Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 6

'-_'V'B'-' THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. —— WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY......August 4, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 43nd St. Chicago Ofice: Tawer Bullding. Buropean Offica: 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, s delivered by carriers within the ci at 60 cents per month; daily only, 43 cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may he sent by mail, or telephone Main 3000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virgini Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only. ...1Yr., $8.00: 1 mo., 500 Sunday oniy.. . l]1yr.. §2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $10.00; 1 mo.. S8 Daily only 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only......1yr, §3.00;1mo., 2c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press Is exclusivelr entitled 0 the ‘use for republication of wll news dis. patches credited to it or not atherwise credited pub of n this paper and also the loeal news Iished hervin, All rights of publication specinl dispatches herein are also reserved. e cmrmeens Crossing the Threshold. Deeply is the story of how Calvin Coolidge took the oath of cffice as President of the United States in the farmhouse at Plymouth Notch, Vi, in the early hours of the morning following the death of his chief in office, the head of the nation. Across the continent had flashed the word of the tragedy at San Francisco, the sud den snapping of the thread of life of Warren Harding. To that lonely homestead where Calvin Coolidge had spent his boyhood went the word that was a4 summons to duty, a duty for which he had been potentially chosen in November, 1920. Under the cus toms of the land, the traditions of the office, the necessities of the situation, the transition from second to first place in the executive administration must be made at once. For there can be no lapse in the presidential office, no interval of waiting. no perjod when thére is no hand on the tiller By the light of an old-fashioned oil | lamp, dimly illuminating the gloom, the oath was administered to the new President by his aged father, a notary public of the little town. The family Bible, resting upon the familiar stand that part of the furnishing of every home of the plain people of this country, was the “Word” upon which ; 'the cath was taken In these homely surroundings a new ,President came into his responsibili- ties. the sixth in American history 't take the burden of office laid down by one who has passed out of 'life during his term. In the other ‘five cascs the oath has heen admin: istered with perhaps more ceremeony, impressive | is a up save. may be, in the instance of An- drew Johnson, aroused in the early morning to succeed the slain Lincoln. But what that scene in Plymouth Notch lacked in form it gained in significance, for it dramatically told the story of citizenship, of service and | of readiness for duty. The office of Vice President is pri- marily one of precaution, an insurance againat a lapse. It is a guarantee of continuance. Its incumbent is dele gated 10 a waiting task, with a per functory duty imposed upon him meanwhile, with always the melan- choly thought foremost in his mind that he is on“guard, as it were, in case the President should die. man can calmly meet the emergency that so suddenly shifts him from such a role to that of the Chief Executive, from a posture of compara- tive idleness to bearing the greatest of responsibilities. And so when early vesterday morning in that dimly light- ed room in Vermont the solemn words of the oath of office were spoken that made Calvin Coolidge President of the | United States, there must have been the turmoil in his breast as he realized that he was stepping across the toreshold into the greatest office in the world a —_———— i 1f the farmers can organize to re- | strict their output in the markets the consumer may he greeted with an anthem to the effect that “Yes, we ve no corn nor beans, nor wheat nor s,inach, nor anything, tod: ——————— The New Jersey trolley strike will be a calamity for New Yorkers if as much of the real business of Manhat- tan is conducted by Jerseyites as the latter firmly believe. f An actress who goes to Paris for ‘her divorce would naturally resent any inference that she regards matrimony as some sort of French farce. Five widows are saf to be mourn- ing the late Pancho Villa. He was a wicked man—but brave. T. S. Interests and High Pressure. A week from tomorrow night a joint meeting of representatives of the trade organizations and civic associa- tions of the city will be held to lay plans for a “drive” to obtain from Congress at the next session au- thorization for the beginning of in- stallation of a high-pressure water system for firefighting in the busine section of Washington. A full at. tendance of citizens is expected and there {s reason to look for an earngst and enthusiastic action, for the sub. ject is one of most vital importance to the city. It seems strange, how- ever, that such @ movement should be confined in the present stage to un- official residents of Washington and should not include representatives of the government itself. For of all the interests in jeopardy from the menace of a conflagration that of the govern- mént is greatest. Practically the entire administrative establishment of the United States is located within the area which it is proposed to cover with the high-pres- sure service. In a general fire going beyond the control of the firefighting force in the downtown section of Washington these buildings would' be in grave danger of destruction and all their contents of irreplaceable value, It is not sufficient to depend upon the comparative immunity of Wasi- ington from great fires in the past. It i8 true that the streets are wider than in most cities, that there are more open spaces and that there are no denee concentrations such as those that mark practically all other com- munities of this size. It is true that firefighting conditions are here most favorable. But it is also true that here almost alone of the larger cities of the country fires are