PART News of Dallas an d Suburbs Wat a l l a g Hlommg$ # Texas* Leading Newspaper First in Service First in Prestige First in Dallas and TheDallasTerritory PART DALLAS,^r EXAS, SATURDAY; AUGUST 3,1929 Oldest Business Institution in Texas Fir st We ek of Market Clos es Most Buyers Ever at Shops at Opening, Says Secretary. The first week of Dalla^ four- week fall market season bail prac tically come to a close on Friday as buyers who had come into th e city to purch ase left It to sell an d to attend to their own business over the week-end. while Dallas me r chants, too. repair theirs in prep a ration for the next week. i Although no accurate figures are available. Herbert Carpenter, secretary of the Dallas Wholesal e Merchants" Assoc iatio n, said late on Friday that the number of visiting buyers in the market th is year was the largest for any first ma rket week that had ever come. "Wit h visit ors numero us, busi ness was good for the first week, a c cording to Dallas wholesa le deal ers, and the customers were* more satisfied than ever with the mer chandise placed at their disposaL Expectations for the second we ek 'fit the season, beginn ing Mond ay, are more hopefu l tha n they "were for the first wee k. It is somewh at of a the Dallas market that the second week of the four- week period is always the best. Visiting buyers.will begin throng ing the marts again Su nday af ter- joon and evening and the w eight of the week's attendance is expect ed to arrive in time for. tbe sec- end presentati on of the style sh ow It Fair Park Auditorium. 'The show will follow the same lines on next Tuesday nigh t that it did las t Tuesday, but the garments will be changed and many new styles will be shown. Saturday is expected to be rather a doll day for new business, with buyers in the cit y few. bu t it Is expected to be a busy day for the home merchants, as they straight en things up from the rush of t he week and prepa re for the on slaug ht of next week's busines s. Among those buyers In the city Friday were Mrs. E. W. Spreckles ef.Kerrville. Janie Whltakc r of Corpus Christl and Henry Winkler et Pyotc Ma y Appeal « • Tu ition Case Hoard Planes Soar Above As Airways Marker Formally Dedicated marker sign. "Love with a ^forty-foot iles. pointing toward Love Field.-wh ich was painted last Saturday by mem bers-of the Dallas Exchange Club on the roof of the Medical Dental Building In Oak Cliff, was formal ly dedicated Friday at 5:20 p. m. Airplanes flew over the structure id dropped 1.000 toy airs hips The club's marker committee, con sisting of W. E. Joor, E. R. Checa- borough Jr_ Earl Gofortb and Ca rey a. Snyder, was in charge of the program. Talks, were made by Z. K. Bnnkerhoff and E. P. Bennett: owners of the building; Grady Niblo SSt.^ff?" B , "S « Tom the Oak Cliff-Dallas Commercial Associa tion, and others active in aviation in Dallas. StolenPoison Fatal to One Squalor and Beauty Stone's Throw Apart Awaits Return of Spence Before It Takes Action. The probability that the Dallas Soar* otEducati on'w ill can y out a previo usly" Indicated i ntent ion to seek a.Supreme' Court ruling on the constitutionality of the St ate law'Wbich sets the maximum high school tuition fee charged nonre s-, ident students at $?-S0 a mon th Was set out Friday by schoo l offi- cials. Alex W_ Spence. vice presi dent of the board and its legal counsel. Is out of the city and is not e xpec t ed to return until Septembe r. Un til his return nothing will be d one in the matter. The case whi ch is being used to test, the law appe ared in Judge Towne . Young's Fort y- Fourth District Court on Thursday when he granted S tate Sena tor Thomas B. Love a permanen t in junction restraini ng the Dalla s school board from charging more' than the statutory maximum. , Seaplane May Bear Water Commissioner Over Lake Dallas Invitati on has been extended to 'the Mayor and City Commis sion ers ly, Lieu t Henry Toncray or Lone Oak for the city officials to join aim In a seaplane fl ight over Lake Dallas, and Water . Commiss ioner John U, Foul s has tentatively a c cepted the invitati on. -Most of the city officials have taken airplane rides in various types of ships, but none has flown hi a seaplane. Lieutenant