Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1923, Page 6

- THE #EVENING STAR WASHING’EON D. C, X i FRIDAY, f JuL m' ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........July 20, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave. York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Offic Tower Bl\lldlllfi European Office: 16 Regent St., Loudon, England. ar, with the Sunday morning rriers within the city ¥ only, 45 cents per ‘The Evening rdition, i delivered by r month; Collection end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $5.40; 1 mo,, 70¢ Daily only. L..1¥r., $6.00; 1 mo.; 50c Sunday only {1y, $2.40; 1 mo.; 20¢ All Other States. . $10.00; 1 mo., $5¢ Daily and 5o Daily only Sunday only. e patciies credited to it or not i this paper und also t sied ‘herein. -~ All rights of public wpecial dispatehes herein are also reserved. Brookhart's Threat. nator Brookhart of lowa, progres. . with blood in to prevent rep the Hlouse and » a B s.ve republ threaten: erganization of ur the ¥ session of blican now ate special tely to farmers’ esident calls market immed purchase and the the sug rnment buy the crops may rest for the mo- Tt is unlikely that the President special session, or that Con- if called. would take such ac t Mr. Brookhart's threat to of the hands of the republi- the of the is matter., zestion t ! out organization contr and her particularly as it now looks as though © will be called upon to make good an enate ne < threat and House toda nate, 50 republicans, 43 democrats, 2 far, 1 va that of Vern sckoned us a sure re pui tal, 96: House, 223 re- publ. democrats, 1 farmer It 1 independent and total, 435. It does not ri mental effort to observe group of disgruntled republicans in either with the democrats, the election by the r lican organization of the House of- the makeup of the committecs, cte. The same is true in the Senate. But, on two ¢ plexions of the Senat are as follow: rlabor and mt and fcan s iney, at. ans, 1 vacancie much a socialist, ing event fivials the other hand, there 1ls to bring about such a that the publicans willing Mr. Brookhart on such an the other that the democrats are will- ing to o in on the game. Mr, Brook- hart cturned from Europe. He | t had an opportunity to consult with progressive leagues. A great difficuity met by the progressives in the past has been the fact that there were 50 many generals and so few privates in their army. It i8 probable that he is counting upon the support of Senators La Follette, ¥ Norris, Juhmson, Shipstead and perhaps How- cli of Nebraska and one or two othe to make good the threat. But will the follow his lead? Not unnaturally would be glad to see the republican ad- ministration embarrassed, particuarly with a national campaign in the offing. But whether the democrats would be willing to play such a game with the ve group is another matter. uld the ition elect a democratic Speaker of the House and President pro Tempore of the and democratic chairmen of the ing committees? Or would the prog: sive group demand that its members old the important positions? Formal sganization of both branches might prevented by the offering of three ates. one each by the republican and result. One, progressive re- and with to s are has just s not y his col- azier, Norbeck, the democrats « forces ch standing pat, no majority weuld be had in the elec- When it comes to the make-up of the standing committees through a coalition of the progre: democrats, if it ever does, snags are in sight. v example, eliminating Senator Lodge as chairman of the for- cign relations committee, Senator Borah of ldaho is the next in line. It would be strange to find the demo- erats, supporters of the league of na- tions. voting for Borah, the “irrecon- cilable.” On the other hand, Senator Swanson of Virginia is the ranking democrat on the committee, an ardent supporter of the league of nations in the past. Tt could hardly be expected that La Follette, Norris and others of the progressive group who fought the league tooth and toenail would care to see him chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee. It is possible that the progressive group. Lreaking uway from the re- publican crganization, would be willing 1o put the democrats in power in the next session of Congr Political con. verts, like religious converts, some- times become fanatics. But it will be interesting to hear what Mr. La Fol- :tte, Mr. Norris and others have to say in regard to the threat made by Senator Brookhart. ves and the As wheat costs less in dollars and cents it is likely to count for more in ballots. Nearer the Goal. Lieut. Russell Maughan has failed again in his effort to cross the con- tinent between dawn and dusk in a one-man airplane. But his second failure, like his first, is, in truth, a #plendid success. It brought him se eral hundred miles nearer his goal, and the flight ended only because of a mechanical defect that could not be repaired in time to permit an immedi- ate continuation. On the first flight ten days before Lieut. Maughan made St. Joseph, Mo. a distance of 1,140 miles. Yesterday he made Rock Springs, Wyo., a di tance of 1,972 miles. He was within 718 milee of his destination when he bhad to land because his oll-cooling tank wes leaking. The tank had standing | are ! ssue, and | Magnus | sprung a leak before, and at Cheyenne it had been hastily soldered, but the rupture developed again, and a descent was necessary or disaster would have befallen the fiyer. Driven at a rate of 190 mfles an hour, which was the pace at which Maughan was flying when the leak forced him to descend, an airplane is subject to intense strain. Every part is in high tension. The vibration is so gregt that it is a marvel that the ap- paratus holds together. But mechani- cal science has overcome the difficul- ties of this strain to such a degree that a cross-continent non-stop flight has already been actually accomplished, in a larger and more powerful and more fully fueled plane than that Maughan has been using. The problem is main- 1y one of stoutness of joints and con- nections, and stiffness of materials consistent with the need to keep the weight to @ minimum. It is quite well assured that the cross-continent one-man