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Evening star., 1939-09-16
Urges Practice of
Gospel of Peace.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
The greatest contribution that the
United States of America can make to
peace and to the cause of democracy is
to keep her own hands unsoiled from the
blood of war and from the equally great
guilt of putting weapons of war into the
hands Of any nation to WELD against
another. 1t is hardly for us to judge
who is to blame for the holocaust now
raging in Europe 1t is more than a
fight of democracy VS.. Hitlerism 1t is
another outcropping of the war of ages
that has had Europe in its grip for hun
dreds of years, and this outbreak is diff
ferent only in its swifter and more awful
destruction OF life and property than
those of former years. No one nation is
without its burden of guilt for the dam
age done in the late World War and for
the preparation of a treaty without
parallel in its unfairness to conquered
people. Just because in the last few years
an insane criminal of prodigious propor-
tions has kindled smouldering spark
into flame is no reason why we in this
country should take up arms, or hand
them to another to take up, against a
nation whose women and children and
misguided youth are the innocent VIC
TINS Better far that we practice the
gospel of peace that we preach: Let us
clean and put in order our own house
and let us lend hand to the suffering
of other lands, particularly to the chill
dren of war-torn countries, for in them
lies the future hope of their peoples. If
we as Nation will adhere to these prin-
ciples we will find in the end that kindli-
ness will prove far mightier than the
sword, not only to ward off the aggressor,
but to strengthen our own ramparts and
make our land a pleasant one to dwell in.
1t would be a far more potent way of
demonstrating the desirability of democ-
racy over autocracy than by blowing out
the brains of the nation that we think
needs lesson May the United States
of America take up this challenge!
September II. G. E. L.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
There is q period in September when

There is q period in September when
q garden looks as well as it ever does.
There are flowers in bloom, the grass
is green, leaves are still on the trees
and the entire setup has about it an all
Of completeness
There are few yellow leaves on the
grass. fallen from the locusts; but in the
main the garden looks about perfect.
This is all the more pleasing, since the
gardener does very little work at this
time OF year.
He-or she-cashes in on past en-
deavors.
One OF the discoveries made BY the
amateur gardener, and one which he
does not always admit, is how very well
yard can take care Of ITSELF
He recalls those countless hours of
pottering around, without much visible
results.
How much time even small yard can
take!
And in the end, what is there to show
for it?
1t reminds some Of the endless patting
of the, hair INDUCED in by women in
public places with the coiffure at the
end OF the patting in exactly the same
state it was at the beginning.
Or his pushing of cuticle with the fin
ger, often seen in public places, always
without visible improvement to the digits.
-
Gardens sometimes seem to react in
much the same way-that is, there is
very little improvement to be noted, after
hours and days of work.
After the days Of experiment, 1t is
possible to keep yard in good trim
simply by keeping the grass cut, and the
borders and edges clipped. These two
good deeds are essential, but aside from
them it is amazing how little need be
done in good garden, after the shrubs
and perennials are growing we'll
The modern small garden is just a
plaything, it might as well be admitted.
II great deal of time is put upon 1t, it is
done solely for the satisfaction of the
putter. 1t really is not necessary, all this
pottering around most home garden
ers do
They are just saving their eyes, may
be, by not reading.
Il 4
There Is a certain satisfaction to han
ding plants and the necessary tools
which is felt more by some natures than
others.
You can always tell man from
small town by the way he goes at his
gardening
If he stays there all day long, on the
days he can, and never seems to get
tired, the observer may be sure that he
comes from place of not more than
$4,000 population, at the most.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Versailles Treaty Not Root
OF Present Conflict.
By Thomas r. Henry.

