sunshine fingers brightly
And the trees that rustic lightly
Seem to dance measure sprightly
Through the air.
Yes! We're due for melancholy,
Though it seems bit of folly
Not to be serenely jolly
While we may,
For the Autumn comes a-singing
While the gold that she is bringing
She is generously fiinging
BY the way.
For those Autumn songs so dreary
Were composed in days all weary
When the Summer far from CHEEKY
Held the scene;
They were framed in preparation
For much later publication
In a made-fo decoration
Magazine.
They reflect the soul depleted
When the sun was superheated
And of rest the world was cheated
Day by day.
That same singer, now the claimant
Of q check for liberal payment,
Decks himself in Autumn raiment
And Is gay.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Tax Revision.

Inc country has been waiting con-
siderable time for tax revision. That
some of the more recent New Deal taxes
have been an oppression to reviving
business has been charged again and
again. More particularly attention has
been directed to the tax on undistributed
profits and to the capital gains tax. From
its inception the undistributed profits tax
has been under fire on the ground that
1t is tax on thrift and that it would
place industrial concerns in difficult
position in the event of new depres-
sion. The administration has limited
that something would be done about this
tax and the capital gains tax. But it has
made no promises.
The question of tax revision. however,
Is not to be taken up at the special
session which soon begins, unless the
administration should have change of
heart. 1t is to be postponed until the
regular session which opens in January.
Careful studies of the tax system have
been made both by the Treasury De-
partment and by congressional commit
tees. Presumably with the information
in hand, the revision should be ready
to proceed without further delay. Early
action should have stabilizing effect.
Uncertainty about taxes acts in in
Vulnerable ways to retard business and
new enterprise. The fear of added and
unforeseen tax burdens is potent, par
ticularly when it comes to expansion of
business and the investment of new
capital. The President has said that he
does not believe it will be necessary to
levy additional taxes; that he believes
the governmental budget can and will
be balanced during the fiscal year 1899.
But as long as the proposal of tax revi-
sion hangs in the air, there is specula-
ton whether the tax structure will take
some new shape. Furthermore, if the
Government revenues fall off additional
taxes may be requisite, or a vast re-
trenchment in governmental expenditures
will be necessary.
1U6 ways dliO 4slCoAlo NoAiiiibo
tee and the Senate Finance Committee
will be in Washington during the coming
month. The statement has been made
at the White House that the Treasury
Department will be ready and will submit
to these committees the results of its
study of the tax situation. There seems
no good reason why these committees
should not Immediately start work draft
ing the tax revision bill. Presumably
they will.
1t should not require great deal of
time to reach major decisions in regard
to the taxes in view of the long
preparation. This is particularly true
If the administration is bent upon cur
tailnent of expenditures rather than
branching out into new fields. On the
other hand, if the administration goes
forward with a program that calls for
more and more new Government agencies
which are likely to become permanent
and add to the regular annual outlay
of Government funds-a different pic
ture is presented.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

lively peculiar in every respect Thus
he made his own laws of journalism, vio-
lated most of those which were tradi-
tional in the publishing industry. When
other men tried to initiate him, they
failed. Strangely enough, he could not
duplicate his own achievement. The
pattern he developed for the Saturday
Evening Post simply would not apply to
the Ladies Home Journal and the Coun-
try Gentleman. Each was success, yet
neither ever attained the celebrity en-
loved by Mr.. Lorimer's first love-"
The Saturday Evening Post, therefore,
is his monument. He built 1t almost
alone. The affection he entertained for
it was that which a father feels for a
living child. Even when he was gravely
ill, he demanded to see every page be-
fore it went to press. 1t is reported that
he read every contribution in manuscript
and for decades wrote every editorial
comment. Some of his opinions were
popular enough to deserve preservation
in book form. His Letters of Self
Made Merchant to His Son" were a
Bible of sort to thousands of his
admirers.
But MIR. Lorimer never sought per-
sonal fame. He lived quietly. All his
energies went into his profession. Such
was his choice. He was generous. kindly.
considerate, easy to meet, not difficult to
appreciate. In recent years he had been
unhappy-because the America he valued
SO highly and had tried so earnestly to
serve was, as he believed, being led
astray. His death, occurring at a mo-
ment when he was truly needed and
still competent to help, is doubly a
national loss.
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either by cost-cutting or by tax raising.
Mr.. Roosevelt, however, disagrees with
this diagnosis and insists that he will
get the Governments budget into bal
ance within the next year.
Once the Government actually started
to use the savings of its workers to re-
duce the amount of the debt owned by
banks and other institutions, these pri-
vate owners would be forced to look for
other places in which to invest their
money. Those investments might go
into any number of lines and could in
themselves create problems that the
Government might have to solve.
This social security business has many
ranifications.
(Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-10-24
George Horace LOrimer.