flight in a sin- gle day will be accomplished. If only a leaky connection forced Maughan down when within 718 miles of his goal it is to be expected that eventual- ly, probably very soon, he or another flyer will make that gap and reach the objective. Whether such a flight will Ibe in itself valuable is not the point of interest. The accomplishment marks an advance in machine-making and managément. Hach such long-distance flight is a contribution in the develop- ment of atiation. Lieut. Maughan is serving valuably in his repeated ef- forts, which everybody hopes will suon {be crowned with success. ————— Local Improvements. While considering and revising esti- mates for schools, streets, sewers, fire and police protection and all the branches and activities of the District government,, the Commissioners have had urged upon them by the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations three im- portant projects for the improvement of the city. One contemplates the building of a new Pennsylvania Ave- nue bridge across the Eastern branch, the second would provide for the open- ing and grading of New Hampshire avenue from Grant Circle to the Dis- trict line, and the third has to do with the opening of 14th street northward from its present { rminus. None of these .s a new proposition. The need for each has been weighed and considered for several years, and | these things must soon be taken in hand by the authorities. How soon the improvements can be made depends on a number. of conditions. The school piant must be brought in line with the {needs of the population. Sewers must be extended to sections recently built up. Miles of streets solidly lined with {homes must be paved. Busy streets whose paving has been broken by traf- fic and which have gone years with- out repair must be put in condition. i Street and road lighting must be im- proved throughout the District. The fire department needs new apparatus and a high-pressure system, and the police department is not large enough {for the increasing demands made on {it. There seem to be several years of earnest work ahead to adjust the city to the requirements of the time. 1t is generally admitted that in a street-extension program place should be given for the opening of 14th street and New Hampshire avenuc, The erowth of the city suggests that these potential main ways be made available to traffic. The extension of 14th street is complicated with the question as to whether it shall be opened through the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital and some time may be needed to com- pose the differences that exlst on that matter. The Pennsylvania Avenue bridge is rapidly becoming as obsolete as the Aqueduct bridge, which has been su- perseded by the Key bridge, and which will probably soon be taken down. When the “new” Pennsylvania Ave- nue bridge was opened for traflic on the 20th of March, 1890, it was a good bridge. The people of East Washing- ton and of the farther side of the IZastern branch labored for years for its construction. There had been a wooden bridge close to that point in 1796 or 1797, and it was wrecked by American forces on the approach of the British invaders in August, 1814. It was repaired and then destroyed by fire in the 40s. From that time until the building of the *“new” Pennsyl- vania Avenue bridge there was no bridge over the Eastern branch be- tween those at Benning and Anacos- | tia. The designers and builders of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge could not foresee that columns of ten-ton auto trucks would rumble over {t. A mod- ern bridge is needed there. We must keep at these things until the capital is brought up to date. ————— Occasionally a man who has ap- pealed to the masses in terms of un- polished colloquialism proves when he gets into the intellectual atmosphere of the Capitol that he was a fine actor. ———— The Minnesota election has its con- servative suggestions. As many em- inent republicans have remarked, the tarift is always to be considered in political affairs. ———— If European printing presses con- tinue to turn, out unsecured paper mo! a few of the currency systems will resemble the old green goods game. The Photographers’ Picture. Members of the Photographers’ As- sociation of America, during thelr con. vention in Washington, posed before the camera, and newspapers published big group pictures of these men, Amer- ica’s leading photographers, Many ‘Washingtonians examined the pictures with interest and care. They wanted to see how these photographic experts would pose. They wanted to know if these masters of the art photographic would put up a better group picture than ordinary mortals do. It may be said that there is a slight sense of public disappointment. As a whole the group picture is not materially different from one that would be presented by a large group of rich bankers or by a body of handsome, well dressed and prosperous merchants. While hereand there one of the photographers is try. ing to look pleasant, some of them are making no such attempt. Here and there one of the photographers wears a pleasant emile, but on some of the faces is an expression of despair. Some of those posing for their picture are a: stolid and dignified as a statesman standing before his people and telling’ them his prescription for setting the country right. Most of the photogra- phers are looking at the camera, but for the credit of the profession one may be seen here and there who has his head turned to give a profile or three-quarter view, and who has his chin tilted up or down as it has been his habit to command his patron: Some of those who are seated have their hands and feet in a very human position, but not in that position which they insist upon from those who pose before their cameras. Not a single photographer is pretending to read a book, and not one of them is looking dreamily at a rose. Some of the photographers who are standing look like ranks of soldiers at attention, though they have been advising their clients time out of mind to let shoulders slope naturally, the hands hang easily and to “look a little pleas- ant, please.” The photographers and their families make a handsome pic- ture, but it is believed to be no more “natural and lifelife”” or not any more unnatural and unlifelike than man: other group photographs which are reproduced in newspapers. 