Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1923, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.... April 5, 1928 THEODORE W. NOZES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Penusrivania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassan Ot. Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. 16 Kegent St., London, England. .Editor The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, i delivered by carriers within the city #t 80 cents per month; daily only, 45 cents per mouth: Sunday only, 20 cents per month, Or- ders may be seot by mail, or telephone Main 6000 " Collection is made by carriers at the eud of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 7 Dally only 111 yr., $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only......1yr., §2.40; 1 mo, 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo.. Daily only J1yr., $7.00: 1 mo., Sunday only......1yr., $3.00; 1 mo. 85¢ 60c 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associnted Press fs exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise credited n this papes and also the local mews pub- lisned ‘herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches hereln are also reserved. - Harding Not a Trimmer. There is no occasion for surprise in the word which comes from the south that President Harding plans to advo- cate American membership in the In ternational Court of Justice in & num- ber of specches while on his western tour. Ther nothing in Mr. Hard-{ ing’s record as President which war ranted belief that he would heed the advice of those timid ones of his party ho have urged him to refrain from further support of the recommen tion which he made to Congress in the closing days of its session. He has not been a trimmer on any vital issue with which he has been called upon to deal. ©On more than one oceasion, in fact, the President has shown himself both bolder and wiser than many of his friends. It is remembered now only as a curious misjudging of public opinion that it was freely predicted he had | signed his political death warrant when he vetoed the soldier bonus bill. Poes any one helieve today that the Yrresident's chances of re-election are a&ny less becau nus veto Tn vetoing the bonus bill Mr. Hard $ng dared not o disregard the ad-| vice of timid friends he braved | also the charge of \\»'l had been an advocate of adjusted com- pgnsation e the soidiers, but with | the responsibilities of the presidency | upon him, and with information i convinced that the bonus by Congress was not to th ferest either of the country soldiers themseives. And alow past utterances official acts Beeause this country | the leaguc of n of inconsistency he advocates membership national Court of Justice. ently it worries him no more the charge of inconsistency spect to the soldiers’ bonus. that a usecful bu inconsistency. es of fuller | he became | ur open to N or did he not to control his as a senator opposed Coming member of ns. the same charge made when the But appar- han did with re- | He has United as a now the par that become convinced Stuaates could piay member of the ¢ we eould accept membership in the court without any danger to our i tutions. Therefore, he makes a simple and straightforward proposal that we | Join it. He is not afraid of being ac- | cused of having changed his mind— not afraid ev to change it. The| President may know it. perhaps | does not even think about it, but such & course is better politics than all the ver scheming the cleverest poli- ticians could map out for him. —_—e——— Tennis and Potomac Park. Life is brightening for play tennis. The public courts about to open—that on April there will be a chorus in basso, tenor | and soprano of “Ready! Serve!” Nets, will be stretched in forty-seven courts that have been constructed under di- rection of and up to this year main- tained by the office of public buildings wnd grounds. This season the courts in Potomac Park, the Monument| grounds, Henry Park and Rock Creek Tark will be run under the concession plan by the Joint Welfare Service, and those in the White Lot. Montrose Park and Garfield Park will continue under the direct management of the office of public buildings and grounds. While the public tennis courts are distributed among a number of widely meparated government reservations those in Potomac Park and the Monu- ment grounds are probably scen by more persons, residents and strangers, than those in other parks. The thought must come to a great number of people that Potomac Park, besides being perhaps the greatest water park in America or elsewhere, measured in the strict terms of a park, has be- come a most remarkable health and pleasure resort. Tn fair weather there are thousands of men, women and children at the bathing beach and tidal basin, at the tennis courts, on the golf links and base ball diamonds. And onc should not forget to name the cricket field. Also are the walk- ways well patronized and horse riders numerous, and the drives often so crowded with automobiles that traffic jams occur, It is one of the beautiful and busy parks of the world. —_——— Hero medals are due American and British Near East Relief workers who have been stricken by typhus and smallpox. ———— According to federal investigators, Dr. Cook’'s discovery of oil is on & par with his discovery of the pole. —_—————— Earl Carnarvon. All the reading world will experi- #nce an emotion of regret at the death ot Earl Carnarvon, called away before he had time to enjoy the full meed of gratification to which he was en- titled in achieving & feat in archeol- ogy of acknowledged interest and im- portance. The actual discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb was due to the untiring energy and persistence, in the face of many discouragements, of an American, Howard Carter. It ‘was made possible only by the finan- ofal support of Earl Carnarvon, who bas insisted em giving due honor to a wn insti- | en not those who are | States alone. | American state sovereignty is not involved, no state | | would { maintenance of rights proclaimed in { ter understanding and ¢l { United