Toncray. who h as feen on the State Fair program t»o years as a.stun t flyer, is us ing his seaplane now to carry passen gers, and takes oft from Lake Dal las near the east end of the dam. . Lieutenant Toncray still owns an eld. Pusher type airplane h e built «t Troupe, his former home . In ^11. the ship being now stored .in "he.barn of his mother' s home a s *» object of histori cal value. His 1-resent ship Is a Fairchlid si milar u> the one used by Commander Richard K- Bird on his North Pole night. The ship is power ed by a yright motor. aid League President Goes to Oklahoma City ... George B. Latham, president of .the Dallas Advertising League, l eft 'or Oklahoma City Friday night on - Vosfaesa and will attend a c onfe r ence".of the Oklahoma Cities Ad vertising du b. a new membe r of the Tenth District In ternational Adverti sing Association. Mr. La- Jaam wm invi te them ta sen d a ante delegation to the tenth dis trict advertising annual convention "••be held In Dallas Sept. 21-24. This »iil be the Oklahoma :Cltles Advertising Club's first meeting as members of the Tenth District. J. ". ' — « .. •,.. br , Lefkowit z Edi tor Of Jewish Monitor Other Women Prisoners HI, Tw o in Hospital, After Dope Jag. Overdosing on narcotic tablets stolen from a physician's satchel resulted Friday night in death of a negro woman, sent two white wom en to the hospital and stupefied other prisoners of the women' s ward of the Dallas County JalL Jail Physician G. A. spivey missed. a case of several veronal tablets Friday and their theft w as traced to the time he treated a woman prisoner's eye the previous day*. A stomach pump and anti dotes were used in 1 treating the noison-"l woman, but late Friday night she was treated a 'second time. Dr. E G. Lyon of the Eme rgen cy Hospital, summoned to the Jail.'at 11 o'clock Friday night, sent Fran ces McFarland and Mary Monico to Parkland Hospital in a private ambulance after treating them at th6 jalL A negro woman, wh ose name was given as Lena May Hick man, had died ' at the hospital earlier in the night after removal from the jaiL Another woman told Dr. Lyon the tablets bad been passed.among the prisoners, who believed them to be a dope from which they would derive a "Jag." Several other women were sprawled about the floor of the Jail, apparently under the Influ ence of the tablets, which frequent ly are administered as a narcotic, but In carefully gauged qu antities. Low Water Pressure Solved by- Assigning Areas SprayingTime i, * V Jewish Monitor, Jewish Si'ee kly, published In Fort Worth ^.T^TS^JV O* " engaged as editor $ Z!'Z^ ii Lefkowitx. rabbi or Tern ''-'*.-. 2P5P*' a of .Dallas and presi of the Central Conference.-of "can Itabbls, It was Correction of an impending re striction of their water supply through compliance of the citizens of Universi ty' Park -with a requ est of the city to forbear from exces sive use Of water during single periods of the day was reported Friday night by City Secretary Sara G. McFaddcn. The city's water supply, capable of 1.000.000 gallons daily from two pumps, lias been running about 750.000 gallons daily. Mr. McFad- den said. This has been found a little short. In view of the dry. hot weather, and because of necessary repairs now being made on one of the pumping plants. ...The city, in order to remedy a short pressure, of which some com plaints had been made, asked the residents to divide time on heavy water usage: those east of Turtle Creek were asked to spray their gardens betwee n 5 and C p. m. and those west of Turtle Creek between 6 'and 7 p. m. .C ompli ance wi th this request and th e consequent balance of strain on the supply remedied .the situation . on Friday night.. Mr. McFadden stated. No danger of a shortage existed, he said, since the city has an emer- „ency connection with the water supply of Southern Methodist Un i versity, which would relieve It in case of need. Growth of the city necessitated a larger water supply, however, and city officials contemplate either a. connection with the water supply of Dallas or construction of additional wells and pumping: plants. Fort Worth Readopts Community Chest Plan Reinstatement of. the. Fort Worth Community Chest 'has been w el