'Wobblies” Change Tactics. The “‘wobblies” not going to make Texas after all. They have de- cided to let Port Arthur in that stat. keep its food supplies for itself. They | will not eat the town “out of house {and home” by marching in 20,000 | strong from all over the United States, getting arrested and choking the jail and forcing the town to feed them. Their revenge for the arrest of a group of I. W, W.'s will take another form. They will call a strike at the gulf ports as a protest against “politi- cal imprisonments.” This strike, they believe, will take the marine workers out of ships at every port, and instead of concentrating the wobblies in one Texas town they will scatter them as fast as they leave the ships and the docks and cripple gulf navigation. This is undoubtedly a wise decision. A call on the L. W. W.'s to concentrate on Port Arthur for a free feed would have its disadvantages. It would, for one thing, permit an ac- curate count of the wobblies. And that count would probably be very much smaller than the 20,000 figure so brash- Iy proclaimed in the summons. Memory is revived by this affair of the celebrated march of Coxey’s army to this ci some thirty years ago. ‘Washington was to be invaded by 100, 000 men. When the “army” got here it was only a few score strong. It was a sorry showing of the “widespread discontent” that Coxey preached s confidently. Just so the advance of the wobblies on Port Arthur would be a pititul showing of 1. W. W. numeri- cal weakness. Truth is, these chaps are longer in talk than in numbers, just as they are much stronger with their tongues than with their hands. re serious ————— Rumors to the effect that ex:] Wilhelm is dodging his taxes should be contradicted as early us possible. He has represented himself as one of or adversity, and his country needs the money. —_———— In reply to a question as to whether his hat woul be in the ring, Mr. W. G. McAdoo said he did not know whether he had a hat. A man who loses his hat is not necessarly disquali- fied from public responsibilit: of the world's greatest thinkers have been absent-minded. —————— Next year's national democratic con- vention will reveal one of the largest 1 “also-mentioned” lists on record. ————— The Lausanne conference respects on hand for future conferendes. The dissolution of a trust does not necessarily imply that the prices of its product will melt away. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Tllusions. 'm glad that some illusions fade,” Said Hezeklah Bings, “And that our daily dreams are made Of such uncertain things. I'm glad to find the storm so grim Has left no cause for fright, And that the gathering shadows dim Have vanished with the night. 'm glad when one 1 thought a foe Has proved a friend at heart, And that so many a fancied woe Is but of dreams a’'part. Though plans are often Wisarrayed As time new knowledge brings, I'm glad that some illusions fade,” Said Hezekiah Bings. In Homely Metaphor. “Your opponent is making quite a demonstration.” “It won’'t amount to anything,” re- plied Senator Sorghum. “He's one of those chaps who think they are start- ing a landslide when they are only up- setting the apple cart.” Jud Tunkins says politics does great work in making men ambitious to live easy realize that now and then they've got to hustle. Light and Heavy Reading. “This bit of fiction is based on science,” said the young man with a gift book.” > “It works both ways,” answered Miss Cayenne. *“Some of the science is based on fiction.” The Swift and Slow. The race may not be to the swift, But none the less the chance is small For any one who will not lift His feet and try to move at all. Dividing the Credit. ‘Did you build up your fortune by hard work?"” ot entirely,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I often showed my best judg- ment in hiring somebody.” “Education is absolutely necessary, said Uncle Eben. “You can’t even en- oy & motion plcture unless you's able to read de 'splanatory remarks,” - the | {the greatest patriots, whether in power | BY PAUL V. COLLINS It is passing strange what an influ- ence environment has upon the thoughts of even the strongest mentality! There is Gen. Pershing, who “won the war” that “the world might be safe for democracy,” and who finds it still un- safe. No eooner does he come near Gretna than he gets a great idea, as it reminds him of matrimony for the ‘None but the brave deserve * he recalls, and he thereupon avows his intention to go up and down through the land and give fatherly ad- vice to all the maidens fair that they should be careful to select only good, healthy husbands with war records— none other. It was just after a visit to Gretna, Pa.. that the general reviewed 5,000 soldiers in training at Camp Meade After looking them over, he announced [that they were the Kind of men who should qualify for marrying girls who, lif they take his advice, will never be daughters-in-law_to the mothers who sing 1 Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier. Gen. Pershing was not merely flatter- ing the embryo soldiers whom he was reviewing. He has become obsessed with the thought that,' for the safety of the matlon, it must be built up with patriots. There is too much maudlin pucifism in the air, according to his view. It does not follow that he w. recommending Gretna Green marriages, but the name of the town must have brought the subject to mind * ok ok ok The general's message to the maldens of toduy. to marry only men with war records, while encouraging to the vet- erans of the world war—a sort of ad- justed compensation, maybe—must come like a dull thud to the youngsters now in training camp. When will come their turn, eince there must be a million or two of the veterans yet candidates for Gretna Green, or some other kind of matrimony? Are there enough héro- loving girls to go round Will they in- clude potential heroes, as well as vet- erans who have the general's outspoken backing? The crisis is before them. The new preacher of Gretna Green may have “reasons us plentiful as black- berries,” for recommending the hero of trench and airplane, and those who “also served, who only stood and walted.” Who will rise up on behalf of the potential saviors of u future democrac The poet Quarle Our God and soldier we alike adore When at_ the brink of ruin, not before After deliv'rance. both alike requited. 