States to the verge of war the American. The success of the enterprise will doubtless stimulate in- terest in archeology and lead to other discoveries. But interest in the case will mot cease with the passing of Earl Car- narvon, for the cause of his taking away is attended with an atmosphere of mysticism and legend which must appeal to the imagination. Tt was said he was poisoned by the bite of an insect. Tt is also hinted that death came from contact with some poison- ous element which had been lodged in the chamber 3,006 years ago to be an instrument of revenge of the dead pharaoh upon any one Wwho should violate his tomb. Legends have come down through the ages of this ancient practice and instances are alleged of the grim re- venge being effected. In Egypt the ! storles are believed by many and | have been repeated in the annals of archeology. Marie Corelli is said to have warned Earl Carnarvon of the possibility of becoming & victim of i some hidden death-dealing object, left | behind to work out its mission of revenge. She quoted from an ancient book on Egyptian history, which told of the contents of tombs of the kings, among these “divers secret potions inclosed in boxes in such wise that they who touch them shall not know how they come to suffer.” An Amplified Monroe Doctrine. Americans cannot fail to be keenly | interested in and svmpathetic with | the proposal before the pan-American congress at Santiago for an amplifica- | tion of the Monroe doctrine and its incorporation into a code of inter- national law for the western hemi- sphere. The project is contained in a report submitted by Alejandro Al- varez, eminent Chilean jurist, and is the product of a committee appointed at Rio de Janeiro in 1912, Briefly, it includes the fundamental principles laid down in the Monroe doctrine and makes the maintenance of those principles the business of all the! American republics, instead of a re- sponsibility carried by the United In some respects the Alvarez pro- | Is go even farther than the prop- | advanced in the name of Mon roe. The Monroe doctrine had in mind | only prevention of aggressions against | American states, and particularly ag- | gressions by the monarchical govern- | ments of Europe. Alvarez proposes { @ declaration that no extracontinental | state may occupy. even temporarily, { portion of the territory of o in order to exercise “even with the consent Cven where occupa- the exercise of any sovereignt of that state.” tion of territory or intervene in the interior or ex- affairs of an American state gainst its w All American states are declared to be equal before the law, with acquired rights of complete independence, lib- and sovereignty, and all states be unanimous in defense and may ier, erty the declaration. The concluding ar-| ticle invites the world, especially rope. to adhere to the principles of the code. so that it may become uni- versal law. setting forth that the American states do not desire to separate themselves -juridically from | other countries. i Undoubtedly, adoption of varez declaration would make ser reia among the American republics. It would serve the primary purpose of | the Monroe doctrine. which was to] prevent the menacing of American liberties by encroachment upon the liberties of sister republics, and would remove any possibility of suspicion that this country desired (o play the role of overlord to the other American tes. Moreover, the Monroe doc- | trine more than once has brought the Al bet- | the 2 with a European power. With the American republics pledged to united action in support of the principles of that doctrine, there would be re mote chance that any power or com- bination of powers would attempt to override it. ——————— The Veterans’ Bureau. It has been said that political puli or political pressure has been potent in the Veterans’ Bureau, and that there was foundation for these charges seems evident from an authorized statement that Director Hines has “moved to put @ stop to political in- fluence by members of Congress, who force special consideration for their disabled veteran friends and constitu- ents ahead of more worthy claims.” 1t is said that the director has ordered that pending claims be reclassified in the order in which they shall be con- sidered. Pubiic opinion and sentiment of veterans will be with the director in this matter. In the reclassification of cases pending before the medical board of review and the board of ap- peals first place will be given to emergency cases and on these action will be taken in the speediest way possible. This will bring relief to many men urgently needing it. The indications are that the director is pro- ceeding with his administration in a business way and that the only fa- vorites to be played are those needing and deserving immediate aid from the government. ———————— A New York lawyer, back from a trip to French Indo-China, claims to have discovered a tribe that uses only 500 words in conversation. The lan- guage might be adopted by the Senate as an excellent substitute for cloture. —_—————— The collision between a TUnited States destroyer and a British cruiser in the Bosphorus proves that even on the sea lanes “traffic conditions are getting worse and worse.” The Crowd That Is Coming. That Washington will be jammed during Shrine week as it has never been before seems certain. Even on those occasions when nearly all Wasgh- ington comes downtown the sidewalks are not wide cnough for the people and the streets are packed and often blocked with automobiles. When nearly the whole population of the District, supplemented by a mighty throng from the metropolitan districts of Maryland and Virginia and 300,000 visitors from afar, seek to get inta) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, what we already call the “congested area” the condition can be foreseen. ‘While most of the strangers will come by train, the number that will come by automobile will be immense, and it is said that parking space has been provided at Camp Melgs, East Poto- mac Park, the horse show grounds, 16th street reservoir reservation and other places for 30,000 