TO the Edltor OF XHe star:
Most references to the treaty of Ver-
sailles term it harsh, revengeful docu-
ment and the cause of most of the sub
sequent troubles between European
states. Understanding would be greater,
however if previous events were taken
into consideration. The treaty was Sc
we're, as "tigerish" as Clemenceau could
make it, because he remembered 1871
Then, at the close of the Franco-Prus-
sian war, France had to cede Alsace with
a part of Lorraine and submit to Ger
man military occupation pending pay
ment of war indemnity of 5,OOO,OOOOOO
francs (about a billion dollars. Add
ing insult to injury the German en-
pire was proclaimed at Versailles and
the German Army insisted on making
a triumphal entry into Paris. These
doings were merely to satisfy Prussian
pride, so when the time came for sign
ing the World War Versailles treaty.
French pride had its innings, and the
treaty abolishing the German empire
was signed in the same room where that
Bismarckian creation had been pro-
claimed.
The Franco-Prussia war had it's roots
in earlier troubles and so on, back and
back. Is it not evident that some uni
versal cause is at the base of Europes
squabbles? Sometimes intense national
ism is named, but that is merely collec-
tive selfishness, and selfishness is but
another name for what is more COM
monty known as human nature. It
seems to carry on essentially unchanged
through the ages and promises that
there will always be wars and rumors
of wars"
It does not seem reasonable, there
fore, to take the 1918 Versailles treaty
as the beginning Of the ills OF mankind.
Sept. ~. w. L. McATEE.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Few Veteran Leaders

A review Of the great names
associated with the second world war
suggests that the nations involved
are not conspicuously provided with
leaders who have had experience
with problems resulting from con-
fiict.
Great Britain, it is true, has Wins
ton Churchill, recently returned to
his former position as first lord of
the admiralty, and David Lloyd
George, still active in Parliament.
King George VI and his brother, the
former King Edward VIII, now re-
turned home from voluntary exile,
both saw service in the struggle of
1914-1918. But only a mere handful
of the famous soldiers of that time
survives
The same observation, unhappily,
Is true with respect to France. Foch,
Joffre, Gallieni, Clemenceau, Poin-
care, all these are gone So, too, are
their German opponents, Hinden-
burg and Won Tirpitz, and their
friends, Venizelos of Greece, Masaryk
of CzechoSlovakia and Pilsudski of
Poland.
Hitler, 1t is true, saw service in the
field; Goering was commander of the
so-called Flying Circus; Mussolini,
though a Socialist, had an army
career. But most of the followers
Of the axis captains are men too
young to have been to school in the
cataclysm of quarter century ago.
Fascism and Nazi-ism are, in effect,
youth movements of a sort. Sim
ilarly, the Communism of today is a
thing apart from that of Lenin and
his 'old comrades"
Turning to America, the picture is
seen to have altered no less notably.
President Wilson, Theodore Roose-
welt, General Bliss, Colonel House,
Secretary Lansing, Secretary Baker,
Admiral Sims, Ambassador Page,
Senator Lodge, Henry White, George
Harvey, Thomas A. Edison and scores
of other celebrities of the period of
Armageddon No. have departed to
their rest-an Immortality shared by
King George v, Earl Grey, Earl Bal
four, Lord Northcliffe and Lord
Reading.
One tragic architect of the first
World War, however, remains avail
able to testify to its horror. The
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Civil Service

substantial progress mas peen mace
during the past year in achieving
wider application Of civil service to
Government personnel, but estl-
mates Just made available show there
are 297 900 civilian workers here and
throughout the country still In the
unclassified status.
President Roosevelt indicated yes
terday that the administration has
gone about as far as it can in extend
ing the civil service under existing
law, pointing out that there are some
agencies the employees of which can
not be brought into the classified
system.
With Congress called to reconvene
in special session next Thursday, this
serves as reminder that the slate
of business left unfinished at ad-
journment last month included pro-
posed legislation to broaden the
Executives power to extend the civil
service.
1t may not be possible to give any
further attention to improvement Of
the civil service statutes before the
regular session, because the admin
istration wisely has indicated it
wants the returning law makers to
concentrate on the overshadowing
problem of neutrality revision.
Nevertheless, the House, having
already passed a neutrality bill, will
be here, marking time, while the
Senate fights out that main issue. 1t
would seem, therefore, that the
House might find an opportunity,
while awaiting Senate neutrality &C
ton. to take up the Ramspeck civil
service bill. In fact, the House Rules
Committee granted special rule for
consideration of this measure shortly
before the last session ended but ad-
journment came before it was
acted on.
The latest figures show there are
about $4,000 civilian employees of the
Government now under civil service,
an increase of about forty thousand
since the beginning of 1889. This
still leaves far too many unclassified,
and they are not all in temporary
New Deal agencies. Many are scat
tered in the old-established depart
mentS.~
No doubt there will continue to be
differences of opinion in Congress
over the details of how civil service
should be extended, particularly on
such questions as whether incum-
bents should be given non-competi-
tive or competitive tests to acquire
civil service status.
The problem would be less acute
today, however, if Congress had not
left out the civil service requirement
for employment of personnel in a
number of the new agencies brought
into existence since 1888. And.
whether action comes in the special
or next regular session, Uncle Sam
Will be more logical and equitable
employer when all his civilian work.
ers, except the policy making de-
partment heads, are covered by the
civil service system. The pending
House bill would broaden the Presi-
dents power to cover all Federal
workers except those in Works Prog
reSS Administration.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

