Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1923, Page 6

_lowed, become the head of the organi- . everybody who is in line is consist- THE EVENING STAR,| With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY........June 7, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th 8t. and Pennsylvania Ave. Nemens OB Tower Huliing. = Tower x Puropean 3&1: 16 Regent 8t., London, England. "The Evening t Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city 2 80 cents per month; daily only, 45 cer month: Sunday only. 30 cents per month. ders may be sent by mail, or teleplione M 8000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday.. ' Dally only 1y, 86 ., 50c Sunday only 17yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ e All Other States. Daily and Sunday..} yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only. 1 37 . 60c Sunday oniy’ Member of the Associated Press, The Assoc exclusively eatitled | to the use on_of ail new dis- [atches eredited to it or mot otheswise credited n this paper and also the local mews pub- lished ‘hereln. ~All rights of publication of special dispatebes herein are also reserved. bbbl f o L Bt Ay A Night Parade. That repetition is not always a mis- take was fully proved last night, When the parade of uniformed bodies of the Shrine which opened the convention un Tuesday was given a second time. 1t possible, a greater multitude gath- ered to witness the march and, it pos- sible, also the spectacle was even more brilliant and’attractive than on the day before. The colors of the costumes of the Shriners were not, perhaps, so strik- i hown by the glowing lights canopied over Pennsylvania avenue as in the bright sunshine of Tuesday, but what was lacking in this respect was compensated by the special elec- trical effects of many of the marching bodies. Unique devices of storage batteries and small incandescent lamps on the feet, heads and shoulders of the patrols added a weird touch to the procession, while now and again the flashing forth of the names of the temples in illuminated letters brought out the plaudits of the crowds. Then, too, the formality of the pa- rade of Tuesday was somewhat abated in favor of a more festive spirit and the paraders presented numerous fea- tures of a carnival character and many of the marching bodies offered examples of the remarkable drilling skill for which the Shrine patrols are famous. These diversions kept up the interest of the immense mass of spec- tators who braved the early shower and sat through several hours until close upon midnight. And the bands! They were as lusty &nd generous as ever in their donation of music. Despite the fact that they had been blowing into their horns and beating at their drums steadily for two days, they gave unstintedly of their celections. Their drum majors were as sprightly as ever. There was, in- deed, in no degree a diminution of the spirit of pleasure which is the chief public manifestation of the Shrine, Tonight will occur the climax of this remarkable series of demonstrations, a pageant of floats presenting the fig- ures of famous Americans who have been members of this great order, fol- lowed by a “dance of the states.”” Then tomorrow, just to give the school chil- dren,. who will perhaps have had no chance to witness tonight's show, the pageant will be repeated, in full ac. cord with the generosity which has marked this entire program of events. ———————————— Shrine Officers. The. Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine believes i promotion. | Its organization’ is founded, indeed, upon rotation in office. Its officers are elected for one year only. They are carefully selected all the way down the line because the least in rank in the imperial divan, which is the su- preme governing body of the order, is a prospective chief potentate. Thus in effect yesterday when the business of electing the’imperial officers was discharged there was really but one contest and that was far the office of imperial outer guard, who ranks at the end of the list. There were soveral candidates for this office, for the successful one was put in line for the “presidency,” o to speak. Thus it was not precisely an imperial buter zuard for 19231924 who was elected, but a potential imperial potentate of the order for 1934-35—that is to say, former Representative Ireland, who won the election yesterday, will, if nothing unforeseen happens and the | usual procedure of the. Shrine is fol- zation eleven years hence. There.1s an idea in this for business concerns and possibly for political par- ties. Of course, it would not do in a big business to put a man up at the top for one year only, however excel- lent might be the men immediately in line betow him as possible successors in rotation. Yet the virtual certainty | of promotion is a factor in assuring efficiency, provided, of course, that ently faithful to the principles of the organization and maintains his eligi- bility during the years of waiting. ——————— ton has n.&ny passed. No rmw] crimes have occurred, and the num- ,bel' of petty thefts and house robberies seem not to have risen ahove normal. A few cases of theft have’ been re- ported to the police and. some of. the city's ‘guests have been the sufferers. 1t might have been expected that the number of such cases would be larger. No doubt a big measure of congratu- lation should go to the police of the District, reinforced by many skillful detectives and police from other cities. While local arrangements for keeping the crowds in order during the great spectacles and in keeping traffic niov- ing in the streets have been excellent, there has no doubt been highly efi- cient work by our own detectives and those of other citles who have mingled with the crowd. With all the inflammable wooden stryctures bullt along the streets and the wealth of fleecy and filmy decora- tions, there has been no disturbance from fire. The preventive measures taken by the local fire department have worked well. During Shrine time firemen with extinguishers have been stationed under the grandstands and at other places of .possible -danger in the crowded section of the city. There has been no visible drunken- ness. The flood of bootleg whisky which it was feared would be turned loose in the city has not been in evi- dence. It is probable that the prohibi- tion ‘enforcement men and the local police trained to the work set up