visiting cars. That 30,000 visiting cars will be here is an estimate, and this may as well be below as above the number of cars that will be driven here. These cars ‘will not remain parked, but will carry their passengers through the streets and over roads near the city. The city authorities and business men are seek- ing to work out a plan which will keep the streets open or clear enough to be used. There has been a proposal that the delivery of merchandise and the loading and unloading of trucks and delivery wagons shall only be ‘within certain hours, and one proposal was that this necessary work be done only at night. It is believed that such a drastic measure will not be neces- sary. The proposal which seems rea- sonable and to which there seems to be no opposition is that there shall be no parking of cars within a large dis- trict, the limits of this district to be determined later. The police depart- ment means to try to keep an open way through streets for ambulances, police wagons and fire engines. More stand seats are to be provided for spec- ! tators than were ever set up for an inauguration or other ceremony at the apital. From preparations muking it seems clear that Washington is to have such a crowd as it has never known. ————— Women and the Parties. Mrs. Medill McCormick, member of the republican national committee for Illinois, advises women who exercise the right of suffrage to affiliate them- selves with one of the existing politi- cal partics. Herself an active and valued factor in the republican na- tional management, in a position to observe the practical results of wom en atwaining ends they are seeking through working with the old parties, she contends that “unless there is a definite party affiliation the woman vote can never be effective.” Woman voters are presumed to ap praise their grant of suffrage to be of most value to them in the opportunity it affords them to obtain legisiation for the benefit of women and chil- dren. Mrs. McCormick says it is im material which party women join. but she insists that “the important thing is that they should join an established party and have its effective organiza- tion behind the laws they wish to have enacted. There can be no question that the presence of women at the polis and in the party councils has brought about much legislation for the benefit of women and children which would not have been enacted, or which would lagging. When they hold places in the actual party manage- ment they can wield greater power than if working from the outside. In the formation of platforms they can advise and vote for inclusion of meas. ures they advocate in the party's state be {and national platforms. Both of the old parties are eager to enroll women in their management and extend the hand of welcom Women do not have to demand thei rights; they are offered to them by the nen who want them as co-workers in the cause. It has been demon: d that some political workers of signa ability hold positions in each party and are not only devoting their effort: to special legislative ends, but to gen- cral party politics as well. —_———— The Lions' Club is backing Gen. Fries in his denunciation of the paci- fists, The modern lion declires to lie Idnwn with the lamb of peace at any price. —_———— The Earl of Carnarvon is dead and the debate between the proponents of coincidence and Egyptian mysticism as the cause of his death has only begun. —_————— I reported France will lend 300,000,000 francs to modernize the Jugoslav army. Comment withheld. is SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Congress. Might of done better, That's a fact. Quick to argue An’ slow to act. Mighty ready At repartee, But nearly certain To disagree. Slow to notice A public hint; Always seekin’ To shine in print. But there's no occasion Regrets to nurse. Might of done better— And might of done worse. Notwithstandin’ The strife an’ tricks In legislation An’ politics. The country prospers From day to day An’ keeps a-goin’ The good old way. Purity after, They make bad breaks, But we soon recover From such mistakes, An’ we feel, as their records ‘We now rehearse, That they might of done better— An’ might of done worse. A Marauder. ‘Howdy, Mistuh Robin-hood, I knows Jes’ whut you's after. Dar isn’ any human folks kin beat you as a grafter. < You is on de groun’ right early, "cause you's waitin’ foh to see If dar’s any prospects openin’ in dat ole cherry tree. Howdy, Mistuh Robin-hood, e-wingin’ an’ a-swingin'. You doesn’ fool yoh uncle wif yoh off- hand way o' singing’. I specks you's mighty lucky, if de truth you only knew, Dat dar isn’ no gran® jury takin' note o' “what you.do, THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM Did you ever hear the story of the big cheese in the White House? There were two, as a matter of fact. The first one established a precedent, but the second o6ne was the more notable in some respects When Thomas Jefferson was elected President, the agricultural town or village of Cheshire, in the western part of Massachusetts, voted unani- mously for him. The town was largely dominated by the democratic pastor of its leading church, a gentle- man named Leland, and he had worked indefatigably for Mr. Jeffer- son’s election. After the elcction, Mr. Leland con- ceived the idea of sending the Presi- dent on behalf of the community some token which would show its affection and esteem. In common council it was decided by the townsmen of Cheshire and the nearby farmers that the community should present the President with the blggest cheese ever made. So on a given day every farmer for miles around brought to town his quota of freshly made curd. At the meeting point the curd wae placed in & huge cider press. which had been converted into a cheese press and in that press there was made a cheese that weighed more than 1,600 pounds. The following winter it was brought to Washington on & sled and was pre- sented by Parson Leland, in the name of the community, to the President { Mr. Jeffereon received the parson and his cheese in the then unfinished Last Room of the White House. The President thanked Mr. Le