number Of cases was three hundred
and sixty-six, or twenty more than
a year ago. Few offenses could be
more needless, none could be more
dangerous. Certainly the imposition
of maximum penalties and the pro-
vision Of facilities to insure a higher
proportion of convictions, coupled
with a policy of not changing these
charges to lesser accusations, would
contribute greatly to the elimination
of this most reckless hazard to traffic
safety.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

in his constitutional power should be
granted or permitted any President.
Further, in revising the neutrality law
steps should be taken to guard against a
war boom and ensuing depression.
Prices, profits and wages should be
strictly limited by regulation, not by
taxation. 1t would be unspeakably base
to exploit the shedding of French and
English blood and also a dislocation of
our own economy. Further, any great
expansion of plant capacity useless after
the end of the war should be avoided
BY such measures We can minimize if
not prevent postwar depression
VIM. BROSS LLOYD.
Boston, Mass,
September 13.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Believes Embargo Repeal
Might Lead to War.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
This Nation has everything to gain
and nothing to lose by observing a
strictly neutral attitude toward the
present European war. Many thorough
bred Americans hesitate to allow Con-
gress to revise the present neutrality law
for fear that the lifting of the embargo
will only be step nearer to plunging
this country into the conflict. If Amer
leans could be absolutely certain that
Congressman in their taking up of the
neutrality legislation again would not
jeopardize American welfare in their
honest and sincere desire to serve all our
Evening star., 1939-09-16

former Kaiser Wilhelm II still walks
the garden paths Of Doom in restless
protest against his destiny. What
pity it is that the present master of
the German people did not consult
him before it was too late!
Evening star., 1939-09-16

About the only vestige of silver lin
ing to the clouds now enveloping the
world is the fact that the Serbs and
the Croats seem to have made up"
After that, almost anything could
happen.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

Save some of your critical remarks
about Hitler for those statesmen"
who prevented revision of our neu-
trality law. The Fuehrer never
found more valuable aides in Ger
many.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

Good news for Bermuda: The sure
fire cure for Americans suffering
from hay fever is said to be a trip to
either that place or Europe.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the Driter. although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-09-16

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein also reserved
Evening star., 1939-09-16
WASHIN TON, d. C..
SATURDAY September l6, 1889

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@. When is Better Parenthood Week?
II. j. G.
A. Better Parenthood Week will be OBJ
served from October % through the 29th.
1t is sponsored by the Parents Magazine.
Evening star., 1939-09-16
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Maryland and virginia.
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Daily and Sunday yr. sIS0o: ! mo. 81 eo GO
Daily only ----1 yr. $500; ! mo. I5e
Evening star., 1939-09-16

@. Who wrote the famous old play
called Hearts of Oak"?-K. M.
A. 1t was written by James A. Herne,
actor and playwright, in 1878 He was also
the author of the successful Shore
Acres" which had run of nearly six
seasons.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

Q. How many schools have only one
teacher?-R. S.
"A. There are $4,000 one teacher
schools IN the United States, enrolling
2,725000 children.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

Collection made at the end of each month o.
each week Orders may be sent by mail or tele
phone National 5000
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Delivered by Carrier-City and Suburban.