bar- riers on the roads and on the river which the rum runners could not pass. ——————————— Enforcement or Non-Enforcement? There seems to be some conflict of authority in New York city over the responsibility of the police for en- forcement of the federal prohibition statute, the Volstead act. It is realized by all, of course, that the repeal of the Mullan-Gage law by the state legislature did not impair the validity of the prohibition law enacted under the Constitution of the United States. This fact was recognized by Gov. Smith in his memorandum accom- panying the signing of the repeal bill when he said: “Let it be understood for once and for all that this repeal does not in the slightest degree lessen the obligation of peace officers of the state to enforce in its strictest letter the Volstead act.and warning to that effect is herein contained as coming from the chief executive of the state of New York." Those were brave and reassuring words to the supporters of law and or- der, and were naturally accepted as voicing the intention of the state to uphold enforcement of the law. But what has happened since they were uttered? Yesterday Corporation Coun- sel Nicholson, in New York city, ad- vised Police Commissioner Enright that the police were not under any legal obligation to enforce the Vol- stead act. Thereupon Commissioner Enright said he would withdraw all the special squads now seeking liquor law violators. This announcement made Go; Smith’s assurance sound as empty as a handful of dry peas rattling in & tin dishpan. United States District Attorney Hayward pointed out the conflict with the governer's message contained in the commissioner's state- ment and characterized it as “an ap- palling blow to law enforcement.” Thus was exemplified President Hard- ing's warning of the menace of a con- flict between federal and state au- thority and possible necessity of fed- eral encroachment upon the latter. The federal statute stands, the United States courts are open and it is pre- dicted that President Harding will not hesitate to take whatever means are necessary to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States. War has been compelled to doff the trappings of pomp and splendor. The gorgeous uniforms are now worn by men whose avowed mission is that of good will and human benefit. It is entertaining to read the his- torians who tell of the old days when all the illumination on Pennsylvania avenue at this time of year was pro- vided by the lightning bugs. The opposing demands for a six- hour and a twelve-hour working day leave a certain amount of margin on both sjdes for purposes of com- promise. Forelgn’ exchange continues to indi- cate the German mark as one of the worst sellers ever turned off the printing press. The music lover swho undertakes to follow all the pérades is one of our leading overtime workers. Another Burned Dirigible. Another big \American service diri- gible has been destroyed by fire, the fourth of a series of such losses. This was the TC-1, recently constructed at Akron, Ohio, and just taken on a test flight to Dayton. The ship was moor- ed to a high steel tower and it was struck ‘during 'a. severe . electrical storm, and, swinging around in thé wind, the great bag was brought into contact with another steel tower, and, States that desire to suppress the teaching of forelgn languages might find it practical'to cantent themselves with a step in that general direction and make a stand against the dialects of illiteracy in our own speech and print. As a veteran candidate, Col. Bryan might be expected to get in line, at least for some of the straw votes now being cast. > Perfect Order. Law observance has been one of the features of Shrine week. The Shrine has furnished -a crowd different from some that have come to Washington, but with any crowd, no matter of what high degree of respectability, there has often come a crowd of fol- lowers, which _has not been of high standards.. Men and women of low mentality and morals often seek those cities which are crowded by strangers, and there is in consequence an up- ward -slant in the amount of crime. ‘This has not been so in the case of ocongestion through which Washing- ot being highly . charged with electricity from the storm, it'ignited doubtless by sparking and was burned. Twe men who were on board escaped by Jumping, suffering painful injuries. One of the primary objections to the dirigible is its resistance to the wind. Tt offers a large area to the air cur- rents, and in a severe blow or in:gusty weather it is likely to be swung from its course, or whén moored to be blown away. Three others of these big aircraff have been destroyed. One exploded in the air over the Hurnber, in England, and - practically all the members of its large crew -were killed. Another one, the Roma, built by the Italian government for the United States and reassembled: in this coun- try, was destroyed near Norfolk when it was swung by an adverse current into contact with’ high-tension "electric wires, also with heavy loss of life. A third was burned last year at San An- tonio, Tex., after completing a trany. continental flight. The danger from fire is great in the case of the dirigible becauss of the use of gas and th p&‘uturetflth'm~ THE - EVENING - ST velope material, which is highly con- ducive to electricity production. .De- spite experiments in use of insulating materials, these disasters continue. Helium, a non-explosive and non-in- flammable gas, has not yet been de- veloped in practicable quantities for use in these big bag fliers. Perhaps ‘when it has been produced to that point the lighter-than-air machine may be brought to a higher point of safety. But the danger from static electricity will remain, and without safeguard against ignition from exter- nal cause this form of “flying ma- chine” will still present a. problem. President Harding’s Trip. President Harding's itinerary for the trip he will take to the west coast, Alaska, the Canal Zone and Porto Rico has been completed, and the chiet executive expects to start June 20 and return to the capital about August 10. On the way to Seattle he proposes to make about twenty speeches on a va- riety of toples, it is announced from the White House. This journey will not constitute a personal junket nor.a political campaigning undertaking. It is & quest for first-hand information concernng territorial and insular