fought with the impounded water of the drinking supply, which is limited and at times is subject to depleting demands for ordinary uses. Washington has never stood the test of a great fire covering several blocks. As far as water supply for fire fighting is concerned, it is ex- tremely doubtful if it ever could stand that test. It has escaped by good for- tune. But there is no assurance against continued immunity, nor is there any possibility of such as. 8urance, especially in view of the ex. tremely narrow margin of the water service. It" should not be difficult to per- suade Congress that the high-pressure service is a needed equipment for hoth municipal and federal protection. The matter should be put up to Congre: indeed, on the basis of joint interest, not as a purely local project. The map of the proposed high-pressure area within which lie practically all the government's buildings is the best possible argument for this proposal, which has already. through The Star's inquiry, elicited the approval of a large majority of those members of Congress who have responded to the question The Changed Political Aspect. In the twinkling of an eye the political situation has heen changed. of The death titular head and recognizel of the next republican national con- vention for the presidential nomina- tion, has brought about a condition that promises far-reaching quences. While the country mourning the loss of its chief the ous political camps are taking stock. Before Mr. Harding's death it was President the republican party conse- vari Mr. Harding against the field, with all | the indications that the field make little headway. But ce for the nomination is open. A certain progressive element in the party—not all the progressives hy any means—was seriously the advisability of a break, a party. But now the progressives will 20 into the republican convention be- lieving in their power to select nominee. The chances for a party split, it seems, have been minimized at this time. it will mot. come until after the publican national convention, just as it came in 1912 Into the republican national con vention will ga the followers of Calvin Coolidge. of Herbert C. Hoover, of Hiram Johnson, of Charles Evans Hughes, of Robert M. La Foliette, of William E. Borgh, of Judge Kenyon, of Gen. Wood and probably of other favorite sons. There will be, in all probability, much the same situation which existed at the last republican national convention, unless some one of the candidates should become an outstanding choice in the country prior to the assembling of the dele- gates. There in the convention the would now the a re. matter of picking a candidate will be | of | battle has cleared away the democrats ' fought out. And after the dust may find they have a united repub. licanism to tackle at the polls in N vember. One great difficulty among the pro- gressives in the past has been to settle upon a single candidate for the re- publican nomination. It may be they will be able to do so in the next eight months and so go into the convention presenting a united front. Ambitions exist in the hearts of progressives Jjust as they do in the hearts of their more conservative brethren, and some- times they are difficult to curh. Just at this time Senator Hiram Johnson apparently occuples a strate- gle position. He has returned to the United States and delivered a message to the people in regard to European laffairs, and he has suggested that if the country is not willing to accept progressivism it may have to take radicalism. Senator La Follette, who has always gone into the republican national conventions in recent years | with & group of delegates from Wis- consin and one or two of the nearby states, is now on the ocean bound for Europe, not te return for many weeks f By declining to go on record on certain points of public policy, M Magnus Johnson of Minnesota shows a natural aptitude for statesmanlike discretion. The art of not talking too much is one of the most valuable assets in a political career. i Old King Tut may have been an influential monarch in his day, but never the fashion leader that his mummy has proved ftself. Europe goes on printing paper cur- rency with the hope that one day a financlal genius will arise and discover something to do with it. f Germany hopes the European prob- lem will be made easier by England. France fears it will only be made harder. Milk. The District health officer and hiy cohorts are hunting for thin milk and there is a popular impression that they may find some. It is said that the eating houses are being visited to determine whether the milk served does or does not come up to the but- ter-fat requirement. Legal milk should have 3'% per cent of butter fat. It is not thought that many, or even any, of our lunch and dinner hosts are de- liberately serving us with skimmed milk or blue milk, but cream rises to the surface and the fluid in the con- tainer may not be kept so mixed that each guest gets his share of butter fat. One guest gets too much, another too little. And generally it seems to be the other fellow who gets too much. Dairymen have said that they some- times find it hard to hold the cows up to the observance of the law on butter-fat production. Cows have their difficulties because dairymen will only support those which are large milk producers, and to give a large output of milk and yet keep it up to Dr. Fowler's cream standard sometimes Harding, | s inevitably the choice | s still | contemilating | third | If there is to be a split | THE EVENING perplexes a cow. But we all have our tribulations. It is worth noting that city milk is very much better than it used to be. Even country people have a higher conception of milk than in the good |l days. Once upon a time, and not s0 long ago, no official cognizance was taken of how a cow lived or what care she got. Her health was not a matter of public concern. A cow was a cow and milk was milk. . Many Washingtonians recall that the milkman came around with big cans in his wagon and that a con sumer would go to the street with a pitcher or tin bucket and buy a pint. Sometimes the Washington boy or girl or the maid, then called the “hired girl,” would go to the little