comed by ,business men anC civic agencies al ike, said .Miss M. Gladys Pittenger, director of.p ub- .. . welfare in ' Fort Worth . In • message to the Dallas Community Chest Friday.. After three years without a -community ches t. Fort Worth called its community fund back into being this week with th e election of twelve directors and of A- L. Shuman as president.' . Expressions of business men re reived by the Dallas chest reflected their dissatisfaction with the threi year period of competitive drives. "The community chsst plan was far more economical as to the money expended as well as the time Of the workers ,"-said R. W. Fender, banker. "It Is a nuisance to hat e one drive after, another."" was the comment of Amon G. Car ter, publisher. Leon Gross, clothier, advocated the return of the community chest because, -^t s aves anno yance' and gives-t ime for investigation, while as it now Is. we.do not nave time, nor do we Investigate; simpl y acting on our bestjudsment-" —There is no system at ail in the individual plan and U» give r can easily make e rror la "the amounts subscribed.'* said O. K. Shannon. utility president. Round Tablep& Plan Joint J*»cnic gSfiSW? 0 * * * •••""»•- h u < g g w «h« issue of Aug- S.. I i Group Visits Mill Creek's Unsightliness Parking of Sections of Neglected Overflow Drain Studied. Attempt of Three Prisoners to Flse Prison Farm Fails Court Reporters -NameJ. f t McAfee Elections of the Texas Shorthand Reporters' Association, meeting in the Dallas County courthouse la their twenty-fifth annual conven tion Friday, resulted in the naming of J. R. McAIee of Dallas as presi dent. Mr. McAtee succeeds Kerr P: Sanders of Fort Worth. Arthur Starr of Corpus Chrisli was named vice president to succeed Miss Eva Durham of Fort Worth, and A. C. Fridge of San Marcos was elected secretary to succeed Tom Burger of San Antonio. Discussions of legislation affect ing the reporters resulted in enact ment of resolutions of thanks for the action of the last Legislature ment of traveling expenses and in raising their salary schedules. . To the executive committee was delegated the task of setting tht dates and places for the next con vention, which it is desired to hold during the Christmas recess of th e courts In the State for technical discussions. Harry P. Lawther. president of the Dallas Bar Association, wel comed the fifty visitors to the.con vention to the city. A reply to this welcome was given by J. E. Mc- Glnnlss of Houston, a past presi dent of'the association. E. S.. Smith of Washington. D. O, one of the most widely known reporters In the country, addressed the• convention on, reporting pr ob lems In the.S enate and the House. Within a stone's throw of the man-made beauty of Exalt park, as seen in the lower photo:!, are the squalid conditions shown In the upper paneL Both photos were made Friday afternoon, while members of several civic organiza tions inspected Mill Creek, one of the major improvemen t projects sponsored by the civic groups and the Kessler Plan Association. Mrs. W. A. Marsh, chairman of the sani tation committee of the Dallas board of health, sponsored the In- -\"r« Slitf Pliotof. Stoneleigh Court Sale Confirmed in Court Judge James C. Wilson of Fort Worth, sitting in . United States Distri ct Court In Dallas Friday In place'of Judge William H. AtwelL signed an order confirming th e sale of Stoneleigh Court. Dallas apartment hotel, for -(210.000. The Judge allowed S24.l8t.SS as expenses of the sale, and fixed $17S.S1S.1S as net proceeds from It. The case was brought in equity by the New York Trust Company as trustees against the-Effici ency Apartment Corporation and others. The property, in one block, was or dered sold for 5210.000, and the sale was effected Jul y'2 ! by Clar ence E. Linz as special master. The Stoneleigh Court Corporation is purchaser. ^ ^ ^ Howard County Stan Dies. Special to The Sews. BIG SPRING. Howard Co., Tex as , Aug. 2.