pos- sessions with which the President | should be supplied. Alaska is the main objective of the LPreslden('fl informative journey. ' This territery, marvelously rich in unde- | veloped resources, has admittedly been neglected by the government. It has long suffered from the ills of buteau- cratic administration, acgording to | successive reports of governors, and its development has been retarded. In- deed, the territory may almost be said to have retrograded. President Harding intends, it is said, to obtain a thorough imsight into ac tual conditions, as a basis for recom mendations to Congress for 1égislative remedial action. Recommendations have been made in plenty in the past, in the annual reports of administrative officials, but too often have languished and perished 'in committees of Con- gress. New hope will be afforded the population of Alaska by the Presi- dent’s appearance among them and the will no doubt be aroused i him. Then, when he makos suggestions for legisla- tion, with his heart In them, results may be looked for in Congress. It is well that the President pro- poses to stop along the way and talk to the people. The people want to see him, and it is advisable that he should meet them and get in personal touch with them. Great benefit should come to all concerned by the President’s faring forth on his presént mission. | —_———— The remarkable number of pick- pockets and other lawbreakers pre dicted for this week ‘in “Washington may have arrived. If they have they find themselves confronted by a re-| {Former Belle of Diplomatic Circles Here to Wed British Nobleman markable vigilance and efficiency on the part of the police. They may as well follow the crowd and take a holi- day. ———————— It was only after much discussion that Hawaii became, more than twenty years ago, a part of the United States. It now asserts itself as rep- resented in the present festivities in Washington, D. C., as one of the most conspicuous elements of the nation. ———— The maritime phase of prohibition agitation has become so prominent as to change the form of convivial salu- | Instead of saying “A votre prosit” people now say Statisticians are now trying to figure how many more people would have at- ternded the Shrine convention had not the fear of food and housing shortage bLeen spread through the country. sympathy with their grievances which | WASHINGTO! D. C; . THURSDAY, ‘Answers to Questions About ' Washingto Q. Where 1s the headquarters of the national woman's party? A. J. M. A. This property, which was given to the natlonal womsa's party by Mrs. O. HL P. Belmont. laat mmn-- ner of 1st an streets rort and consists of three hot 21, 33, 28 1st street, and two gardens, valued at $180,000. ‘Tt was formerly known .as the brick capitol, since It was eérected in 1815 to accommodate Congress, which met there until- 1819.° James Monroe was inaugurated upop a temporary portico erected in front of the building. During ehe’eivit war it was used as a prison for. political offenders. Q. How much news is sent out from Washington daily?—R. M. A. It is estimated that helf & mil- lion words are sent out each day by capital correspondents, by wire, wire- lees snd mall. The National Press Club is the fraternal home of the hundreds of writers who report the 1EWS to the world. * Q. Are anv of the desks in the Sen- ate of historic interest?—S. G. A. Many of th> desks in the Senate chamber were formerly used when the Senate sat in what is now the Supreme Court chamber. The desks of Calhoun. Clay, Webster, Sumner and Jefferson Davis are in constant use, The desk used hy Charles Sum- ner is now occupied by Senator Todge. the leader of the majority. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi es the desk formerly nccupled Ly efferson Davie. the presidant of the Confederacy. The dask used by Pros- ident Hardine. while senator. s no= assicned to Senator Hiram Johnson of California . \\'l-‘:n buildine in Warhington is sometimes called the “Capitol of the New World? oy, '0F g P A. The Pan-Ametiean Union. an faternational organization of twenty- one republics. has been so called. The late James Bryce, former ambassa- dor from England. said this was the {finest building erected anvwhera in the world during the last fifty years. Q. Where did the American beauty rose originate?—F, M. O. A. This rose was originated by j{the famous historian; George Ban- croft. in the garden of his residence at 1623 H street northwest. Washing- on Q. What present-dav theatrical stars were reared in Washi — BIREN ashington? A. The following are some well- known stage folks who formerly lived in Washington: 1Ina Claire, Hayes. Wilton Lackaye. Willard Mack, Al Jolson, the Eaton sisters. Adele Rowland. . Ruth Chatterton, Eleanor Griffith. and Billie Burke. Q. How man Washington >—J. On June 30. 19 seventy-two institutions _doing a banking business in the District of Columbla, under the supervision of the controller of the currency. The aggregate canital of these institutfons the total Individual 075 and aggregate ¥ banks are there in w. there were BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Since Baron Ladislas von Hengel- muller spent some nineteen years at Washington as Austro-Hungarlan ambassador, almost as long as his popular successor in the role of dean of the diplomatic corps, J. J. Jus-| serand. who has just completed his twentieth vear of service as am- {bassador of France in the United i States, the newy of the recent mar- riage, at. Pesth, of his daughter, “Mila” von Hengelmuller, who spent her entire childhood and early girl- hood in Washington and New York, to Lord Brougham's only son and heir, will certainly create some friendly interest on this side of the Atantic. For Baroness von Hangelmuller, who was born as a Countess Dunin Borkowska of the old Austrian-Polish house of that name, was a general favorite and cone tributed largely to the gaiety and Alaska, in addition to other felici-|social life of the National Capital, tations, deserves, in view of history, to be congratulated en having been rescued from the Russian empire. According to eminent authority, it is perfectly all right to be a joiner, so long as you exercise intelligent dis- crimination az to what you join, Every now and then Pennsylvania is held up to attention as remarkable for the fact that the greatest avenue in the world was named after it. The Shriners will enable the public tp forget its czres for a while, even in- uding the parking problems. One of the lessons taught by the Mystic Shrine is “How to be happy in spite of the heat.