grocery store with a pitcher and have the milk poured or dipped from a can. Often this milk was quite thin. It came from Mrs. Jones' cow that pastured on the commons, Blue milk was not {rare and we had an old juke about the cow-keeper and his pump. We ' have made remarkable progress in the regulation of cows, dairymen and the sale and distribution of milk. —_——— It has been decided in Germany to | giscontinue lessons in cooking at girls’ schools, and it is declared that hus. bands of the future will be indignant Maybe not. It all depends on the apti- tude of the particular pupil, and the | home kitchen stove has produced some excellent performers. The cooking school has to encounter its share of skepticism in this country owing to its | appearance in the same era that de. | veloped the kitchenette and the deli- lcatessen shop. - i | ! S ——— { A third party movement is usually based on the assumption that some thing is wrong and somethinz will have to be done about it. This gen {eral ground is. however, invariably | covered in the national I the esiablished politic ——————————— platforms 1 organizations. | Uncle sam is constantly reminded | that he must go to the assistance of Europe. Different portions of Europe, as yet not freed from hostile prej udices. demand different kinds of- spe | cial gssistance, with resuits that may be slightly confusing ——— The estate of Percy Williams, | prominent theatrical manager, leaves 1$5.000,000 to found a home for actors { With all their Equity Association, the managers cannot help feeling a certain {affectionate solicitude for the plavers { G —_——— An anonymous letter writer is re ferred to as having a “poison pen A weapon of this kihd is pretty sure to leave the vreckless person who wields it with a self-inflicted wound | —_———— Politics has always developed an ele. | ment of opinion that picks out a man !to run for office merely because he is | supposed to have more money than he { knows what to do with. | —_————— { | Buropean bon vivants regard the | American eagle as a disappointing | bird because he declines to be accom- panied by a large cold bottle. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Desk Work. A man of reputation said In accents very grave “This desk work fills my mind with On me the world must look. The desk is where 1 have to sit To get my picture took. dread, ! { My nerves will not behave. H i Yet if I want to make a hit, i i | { “Though in the open I can think And formulate a plan, Into a chair betimes, I sink To face the camera man. A mass of papers I disclose, With here and there a book. That desk is where I have to pose To get my picture took. “Of all the duties T must face, 1 Most delicate is this. An air of intellectual grace You're very apt to miss. It is a task that makes me tired, Yet cannot be forsook, This desk work when 1 am required To get my picture took.” | Oration in Crimson Gulch. “You placed a pitcher on the table,” Wwhispered Senator Sorghum, “to the chairman of the reception committee, “but I notice vou didn’t put any water in it.” | “I hurried around to give (about that,” (the title having been conferred on him by popular consent for the pur- pose of this occasion). I left the water out 'cause it 'ud only be in your own way. See that feller over | there with eyebrows as big as his mustache?"” “Yes." “That's Tarantuia Tim- He makes a specialty of breakin’ up meetin's. That pitcher ain't for you to drink out of. It's for you to throw as straight as you know how the minute you see Tim showin' a sign of gettin’ restless.” | | vou a tip said Judge Cactus Joe | ) | Jud Tunkins says education is like a bunch of keys—merely in the way if & man gets careless and disorderly. | i i Uncle Bill Bottletop heard the Borgias mentioned as poison experts who attained power and fortune and wants to know if they were the orig. inal bootleggers, August Meditation. The citizen with troubled brow Was heard to murmur with a sigh, “Most everything is boosted now. Even, the temperature is high.” Great Critical Influence. “What can we do to improve our standards of music?” “You might begin,” ‘replied the sar- castic New York producer, by asking all out-of-town firms to require their buyers to take a course in the clas ukim “De man dat brags about hisself,” said Uncle Eben, “id mighty liable to wake up wif trouble on his mind ‘cause he's been took serious an’ loaded up wif mo' sponsibility dan he can carry.” | ithat { government | The ! severely criticized by many STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, SATURDAY, CAPITAL KEYNOTES I BY PAUL V. COLLINS The Austrian laborer has found the true unit of value in measuring com- modities. Ingtead of counting in terms of money, or even in terms of trading values between commodities, he takes ordinary daily labor as the unit. He finds that bread cost before the war 1213 minutes per loaf and now the same unit of bread costs 49 A ‘unit of sugar which cost before the war 26 minutes of his labor now amounts to 102 minutes. A pair of shoes costing 6 hours and 18 minutes now amounts to 19 hours and 20 minutes. £ Assuming that it is the same labor, Is the only true basis of com- parison, it is, in fact, the ultimate, Ithough not always the visible basis, at all times. A particular com- modity m; ome more plentiful than forme ning that with less effort it produced. The effort, or lubo quired would be- come’ at on. measure of how that commodity i in relation to the values of ot commodities. Labor, itself, is measured by the same unit, for if by means of labor-saving methods the same human effort pro- duces more than formerly that effort, measured by what it produces, be- comes of less value per minute. * ok % X minutes. being r th There stat®men whenever farme are under vastness of the country and the differences of of agriculture in regions separated by thousands of miles ure smoothed out in one great simplification is much generalizing among the finances of digcussion. The overlooked conditions The farmers are bankrupt'" “The farners are more prosperous than they were before the war!