1% forgotten and our soldier slighted. R 2, the general has laid out for him- self a great campalgn; millions wish him success when he “goes over the top” for the boys. There is @ reserve ready to aid, wher- ever most needed—and perhaps this will be the hope of the potential heroes. It is commanded by Mrs. Frances Bowes Sayre, daughter of former President Woodrow Wilson. She says: farriage has become so popular, the 1dea of living a single life is so distaste- ful to the average woman, that she rushes into marriage without the one great reason for marriage, and then tries to rush as hastily out again. 1 think one reason for so many divorces is marrying without love. £ xEE The new senator from state, successor of the Knute Nelson, deceased, Sweden as a glass blow him lungs like a blacksmith's bellows. If it ever comes to organizing a Sena- tells us the North Star ever dignified was trained in ! Make Immigrant Selections Abroad, Not at Our Gates. Whether Secretary of Labor D: will find a universal remedy for the congested conditions which prevail in Immigration circles on the first of every moath during his present trip to Europe is doubtful in the View of the nation’s editors. They seem to feel that the “vacation” element will be of more benefit to the Secretary than any research he may make on lthe ground. But there is voiced {universal demand that the “clearing {house” for future citizens be at their homes rather than at Ellis Island or border points and seacoast ports. precedent by leaving enough material { common humanity, editors argue, de-. {mands that these people be saved money they need badly and that, if they are not to be admitted they be so told at home and mot within the shadow of the American flag. “1f Mr. Davis wishes to study the problem the place is our own l|5!\! {little Ellls Island,” suggests the Wall I Street Journal in characterizing the i“present law as an abomination, not {created to safeguard our citizenship. Ibut to create a labor monopoly. The inhumanity of dividing families be- cause of a quota should not disgrace our statute books. Neither should the dishonesty of permitting people to invest life savings in passage money and then refusing them ad- mission be any longer tolerated. Nor should those admitted be dumped into Vew York to form colonies that are i menace to the country. Let us be- gin_studying the question right here at_Ellis Island. The New York Tribune holds that the “quota law has been vindicated, and this is conclusively demonstrated” by the operations of the first fort- night of the new flscal year, but the Philadelphla_ Record, replying _direct- Iy to the Tribune, declares “nothing could be further from the truth,” and insists the quota law’s operations have inflicted “injustices” time and again. The scramble at the begin- ning of the new fiscal ar “was dis- graceful,” the Decatur Herald insists, &nd *if the legislative wisdom of America is capable to devising no bet- ter basis of selection than priority, it might at least make the priority one of application to a consul in the port of embarkation, sparing the in- fiction of suffering and ruin upon thousands whose only offense is a de- sire to cast their lots wtih this coun- try.” The present law is 2 makeshift, and the Detroit Iree Press considers it “unscientific and unsatisfactory. For a long time how to discourage the advent of certain human strains with small assimilative powers and hostile ideas, and at the same time encour- age the coming of strains which hav a natural understanding of. and sym- pathy with, American ways and ' in- stitutions has been a vexed question. And that question today is a good deal more important than It ever was The Kansas City Journal approves the “selective selection™ a aPhome port, while the Peorfa 'Tran- script also Insists the present law i excellent, and “if any modification is needed it should be in the manner of the law's administration, not in i3 restrictions or provisions.” This view has the indorsement of the Tampa Times, although the latter would “make the law more humane through an understanding with every nition which is_sending us its people which would limit the number of those al- lowed to start to the number allowed to land in any given period.” Regrettable though it is in that im- migrants have to suffer, the Mobile Register is convinced, “if the bars were let down undesirables would swarm to our shores to add to the complications already caused by un- assimilable elements of our popula: tion. The ignorant, unskilled for- eigners who gather in the congested mill_towns of America, where living conditions are bad, to begin with, and are made worse by overcrowding, mean bigger profits to the manufac turers. Whal ey mean to America doesn’t mattér.” Exception to this declaration is ken by the New York That gave | toridl chofr or quartet, &ll the rest of the senators may take to tenor and baritone; Magnus Johnson will be the bass, provided the ampiifiers are trained exclusively on “them other fellers.” The wish of the poet will then cer- tainly be fulfilled, upon the first solo refrain: “Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness.” " It is inconceivable, in ad- vance, what will be the rour that will succeed the erstwhile calmness of the stately halls of legislation, when Mag- nus will “volley and thunder." * ok ok ok A funeral notice became famous be- cause in it was included the announce- ment that “business continues at’the old stand.” It has remained for the zentleman from the Ozarks of Missouri, Representative Munlove, newly elected to digplay upon his fine office door, a huge poster: “Play in the Ozarks—the land of a million smiles” This_puzzled u tourist who sniffed: “The Ozarks ain’t” much—can’t be; too tar from Arizona.’ Them old conservatives—*“them fel- lers who wear swallow tails and go out in that there Washington high sa protest th such advertising lucks congressional dignity. But the senator from Towa und the new senator from Minnesota_are yet to heard from. How about the pigs and corn of Towa? | How about the bread basket of the world? Will th be advertised or will they not? Just asking for information Whose “funeral” is this? * oKk * The Department of the Interio ported to be planning to give accelera- tion to its coal mining operations government-owned coal lands. It con- trols mearly 40,600,000 acres cated in fifteen states, and the e 100 government mines, located in eight states. The number of such conl ed very easily officiuls, %o that it would not rary that the government confis private coal mines, in order to produc coal to supply its own needs, government mines supplied all coul that the government needed for its own w: that would so decrease the demand on private min thut the operal be glad to deliver to the public sonable cost. is re- to on ek ing how much is thought possible if only the human stomach will come to the ald of the party. A few days ago, propaganda originating with told Ameri- would eat an extra ¥, that would 000 extra bushels thereby save the farmers Evidently, the sume wheat, and from the dumps. has not yet begun, for whe: are losing money on their crop ripening to an August harvest. ext_comes a similar appeal, but this is in the English parliament, where a member tells his colleagues that if land Ywould produce even one-third of the bacon and eggs she es, that would soon get her out s, England now eats $76 worth of bacon and eggs In a vear. The pro- posul was received in parliament with merry laughter. The great estates, with their thousands of idle acres, cannot easily be turned into piggeries and hen- nerie: Similar conditions do not hold in this country, for farmers who are producing pork are not’ making money out of it wnd city wage-earners say they eannot afford the time to bother when their time brings from $1 an hour. A hod | be earning $100 a week in- New Y | because he works long hours daily, £2 hot Only where there are | members of the family. otherwise unem- | ployed. can home gardening or poultr: raising be made profitable in compet | tion with current wa l (Copright, 1923, by P. now ¥. Collins.) " EDITORIAL DIGEST Sun, wh of thumb migrants and unfair, which feel lock selection of im- proved un factory and by the Detroit News, “immigration should b 4 steady stream rather than a series |of monumental waves., The true plac for examination and rejection or ac ceptance of immigrants is the country of their origin.” smuggling of immigrants has becom “growing industry” the Knoxvil sntinel insists “far better to throw the doors wide open for all who can qualify than t enter surreptitiously. An appeal to h: xploitation of immigrants ended” is made by the Miami News-Metropolis, which would have “New York and ,the national government co-operate” to this end But this could easfest be accom- plished in the view of the Youngstown Vindicator, if it was understood that “the limitations of the law should be applied at the beginning of all vo ages.” The Wichita Fagle insists “there Is something wrong” with the present law and “one of the jobs that Congress should undertake quite seri- < its next session is the reform of the {mmigration laws” Restric- tion, while absolutely neccssary, must owed up, the New Orleans -Picayune says, suggesting “If methods can only be devised to keep in touch with the immigrants admit- ted, to ascertain how many actually improve their opportunities, and prove thelr worth by getting and sticking to honest occupations, we shall make a genuine etart toward the sane and practical solution of our immigrant problem.” But that method will be useless, the Tacoma News-Tribune holds, “until we shall have a law which rates immigrants primarily by quality rather than num- ber, and adjusts the number better to the current needs of the country and makes selections on the other side of the ocean and pa more attention to the human factors.” |Pleads for Pools For Thirsty Birds To the Editor of The Star: I have just read an article in to- day's issue of vour paper entitled “Urges a Dozen More Playground Pools.” I am glad that Mre. Rhodes makes such an able plea for the chil dren of the District. Will you give me an opportunity to make a plea |for the birds? 1 have noticed the birds a number of times this summer panting for water, with their littl beaks open. Why do we have so few places for them to enjoy a splash and a drink? ' There is no more beauti- ful sight than a bird taking a bat On July 4 T watched the sparrows in droves splashing their wings in thor- ough/ enjoyment in the three little narrow drainage outlets from the fountain in the northwest corner of the Capitol grounds. These outlets are so narrow that only sparrows could get any satisfaction from them, but they patronized this one available bathing resort in great numbers, and after their splash they would fly up into the boughs of an overhangin tree to preen their feathers. Man of them would return again and again to the drains to have another splash. 1 spent the afternoon last Sunda: with a friend in Falls Church who is 4 great bird lover. She has three baths and bird houses on her place which they patrenize quite freely. Even the shyest denizens of the near- by woods come up on her lawn and avail themselves of her kindly provi- sion for their comfort. A dove, two thrushes, robins, catbirds and others came to slake their thirst and take a splash while we watched them from the plazza. By the way, who knows a dove dripks like a horse, or any other animal, not like ordinary birds, who lift their beaks to let the water roll down their throats? Would it not be possible to suspend from the few fountains left operating in the District some shallow basins to catch the overflow, and so provide places shallow enough for the birds to enjoy as bathing pools? It would inexpensive, and would return many fold their cost in enjoyment both to the birds and their warm lov- ers among the human inhabitants of the District. MARY M, CHILDS., ety | “If the | 2= | permit the unfit to i “the present rule ;& i | ! I | |mention of the pistol, but I re ltwd or three Reiterates Cruelty Charge Virginia'® W. Sargent Answers Reply to Letter To the Editor of The 8tar. May I make