id. of course, und had a great wedge cut from the cheese to send back to the farmers who had contributed it. The President then invited all present to help themselves. They did so and pronounced the flavor the best cver known to Washington. Now that was all right and proper and decorous. But it was different when the second big cheese came. Andrew Jackson was President then. “Old Hickory” and Washington so- clety had quarreled long before and Washington socicty had long shunned the White House, leaving the general and his e and risky stories and cronies in peace. But “Odl Hickory” was almost wor- shiped by his followers. Some of them recalled the big Jefferson cheese and determined that there should be & big Juckson cheese as well Anything that was good enough fo Jefferson w none too good for Jack- Son. they argued New York was called_on this time. A" gentleman namod Meacham, r siding in a rural district of that state, canvassed the farmers of his cor munity, almost all of whom wer: Jackson men, and they duplicated the Jefterson cheese. Not quite, but al- most, for the cheese for President Jackson weighed but 1,400 pounds, or 1 two stone less than the one sent his predecessor. ! The clieese was taken to New York and exhibited there. ‘Then it was taken to Philadelphia. then to Balti- more, and placed exhibition in each city. Finally it was brought to Mr. Wilson Was, at Least, En- titled to a Hearing. Editors have dealt rather kindly for the most part with former President Woodrow Wiison in discussing his action in Suggesting to Gov. Sweet of Colorado the name of a personal friend and political aid-de-camp for appointment to the vacancy in the ado United States senatorship. A few papers criticize, but the ma jority agree Mr. Wilson's suggestion made with all due deference and the governor point out that, after all can do as he pleases. “Mr. Wilson has made a frank re- quest Gov. Sweet,” suggests the Seattle Times (independent). “Com- ng from the man who led the demo- cratic party in two successful cam- paigns. Gov. Sweet cannot dismiss the request lightly. The former President i | of While recognizing that this is en- irely true, the Indianapolis News (independent) argues that “making public the request applied a certain amount of moral coercion.” and it deprecates such action because “from this the Governor of Colorado ought 10 be free” Because of the variety of candidates and indorsements the Cews rather feels “it would be some- at amusing were the Governor of Colorado to have a ‘choice’ of his own.” It 18 exactly this sort of criti- cism, however, which impels the Lynchburg News (democratic) o pro- test and demand, “Why should not Woodrow Wilson be heard from? No one in the land is more entitled to speak his sentiments, to urge his counsels upon the democratic party and to be at least respectfully heard.” The Colorado viewpoint. as evi- denced by the Pueblo Star-Journal tindependent). is that %all the men mentioned in connection with gupport to Wilson in both national campaigns and their friends rightly will feel that these men are not be- ing fairly treated.” This view seems somewhat “far fetched,” as the Cin- cinnati Times-Star (republican) sees it. inasmuch as “the telegram merely represents the public desire of one of our most private citizens to_dic- tate an appointment with which he has no relation,” but at the same time the Times-Star suggests “Mr. Wilson may become in 1924 mutely what Mr. Bryan was oratorically in the Balti- more convention. He may be able to prevent a nomination long enough to force a nomination, and of the man Knickerbocker Press (independent republican) cannot un- derstand why a “sensation” should be |cansed by Mr. Wilson's action. inas- much as his “rapid return to normal health has been noted for some time with great gratification. Tt will be a good thing for the country and it need not be at all startling or disturbing if Mr. Wilson should take an increas- ing interest in public affairs. This does not mean that his advice must necessarily be followed; only that it should be desired and respected.” left no room for misunderstanding.” | the | senatorial vacancy gave their hearty | the White House and lay in state in the front vestibule. On Washington's birthday. eighty- six years ago, President Juckson held his lust White House reception. His successor, Mr. Van Buren, was in- augurated eleven days later. On_the occasion of the reception. President Jackson ordered the big cheese brought in from the vestibule and cut. This was done, only a small Piece belng saved for the President’s 5 Then the guests trooped by-—not Washington society, however. Every Ruest took a piece of cheese. Most of them cut it with their own Jjack- knives, The street urchins wnanaged to scamper in with the throng, and they hacked away at the big cheese, car- rying away large chunks of it. Many of the visitors wrapped up pleces in their handkerchiefs Nearly every man, woman child of the hundreds that attended the reception munched cheese. The air was redolent with cheese. The floor was slippery with cheese. The carpets were greasy with cheese. And even the sldewalk of Pennsyl- vania avenue was cheese-coated. 8o that passing pedestrians had difi- culty in keeping their balance. They eay the White House has never had such a mess on its hands before or after. It took cleanery weeks to repalr the damage. President Jefferson's cheese was among the earliest gifts of food re- ceived at the White House. The custom of sending delicacles to the President grew with the years, until today President Harding re- ceives. perhaps, more in the way of | free catabley than any of his prede- ! cessors Turkexs fo Thanksgiving and { Christmas, plum pudding. cakes of all sort and candy by the dozen boxes ail come %o the White House. ) of it is untouched by the Preside His health probably would be ru ed if he attempted to eat even w part of the things that admirery and well- wishers send him President Harding likes peanut brittle. So does his sister, Mr Votaw. And the best peanut brittl maker in eighteen states and the District of Columbia is Mrs. Walter C. John, wife