™ Both statesments may be true, if each be to particular regions. statement gives @ correct general picture of agriculture nation- wide. he radical upon the state- ent which gives him the darkest background against which to contrast his own valiant services in leading his constituents out of the wilder- ness. 8o he is prone to look at the wheat of Minnesota and the Dakotas The conservative, in order to fortify his own optimitm. den that culture is in any distress, and grows indignant at the leadership of the radicals who want to tax eity inter- ests for the relief of the farmer. Finding in corn reglons good bank acecounts of farmers, he repels with fury the proposal to help the farmer |at the eapense of the lawyer, the laborer and the mechanic The condition of the one-mule farmer of one 1egion has nothing in common with the state of the thou- sand-acre wheat raiser fn North Dakota. The prosperity of the corn grower in lowa or Nebraska cannot be tied up with the erity of the fruit raiser of Oregon or the gardener of Florida. %y The chief trouble lies in misfit horizons. 1f the radical politician couid broaden his fealty, and instead of being a champion of a third of the population, of which more than half may not need his aid. he could be- come 100 per cent American for all America and he would be even more valuable 1o bis own narrow class in- terests. 1f writers who persist in generaliz- ing from too few particulars were to travel and view the vast diversity of this great expanse called the United States of America, they would realize the futility of any generaliza- tion of “American agriculture.” The superficiality of any wrlter Is ap- parent as soon as he begins to gon- tradict the statements based ok a particular branch of agriculture ralizing the whale country. The farmer himself would profit by a wider range of horizon, which would by enable him to view the conditions outside of his own fields, outside of his own environment and outside of his own continent. for it is those out- side conditions, and not the acts of which affect the world's his_products. And the demands for price he receives depends on the world demand for his staple crops. This phase is seldom referred to by his champions. x % ox % Investigation of some of the tuber- culosis hospitals of the Veterans' Bureau disciosed that so far as that investigation has gone nearly 25 per cent of the alleged tubercular pa- tients have been incorrectly diag- nosed and have no signs of the dis- ease. That state of things shocks the outsider, and especially the rela- tives of the patients. since it is averred that™men’s health and their lives have Deen handled with astound- ing indifference or inefficiency. Most of these victims had been sent to the tuberculosis hospitals before the ad- ministration of Director Hines, There they have been intimately as- sociated with tubarcular victims for many months. It is generally under- stood that tuberculosis is infectious, vet, in the face of this situation, Dr. L. ‘B. Rogers, assistant director, in charge of the medical division, de- tho non-tubercular men o exposed to tubercular infection, were in scarcely any danger of in- tection. He claims that the danger was of “infinitesimal importance.” Apparentdy it was the ldea of the doctors who sent them there—"of in- finitesimal importance.” whether the diagnosls was correct or not. Di- rector Hines is undertaking to rectify the mistakes and to reorganize hospi- tal administration. That undertaking clares that does not seem to the public to be of “infinitesimal importance.” * ok ok ok That was an interesting correction to an excusable error in Capital Keynotes which was reported by George F. Mitchell, oncerning the new state flower of South Caro The original news item on which the comment was based made no tinotion as to which of the two yel- low jasmines of South Carolina had been selected. Reference to i book, “Popular Garden Flowers,” hy Walter R. Wright, found only one vellow jas- dig- mina credited to the reszion from | Washington to Texas. the “yellow winter bloomer, nudiflorum. = This cheap, easily grown and most useful plant was introducea from China in 1844, It was sent home by the cele brated plant collector, Robert For- tune.” No mention was made of the native “gelgemium sempervirens,” which the correspondent now informs the world is the state flower of the Palmetto state. The selection of the American flower 18 most suitable. South Caro- lina is to be felicitated. e Many residents of the District of Columbia, who have come to the Dis trict voluntarily and perhaps per- manently, retain their citizenship rights in the states from which they came. They allege that they are not citizens of the District; the vote in the other states. Ownership of prop- erty In a state does not affect the owner's citizenship; many own prop- erty in geveral states ome time agn Justice Wendell P, Stafford ruled that a California rep- resentative in Congress remained a citizen of Callfornia 1t th ruling had been otherwise. how co a rep- resentative go back to his constftu- and claim re-election after ing ceased to be a citizen of th state from which he had bec ted? Most states require a yea st dence before citizenship can be ac Quited: hence there could be no consecutive re-elections if service i '(‘Jhl!’\'!! automatica ade representatives and s {zens of the District of Colum This is not the reasoning of a lawyer. but an inquiry of a laymean in the light of a more recent ruling | by Justice Jennings Bailev that Rep- resentative James of Michigan ca declared a bankrupt. under the of the District, because he lives here teing & member of the law gristmill upon Capitol Hill he representative concedes that while he is voting in Congress his childr at d school in Washington, and that he pavs taxes here on what personal property he owns here If that makes him a « of the Distriet, he forfeits his Michigan citi- zenship ang his eligibility to re-eles ton. Wil it not disfranchise thou- sands of other residents nf Washing- ton who have been voting by mail? Court of Appeals o« Mr. Bryan says Senator Under- wood's chances for nomination as presidential candidate are “slim” and the senator retorts that Mr. “silly Caan both bhe right men would rather be | President | P When Gen. James G. Harb for- mer chief of staff under Gen Pershing. talked by radio from Paris to Washington last week, his volee was as dry as if it were not travers- ing the 3.000 miles of the Atlantic and, stranger stll. he had no French accent. Great is the radio, “chief an nihilator of space. kN The United States import 2 000.000 fewer bananas this vear than last, but was that justification for Sooner | singing such a song about it? whole would we have eaten the 000.000. (Copyright. 