—Tom Hutto, 44, a resi dent of Howard County tor twenty- two years, died in a local hospltt'. here Friday. He is survived by two .daughters and a son, Estelle, Don and Tom Jr . H-47's Commander Ordered Reprimanded LONDON. Aug. 3 (AP I— Lieut. Robert James Gardner, command er of the submarine 11-47 and one of thre e out of the twent y-six on board who escaped when,-the ves sel sank after collision in the Irish Sea last month, was found guilty of ne gli gen ce. by a "court-martial Friday for not handling his sub marine in. such a manner as to avoid the consequences of negli gent navigation of submarine L-lI. He was ordered reprimanded. About a week ago. Lieut. Claude Stanle y Griffith .Keen of the L-13 was ordered severely reprimanded and dismissed from his ship after he had been held responsible for the disaster by a general court- martial. Week-End Excursion To Medicine Park Medicine Park in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma will be the j destination of many Dallas persons who are making reservations for an excursion over the week-end. The excursion provides a schedule via the Rock Island out of Dallas, leavi ng at 9:15. p. in. Saturd ay, going via Lawton from which point ••us service is used for a thi rty- minute trip to the park. Cottages are available for those who desire to spend a while and the lake af fords swimming and fishing and boating. Nobody Is Certain Just How Old.Wilbur Is, \ But He Will Have a Birthday Party Aug. 12 Members of the • Dallas, and Fort Worth. Round, Table clubs will meet In a*Joint barbecue's nd picnic next Fri day evening;, at Arli ngton Fark.. Arlington," It was announced at the Dallas dub's m-i-tlr.g Friday noon in tin Baker' Hotel. 1 Wilbur, the rbaby" elephant at Marsalis Park Zoo..Is still young. His age is rather problematical, but he ,can still have birthdays. And with each new birthday bis disposi tion seems to need, more improve ment.' .."_."*. Th e rather, adotcscent pose in the. photo graph 'was obtained with difficulty, _ Wilbur seemin g to: re sent the parental attitude and roax- Ina' of his keeper. H. D. (Curley) Pricket L • ."" . Being ((ill somewhat smaller than QueenJe, the mamma, eleph ant at the xoo, Wilbur most submit each year, unwillingly,i to the cu s tom of, having- a birthday* party._ 'The date is approaching 'again. Aug. 12 is celebrated' annually, although Wilbur.w as.bor n In India and Just how that zodiacal figure could be determined by'lbe County Clerk of his home town hasn'lbeen explained.— '" ]i -,. Wilbur seemed' to resent the fact last.-year.'. 'Wh en 'he -was dres sed up in a straw hat and a' pai r, of ga y. ly striped, pants, he promptl y tore them u'f. If ' *3 r Bg ,—N«™Staff Itwtu. iFroni J'to S -p . in . on Monday, Aug:, 12. refreshments . will . b e servei and a program will- be give n for-guests'at his party. Whether to hike-cak e for. him.-i n birthday party style, or merely to serve ice cream hasn't been decided. Wil bur has shown a tendency to dislike cake on.previous occasions.. ._ .At. oty rate.'a feature of'the-oc- casi onwll l be a donkey riding con test, on the donkeys obtained by Mayor Tate ' for Dallas children «rha:visit (fee park, «•»•• i * !•-' i * .The possibilities'Ter' beautifying Mill Cre et; one^ of the chief aims of East. Dallas civic organizations. were, unfolded Frid ay before" a group, who compared the thin complished with conditions that are in need of change, not because they are in their natural state, but be cause of neglect, according to-Mrs.' W. A. Marsh, chairman of the sani tation committee of the-board of health, who sponsored the inspec tion trip. The group of Improvement league repres entative s. Joined by Dr." Lane B. Cooke, city health director , in- spected Exall Park, where Mill Creek has been confined by con crete curbs, its banks terraced a nd native trees permitted to attain full growth. After seeing the health ful conditions prevalent along that part of Mill Creek, the group moved hardly 100 yards eastward into the back yards of a cluster of negro bouses, where they saw the condi tions which it is the aim of the civic organizations to change. Along the unimproved portion of Mill Creek, about fifty feet south east Of Bryan street and less than 100 yards northeast of Rzall Park, is a collecti on of negr o hou ses built'on stilts over the ravine through which the creek runs in rainy seasons, but which during the summer season becomes a series of stagnant puddles. One of the houses straddles the ravine, cor