of the exccutive secre- tary of ‘the highway education board, and a close friend of Mrs. Vota Mrs. John made «ome peanut brittie for Mrs. Votaw back in 1920. Mrs Votaw gave some of it to her brother, then Senator Harding. Senator Hurd: ing demanded the rest of | it. He took it to his office. stuffed it in @ desk drawer und muched on it odd moments for days in at After Senator Harding had become | President Hurding. tioned to Mrs. John that the President Miked her peanut brittle better than 1 the flossy candy sent in such pro- fusion to the White House And Mrs. Votaw men- or the President. { She fetched a lurge and ornate box lto put the candy in best if it goes Don't do it Mrs. {to him like the other did. 1t in an old breakfast-food box' ! And so it was done. And the com- imon oid pasteboard box with matchless peanut took the place of honor President's jdesk drawer He wanted no ther candy and he ate no othe At lasted Votaw pleaded EDITORIAL DIGEST | This likewise i< very muc {ion of the Syracuse Herald (inde- | pendent). which holds “if such a re- |quest had been made by Mr. Wilson while he was an occupant of the White House. he would have been fairly subject to adverse criticism, points out that the message “is 0 phrased that no reasonable excep- ftion can be taken to its form or its spirit” In addition, the Baltimore 1 ux (democratic) holds that “Mr. | Wilson has always had decided opin- ions on every public » and he {has rarely or never ed from | expressing them And if Mr. Bryan {who has been three times defeated {for President, has a right continually {to advise. why has 1 Mr Wilson. [\\P‘n led the party to victory twice?” { Regardless of ull else, the P} |delphia Public Ledger (independent r:eputhas.) holds the telegram mus be taken as a notice by divers and | sundry democrats that the man in the |red brick house of S street, Wash- ington. must be watched and reckoned vith in 1924 And the party leaders | ought not to ohject. the New York | Tribune (republican) insists, inas- much as “Jefferson and Jackson did the same thing. And they are still the ranking saints in the democratic calendar.” Opposing this view least premature,” the Brook | (independent democratic) sa. {he finally should “choose to offer ad- vice no man in the democratic party is better qualified to do so. If he has {anything to say about platform or | candidates his words cannot be with- jout weight, although they may not be decisive This is merely another reminder to his party that Woodrow Wilson is by no means polit relegated himself to oblivion,™ gests the Milwaukee Sentinel pendent) that the former President is regaining his physical vigor and keeping his interest in public affairs unimpaired.” Granting all this may be =0, the New Orleans Times-Picayune (democratic) feels that this is escentially a state situation and “the interests of (‘olo- rado will be better served if Colo- rado’s governor. knowing the avail- able me and their capacity, makes his own selection. politely disregard- ing the advice of leaders far removed from Colorado and little or not at all acquainted with the Colorado situa- tion as Gov. Sweet has to face it. If any further free advice is in order we submit this: Let the governor do :(|, “’l‘hc task and responsibility are afs This_opinion gets scant sympathy from the Springfieid Union (independ- ent), which sars “our conception of political proprieties—so far, of course. as proprieties mav be said to apply to democratic politics—Is that, as one of the only two Presidents tha demo- |crats have had in sixty-three vears. Mr. Wilson should be entitied to say something if he wants to. and that on general principles his advice night be quite as good s that of either Mr. McAdoo or Mr, Bryan. That certainly is not loading Mr. Wilson with com- pliments.” In addition “the selection of a senator by the Governor of Col- orado is not a local or a state affair,” the Danville Register (demcratic) in- sists, and the governor “is obligated to bo guided in his selection by con- sideration of the welfare of the party in both state and nation.” tie opin- sug- (inde- e ————ee e e IN A FEW WORDS My first evangelistic work will be to teach the several million flappers in this country to wear long skirts and corsets for the sake of their| morals and to show them that bobbed hair 1s & sign of frivolity. —RHEBA CRAWFORD. The Germans are most dangerous because of a fundamental lack in thelr character. They lack political instinct and hence they will always be governed by a small group of peo- ple. —LAWRENCE LYON. The British public_is commencing to realize that Great Britain helped to destroy Germany's colossal military machine in order to make France the military dictator of all Europe. —SENATOR BORAH. Soon a law is to be passed in Tur- key limiting men to one wife. Our wars *left many widows and orphans and awake us to the need of such a measure. —DR. FOUAD BEY. ‘We may not have proof that Ger- many can.pay, but we feel we have proof that she'is not willing to pay. —C..A. NEVU! | Socialism's failure to become ac- climated to the new world while it has made such headway In the old is because the economic crisis has been | 1ate in arriving in this country. —MORRIS HILLQUIT. I am relinquishing my job as fuel administrator with a prayer for the | revival of the “big stick” and a wish for the reincarnation of the late Theodore Roosevelt. —GEN. GEORGE W. GOETHALS. Be an attractive dumbbell if you seek a mate. The brainy woman is all right in the office, but it's the in- nocent young thing who gets the fire- place. —PEGGY WOOD. There is one quality the American girl hasn't a speaking acquaintance Sith, that f cheerful patience. —COUNTESS CASTELVECCHIO. The intimate influence of consci- entious cooking by rendering easy the processes of digestion promotes the Serenity of mind, the gracious- ness of thought and that induigent view of our neighbor's failings which is the only genuine form of optimism, =—JPSERH CONRADy N and | and got | aohn made some more, this time | ally dead or has and it is gratifying to read | the | su long as | | fartists. [able fwere his trar