1923, b V. Collins.) r EDITORIAL DIGEST The initial indictment of William H. Anderson, New York state super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, on charges of grand larceny ard for- gery created no flurry in league cireles and little attention elsewhere. return of additional present ments, coupled with the slmost daily denunciation of the authorities by the officials of the league ever since, how- ever, has developed a general dispo sition on the part of people not per- sonally interested to urge that the courts thresh out all of the facis. The league owes it to the country that the truth be known, editors suggest, while if-t is a fact that there really is nothing to conceal then “finis” ought to be written as speedily as possible. “Ordinarily, proof of guilt in charges of grand larceny and forgery comes from the employers who are perfectly willing 40 help the prose- cution,” says the Buffalo News, “but in this case the district attorney will have to seek elsewhere for witnesses. The New York authorities must know that failure to convict will tend to prove Anderson's charges of political persecution, engineered by ‘wet’ influ- Anything short of conyiction ences. would strengthen Anderson and weaken his enemies.” Incidentally. league heads i pape: the Buffalo Times insisting that “If all persons and organizations under grand jury investigation were to try the attitude of the | to exert the pressure on the investi- gating body which the Anti-Saloon League and its heads have tried to exert, grand juries universally would be deprived of the independence and freedom which are the very glst of grand jury procedure, and Jjustice would bs obstructed at ity source.” The very prominence of Dr. Ander- son will interfere with getting the facts, as the Rockford Republic sees it, because “in these days it will be practically impossible to secure a jury to try Anderson on the evidence. A few membe#® are practically cer- tain to try the prohibition cause it- self. A wet never turns against his outraged appetite, but a reformer’s extreme righteousnes: sometimes turns him against a 'brother who seoms to have erred.” The fact that the league ‘“paid commissions” is to be regretted, the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader says, and it suggests “the people should inves- tigate all solicitors for countless philanthropie organizations before subscribing” This position has the indorgement of the Okmulgee Demo- crat, @hich “while not depreciating the good work of the Anti-Saloon League, believes a good housecleaning in New York and Oklahoma would be beneficial because the varlous state superintendents have gone ahead col- Jecting money and spending it with- out the people whe contribute know- ing anything about how the money is used. 1t has reached a point where it looks as though many of the state superintendents are sort of self. perpetugting agents for the collection of contributions for their own bene- fit.” 1In addition, as the Mobile Reg- ister analyzes the entire case, “the oz | officlal fighting for a moral issue should have nothing to conceal. Mr. Anderson has created the impression that he has something to conceal. and whether or not there is anything dis creditable in his career as Anti- Saloon League superintendent for the state of New York, he has iled to keep himself above suspicion If the indictment is a “political | maneuver. no one can be held more responsibie for it than Mr. Anderson himself.” the Reading Tribune points out, because “the attitude he took when called before the grand jury was tantamount to saying it was no- body’'s business what he and his asso- clates did with the league’s money as long as results were achieved. Anderson intimates that the the | | | | | Mr. courts have been corrupted to | extent that his trial will not be a fair oné. But when questioned about the $24,000 that he refuses to account for he was reticent. He preferred to_talk about anything else but the things the grand jurymen were called on to decide.” Because of the mys- tery surrounding this $24.000, and the suggestion that it was “paid for pub- licity,” most of the New York newspapers insist that no matter what the outcome of the trial, exact- 1y where this money went should be cleared up. The Binghamton Press points out that “an indictment is nothing more than’ an allegation tha the defendant has committed & crime but insists that “at least one portion of the grand jury's presentment to the court, that which urges a legis- lative investigation of the political activities of the Anti-Saloon League is worthy of adoption. If the league has been engaged in illegal political practices the public is entitled to know it.” . Suggesting that Anderson ‘have as much leeway as he really needs,” the Albany Knickerbocker-Press empha- sizes, M. in his present predicament that all that really matters is whether he is or is not gullty of the charges made | against him. "His proclamations, so far, have had the effect of making his trial inavitable. But they will not go before the jury. If Mr. Anderson is, as he claims. & victim and a martyr, the public will hope for him a com- plete vindication. 