o few polnts relative to Mr. C. C. Davis’ reply in The Star of July 4, entitled “Denlal of Cruelty to Circus Lion” to my letter of June 29, entitled “Circus Act Protested.” First, T have one error of my own to correct; the rest are misstatements of Mr. Davis'. Mr. Davis takes ispue with my statement that Capt. Jacobs entered “Sultan's” cage, armed with a broom, pistol and iron bar, asserting that the iron bar was kept on the outside. I recall now that the bar, really a two-pronged fork, was kept on the outside, but in readiness for instant use By an attendant. The third weapon used inside the cage was the blacksnake whip instead, although Mr. Davis omits altogether all all and fire of “Sultan” least during My crror was considered register 100 well the noise, s that weapon disci nok rged at each of the two ut not a gross one wh § how much my mind has t during those two short, hair minutes during which the performer entéred the cage, had three kinds of weapons in constant play on the in- side and one ready for use on the outside during the “battle” and e fely, without the enclosur or is does mot term “broken ioolishly of m lion's breuthing har xact moment “Sultan the hard, when the struck up and he antici was about to take Dlace did_not red i agony.” 1 sald he his opponent with mighty paw-sweeps and wrathful roars,’ ad F, with others, deny that a lion's roaring in a circus indicates a willing The roar is of hate enemy. @he fact that “an average of twelve performan day, or 3 performances a_ se for the past two years” took makes “Sultan’s” “condition all more pititul to any one elevated enough in heart and mind to think of himself leading the life of this reature, though he may go through the actual performance for not more than two minutes at a time. No doubt he knows just what is expected of him. He is 1éft in his prison cage alon fendless until the next battle, for the necessary care for his " which, according to Mr. Dravis, Is accorded aéting animals bycause they are good asscts. Reaul friends would not provide for his welfare from pmmercial motive. commercial gain is frankly the main motive for animals it may that they have 1 wonder in what gotten used to his 1 just how lor ctuilly stay in hix cage without stirring him up some on the outside to inter Since “Sultan” an a 1 and sifce his animal mind can not help but be full of hate toward the man creaturcs Overpow ering him with their cunning. should the two be left absolutely alone with enly their natural weapons of d fen 1 doubt if it would be long before the poor beast would se revenge. But I am not so bry her hand, to my human despite his cowardice, t 2 any such horrible experienc Mr. Davis has nothing to ok to the rest of my arti arently, concerning the fact has been arrested in more n ene ecity charged with cruelty ard this lfon, (and T can furnish ormation Upon request as to the places) nor to the whole morally de- basing atmosphere of the affair A printing error in my articie al- ters entirely the sense of one sen tence, making it appear iculous r the end of the last agraph the sentence should rea »w that this act acknowledged to be a brutal persons from various not termed ‘sent the duty, The s omitted. As an ex- the point | wished to though here Wasaington- nished the example, early on ng after the first night this exhibition. two young business en came to the Animal Rescue ague to report this act as a er nd_cowardly one and a case which ed the attention -of a humane uting agent. My friend. the or in charge at the league. d to the one organization ting power. the Humane the hope that cd in having the These men were not ntal” evidently, from that they did not care to dis- their names, but proved the at the lion act stotd out o enough to be branded men of the world. though neny would not go the hu- further to express this to nterpret cor- pirited.” He mentioning 1 noted started to juzz band ated what for him. 1 *has ready only T Dit is ne by whe mental,’ i word “not’ le of is et ted act close point t spicuous cruel b, all too mane e the pulMc. VIR One Merit in Speeding, Science Student Says It isn't often that the speeder is given the benefit of favorable consideration. We have come to re- gard him as part fool, part la breaker and a wholly dangerous citi- zen in any event. An English stu- dent of science and the forces of gravky and o on now appears on the scene with an elaborate thesis to the effect that speeding has one merit at least. His theor that a man hurled from a machine moving at the rate of ninety miles an hour, particularly a motor cycle, ix €afer than a gentle- man who i traveling at mere half that speed. When he is thrown at the faster rate he is projected in a line almost purallel to the ground, in- stead of being dumped unceremonious- ly upon it. Therefore, he finally meets it at a gentle angle and slides along to safety on his ear. The only conceivable objection to such a theory is that g machine or motor eycle usually stops thus ab- ruptly only when it hits“something, perhaps another machine or a pedes- trian. Nothing in the theory me; tioned proves that a vehicle traveling at @ ninety-mile gait implies less danger to the person or machine thus hit. In fact, lay opinion is something to the contrary. and since trafll casualties are usually persons in front of machines rather than behind the wheel it is the former for whom we must feel the most solicitude’ in these matters.—Detroit News In a Few Words. Americans are not intriguers and my country appreciates that they don’t want anything from us except legiti- mate trade. + ISMET PASHA. any t —_ 1 favor reducing the number of con- gressmen to 250 to curtail public penditure. Every new congressman tries to see what he can get out of the Treasury for his own constituents. CONGRESSMAN MADDEN. Ametica has been on the drink so long that it is quite natural for it to take/a long time, like a drunken man, to sober up. —CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM D. UP- SHAW (GEORGIA). ‘When women are economically in dependent, we may have a new, finer, freer kind of marriage. It will not be based upon the helplesgness of women, but upon their helpfuiness. —EDGAR LEE MASTERS. Hop-skip-and-jump legislation is always defective; statutes born of passion and haste never fit human nature aud actual conditions, « and therefore, flever work. —SENATOR ALBERT BEVERIDGE. There is no more law-abiding pea- ple in the world than the Americans in_obeying laws made and executed by _men whom they respect. —REAR __ADMIRAL BRADLEY A. FISKE, i i 1] the { By Frederi Q. Which is longer, the Key bridge or the Highway bridge?