D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1923. The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN, One of the newest arts to be given a place in company with those arts called fine is pictorial photography. There was no such thing as photog- raphy of any sort a hundred years ago. Our grandparents, great- grandparents if we are still in our teens, desiring portraits of them- selves to hand down to postérity had to have them painted or drawn. In many an attic or old secretary today in quaint leather cases are daguerreo- types made before 1855, which wit- ness to the first dawnings of this new art. How quaint and interest- ink they look, and what excellent Iittle portraits’ some of them were! But each was an original plate or impression. Like color photography today, they could not be reprinted or reproduced in quantity. Then came photography and us a result the whole process of illustra- tion has been revolutioned, the whole attitude toward pictures changed. In the public mind the slogan, “You push the button—we do the rest,’ has found firm resting place; so that the majority of persons today have little conception of the use of the camera as a medium for artistic ex- pression and regard photographs more or less as the result of acci- dent. It was because photography was 0 regarded that for a good many years it was not given a place In the art museums, the directors of these Lomes of art regarding it as a com- mercial product, an industry. The Washington Camera Club, made up of enthusiastic amateurs did much through their work to dispel this illu- sion here, and other similar associa- tions carried on the good work in other cities A photographic salen. which is an annual affair, has lately been held in the Carnegle Institute, Pittsburgh, and the photopictorialists throughout the country compose a large group of sincere artists who are doing much to raise the standard of art appreclation. The Pictorial Photographers of America includes the majority of these in its mem- bership and issues an annual year- book in the form of a report, repro- ducing notable prints b its mem- bers. The original prints in the most or {recent of these yearbooks are now on view in the art and industries building of the National Museum and give & very fair index to the progress that has been made in this new art. Lk Of course, there has been a certain amount of discussion between the painters and the photographers as to not the latter had the consideration as creative The pictorial photographers have claimed that thev used the camera merely as a medium of ex- pression, just as the painters used pigment and paper or canvag. But the photographers have been remind- ©d by their brothers in art that they had to transcribe things as they were, whereas the painter had the opportunity of rearranging his com- position. Sir Alfred East in _his n_ “Sketching From that it is the painter's pre- ative to complete nature's inten- tion: that it Is not his business to copy accurately what he sees, and 1at herein Jies the difference be- tween uninspired and the inspired, the mere copyist and the artist. This sounds logical and is reasonably sat factory until, behold. another artist of distinction, John W. Beatty, ap- pears and shatters the theory with the statement that the greatest rtists Luve considered it their duty ture as accurately as possi- ble. taking no liberties If Mr. Beatty is right the pictorial photographers should rejoice, for this would put them on precigely the same footing as the painters. Mr. Beatty contends that the painter must seek for perfect compositions and desired effects and when finding them en- deavor to transeribe them accurately The pictorial photographer is obliged to do this. and it is through his suc- cess in chofce, not only of subject but of the right moment for tran- scription. that the value and beauts of his work depends. There is a very distinguished pictorial photographer \ Maine, Bertram Wentworth, who has made a specialty of winter tures and of pictur the seq, he says that many times he has wait- ed for hours and days. even weeks, to have precisely the right effect to photograph, and that when the effect comes if he is not on hand it will be lost ofttimes before he can capture it Portrait photography at its best is much the same. The pictorial pho- tographer who s artist must be to pose his model as success- fully as the painter, to arrange mat- ters of light and shade, and then to seize at the right moment a desired expression. whethe right or to delightful vk Nature” >k There is a wide difference between pictorial photography and photog- raphy when employed as a witness. The one takes into consideration the elements of art—lost outlines. atmos- phere, textures, mass, line—those things which g0 to make up a great work of art, painted. etched, design- ed; but when photography is called in as a witness. as it often is in matters pertaining to science, then detail is the great objective, and here the camera serves quite another purpose. Most recently color has come to the fore, the medium of art as camera and the lumicre traordinary possibilities developed along this line. Under the auspices of the National Geographic Society Frederick Clatworthy recently gave 4 demonstration of outdoor color photography which should have con- vinced the most prejudiced skeptic that photography is indeed a fine art as it is practiced by some toda. Not only were Mr. Clatworthy's plates technically ~fine, but thiey photography and through well as the plate ex- have been ishowed in almost every instance that subtle appreciation of artistic values which paintings by master painter: evidence. His compositions were ad- mirably selected: his choices of light- ing, of color effects, were remark- able; and most marvelous of all criptions of sunsets, the luminous quality of the clouded skies giving tirough the medium what no painting could possibly give. Furthermore, some of Mr. Clat- worthy's plates showed an extraordi- nary breadth of what in painting one would call rendering. They did not go too much into detail and they proved, what Birge Harrison has so admirably