Evening and Sunday Csc mo. or Sc per week
Ths Sunday Star SC per copy
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

reader can get the dnsUer to am
question OF tact by ,0riting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
ERIC J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
O. What was the average age of our
soldiers IN the World War?-J. r. G.
A. The average age of the officers and
enlisted men serving in the World War
was 2495 years
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Metropolitan Baptist
Service in Charge
OF Wheaton Quintet
Robert Evans breaches
At Evening Service, Rev.
Mr.. Sewage in Morning

The Wheaton College Quintet
will have charge Of the evening
service at Metropolitan Baptist
Church tomorrow. The sermon will
be given by Robert Evans of Balti-
more. who is connected with this
group. The other personnel of the
group includes James Savage of
Pontiac, Mich. brother of the Rev.
Robert Savage, assistant pastor at
Metropolitan. liner Basinger of Pan
dora, Ohio, is the manager, song
leader and baritone. while Carter
Cody of Provo, Utah, is the vocal
sloist and first tenor. Peter STAN.
Sd. of Wheaton, ILL.,, is the pianist
and bass.
At II am. the Rev. Mr.. Savage
will continue the sermon series on
the Book of Philippians. His SUBJ
ject will be Ambitious for Others" -"
The training union will meet at
$50 pm. the junior-high under
the direction of Mrs Robert Savage.
Mrs. Virginia Knode will lead the
program of the senior union. The
intermediates will be directed by
Miss Gertrude Smith. Mrs. d. N.
Thorne will conduct the program of
the adult union. On Wednesday at
7:45 pm. the Phi Gamma Kappa
will hold religious services at the
Northeast gospel mission. The Rev.
Mr.. Savage will speak. The service
Thursday evening will be led by the
senior union. On Friday at 7:45
o'clock the Live Wire Bible Glass
will have charge of the religious
services at the Central Union Mis-
sion. Malcolm Hickox will SPEAK.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Rev. Thomas L. CoyIe
Has Special Sermon

The Rev Thomas Law Coyle has
as special topic tomorrow at $50
and II am. in the Sherwood Pres
byterian Church the age-old ques-
ton, Are the Jews an Eternal
Race?"
The minister has conducted a
careful study of Jewish literature,
the history Of their people and the
status of the race today in the ma
tions of the world
His sermon will include a discus
sion of the fact that the Jews have
been separate people throughout
history, accounts of their persecu-
ton in the various parts of the world
and the possibility of their remain
ing a distinct race throughout the
course of human history.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Randolph h-kacon Man
Speaks Tomorrow al
Mount Vernon Place
Legion Officer to Talk
At Service Next
Thursday Night

Dr. j. Earl Moreland, recently
elected president of Randolph-Ma- :
con College, will preach at the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church tomorrow morning and eve
ming. Until elected to Randolph
Macon, he has been vice president of
Scarrett College in Nashville. Tenn
and for the last four years has been
in charge of the Chautauqua pro-
gram at Lake Junaluska, N. c., and
Mount Sequoyar, Ark.
Franklin j. Portor, chairman of
the Employment Commission of the
District of Columbia Department OF
the American Legion and an officer
of the Legion National Guard OF
Honor, will address the service next
Thursday night on Am I My Broth
er's Keeper" Representatives of all
the posts of the Legion and the Ma
tional Guard of Honor will attend
In a body.
Mrs. Ewing Werlein of Houston
Tex, will be guest soloist at the
morning service and will sing Eye
Hath Not Seem by Gaul. The quar-
0tet, Mrs. La Verne Sims Fairchild
soprano; Mrs. Lily Clayton Garrett
contralto; David Manly, tenor, ano
Arthur NJ Tabbutt, bass, will sing
in the morning He Shall Feed His
Flocks," by Harker. and in the eve
ming Even Me- by Warren. Mrs
Garrett will render an offertory solo
Trust in Him" by Hamlin
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Rev. Tucker 10 Preach
First Of Evensong
Sermons al Cathedral
Program of Services
For Month Of August
Are Announced