1t pleased George Horace Lorimer to
pretend that Benjamin Franklin was the
architect of the Saturday Evening Post.
But the legend deceived no one. A
worldwide public knew that the paper
established by Poor Richard was some
thing altogether different. The maga-
zine in its present form was the crea-
ton of the preachers boy" who now
passes into history as one of the greatest
editors who ever has lived and labored.
Mr.. Lorimer was unique. None of his
contemporaries could boast genius Of
equal merit. His talents were distinc-
Evening star., 1937-10-24

uttered convincingly was their tnstru-
ment.
Nor were the Middle Ages mute. The
Crusades originated in the persuasive
genius of evangelists-Peter the Hermit,
for instance. All the beautiful cathedrals
of Western Europe were raised by
preachers of the Word. So, too the
guilds of merchants and artisans and
civic leagues like that of the Hanseatic
towns were organized by processes OF
conference. Charlemagne and Alfred, in
France and in England, reawakened
civilization by appeals to the ears of
patriots. Peter Abelard and Dean Colet,
Shakespeare and Dante, Sir Thomas
More. Erasmus and Grotius, Calvin and
Luther were pleaders in the truest mean
ing of the term.
And the same remark may be regis
tered from Cromwell and Voltaire.
Thomas Paine and Thomas jefferson,
even the austere George Washington.
Discussion separated the American Colo
nies from the Crown. furnished the op-
portunity for the revolution which cost
Louis XVI his head, gave Napoleon his
chance, sponsored Bolivar and Sun Vat
Sen, elevated Lenin and Mussolini and
Hitler to dictate to bewildered millions.
Currently, new factor appears to be
entering the universal picture. People
are learning to listen with discrimina-
ton. For evidence of the change, con-
slider the anxiety of both radio and movie
producers to improve the quality of ar
ticulation, if not the character of the
ideas articulated
Evening star., 1937-10-24

One really great man who undertook
to address the American public on its
own affairs was Calvin Brice, equally at
home in the library or in public address.
1t is strange that his competent express
sion combined with skilled research
should so soon be almost forgotten.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Baltimore was never what is referred
to as a good show town, but it has done
its best with material. as in the case of
the great Edwin Booth, not considered
suitable for display in the United States
Capital
Evening star., 1937-10-24

The world has had one great war which
Woodrow Wilson managed to bring to a
conclusion so far as this Nation is con-
cerned. His effort will claim respect and
hostilities.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

AS genial optimist Mr.. Farley is still
one of the Nations great orators. What
he says he does not have to take back
or explain since there are always others
who assume this function as a natural
duty.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

German music and Italian music both
have elements of beauty, but neither
school shows much scholarly benefit from
an effort to adjust it to the rhythms of
modern jazz opera.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Various rural communities are more in
doubt than ever as to whether the nat
ural affection between CANNES and hu-
mans will permit Greenbelt to be con-
Quoted without dog tax.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

As time goes on Mr.. Ickes discovers
that a gentleman connected with the
United States Government is not lib
Grated by Maryland from contacts, some
of them more or less expensive, with Or
ganization politics.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Many writer accustomed TO step
boldly into the depths of political finance
is content just at present to admit there
is such thing without attempting to
explain 1t.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

When Mr.. Carter Glass takes another
step in Freemasonry he calls attention
to the fact that a man with correct
principles may assume that it is never
too late to learn.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Important Point.

st don't believe lot Of the stories
they tell about you," said the sympathetic
friend.
"H'm!" unused Senator Sorghum.
(Which don't you believe-the good ones
or the bad ones?"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Cynical Parent.

what are your daughters studying
now?"
Nothing" replied Mr.. Cumrox.
They've learnt all about music, paint
ing and literature. All they've got left
to learn is not to bother people with
them"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Variant Responses.

The Jokes that people give and take
They can't all be admired.
What makes one person laugh will make
Another person tired.
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Demonstrations Compared.

"You mustn't neglect your studies Tor
athletics"
That's what father says" replied the
young man. "But father never gets up
and cheers when he hears me quoting
Latin the way he does when he sees me
playing foot ball"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
High Cost.

The worlds improving day by day
Upon scale extensive;
But some improvements, so they say,
Are fearfully expensive.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

"People dat tells all dey knows" said
Uncle Ehen. "don ginerally seem to find
out much worth tellin'."
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Chancellor of Pitt in Middle