set forth in his book on “Landscape Painting.” that what we see is not always precisely what is to be seen—that is, that the eye does not take in detail, but, to the con- trary, comprehends effects, and that herein is to be found the flaw in the pre-Raphaclite theory. This was also the stumbling block which caused the downfall of the Hudson river school of landscape painters. They tried to paint what they knew rather than what they saw. George Inness was the first to recognize this fuct, and it was he, it will be remembered, who is now counted the founder of our |present-day school of landscape paint- ing. * ¥ X X As yet no way has been found to print in color from photographic plates—that is, no way which is at all satisfactory—but there is little doubt that a method will be discov- ered and that some time. perhaps not far distant in the future, color pho- tography as an art will come into its own. And this reminds the writer of something that happened to an artist some years ago when sketch- ing in the country. His easel was set up by the roadside. A farmer was plowing in an adjacent field. Tach time he went around the fleld he cast a glance over the fence at the pic- Ture. 'At last it was finished. The artist was gathering up his parapher- nalia. The farmer halted. ts a real pretty picture he said. “And now I suppose,” after i b all will take it down to the city and have a dozen or more struck off. No wonder the artists were at first jealous of the pictorial photogra- phers) of 1ight ! CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS The United States service is experimenting with a new the ocean by the echo ef sound re- flected back from the bottom of the sea. Another recent invention which promises , at least in shal- low water, is a light which pene- trates the depths and flluminates the bottom. With the combination of the two means and the hope of a glorl- fled Roentgen ray the secrets of the great deep will be laid bare. Enthu- slasts even promise that the sunken continent of Atlantis will be redis- covered, with all its lost palaces, its cities and wealth. * ¥ k¥ K Dr. Le Plongeon, who studied the prehistoric ruins of Yucatan, found marvelous indications there of a great empire thousands of years ago. He claimed that it was ruled by Queen Moo, who, according to the and laws of her to her brother Coh. Another brother, Aac, jealous and ambitious, made war and slew Coh and then proposed to marry Queen Moo. She rejected him and fled east, intending to find refuge in the land of Atlantis, far to the eust of her own empire. When she reached the ocean found that Atlantis had sunk by great earthquakes, she proceeded east until Thers wus zed as a queen time hecaine the Queen of the basis for the Egyptian Osiris and the builder of the e to Dr. custom she been and she recog rei she and ERypt myth of sphinx in According as read by Plongeon, spent seven years in that country studying the records, the continent of Atlantis sank with a population of 64,000,000, and, according to classic authors, Greek and Lalin, the cata trophe occurred nearly 10,000 yecars prior to the Christian era. Plato de- iscribes it, and Plutarch tells of an Egyptian priest who related the Eg¥ptian history of the commerce of Egypt with Atlantis until ti was destroved over 9,000 vious to that time * * x Yucatan Le inscriptions who i these days of the opening of ti tomb of the Egyptian king, Tu hamen, who reigned only ago, and archeological prise of the lantis on The lapse of time vear other enter- lost At- interest with numerous discoveries, the search for the renewed between the sink- ing Atlantis and the reign of Tutankhamen. some 6,000 years, is as great as the entire period which was computed by our forefathers, the Bible record, as stretching fror the fall of Adam to the present day Yet in the light of modern knowledge there is nothing in all these wonders of the ages which contradiets the Ireal meaning of the Bible story of creation and the descent of man The whole subject takes on a new {vividness of interest in the light of the possible rmation of the ex- istence of the sunken empire through the soundings and researches of the hydrographic service now under w. What treasures may be discovered' * o % ok takes fror How we Americans harassed from right and from left! First come the “best minds of France” to tell us what we should do for that country of Lafayette, and our best answer, up to date. ‘Lafayette, we are here {and we are going to stay here.” 1 Next Lord Cecil to lus that we can't keep out of Europe's {wars if we want to, for there will (be airplanes to bombard Washing- iton and all coast cities. Hence, says. the best thing we can do, and do it jolly quick. is to make an alli- ance with England and get ready for the worst, for the worst is sure to come. e is comes instruct he * ok ok On top of all this come the exasperating Washingtonians—the Istate, not the city—who have been reading the letters of Mrs. Poindexter to some paper published in that state, telling what really awful people livc in Washington—the city, not the state. Some gof our ladies smoke cigarettes, and wear decollete gowns, and drink—milk, and do all sorts of things which they oughtn't to do. She did not mention any names—and that is the substance of her offenge— for now the folks back home demand now Since the federal authorities now taken a very active hand in the running to earth and the criminal prosecution of those concerned in the bogus oil stock concerns in Texas, {by means of which swindlers mulcted gullible investors through- out the United States to the tune of over $250,000.000, it may bs hoped that the activities in dealing with these gentry will not be confined purely to America, but will extend to Europe, and especially to England, {where they would find cordial co-op- eration on the part of the police. London an especially favorite hunting ground of the promoters of the so-called Texas lease flat {traps, where many thousands of peo- ple. especially from the rural dis- tricts of the United Kingdom, have been swindled out of every penny that they possess. As the English