—R. P. C. A. The War Department says that the Key bridge is but 1,562 feet in length, while the Highway bridge is 2,529 feet long. Q. At _what time did the have suffrage?—S. A. _A. On June 1, 1871, the District of Columbia was placed under a terri- torial form of government, which con- sisted of @ governor, a bourd of pub- lic works, secretary, a board of public health and a council of cleven members, all appointed by the Presi- dent of the United States; a house of delegates, consisting of twenty-two members,'and a delegate in the House of Representatives, all elected by the people of the Distriet. This form of Eovernment was abolished by Con- gress on June 20, 1874 District Q. What is th which Gen. Dawes is object is to interest government?—F. B, 1 A. Gen. Dawes says that the organ- ization is the Minute Men of the Con- stitution. At present the association ix confined to the state of Illinois. The Minute Men of the Constitution is a non-partisan organization, whose pur- ipose is to obtain slegates from 111i- 10is to the republican and democratic state and national conventions pledged to support various planks in the plat- forms of each party. It is a _movement for a good government and has no in- terest ‘in any individual or candidacy for office in either party. organization of president whose people in good 1 what countries does the poppy ErOW 7k VT 1 » poppy is a plant of which s twenty-three genera and 115 ies and is found in practically rts of the world Q. Who said “T; your powder dry A. This expres Oliver Cromwell in Ireland, sion was during a used by campaign Q. What is the principle underiying Esperanto?—I. E. B. A. The directing principle of E: s to make use of evervthing common to the civilized lan- nd drop what is special to one of them. Words common to civilized languages are chosen then those common to all but one languagh are adopted; then in all but two., ete. When there is no one irternational word, a ection is usually made, though somewhat at random, between romance and (e man words. Slavie roots are less n merous. Q. Where is Handel's birthplace?— G.C. H A./In Halle, € thaf the house, which with laurel and the name torfos, in honor of its bel birthplace, in real house where the composer w It is claimed decorated of his « ng Handel's adjoins_ th s born rmany. Q. When was_Children’s first chserved ?—>M. W . The General sociation of the Ui ys that the credit custom should be day <chool As- st Church r this beautiful given to Rev. unda | BY FREDERIC & finer anywhere in . Louis outdoor municipal opera. nd beau- tiful an iphitheater, & 12,000 persons, light opera is magnifi- staged and performed six week. The ensemble, with the exception of professional prinei- pals, is wholly local talent. A better {1ooking. better dancing or better sing- chorus of sprightly young men women could not he discovered on Broadway in a year's searching. j Presi ng's party attended the of “The Prince of Pilsen” while at St. Louis—an appro- {prite offering in that capital of near- {beer—and was thrilled by the spec tacle presented alike on the stage and by the audience. The opera is financed and supervised by the munteipal ad- istration, and within a year or of its orlgin has hecome a suc- cessful institution. artistically and from a business standpoint. It ma be that St. Louis’ strong leavening of loving Germans Is responsible. ast, at rate, has nothing to €, ‘and down the corridor of observers long European recol- yns he can recall nothing ap- love > nothi the west th seati sy! cently nights a ing @ per! any Rivalry between the “twin citie St. Paul and Minneapolis—like time, goes on forever. while the old project ing them is revived and as often goes on the rocks because of the seeming ssibilit hitting on a mutually ctory name. Minneapolis folk tell an eastern tenderfoot this yarn: One of them opined to a group of Paul residents that he had solved the baffling problem of a suitable name for the united twins. “What is it? inquired the fellow from the capital haha. oined th, Minne ‘Minnie’ or_Min " for St. Paul, finest residence the best hotel and (so she ter invested wealth, espe. p ¥ in wholesale industries. Min- neapolis 18 far ahead in population, has the great state university and 1s flanked by the most beautiful chain lakes imaginable. 1In every re- spect Minneapolis is an up-to-date metropolitan community. Her Nieol- let avenue—now enriched with & bth avenue motor-traffic tower—is one of the country’s finest shopping streets. PRS- Wall street continues to be the per- sonal devil of the bounding west whenever economics or polities is un- der discussion. As of yvore, all of the western count: troubles are lald at the door of the street of adven- ture which begins at Broadway and Trinity churchyard. When the name of Morgan or Rockefeller or Gary or Schwab is mentioned, or spellbinders talk f “international bankers™ or the stecl trust,” or the “money trust,” the average westerner bris- tles with fight. In many sections there's a_strongly imbedded theory that “Wall street runs Washington. Everywhere persons are encountered who ‘bluster that “Wall street owns Harding.” The prosperity of farm-labor movement is said to be due to westerners' recognition of the necessity to “organize against Wall street.” In that thoroughfare, it is verily belleved, is the lair of the vamplre, whose aim in life is to suck the blood of the guileless west. * ok % K In the Red River valley of Minnesota a new profession has been called into existence by prohibitidn. Tts devo- tees are professors of moonshining. Usually they are graduate moon- shiners, who. after ten or a dozen terms in jail for violations of the Volstead act, have decided that to teach moonshining is a safer game than to practice it. Minnesota is said to be full of these pedagogues, who g0 from community to community, especially in