In mdwnter the breach became acute that Chancellor
Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh found it necessary
ask Harrison for his resignation choice in favor of Sutherland
that not for Bowman to make view of Harrson
marvellous athletic expansion program at Pitt.
For in ten years. Harrison had established football relations
with such teams Fordham Notre Dame, Minnesota Iowa.
Ohio State Army Navy Drake Wisconsin, Nebraska, Duke
University Southern California Stanford with Southern
Methodist University being scheduled for 1888.
Harrison you ee made the Pitt football schedules and he
made it of whole brick, not bats
However it Sutherlands teams which had played such
opposition and created the Pittsburgh fame and Bowman dared
not choose against Sutherland for two definite
Sutherland in Drivers Sect
Firstly Sutherland besides knowing football and dentistry
knows also something about His agreement with
Pittsburgh has been that they couldn't dispense with him.
he with them, without five years notice.
Secondly, Pittsburgh being State-subsidzed institution
to the cadence Of $60000 Chancellor Bowman needed
Sutheand popularity in the State to keep the endowment
healthy well to hwart the eager hand of Governor George
M Earle his desire to dominate the appointment of trustees
ofthe university there being Is IT, and all coveted political
berths. =
With the of Sutherland in saddle of football
cess, Chancellor Bowman position to tell Governor
Earle to- keep his hands off, while Bowman designated the
trustees who would best fit into his household.
Cutting Picture Back to Coast
MEANWHILE back in Santa Anita the day following Bowl
game last year. the seniors of the University of Washington
team had Bullying pockets Of 800 EACH gift from their ah
letic department, to bet the ponies they wished
The poor Pittsburgh boys had little $3.50 each per-
sonal contributions of Jock Suherandor the goes
Well boys will do, they got their heads together
this slight discrepancy the older foresghted of the
Partners deciding that if and when Pittsburgh would again
become Rose Bowl nominees they would that the booty
was little more equitably split.
Thus the virtual mutny at Pittsburgh this week when the
players told by the athletic authorities go into hud
die over the Pasadena proposition
Well it all forms Just another chapter in the labor strife
which has beset this county
When and where will be the next outbreak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

cheSter-Btltmore, Rye, N. Y,
where they will remain in Seclu
sion until a few hours before Sun
days all-important game against
New York's gridiron Giants for
the championship Of the Eastern
division Of the National Football
League.
Meanwhile, Washington is foot
ball-mad-all one hears on all
sides is avid conversation anent
Sundays game. Never before in
the history Of sophisticated Wash
ineton has this city been so
wrought up over any athletic team
and athletic contest as the Ma
TONS Capital is wrought up about
the Redskins and Sundays game
in New York.
Indeed, so enthusiastic are
WaShingtonians about the cham
pionship tilt and the defending
champions that approximately
5000 local fans will entrain here
Sunday morning for New York
and the big game.
Jack Espey, general manager of
the Redskins, today reported that
Wsshington's first three allot-
ments of tickets for the GiantRed-
skin game, totalling approximate
ly $500 pasteboards, have been
exhausted, and hurry.up call has
been made to Tim Mara, owner OF
the Giants, to rush 1000 more
tickets to washington by airplane
NEED MORE TICKETS
A week back, when the Giants
uueried Washington the number
of tickets necessary to take care
of Washington's patronage for the
game, Espey requested $50 tickets.
These disappeared in less than an
hour after the Green Bay victory
over the Redskins. Espey then
telephoned New York and urgently
requested about 1000 more tickets
New York responded by rushing
the 900 tickets by airplane. These
disappeared in less than two hours
One again Espey called on New
York, and Mara rushed 1,160 paste
boards to Washington by plane
When these were grabbed UP by
rabid grid fans Of the city last
night and this morning, Espey
again was forced to call on New
York, and more tickets are ex
pected to arrive this afternoon.
Not since the World Series Of
1924, the last time Wellington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
POWELL NAMED
NAVY CAPTAIN
FOR next YEAR

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 1.-As
is the custom at the Naval Acad-
envy, a lineman has been elected
to captain the next Middle foot
ball team, according to an an
nouncement by Comdr. A. C.. Nc.
Fall, graduate manager of ath-
leticS, with Lucien c. (Pete)
Powell, jr., of Forester, Ark, regu-
lar right end, elected. r
Powell succeeds Raymond F. Du.
bois, of Naugatuck, Conn.,, regu-
lar guard, as captain.
Fred M. Bush, jr., Of New He
bron, Miss, was appointed mana.
ger, it was announced. Both are
members of the junior class.
Powell played in the backfield
as a member Of the plebe team
two years ago, but in his first year
as q varsity performer was moved
to end, and has played regular
throughout the campaign just
closed. The Middle football cap
tain is also a member of the base
ball team, holding down first base.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Campus Gloom
Rams Disappointed
By BOUL Failure

NEW YORK, Dec. Gloom,
SO thick you could slice it with a
knife, hung over the Fordham
campus today.
Failure Of the greatest eleven
ever produced on Rose Hill to get
the bid to play California in the
Rose Bowl keenly disappointed
the Rams. Their reaction to the
selection of Alabama to represent
the East was one of everlasting
despair-if the Rams can't make
the annual New Year Day classic
with an unbeaten eleven, they
probably never will.
Having failed to receive the
most coveted Of all football invi-
tations, they packed away their
moleskins today. It was Rose
Bowl or nothing, according to
Graduate Manager Jack Coffey.
He added:
TO4 O11oA44 SOA4S4 OOOAoVSo nav
bama upon its selection. I'm
sure Frank Thomas team will
maintain the high standards Of
Rose Bowl play"
Coach Jimmy Crowley hid his
disappointment with:
Frank Thomas is an old and
good friends of mine, and since
Fordham didn't get the Rose
Bowl invitation, I'm glad Ala
bama did" ~... ...
Father John W. lyman, s. j.,
faculty moderator Of athletics, in
an official statement for the uni
versity, said:
There is little for us to say.
In CALIFORNIA; opinion, the bet
ter team was elected. We ap-
plaud the choice"
Alabama generally had been y
garded here as second choice be-
hind F'Ordhan1.