™ : SHOOTING STARS. ] BY PHILANDER JOHNSON: Summer “Don’ On smooth or stormy seas we ride And as we float, v | In Hours of stress or peaceful pride; 1 Don't rock the boat. There may be work for you to do: 1f: none you note, L5 One valued course you may pursue— Don’t rock the boat. Reie i If you can’t bale or hoist a sail,, Or lift and tote, o L At least your prudence may avail. { Don't rock the boat. $ If you've no chance to lend a hard | " Or hold a coat, H Don’t hinder those wha hold command. Don't Tock the hoat. T Satiety. i If instantly you gained each wish Fur which your heart is wishin’ You'd always ketch so many fish “There'd e no tunin_fishi The_lightning bug: exclaimed, Enjoyment do 1 find. In shedding my smail-glimmer-o'er The pathway of my kind,- “For as I 100k my bettera o'er . 1 find they deem it fit_ _ To strive for gain and. never. for The public benefit. i ““No v “And s0 anew I shall begin ‘With thrift to make amends. . T'll straightway put & meter. i And walt for dividends®” - N 1 while {embassy in London, would have dealt while Baron some very it has always been felt that von Hengelmuller, who spent happy years in England connected with the Austrian with the difficulties with which his nation became involved over here after 1914 in a more shrewd and statesmanlike manner than his far 100 amliable successor, who permit- ted himself to be made the cat's paw and the dupe of Count Bernstorff. In England Baron von Hengelmuller ig still remembered to this day as the only man who ever succeeded in extorting a public apology from the late William E. Gladstone. The grand old man, while leader of the opposi- tion in parliament at Westminster, had, in the urse of a discussion about Austria’s policy of expansion in the Balkans, made use of the words “Hands off’ toward the dual empire, and had fidrcely denounced its meth- lods of statecraft and of diplomacy, When, after the liberal victory of 1850, he became prime minister, the necessity arose of re-establishing friendly communications hetween him and the Austro-Hungarian ambassa- 487 1nLondon, Count Karolyi. who had naturally -ceased all intercourse with the grand old man after his historic outburst. ‘ Gladstone was not an easy man to convince that he was in the wrong. in fact, there never has been an Eng- Jish statesman with such a blind be- liet in his own infallibility. Yet by dint of personal persuasion which in- luded a number of long and most interesting tetes-a-tetes between von Hengelmuller, then first secretary of Emperor Francis Joseph's embassy in London. and Gladstone, the latter gave a public expression of his regret for his attack upon Austria in the memorable “hands off" speech, with- arew his remarks and explained that his utterances on that occasion were based on wrong information and mis- apprehension. , [ hear that von Hengelmuller is publishing his memoirs and _pre- {sumably his story about how he in- i duced the great Victorian to utter a public “peccavi’ will be included therein. Baron von Hengelmuller's new English son-in-law served through- out the war as & captain of the Cold- strem Guards, has since been con- neoted with the allied reparations commission In Hungary, has been married before, and has three chil- dren, including a fourteen-year-old boy by his first wife, a aister of the present Lord Alington, She divorced him In 1919, receiving the custody of the children. of terms with hi; tesman -| be in spite of his great wealth, ad_last- vear with. $120,000 liabilities and- only $80 of as- ‘sets. 1 understand that wince, the captain has sold his reversionary in- terests in the family estates and that the proceeds of the transaction have been invested by trustees in his be- him to be bank: ance of about $3,000. * % % % His father, Lord Brougham, is not the sen or grandson, but the nephew of the great Lord Brougham, the chanecellor, and has nothing of the 1atter's oddity of manner or appears ance. He s now In his elghty-Afth year, has been & very good léoking man, snd Was ome af the clodeyt pers Helen | n for the Shriners - Q. 1Is there a bullding in Washing- ton that is a replica of a Grecian temple?—J. N. A. On the east front of the Treas- ury are thirty-efght Ionic columns, a replica of the Temple of Minerva at thens. Q. What was the cost of the Lincoln Memorial?—A.M. \ A. This Memorial cost $3,000.000. Of this amount the architect received $135,000, the sculptor $85,000, and the artist who executed the paintings Which hang in the Memorial received $45.000. The'remainder of the sum was spent in actual construction of the edifice, the approaches to it and the reflecting pool to the east of the bullding. The grounds are still in- complete. Rl Q. When did the Supreme Court first meet in Washington?—R. T. A. The Supreme Court of the United States held its first session in Wash- ington . February 2, 1801, with Chiet Justice John Marshall presiding. Wil- liam H. Taft. the incumbent, is the tenth man to hold this high office. Q. Has Pennsylvania avenue a nick- name?—H, H. M. A. That section of the Avenue b tween the White House and the Cap as_been termed the “Appian Tt was Thomas Jefferson who ®ave it this name, for he saw, even in the early days, the future importance of this street. Q. Are all the states represented in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol?—J. O. E. A. Only twenty-nine states are rep- ented there—Alabama, Arkansas, Connacticut, Florida, Idaho, Indiana. Town, Kansas. land, Massachus; nesota. Mlssouri New Jersey, Ne 1ine, ‘Ohio. ‘Oklahoma. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina. Texas. Vermont. Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Q. What are the expenses incident to running President Harding's office? —G. C. B. A. Tt costs $75000 a vear to pay the people who work in his office, and he spends $36,000 a year for station- ery. telegrams, books and other busi- ness supplies. Including automobiles. He has a $3,000 printing allowance. Q. Where is the Gilbert Stuart por- | trait of Washington?