ners of others Jut out over it. Creek Trash Damp . /The creek bed is used as a trash dump, and along its banks are barnyards, seldom cleaned, and piles of kindling and debris that have not been disturbed for years. "Mill Creek flows throu gh one of the most densely populated sec tions of Dallas ," said Mrs. Marsh. "Parking of the creek would bene fit 53..000 pers ona It is an open sewer furnishing millions of ma laria-carrying mosquitoes. It Is a dumping ground for filth, garbage and dead animals. Th e small home owners along the creek* suffe r lnconvefii ence and loss from its repeated overflows. Unles s Mill Creek Is parked as re c ommended In the Kesslerp ian. the negro shacks will follow'fa rther up the creek, blighting the white districts. , "One of the filthiest, nastiest and most insanitary spots on the creek Is with in a few blocks of St. Paul' s Hospital and sever al other pri vate clinics and hospitals. "The parking of Mill Creek will solve the drainage problem and elimi nate an expen sive "storm sewer, solve the sanitary problem, giving the sun a chance to do its germ killing and the health Inspectors a chance to eradicate all mosquito breeding. It will check effectively the spreading of the negro popula tion into a white district. City Has Mtaicy. "The city now has at Us disposal J3.5OO.00O drainage bonds and $1.- 500.000 park bonds, a total of |5.- 000.000 bond money for Just ruch Purpose s, as the parki ng of Mill Creek." Dr. Cooke said that while he. was health director some years ago under the Blaylock administration he had recommended the improve ment of Mill'Creek as a health Besides Mrs. Marsh, members of the health board In the insp ection party were Miss May F. Smith and G. W. Hillpot Mrs. Walter Barnes, president, and Mrs. W. B. Russell Jr.. chairman of the civic commit tee of the Dallas Woman's Forum, were In the group. The Woman's Forum owns property in the neigh borhood o n wh ich it inten ds to build a clubhouse. J. G. Morrow, presiden t of the College Hill Improvement League, and Mrs. Morrow: H. L. Brian, chair man, of the' Mill Creek com mittee of the College Hill League, and Si n Brian and Mrs. F. B. Da vis. Mrs. J. Bender. Mrs. L W. Fetzer. Mrs. J. G. Pou. Mrs. Daisy Smith, J. C Walvoord Jr., Solomon Ely. Miss Vivian Aunspaugh, W. W. Coats. Mrs. R. E. L Middlngs. Fa ther Augustine Danglmziyr, Mrs. L B. Edmond son. Mrs. C. P. Penc e, Kennedy England and John E Sur- ratt. secretary of the Kessler Plan Association, were others in the in spection party. Fred McLarty's Wife Files Divorce Suit Suit for divorce against Fred B. McLarty. now serving a three-year term in the Federal peni tentiary at Leavenworth. Kan. in connection with the bankruptcy here some years ago ot the Nash-McLarty Mo tor Company, has been filed by his wife. Mrs. Bessie McLarty. The suit was filed in Judge T. A. Work's Sixty-Eight]) District Court- Mrs. McLarty's petition asks for custody of their i:-year-old daugh ter. Elizabeth, claimins that Mrs. McLarty. who is conducting a pri vate school, is financially able to care for her. It states that they were married in 1906, and lived together until De c 8. 193T. when McLarty left Texas following the crash of his motor,company. During that tim^, according to the petition. Mrs. Mc Larty turned over to him J65.000 which she received from the estate ot her father. Out of thi s she claims to have retained ownership in their home in Highland Park and an equit y in another block of Dal las proort y. On Feb. 4. 1JI8. Jlrs. McLarty was given control and management of her property by court- Lieutenant Governor Addresses Junior Bar Escape or at-least three;prison ers from the Dallas city ' prison farm at Whit* Rock was prevented by T- R. Malin. superintendent, when he.surpris ed the men in the act ot removing bricks from the wall with a.mowing machine sickle. An alarm was sounded, and with the aid of severaj guards Malln quieted the prisoners and took the implement away from the escaping men. OneiOf fhe-men Is believed to have carried the sickle to his cell under his coat. The three men, serving- thirty, sixty and nlnety-<fciy -sentences. Banks Handle Donors'Funds Community Trust Prais ed by Head of Ameri can Exchange. Upon