1f he has been wantonly persecuted. as he says, his persecutors must and will be_exposed and punished. But Mr. Anderson must know that the court is chiefly concerned with evidence.” Pointing out there is not the slightest doub that Anderson “will have a fair trial the Syracuse Herald also suggest “pending that outcome it {8 not amiss to say that district attorneys are en- titled to a square deal as wel] as superintendents of the Anti-Saloon League. If district attorneys should always be subjected. to imputations and attacks of the sort that Mr. An- derson has so passionately and vio- lently launched. whenever they pro- ceed. in conformity with their oaths | of office, against accused persons in the seats of the mighty. the adminis- tration of justice would soon become a travesty of equality and impar- tality, a5 : Mr. James is taking an appeal to the | ity | Andergon needs to realize | AUGUST 4, 1923 The Library Table BY THE BOOKLOVER. The unwholesomene:3 of lifs in an English girls’ boardigg school, both for pupils and teachers, is the central idea of the novel, ment of Women,” by Clemer .ue, one of the younger genmeratf . o¢ British flce Itton writers. The scene ‘is an exclu- sive boarding school, “high class” in every way, of which Miss Marsham, once a vigorous educator of a certain type, but now in her decline, is head mistress. Authority is passing from her hands into those of her secretary, Henrletta Vigers, and of the most able and popular teacher of the school, Clare Hartill. These two women are, naturally, rivals. A young teacher, Alwynne Durand, only a few vears out of school herself, is in- volved In an infatuation for Clare Hartill, who, through her complete egotism ~ and refined cruslty—her vamplirish nature, as Elsbeth, the rather stupld and altogether old- fashioned puts it maiden aunt of Alwynne, is practically the villain of the story. Most of the school girls, well as Alwynne, are suffering from morbfd subjection to Clare Har- till, some because of thelr own emo- tional natures, others because it is the popular thing to be under the domination of Miss Hartill. The character of Clare Hartill is drawn with remarkable skill. She is a woman to whom devotion from some one is daily food, and her rather exotic charm and really high intel- lectual qualities always ipsure her admiration and adoration—from women. Men have never liked her. t she never keeps friends. Hav- {ing once reduced her victim to sub- servience, she becomes bored and practices such tyranny and cruelty that the devotee, according to her character, is either reduced to despair or suddenly recovers from her infatu- ation. The first happens in the case of little Louise Denny, a gifted child of thirteen, whom Clare has forced ahead into classes with girls three years older than herself. When Louise falls In a competitive examination her nerves give way, and Clare's heartless treatment following the fallure drives her to sulcide. Alwynne is more fortunate and is saved from Clare by a masterful plot of Roger Lumsden. who loves her, assisted by the not very skiliful efforts of Els- beth, 2nd even more by her own fun- damentally sane nature. The novel is a study of a special type of neu- as | | 1 icism which can prevail only, so Clemence Dane evidently believes, where women are living by them- selves in a community of their own. co-educational country school is 1y introduced into the story in r to show what a wholesome school life should be * % % The extreme misery of the personal life of Dostoevsky is revealed in his “Letters and Reminiscences.” With many debts of his own, he also as- the debts of his deceased in order to clear the lat- memory, and pald the last ereditor a vear hefore his death. He most of his life In a wretched apartment. furnished sparsely with rickety furniture, and here ha wrote his novels, between the = who threatened to drag him to & debtor's prison and fits Gf epilepsy, which left him & nervous wreck Dostoevaky's wife was his constant support and heiper. She managed his business affairs, secured time for the pavment Of. his debts. acted s his Eienographer and his nurse. Without her the tragedy of his life would have been complete. * & ¥k sumed bre her, ter's Hlivea small visits of collecto W Ghent has long been known as one of the leaders of the socialists of America and a prominent member of the socialist party. He was Victor Rerger's secretary when Mr. Berger was in Congress. He has just pub- lished a book entitled “The Reds Bring Reaction.” He explains that because of the extreme swing of the ;s"(u‘lls‘ party toward communism fand bolshevism he long ago repudi- { ated the party. though he still sees no reason for repudiating his earller principles. He says: “The conwyictions born of a lifelong experience in the working-class movement can not be overthrown by the recreancy of a {kroup or party. * * * The cause laf socialism is still my cause.” The temper of the book is shown by these extracts (abridged) from the con- cluding chapter: “Capitalism pro- moted political democracy. Bolshev- ism openly repudiates popular rule. Capitalism permits its opponents to live and move and have their being. Eolshevism is largely occupied with putting its opponents out of the wav Capitalism does not conviet the in dividual offender by secret accusa- tion, but by public trial. according to long-established forme. Neither bolshevism nor any of its sister creeds as any scruples about the means so long as it gets its man.” ¥ ok ox % George Brandes, the Danish critie, gays that he.was convinced from the start that Dr. Cook was an impostor in his claim to have discovered the north pole. He gives as his reason Dr. Cook's ignorance of Shakespeare. At a dinner given to Dr. Cook in Copenhagen on his return from the north Brandes pointed out a certain man and remarked: “That man's name appears in Shakespeare. He is called Rosencrantz.” Dr. Cook looked blank and said: “Where does the name appear?”’ n ‘Hamlet,'" re- plied Brandes. “What is ‘Hamlet'?" asked Dr. Cook. “That is the name of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays,” sald Brandes. “Have you mever read it?" “Neo.” said Dr. Cook indifferently; “one cannot read everything.” * ¥ x % ! . H. Hudson, the naturalist, who {died in London on August 18, 1922, |was singularly reticent about the ifacts of his life. Even the date of !his birth seems to be in doubt. The Encyclopedia Britannica has no ar- ticle about him, and gives no biographical facts. He said of himself: “My life is in my books.” It is known that he was born on the pampas of South America. His father was a_Bostonian and Ais mother a New Hampshire woman, but in spite of this, he always considered himself an Englishman and England was his home for most of his life. Like many chronic invalids, Hudson lived to a &ood old age, perhaps because he led such an outdoor life. Though he left South America and went to England when he was in his early thirties, he became the leading authority on South American birds and always wrote witlr affection and vividness on South American subjects. In addi- tion to his nature books, such as “Far Away and Long Ago,” “Idle Days in Patagonia,” ‘A Traveler in Little Things,” “Afoot in Englend,"” “A Shepherd's Life" and “A Hind in Rich- mond Park,” Hudson wrote five nov. els, two of ‘'which, “The Purple Land and “Green Mansions,” seem to have real literary excellence. * ok k¥ Padraic Colum, well known as an Irish poet and dramatist, has written his first novel, recently published. It is called “Castle Conquer” and is a romantic story of Irish political and | peasant life. Mr. Colum, who has just returned from a three-month stay in Hawail, will spend the summer writ- ing at the MacDowell colony, Peter- borough, N. H. 7 “Who's Who' | in Q. What is the average rainfall the District?—L. J. P. A. The mean annual preeipitation is 40.8 inches. The total rainfall for the driest year for which there is & record was 18.79 Inches, in 1826; for the wet- test (1859) was 61.33 inches. Q. What are the anthracite miners asking the operators for in the present negotiations?—K. F. A The principal demands of the an- thracite miners are for a 20 per cent increase in the contract wage scale, an increase of $2 per day for all men pald by the day, with time and a half for overtime and double time for Sunday work, and a two-year contract on this basis. Q. What country now has the great- est aviation force?’—H. G. B. A. France, with 1,562 first line air- planes, 174 airplane squadrons and a personnel of 37,730. Of the 174 squad- rons, 131 are at home, 39 are overseas and 4 are with fleets. Q. Why is lobster meat so high in price’—J. D. B. A. The rise in the price of lobster is due to the increasing scarcity of this shellfish and the difficulty with which it is propagated. An expert at the lobster hatchery of Woods Hole stated that if only two out of 10,000 eggs hatched sur- vived the fourth vear the present con- dition might be maintained, but that undoubtediy a greater percentage than this perishes. Q. How many miles of railway had the United States 100 years ago-— T. U.R. A There were steam® locomotives no railroads with until 1829, but by 1832 the United States had 500 miles of railway. distributed as follows: Balti- more and Ohio. 250 miles: Albany and Schencetady, 16 miles; Charleston and Hamburg, 135 miles: Mauch Chunk, 9 miles: Ithaca and Oswego, 20 miles; Richmond and Chesterfield, 12 miles; Camden and Amboy. 50 miles: Lacka- waxen, 16 miles. These figures are taken from a file of the Railroad Advo- cate at Atlanta, Ga.. which includes also a list of about twenty other rail- roads that had been started or were about to be commenced. Q. s the portico of the mansian at {Arlington a copy of a classic one-— A. The partico of the old Custis-Lee mansion was modeled after that of the ‘Temple of Thesus at Athens. Q. Is it correct to sa wife” * when “‘husband and meant*—R. A. M A. The use of “man” in the sense of “husband” has the sanction of time, dating back to 1300. Q. Is the man who in Congress a wet A. The Rev. O. J. Kvale of Benson, Minn., who defeated Andrew J. Vol- stead, has described himself as being ‘drier than Volstead.” Q. Who said “Don't cut off your nose to spite your face” >—L. O. A. The origin of the pro cut off vour “man_and wife” i ucceeds Volstead H erb, “Do not se 10 spite your face.” is unknown. Its carliest recorded use was by the Fr. riter, Tallemant. des Reaux, c. 1 { |ington which ftiingly betokens.the {capltal's grief over the loss of its first citizen. bia feels a proprietary interest in | the presidents of the republic. In the {loss of so" incomparably & “human” President as Warren G. Harding, the |capital's sorrow is more than ordi- narily poignant. He was a Washing- ton householder for six years before he became Chief Executive, and was, therefore, long identified with local linterests. Most of his friends felt {assured the Hardings' would make {their home in or adjacent to the Dis- {trict after leaving the: White House. |The sale of the Marion Dally Star iseemed to presage such an intention ddressing the Society of American Newspaper Editors in April of this ar, Mr. Harding expressed the hope that his paper would he part of his estate. Had he retained the owner- ship only a few weeks longer that Iupirulon would have been realized H * ¥ ¥ x L | President Coolidge. like a good many public men with a reputation {for taciturnity and icy reserve, really ;dn?s not deserve it. He's not a man iwho will ever learn to slap a friend {on the back, and “mixing” is not in ihis line. Yet the fact that he has been in political office incessantly for half his life—the recipient of honor after honor at the hands of his own people—suggests that Calvin Coolidge cannot be wholly devoid of the | “human™ qualities that endear a man to his fellow oveings. This observer on two well-remembered occasions, found the President almost loqua- cious. Once it was among the blankets and pillows of his bed at the Willard, where Mrs. Coolidge had propped hini up during a battle with a cold. Al- though a little hoarse. Mr. Coolidge conversed freely, wittily and without any sign of the “strong and silent” manner. At another time he was encountered in a chalr car. en route from Washington to Wilmington, The November, 1922, elections had just occurred. Mr. Coolidge discussed them avidly and seldom had to be prodded into an expression of his views. It is on formal social oc- casions that the President maintains a demeanor that amounts to shyness. ok x Mrs. Coolidge will speedily achieve the reputation of being #ne of the most beloved of a long line of ami- able first ladies of the land. She is bound to remind many of Mrs. Grover Cleveland in the heyday of that beauteous and charming lady's career At the White House. Mrs. Coolidge has frankly enjo¥ed public life at Washington, and entered into it With 3 buoyant zest that was refresh- ing and all-captivating. She is passionately devoted to dancing. When the memories of the present hour have faded far enough into his- tory to permit a renewealyof festiv- ities