—F. H. N. A. Tt hangs in the main corridor on the Senate floor, and is_accredited with being one of the finest like- Inesses of Washington in cxistence. | This portrait of Washington is found | reproduced on the higher denomin tions of our paper currency. Gilbert i Stuart also painted the portraits of five other Presidents, the two Adamses, i1 Madison, Jefferson and Monro Q. What is the seating car |the Washington Base Ball |E: D. i | @ Are there any m ! businesses in Washington?—. N. | _A. Contrary to the gencral belief that the capital has no factories. the | Distriet of Columbia boasts 5 !vately owned manufacturing lishment city of Park Tt seats about 23,000 cturing { Fonal friends of Edward VII. He has long been a notable figure, not only in English life, but also In the south of France, where he has enormously developed the family property Cannes. a town which may be said to be entirely the creation of the first Lord Brougham. and to ow gre deal of its vogue and f: Drosperity to the presen: p. ! Brougham is a remarkable aughter of that Peter Wells | Windsor Forest who figured so Iy in Ouida's novel, *“Fri under the name of “Mr. Sflvery While still very young, Lady Brougham, who received the strangoe Christian name of Adora. which on Erowing up she transformed into Zoe, |married the late Sir Richard Mus- grave of Eden Hall, a place rendered famous through Lon; { titled “The Luck of poem, as it may be recalled, de: & glass goblet of great age. said to have been presented many hundreds of vears ago to the owners of Eden Hall by the Fairies, and wigh which the fortunes of the house of Musgrave have ever since been associated, the 800d luck being dependent upon the goblet being preserved intact. Long. fellow almost broke it when it was handed to him for inspection. After the death of Sir Richard Musgrave his widow married the present Lord Brougham. Cannes, which is even better known than Nice to Americans visiting the French Riviera, first attracted the at- woman, when traveling home from Rome, after the death of his seventean-year old daughter, Eleanore, to whom he was passionately devoted. He be came so entranced with the beauty of the scenery about Cannes that he determined to establish a continental residence there, to which in memory of his girl he gave' the ndme of "Cha_veau Eleanore.” 1In the course of time a large colony of Englich neople and of other forelgners set- tled in the vicinity of his estate, and in this way Cannes became one of the principal winter resorts of the southern coast of France. * ok k% The old chancellor will he remem- bered in the United States as one of the most ardent champions of the Monroe doctrine, which he vigorously advocated In the “Edinburg Review of which he was one of the founders. He was also one of the leaders of the abolition movement in England, obtaining almost single handed the enactment of a law punishing slave trading as a felony. But he derived his principal fame and eminence by his chivalrous defense of Queen Caroline, I the suit for _divorce brought against her In the house of lords at Westminster by her husband, King George IV. For some stranke reason or other a popular impression seems to pre- vail that the first Lord Brougham and consequently the present peer, and also the latter's son, now the husband of “Mila” von Hengel- muller, have been of humble origin. It must be confessed that there was very little about the personal appear- ance of the chancellor to convey the impression of patrician lineage. Moreover, he rendered himself ridic- ulous by his efforts to trace his pa- ternal ancestry to Udardo de Broham of the reign of Henry II. and adorned the baronial hall at Brougham at in Cumberland with many s of that doughty crusader, to establish any real connection be- tween the ancient lords of Brougham Castle and the Broughams of Scales Hall, - from whom Lord Chancellor Brougham was really descended. The chancellor's grandfather, who was owner of Scales Hall. and high < [half, so as to secure him an allow-{sheriff of Cumberland, managed to ob- tain by purchase Brougham Hall and th: latter from that time forth be- came. the principal seat of the Broughams of Soales, and is today one of the finest places in the county, The Broughams of Scales have, how- ever, nothing to be ashamed of 'in the way of ancestry. For they can show an unbroken lineage back to Henry Brougham. who flourished in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, his name appearing on several royal grants as ricus Burgtiin, of | tention of the great Lord Brougham | JUNE- 7, The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN Chanéing . to <omment some years ago on the attractive color note sup- plied the otherwise gray London city picture by the red uniforms of the British soldiers, ‘an eminent Scotch architect declared it to be his: belief that these red coats helped not only to liven the aspect but to lend energy to the lifelof the city. If he was cor- rect, and there is much to be said in support of his argument, the ha- bitual Washington gait should have been quickened this week by the presence of innumerable red fezzes. Curiously enough, when the prospects of the convention were discussed some weeks ago in an artist's studlo behind a “north window,” it was this promise of picturesquenes: chiefly stirred enthuslasm., caid a painter. “how spiendid -our Wwhite public buildings will look, with countlass red fezzes in the fore- ground. * ok ok * So much for what the Mystic Shriners have unconsclously and in- voluntarily contributed to Washing- ton during their stay. The question is, what have they found here ar- tistically worth while, and what in the way of new vision are they tak- ing back home with them. Wasting- ton has three galleries of art—mean- ing painings and sculpture—the Na- tional Gallery, which is at present housed and somewhat submerged it the National Museum; the Freer Gal- lery, =o lately opened, with a build- ing “of its own; Gullery on 17th street, the oldest of the three. Through all three of thesc galleries many visitors have poured. How interesting it would be If & vote could be taken to indicate which of the exhibits in each of these galleries has made the most profound impres sion! S was told by an artist lately from Europe of a young American he met in Rome who was traveling abroad for the first time and was seeing as much as he could in the least number of days. To the artist he boasted that he had seen all of Rome in_ three hours, having studied his Baedeker before arriv- nis, mapped out a route which would take in all of the great sights starred, hired a taxi and dashed from one to