behalf of the newspapers sponsoring the Dallas Community Trust. G. B. Dealey has asked the various banks that have agreed to serve as trustees of funds qucathed to the Community Trust for an expression ot opinion as to the value of the organizat ion. Among the replies in hand is the following from Kathan Adams, president of the American Ex- charge National Bank: "Dear Mr. Deale y: I am pleased to give my hearty commendation to the newly created Dallas Com munity Tru3t. It Is a splendid step forward, in my opinion, when, a s in this case, we apply to the adminis tration ot our charit able and philanthropic undertakings t hose same principles of good business and common sense which we s o readily recognize as important In Our other financi al affairs: "In accepting, a trusteeship under this Community Trust, wo do so under our regular fiduciary powers granted us under the terms of the Federal Reserve act. and our serv ice In this capacity will be no dif ferent from that rendered in con nection with any other trust han dled by our trust department. Here, as In the case ot other Dallas banks, the donor may have'ass ur ance that the funds represented by his gift wh ether 15 or $500, will be In the hands of exper t man* agement, surrounded by every proper safeguard and administered strictly, in accords terms of the trust. "In addition, the donor. In case of Indecision as to the benefi ciary, may shift the burden of choice t o the board or governors with satisfaction that his funds will be placed to do the most goo d." Commission to Assess Benefits of Drainage . J. M. Preston, a E. Whiteside and R. i. Thompson were named Friday by the City Commiss ion as a board of special commissioners to assess benefits and cost storm sewer work to be doi draina ge distric t No. 1. I n the Cadiz street district. The work is a part of the pi gram starte d oy titreet Comm It- A. (Gus) Wylle and will out S43.O00. to be divided among the property owners accord ing to the benefits they recelv The special commissioners will be paid $10 a day each. Formation of drainage district N o. 1 is the first of the stori sewer districts to be created under Mr. Wylle's program which Is In tended eventually to divide the city into districts with a view to pro- Skyscraperls SoldTwicein Business Day Guardian. Company Gels Alexander Hom e in First of Deals. Purchase of the Burt Building' at Ervay' street and Patterson ave nue by Tom B. Owen ft Co. fro m Wiley Blair and" A. a Atkins , whil had bought the building earlier ia, Ihe day from the Guardian Build ing Company, was announced F ri day. Th e transaction, involving more ;h an $3, 000,000, -was one' of the largest In recent months. The Guardian Building Com« pany. of which Joseph Burt U president, first sold the bulldlnS to Mr. Blair and Mr. Atkins, the Burt interests receiving the historic Alexande r home at Rose and Annex avenues . as .part payment. Mr. Oa-en then bought the buildin g. Part: of the consideration in this transaction was a 113.000-acre ranch In-New Mexico, stocked wi th more than 5,000 .Aberdeen-Angus cattle. The .eleven-story office building was completed, in 1938. former Mayor R. li Burt being one of the larger . stockholders. The Alex-, ander home, for tho last ten yeara Mr. Blair's residence, will be'co n verted Into a modern funeral h ome In the next sixty days. i J. Shugar of Shugar & Co, handled both transactions. The duties and obligations of the lawyer to.his profession ard to the public were discussed Friday noon by Lieut. Gov. Barry Miller in-an address to the Junior Bar Asso ciatio n ^of Dallas, in the. Sangers' cafe. Mrs. Jessie Broadfoot gave a se ries of impersonations- H. A. Sic- Carley and Burr Cameron.were in charge trf the pr ogram. Ill Winds Take Away Cross Winds, but New Pointer Now in Camp The 11 1 win d whic h took Cra ss Winds to the 'dog "paradise' haa blown good for another canine, a nd now Ihe -Army Air Corps contin gent at Love Field has another mascot- Cross Winds was the IIrer-spot« ted pointer dog that was popular with the army flyers at Love Field. The other-day he. died. A great wake was held among his human friends. Especially great and Sin cere was th e sorrow of Mrs. Harry Weddlngton, whoes