the farming regions, showing how “moonshine” can be brewed. There appears to be a stronger division of sentiment on prohibition in Minnesota than in oth- er western states, Tt played prac- tically no role in the recent senato- rial campalgn. Northern Minnesota, perhaps because of its proximity to Manitoba, where the wets recently overturned prohibition, is less dry than any other section of the North Star state. politan neapolis, and the ‘ha St. Paul has the ummit avenue Iway terminal. i | l * * * Colorado’s mining industry is in sad decline, but one is assured there is a successor which promises to be al- most as lucrative—the tourist indus- c J. Haskin . Charles H. Leonard, who, as pastor of the Universalist Church ut Chelsea Maass., began_the observance of Chil dren’s day before 1850. The Chelse ckurch formally set aside the secoi. Sunday in June as Children’s Sundas in 1857, the general confereénce of thls denomination taking similar . tion ten years late Q. What has become of the Gran. Duke Nicholas, uncle of the late Czu of Russia?’—I M. C. A. The grand dul duchess, {s living strict in France, Q. with in retireme Who invented the Tonic So Fa system of music?—E. N A. The “Ton method o singing, which has become popula within the last fifty vears, is really a reversion to ancient practice, a_principle many centurles old great success has lar John Curwen, who die tpoke of . who died in 1867 originator of this method. as being th Q. Were the Pilgrims the first Eur peans 1o settle around Plymout H A A. The ropeans country. known hefore Fremch were the to_ visit that part Had the Pilgrims it they might have bo they led at a litte of Jean Bergon in the Rue St de Beauvis, in Paris, & chart of mouth harbor. first J 1 w ng L Q. been How 1 nsed i Carnarvon ring the twelfth slute-roofed custle France, a ning center, casties north tury ger [ ales d the Do humming birds sting?—¢ = A that They ing honey Q. The Bioloj humming b use their tongu from flowers, Survey do_not sting How far is the gulf strear A. The main current stream iz _about 450 miles coust New York. At the ning of its course the g an_ be clearly distinguis the main body ter 1 s 4 ture and tion, howeve Jout latitude 40 degrees N. Q. Wh amount to when it w V. ¥ 2 3 3 ym | fishers, ab | by Amer | 600 whale | oil and bone oft be i of liffe did the whaling ind at its h. wane an w red, vielding b 10,000, (Send your questions to The Star 1 formation. Bureaw, Frederic J. Haski | @iractor, 1220 North Capitol strect. G wour full name and address so that ti- information may be sent direct. In 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) MIDWEST OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE ied to the ncident to Lutomo- zion around motoring pil- tent-equipped limousines, of incursior biling_visitors from The Rocky mount: Denver swar with grims, who travel ir flivvers or fashiona whose occupamts make only the big cities_ and pass their nights in de luxe The_flivverites are uni- | formly in Khaki canvas. girls [and w knickers like the menfol fter daye and nigh and s . of roughing i el, these touring American beau ties cut anything but Gibsonian fi ures. | 1 | | | Juage Ben Lindsey the Denver juvenile court still holds forth in his jonally celebrated tribunal. His chief coadjutor in the adjudication of vouthful delinquencs his young and beautiful wife. The Lindseys are devoting their lives to juvenile court { work. Their tribunal continues to - the mecea of Americans and for- gners who are interested in scien tific_handling of first offen In- formality, tinctured with allopatht doses of the milk of human kindnes is the outstand ture of Lindsey's court women of Den | ver—the mothers pay and pay | and pay—have blind faith in Lindsey nd his methods of preserving for sc tv the girls and boys who tak dolescent leaps from the straight and narrow path. i is * % Johnson in his Minnesota seni aign. Li dinavians, Johnson ly inconquerable, {nounce properly with the letter is own name “Yonson political audiences Ladies a1 Yentlemen.” He called his opponen Yake" Preus. This observer hes Johnson divest himself of this at St. Paul pre-election mecting “I see by today’s Minneapolis Y nal that Magnus Yonson can't English. Well, Magnus Yonson eare to this country twenty vears ago. 11¢ married a Swede girl. Spe died, Two vears later Magnus Yonson marricd Yankee gi Ry golly. he Knev enough Inglish even then to make that Yankee girl understand when h proposed Magn a nimble wit torial cam so many Sear has an appare inability to m words beginning " He pronounces addresses a4 who father's Young Phil La Follette, paigned in Minnesota stead, i a chip of the old block, as fighting politiclan and campaigy ! binder. He has inherited, g o talents. Robert M. La ette’s Tong hair, although he hasn't trained it pompadour lines like his disting ather. It flops about in gay aba: when Phil is orating to a farni-1 audience, and he's kept busy hurit it back from his forehead and f the midst of his eloquential fixl The lad has all the charm of vouth has u fine voice, a rich platform cabulary, and wears a Phi Beta Ku pin, won at the University of W consin, In action, he is not unlike cheer leader at varsity football gam Whenever Phil is introduced the so of his father is tumultuously received * * Herbert S. Hadley, former Gove of Missouri, is taking leave of Cc rado, where he has lived for the pas six vears, to beco Washington University at Colorado, where Hadley health, regrets losing hi has been head of the law the ‘fine state unfver the young republican was nearly nominated for President in 1912 has endeared himself to the mountain folk. They rejoice he will t least contfnue to make his summer home in Boulder Canon. ¥ Dr. S. D. Brooks, recently presi- dent of the University of Oklahoma and now at the head of the University of Missouri, is a graduate of the Uni- ity of Michigan and former super intendent of schvols at Boston. No one is In closer touch with general conditions. in_the west country. The writer asked Dr. Brooks whether there is any serious division of senti- ment on prohibition in that region. Not:much,” he replied. “The wets do the talking and the drys do the voting.” * e went for Since he school (Copyright, 1923.)