the other, almost without pause. But the same young man spent more than twq hours that same evening at the Colosseum when it was flooded with moonlight and gasped when he re- called the stirring impression that it made apon him. The American Federation of Arts, which is the national art organiza- tion, with headquarters in Washing- ton, has attempted to “star” certain ngs in Washington which every visitor from out of town should see, but the chances are that any one of these things seen leisurely, and per- sonally discovered, will be worth the whole list glanced at on a flying “seeing Washington"” tour. * % x % But even this published list did not attempt to look within the art gal- leries, and there may be some who will h, in making their tour, to have attention directed by one who knows them well to this or to that exhibit of special importance. For instance, in the Corcoran Gallery's permanent collection i8 of special ote a painting of “Sunlight in the Woods,” by George luness, who was known as scape painting.” In this gallery »und also famous paintings of by F. E. Church, and of the sey Coast,” by Richards, are celebrated paintings The Wood Gatherers,” by Israels, {he Dutch master, an “Inte- rio with figures; “The Helping Hand,” by Renouf, many times repro- duced, and with a certain universal appeal; besides a painting by George de Forest Brush, “The Mother and Child,” which stands high in the es- timate of connoisseurs; not to men- tion many excellent works by con- temporary ;painters that go far to vpen the eyes of the observer to beauty in American landscape and American life. Included in the loan collection in this gallery at present s @ painting by E. C, Tarbell of a Young Girl Crocheting,” painted with all skill found in the works of the great Dutch masters of several centuries ago and for which the own- er is rdported to have pald $16,900, the highest price pald up to that time for the work of a living Amer- fean artist. A story returning by Corot * ok ok % The Naticnal Gallery has a pot- trait of an old man by Raeburn, which is so vital and so beautifully painted it stands for all time as a type e best in this branch of art. Look- t it one does not think of how done, one is not consclous of pigment nor method, but seems to be brought face to face with an en- gagig porsonality—the spirit, the ul, of & delighttul old man, u gen- man, a scholar, in fact an artist. belongs to ' the Johnson collection and is worth a trip across the continent to see. In this same colleetion there is a paint- ing by Titian, so rich in color and tone that it will explain why this master's works have held their own in the esteem of the world for more than 300 years. Among the American paintings that one should not pass by unseen in the National Gallery collections are Wins- low Homer's great picture of the rock-bound coast of Maine, which this great American master, whose genius is acknowledged abroad as weil as at home (considered his most successful work, and which gives a vivid impression of the subject which it depicts. Measuring the height of the cliff, high up against the sky line, it one looks clesely enough, will be discerned a figure, puny in proportion to the great work of nature, intro- duced to serve as a scale and o bring in the human element.” There are notable works by Inness in this col- lection; a painting by Elihu Vedder, the illustrator of the Rubalyat of Omar Khayyam: a_picture of Christ and Nicodemus, by John La Farge, whose painting of “The Ascension” in the Church of the Ascension in New York is comparable with the greatest works of the greatest masterg—a re- liglous picture of profound signifi- cance. The Freer Gallery is so new that even Washingtonians have not yet haq time to fully become acquainted with it, but therein will be found that lovely painting of “The Virgin” leading two children forward Into the world, which had become familiar through reproduction and which em- bodies the spirit of American woman- hood in an extraordinarily beautiful way. Here, 100, arve some famous works by Whistler, and the Peacock room, which has become known the world around because of its unique character and its charming decora- tions in which peacocks are the chief motive. * K ¥ ¥ The pity of it is that despite the fact that the United States is the richest nation in the world, we still have here at Washington, our National Capital, no building devoted solely to art, no fund from which to make pur- chases. And what wealth of material is procurable to-day which will not be obtainable tomorrow! The National Gallery of London was only established in 1837, but it possesses at this time one of the finest collections of paintings in the world and 1s as rich in works-of the Italian masters as even the great Italian pational- collections. New York has its Metropolitan Museum, Boston its Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago its ‘Art Institute, all stately bulldings—treasure _houses of art, sources of recreation and entertain- ment for the people, but our National Gallery collection has no home of its ; it _ls occupying borrowed quar- it cannot-grow because it has ace to grow {n: it has not been purchased, it has been given by gen- erous public-spirited citizens. Now even such gifts must be curtailed be- cause of lack of room for display. And the United States is the only civilized nation which has no national gallery of art, which makes no pro- vigion for art in its 'annu-‘l bu l.n. po_recognition to. art as _the Tives of the people. Ralph Cross and the Corcoran | “the father of American | * CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS It is not surprising that westerners who come from cowboy land and have been familiar with lassoing, ull their lives, take a liveller Interest in the stunts of the wild west “rodeo” than most easterners, to whom such skill is a novelty. Artists know that a picture of a landscape {s most Inlere,!tln‘ to one who is acquainted with’ the natural seene. ' Is not the secret, in both cases, the personafity which the beholder him- It can put into what he sees? The Montanan, seeing the cowboy throw and tle a_wild steer, involuntarily puts the same task up to himself, and he lives through the trick as if he himself were the performer. He may not realize that it is his own imagination that thrills him. The spectator of a painting of “The OI Swimmin’ Hole.” who has often swum in