The Rev. Francis Bland Tucker,
rector Of st. Johns Church, George
town, and brother of the presiding
bishop, the Most Rev. Henry st.
George Tucker, will preach tomor-
row the first of the August series
Of sermons by Washington rectors
at the peoples evensong services
in Washington Cathedral at pm.
At the service of morning prayer
and sermon at IL am. the preacher
is to be the Rev. DR.. Theodore o.
Wedel, canon chancellor of the
Cathedral. Celebration of the holy
communion is in st. Marys Chapel
at 7:30 am. and $50 am.
The music for the II am. and 4
pm. services will be sung by the
Cathedral choir of men and boys.
Pilgrimages through the Cathe-
dral and close tomorrow will follow
the ii am. and pm services. led
by pilgrim aides. The bishops
garden will be open from IL m. to
2 pm. tomorrow.
Other Washington rectors who
will preach at the peoples even
songs during this month are the
Rev. Edward Gabler, rector of
Christ Church, Navy Yard, on AL
gust 90 and the Rev. E. B. Harris.
rector Of Holy Trinity Church, COL
lington, Md, August 27.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Rev. 0. A. Pend|eton
Will Preach al
Calvary Baptist
The Believers Life
Will Be His Theme
Tomorrow Mornino

The Rev. Othniel A. Pendleton
jr, will occupy the pulpit at Calvary
Baptist Church tomorrow morning
speaking on THE Believers Life
The Rev. Mr.. Pendleton is one of
four young men to enter the gospel
ministry from Calvary since DR.. w
S. Abernethy became pastor. For
the past four years he has been
pastor of the North Baptist Church
Jersey City, NJ j., but has recently
been called to the Gethsemane Bap-
tist Church of Philadelphia.
At the evening service, the Rev
Frank E. Johnston, jr., will preach
on The Human Network" Assist
ing him will be Miss Frances Rolls
and Jack Hays.
John Gordon Mein will be the
guest speaker at the session of the
Burial Glass tomorrow morning
Others participating on the program
will be Miss Eileen Hawkins, Mrs
Anna B. Cochran and several men,
bers of the Gopher" group.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Atonement Lutheran
To Have Guest Preacher

At Atonement Lutheran Church
tomorrow at 8 a m. the Rev. Lester
E. Fetter, pastor of st. Paul's Lu-
theran Church, Weissport, Pa, will
be guest preacher, Immediately fol-
lowing will be the Sunday school
session.
A special meeting of the congrega-
ton will be held Monday at pm.
to elect an assistant pastor
A meeting of the Executive Gen
eral Committee for organiza ton of
the parish evangelism was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin A.
McGrory last Wednesday evening.
Arrangements will be ready to move
forward by September 10.
The 18th annual convention of the
Maryland Synodical Luther League
Convention will be held on the
campus of Gettysburg College, Get
tysburg, Pa. September 2. 3 and 4.
A delegation from Atonement will
be appointed by Walter Baumgard-
ner, president of the Luther League.
Evening star., 1939-08-12

not only been cleansed of his disease,
but his spirit also had undergone a
mighty spiritual transformation
Now I know that there is no God
in all the earth, but in Israel" We
may picture the joy in Syria when
the healed general returned-and
the pride and happiness of the little
serving miss.
A Man of Good Will.
Our lesson topic we'll names Elisha
He was the prophet of helpfulness
He lacked the sterner gifts of his
master Elijah. Not his to shut up
the heavens and to wage battle with
king His story is succession OF
miracles of good will. Of course, he
was a patriot and co-operated with
his King against Israel's enemies. But
ne was definitely of the pastoral type
meeting the individual needs of peo-
pie.
Not to know the colorful Elisha
stories is to confess ones self illite-
rate. 1t is impossible to understand
the frequent illusions in fine litera-
ture to the characters and events OF
these historical books of the Old
Testament unless one has become
familiar with them. And they are
inherently more interesting than
most of the tales that come from to-
days busy presses. Always they i'm
part the consciousness of God as the
chief factor in life.
The Sunday school lesson for Au-
gust l3 is: Elisha: A Life of Help
fulness. IL Kings, 51-27.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Francis Asbury Lists
Activities for Week

DR.. Robin Gould, pastor OF Fran
els Asbury Methodist Church. Will
preach tomorrow at II a m on Lin
iting God, and at pm. on What
Is Success?"
At Gas pm. the young people
will meet, and at 7 pm. the Wesley
Fellowship, DR.. Gould will speak on
practical Religion There Will be
special music
Circle No. 3 of the Society OF
Women in Christian Service Will
meet Tuesday at pm. with Mrs.
A. M. Hopkins, 1905 Fern street NV.
At the service Thursday at pm.
DR.. Gould will speak on Spiritual
Messages of the Miracles"