newspapers, in endeavoring to deal with the evil, have made it widely known that the Texas aliens’ act makes it impossible for any non-resi- dent alien to acquire a legal title to land or to oil wells in that state, the promoters of the swindles meet all demands for explanation by de- claring that what they have to sell is stock in the leases of mining prop- erties, omitting to mention that by the most recent legislation in Texas no non-resident alien can acquire title to even any leasehold or any other in- terest in the land or oil of the state. Consequently, these so-called Texas oil lease flat traps are absolute fakes. have * k k¥ With the object of gulling unwary investors—that is to say, “the flats"— high-sounding names arc used by the promoters as their associates, and as their fellow promoters and as mem- bers of their boards of directors. Among these names the one which is most frequently to be found figuring on most of these Texas oll lewse cir- culars is that of “the Rt. Hon. Law- rence William Palk, baron, United Kingdom.” The use of the words “right honorable” prefixed to his Christian name and patronymic con veys the false Impression that he is a member of the privy couneil of King George, which is very far from belng o have | hydrographic |that she shall tell wl LJustice method of measuring the depths of Iy, suntry, was marricd |house pair [ JAre lin ao t the Department required to Ktop committe ed expressly ROSSID and pester 1 former senator's wife unless she la: herself liable to a thousand libel suita by pointing her finger at the wretchen Who are g0 naushiy. The chances are that not one mer ber of that committes voted for tic ction of Senator Poindexter « sorrow that he and his gifted ter, friend wife, are soon to hol nob with the Peruvian Incas, for tla former senator is appointed ambas sador extraordinary and ininists plenipotentiary to Peru and does no have to live in Washingtun—city or state—any more for some years In the ‘midst of such harassments all that the rest of us can do i cry: “Oh for a Lodge in some wilderness.” things, so ‘ can is that = Perhaps it day after the Wi o te s a coincidence had Leen a hington the be and decorating ch nt painters and the « struck. Was it the job of instructing tiic thousands of prospective appre to thelr trades that the went on this stampede? wages of the the salaries of the man of Do teachers ride to scl teacher decorators it to stampede afte tens ¢ tiee practical me Compare t1 average teacher w the il Tt is not dren will monics and cc reports, they painting graduate at sixtee will they be prepared master painters? and dece That some of the enthusiasts who demand that our public the apprentice system with all the prac tical instructi ble th graduate to earn ] skilled mechanic ihe Bict ? ae schools replace as a ating from The practical trades.’ otherwise spent for which ed, necds idea ¢ be it publ udie ain nt uld tint unto tife rainbow the udy were 1 iples of har it be much to L Children are taught s usually grand opera * How are t ing to acqui eral educs minds be disciplined N iney s it o like enoush time in the actual p all children e painter the rep: s that added to elementarsy ington? mass Has not somewhat childrer e the rudin ion. and equall interior ¢ pract the * n. Hine Bureau Here tive policy the Veterans' occasi ing m worthy The cut out the ¢ to overpay than let men new wait dire red tap man and the in the shorte ard for Congressional ir the fa patience with emple who fail to take that as It is a tremendous job to we the ab ad grown the new administration is on t The Veterans' Burcau handles money and more men t} Treasury for money Department’ for me no 1 fluence cuts exce and the W ment Da weather ie Secretary of Lubor s ha ed prophet but a coal us that winte will he to our bins? dant this pas was n its transpo not predi forewar: No wh forting ation and price BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. | the case {other than (Copyright, 1928, by I V. Collina American Steps to Check Oil Frauds Will Win Strong British Co-operation and what 1l to mention is the important the Rt. Hon. Lawrence Palk o repeatedly b and extremely notorious Haldon. third of his line Of what value Lord Haldon's 1 on any cireular or prospectus mugl bo it is ‘alifieult 1o tonjertare B only a couple of months ago he wi sued in the Crovdon county court f: the arrears of & weekly allowance « $5 a week. payable 10 his actress w Lady Haldon, under a decd of judici: separat He pleaded out of wor s his inability to pay. and when last heard of was given a fortnight to pa up the arrears under penaity of 1 sent to jail. n A London hands circular canie ot long ago, bearing tl of Lord Haldon, in figured as president known as “The Ar Society, Ltd.” the of he recommended “conscientious an absolutely safe and bona fid vestment.” The company was formed under his acgis for the purpose selling false teeth on the installmen plan, and even in renting them and was on several occasions to obloguy by the bouchere in the Truth, Lord Haldon of well Dy family ¢ Palk, which was founded in the part of the eighteenth Robert Palk, son of a carrier, who coming to financial grief, went out to India; entered the Last Tndia Cor pany service, and eventually Governor of Madras and a barones. He came home to England witn greut wealth; became tha principal land- owner of Torquay and of the region thereabouts. His grandson, Sir 1, rence Palk. was the intimate friend and schoolmate of Lord Beaconsfield who ultimately secured for Lim peerage as Lord Haldon in compl ance, it is said, with a schoolbo pledge by Disracli that e himself became prime minister 1o Wwould obtain m seat for Pall n th- house of lords Nothing Is left today of the once large fortune. 1t has all been squan- dered by the present peer, und by his nature whibk of an enterp cial Teeth stock out held uj Henry L of London late pages is the chief tho Kknown vonshire ear century 1 becoma when equally extravagant father, the late and second Lord Haldon, who. on e count of his peculiar features, nsed to Io in London society and club- land by the name of “Plggy” Haldoy.