that or a similar “hole” takes keen interest, as he looks at the pic- ture, not in the mere technique of art, ‘but in imagining himself back there, a jolly boy. velling, “aw, come on in, the water's fine!” One whose swimming experience is in the surf only has no enjoyment in the picture of the shaded nook at the bend of the river, with its clay bank and sandv slope and the crude springboard. How can he imagine: “The water's fine?” “If you would bring back the wealth of the Indles. vou must take the wealth of the Indies with you.” It is not fact, but imagination which gives us most pleasure. So thousands of our sweltering Shriners will cool oft, after awhile, and then, forgetting the “burning sands.” will recall and rebuild in their imaginations the splendors of Washington and its Gar- den of Allah, and, living over the joy- ousness of the week. will re- Grace Greenwood's wise saving: is pleasanter to have traveled to travel.” ok Those Georgia peaches that flew from Atlanta to the White House were dazzling beauties, and were wel- comed most cordially, vet there has not been manifested a ringle pang of jealousy by any of the Washington society ~beauties. The latter's mag- nanimity is ‘magnificent. Even the Cleopatria_of the Shrine. chosen as the most beautiful girl in Washing- ton. could boast no rosier cheeks nor more velvety complexion, vet she only smiled graciouslv when asked if she feared the rivalry of the Georgla peaches’ . After all, why shonld sny girl be jealous of & peach? We all like them &liced—the peaches—with cream and sugar—and like them as fresh as a Washington debutante, That is how they were served at the White House. Ex proposing commercial with the United Statew, but when it comes to nautical co- operation, she declines. The United States proposed joint action in im- proving the St. Lawrence river, so as to make it navigable for ocean vessels, The cost was to have been shared equally by the two nations. The State enartment is officially notified that Canada decides that it would not be to her interest to open the river, except to her own large vessels. As she controls. indepen- dently, the part of the river which is not on the boundary, she can bleck the project. What a build up. if all big stop at_her vorts. before coming on| to the United States. in order to un- load thelr supplies of liquor, and then. | on outgoing. to take them aboard| again! Yet traffic experts ask whether | the liquor _ eupplies constitute the | chief aim of shipping. They point to | the fact that Canada. with all her | ports_hav never developed a Boston, | New York, Philadelphia or Raltimore, | Canada raciprocity is commerce might Canada | vessels were to! when on 'a parity as to the liquor| traffic. ment tip the scale now? Will the eighteenth amend- | AR | Not much has been heard. in recent dian commerce Hudson's bay. peg is a Buffalo, the bay, trafic would be posstble, ex- cept for the fact that the grain is northward through By that route. Winni- not ready for transportation before the Canadlan.winter comes on and ieebergy impede passage through the straits, ¥ x k x The Supreme Court decrees that it is unconstitutional for~states to for- bid the teaching of foreign languages It 'was a war measure, to prevent secret conspiracy in ‘“‘enemy” languages. The learning ®f languages broadens one's horizon in more ways than by the language itself.’ Every language has its own literature and knowledge. Americans have never seemed to ap- preciate linguistic advantages as do many other nationalities. The liberty to teach and to acquire alien languages does not lessen the importance” of requiring aliens in America to know the language of this country, as well as their native tongue. Language is the means of expressing - thought; no man can think American truly, who oppbses learning to speak American, to read American, to write clear American, say the advocates of the Americ schools. * xixiy Dr. Tigert, United States commis- sioner of education, raises the ques- tion as to how illiteracy shall be overcome. He asks: “Shall it venalizéd by depriving the illiterate of his right of franchise?’ Others answer that, only 48 per cent of citizens, who are illiterate and have no impediment to voting, volun- tarily neglect to cast their ballots. even iIn presidential elegtions. The loss of the franchise, then, s ar- gued, would have no influence on the illiterates. toward inducing them to learn, although the loss of their ignorant votes might help purify the ballot. Nor would it have great influ- they contend, toward American- izing aliens, especially the class who cling to the traditions of their native country, and have no rcal desire 1o become Americans. % v bhe Even Americans do not alwavs un- derstand plain United States talk. A Shriner, whose feet were aching, after the parade, asked the hotel clerk “Where can I get my trotters fixed up?” The clerk looked in the direc- tory and gavé him an address. A taxicab trip carried the guest to—a blacksmith. horse-shoeing shop. Later the “trotters” were treated properly by a chiropodist who was stationed in the hotel—"right jam b; * iy x The average number of arrests in Washington for drunkenness is about thirteen daily. But that was before the population was doubled by the Shriners. On Tuesday. the peak of the Shrine entertainment, the total number of arrests was two (2). The pageant was tpo exeiting—too intoxi- catingly delightful—to permit _the heholders to crave moonshine. Such “intoxicating delight” is not a penal offe n under the eighteenth amendment s el French scientists are always “start- ing something.” The. latest the discovery that the spleen controls the appetite. The old notion was is that [to “vent one's spleen” meant to show tempet or wrath. A man in Paris could not get hungry—which must he a most economical disease to have in these days of the high cost of living. He was persuaded to let a surgeon operate on his spleen. The spleen was cut out, and since then the poor fellow can't stop eating. He in danger of eating his head off. Now if that starts the fashion of having spleens cut out, as if they were a pendices. who can tell what will hap- pen to the food markets? Pretty goon we shall not have nat- ural men at all, but with amputated appendices and spleens and grafted thyroid glands one will not be in style unless synthetic. Every hoard- ing house will require a certificate as to the