husband l( commanding officer at Love Field. Then came Capt. L. E Crawford. He knew about the death of Cross Winds . "Let me take a ship ," said Captain Crawford. Lieutenant Weddlngton ordered out the ship, and away went the Captain. About 11 o'clock at night. Cap tain Crawford set his plane down again at Love Field, lumped out and went to Lieutenant Wedding- ton's home. When the Wcddlng- tons saw what he brought, they forgave him tor maki ng euch a late call. The gift Captain Crawford brought »as another pointer, a, second editio n of Cross Winds , with the exception that one of the liver spots was absent. The new dog has been given the name ot his predecessor, and the new Cross Winds is winning his way rapidly into the hearts of the flying men. Ex-Dallas Schoolboy To Conduct Services While Minister Awa y The Rev. E. W. Martin, pastor ot the Oak Lawn Christian Church , left Monday with his wife for Huntington, W. Va„ to spend t he month of August with Mr. Martin's parents there. During bis absence, services will be conducted Sunday by Judson Leeman. ministerial studtnt from Phil lips University. Enid. Ok. Mr. Leeman atten ded Highland Park High School In 192$ and later was graduated from Dun- vidlng a complete drainage system, can High School. Duncan. Ok. W hy Blame the Sheep for Leaving if You Let the Grass Die? BY ROBERT QCIIXEX. In all parts of the ITnlted States, clergymen complain that the people are losing in terest in religion. Some of them blame mot ion pictures, automobiles, prosper ity and the public prints that foster a spirit of rebellion and Others think the church It self at fault in failing to rec ognize the need of a ne » re ligion that will solve the prob lems of a modern world. Both are tricked by superfi cial logic One says: "People go to the movies instead of attending church; therefore the church is being killed by the movies." The other says: Th e people are quitting the church to run after new things; therefore they desire a new religion." The first ohserves an effect and thinks it a cause; the oth er would overcome opposition by Joining 1L If a man goes to a pool room at night to escape a wife who makes home unpleasant. Is Ihe pool room killing hi* borne? It his wife makes home un pleas ant and he goes to a pool room, does It follow that his home can be saved by buying a pool table? That is absurd logi c If the wife causes the trouble, the obvious solution of the prob lem Is to correct the faults of the wife. If the people desert the church, the obvious explana tion is that the churc h no longer gives them what they want. If the church had remained unchanged. It would be rea sonable to suppose that the people had deserted it because ot some .fault In themselves. But since the church Itself changed, and desertion fol lowed. It Is obvious that the change caused the desertion. In what particular did the church change? Clergymen quit preaching the old-time religion and tried to compete with modern en tertainments. Scoff If you will, but the fact remains that the common peo ple are soul hungry. Life does not satisfy them: they must fill their hours with a feverish search for entertain ment to avoid fears and doubts that assail them In quiet sol i tude. Their Inborn capacit y for religion keeps them forever hungering for a faith, and ex planation of things and an as- auracce that men are not adrift in a. Godless world. They yearn to believe. They want something solid under foot- They wish to be taught. And they stay away fro m church because scientific lec tures, di&cu^slons of morality and admonitions to obey the law can cot satisfy their eoul hunger or give them a faith to live by. It Is nonsense to say they will not accept the old religion. The American people will ac cept anything that Is preached with convieticn. The'truth is they have little opportunity to hear the old- time religion, and the little they hear Is preached without logic or eloquence or sincerity sufficient to carry conviction. A salesman can't sell an ar ticl e unless he Is. sold on It himsel f And If be offers It with . apologies ., or offers an Imita tion or a substitute, he has only himself to blame If »• doesn't make a sa le' |0|«tiskU t»5»v.r»»iHU«f' *j»!i<«u.»