state of the spleen before ars, of the project to turn Cana- | contracting to feed at a fixed price. Another French scientific authority tells the world that copper is a high- { Iy beneficial food. and we should al close to Liverpool as is|eat 200 millograms of copper daily With a railroad terminus on| The infant who swallowed a pennyv, therefore, w infstinct (Copsright, 1 s only showing natural by I. V. Collins.) EDITORIAL DIGEST Ford Boom Moves From Low Gear to High, Editors Say. “The Ford boom has started, and is running in high” says the Newark News (independent), and such is the consensus of opinion among virtually all editors in this country, regardless of political creeds. They disagree, however, as to whether the present President will long endure.on what ticket he may run, what his quall- fications are and what will be. Politicians _are facing “parlous times,” the Arkansas Democrat (dem- ocratic) asserts, and “Henry Ford is the ghost that is walking in the ight. making their dreams restless.” “When Messry. Hearst and Munsey riously about a radical third t sets the polSticians thinking the Roanoke World-News (democratic) adds. i What brought about this recent popularity? Editors cite many rea- sons. “He is the man who has made it possible for hundreds of thousands of ‘men with small means to own automobiles,” the Danville (Va.) Register (democratic), explains. “To the plain people he is the man who broke the bank and carried away the capital prize,” the St. Joseph News Press (independent) chimes in. Folks are “for Ford," says the Wich- ita Eagle (independent,) because of “his meteoric rise from poverty, his fair treatment of his emploves, his starting of readjustments after the war during the inflation period by an- houncing a cut in the price of cars, his unquestioned efficiency as a man- ufacturer, his fight with Wall street. and his alleged unfair treatment with regard to Muscle Shoals.” More- aver, adds_the Peoria Transcript (in+ dependent). it is due also “promisp as an industrialist rather than a political bunk shooter.” ~He is credited, declares the Albany Times-Union (independent), with “posssessing a panacea for - high freight rates, high taxes and high farm costs, according to reports some democrats are bringing to Washing- ton." ‘That he will have publicity a-plenty is admitted by all editors. “It is no longer very strenuously denied that, supported by the greatest publicity factory ever created and backed by the largest private fortune in history, the most far-reaching sales organi- zation in America has gone into the business of selling Henry Ford for President.” says the New York World (democratic). “It is a thing without precedent in the use of money in poli- tics.” Indeed, the Springfield Union (republican) asserts, ‘“every little Ford agency within the territorial limits a’ the United States is a ‘Ford for President’ propaganda.” A ma- Jority of the editors lean toward the opinion that he will run independent- ly. “Mr, Ford is nbt a democrat,” in- sists the Louisville Post (democratic), in_an editorial caption. “When it comes to political and economic que: tions, Mr. Ford, though by no mea an orthodox republican, seems to lean more toward that party than in the other direction. When it comes to the financial question, Mr. Ford is a populist of the old school.” spite his popularity with the masses, the great majority of editors of all.political- faiths fail to..see.in him._good. prestdential possibilites,. at, the outcome | to his! | ing the same time paying high tribute to his wizardy in finance. “He is lack- in education, in knowledge of American history. in preparation, in experience. in understanding of pub- lic affairs,” asserts the Spokane Spokesman’ Review (independent publican). The Christian Scien Monitor (independent) declares “it i difficult to di. rn in Mr. Ford those Gualities whi ake an efli- cient chief cutive. sas |man.” suggests the Los Angeles Tims hubbub in favor of the auto king. for | ® pe (independent republican), “he is per haps one of the best machinists have’ As automaker. the Bu Miner (democratic) agrees, he is & big success, but as President he would be a colossal failure.” How- ever, the Lansing State Journal (in dependent) sees a widening of his world views, strengthening “the move to make him President, and indicat- ing that he Is subject to change as new conditions develop.” As for the results of the boom. the Waterbury Republican (republican) predicts that it will be looked back upon, in after years, probably “in the same light as the marathon dance craze." 1f rejected by the democrats in convention, the Norfolk Virginian- Pilot (independent democratic) fore- scex that he may be nsiced o head “political revolution.” which might not ladd him in Washington, but would, “in all probabili be far- reaching enough to wreck the prac- tical equilibrium that now obtains between the two partie Whether he wins or loses the democratic nomination. he may wreck fhe party, says the Philadelphia Bulletin (in- dependent republican), and running as third party head “is just as Iikely to cause disaster for all hopes in 1924 The New York World (dem- ocratic) doesn’t think he can win en an independent ticket, but holds 1t likely that he may “draw so heavily from the strength of the democratio and republican parties as to create a situation where the election would be thrown.into the House of Repre- sentatives.™ The Manchester (N. H.) Union (in- dependent republican), however, sees good coming out of it all. Those who are fostering a third-par(y movement, t declares, may cause something “wholesome and useful the long run. That is, the eventual division of the American public. into two Jis- tinct groups, with clearly defined and definitely opposing policie: In a Few Words. The kaiser's memojits are after all merely the reflectionr of a humiliated soul which has“pot found the moral force to recognize own errors. —SERGE SASONOFF. Moving-picture producers are God's creatures like the rest of us and if they can be cured of their beautiful fllusion that they know what public will and will not like, will be almost perfect. . —ARNOLD BENNETT. If man is no longer a beast, it is not because he can drive motor cars and build alrplanes, but because re- ligion has taught him—in however imperfect a form—love, justice, self- control and respect for the rights of LYV ————_—— EE—r 17 2 SIDNEY-1QWe-or,