at the White Hous Cool- idge is gure to restore dancing to a regular ‘place on its program. She proud of her reputation of being he life” of almost every party she graces. The President, though with- direction, enjoys the undiluted pleas- ure Mrs. Coolidge derives from soclal activities. * ok ¥ % Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, who calls himself a demo- crat, but who campaigned for Magnus Johnson, farmer-laborite, in Minne- sota, bears a considerable physical resemblance to President Coolidge. They are about the same height and build, and have heads and faces that look allke. Wheeler is a few years the President’s junior, but, if ever he is called temporarily ‘to preside over the Senate, it will not require much stretch of the imagination to believe thi the former Vice President fis back in the chair. %+ % Massachusetts has less cause than ever to complain. “There she stands” ~—with a sheaf of the mightiest posi- tiens in the pation held by her sons. ) ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE There is & somper silence in Wash- | The Bay state | Fhe District of Colum- |chairmanship of the Sen | two presperous papers at l out inclinations of his own in that ! Who died June lof the kidneys. Q. How many cabinet membars were affected by the order of President Adams to move govefnment headquar- ters from Philadelphia to Washingtor J M. T. A. Six. There werc 132 subordinates who moved with the cabinet Q. Who painted the familiar pleture which shows u_doctor sitting ata child's beside with the grief-stricken parents in the background’—B. C. J A. This picture is called “The Doc- tor'’ and is the work of Sir Luke Fildes. The original canvas hangs in the Tate Gallery in London. Q. How was the body of John Paul Jones f{dentified when removed from Paris to the Naval Academy?—P. T. A. An autoposy was held in order to be positive that the body designated was really that of John Paul Jones. This was probably the first time that such an examination had been made so long after death—113 years. It was a triumph in anthropology and is of deep interest to the medical profession. Tha excellent state of preservation of the body, due to alcohol, enabled scientiste to verify the diseases of the heart and lunge, of which the man was known to have died. Q. When were public schools started in Greece and Rome’—L. M. W. A. Greek publjc schools were estab lished about 480 B. C.; Roman, about 230 B. C. Q. What is the difference hatween ternating and direct current?—C. K. A. The difference between alternat- ing and direct current of electricity that while the latter is a continuous a practically constant flow in one tion in & conductor, the former is a flow first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. This _alternation usually is made to occur either twenty- five or sixty times per second. Q. _How long_ will distilled water {keep?—G. J. L. P. A. If distilled water is not contami- nated by foreign matter it will remain pure indefinitely. How many steps are there in the hington Monument?—C. C. G. There are 835 steps and fifty land- “Buffalo When did Q. where was he buried?—A. B. Bill die and A. Buffalo Bill died in Den on January 10, 1917. placed in a tomb hewn fr the top of Lookout mounta ver, with a monumental fi { the' spot. Q. Please explain suiphonephthalein.—S A. It is & product of the phenol and sulphobenaoi hydride. 1t is used to the word phe reaction of acid and an- test the function is the busines Q. How much lower d than the riv trict of New Orlea level?—U. H. T. A. The city lies about ten feet below the level of the gulf and it is so far below the level of h water in the Mississippi that it is protected f overflow by levees twenty feet high places. The Mississippi river is about one-haif mile wide in front of Canal street at New Orleans (Let The Star Information Burea: Frederic J. Hoskin, director, 1220 North Capitol sireet, answer your questions The only charge for this scrrice cents in stamps for return postage.) is 1ow has the presi- dency, the secretaryship of War, the speakership of the House, the major- ity leadership of the the tee on foreign relations, two seats on the Supreme Court bench. the under- secretaryship of state, the ambasss- darship to Italy, and any number of minor plums in the executive and legislative branches of the govern- ment. Harvard, which is of the hona and sinew of Massachusetts, has its faithful at strategic poi every- where throughout the federal or- ganization, oy William €. Deming, president the Ctvil Service Commission as Washington correspondent ¢ the Wyoming Daily Tribune and the Wyoming Stockman-Farmer. To his daily Mr. Deming contributes a sprightly weekly column on insid events at the National Capital. He is a Kentuckian and before emigrat- W ing to ming twenty-two vears ago, edited a paper at Warren, Ohio, near Marion, in the days Mr. Hard- ing was becoming a factor in Buck- eye politics. Deming is a lecturer some renown, Lincoln and Frank being his favorite themes. ke S Solicitor General James M. Beck, who is spending the summer in Englar has been expressing himself frankl London about the American prohibition laws. He recently said “I was not one of those who fayore the eighteenth amendment or the Voi- etead act; and 1 believed then, as I still believe, that however fine in purpose the law is, it nevertheless is both practicable and inexpedient. I am, therefore, not discussing the Anglo- American ship-liquor controversy as a professed prohibitionist. 1 may add, in candor, that while the enforcement of the law has undoubtedly been in part a failure, vet it is continuously growing in strength, and I am not so clear in my mind as I once was that its policy will, after a fair trial, prove impracti- cable and inexpedient. It has led to great good and it has done a great deal of harm. It has reduced many crimes. promoted thrift, increased efficiency, and in general made life for thousands of people more wholesome. On tha other hand, it has led to increased dis- respect for law, created widespread un- rest and has debased people by driving them from harmless drinking to pernicious drug habit. It is a experiment, and only time can d strate whether it was a mistaken one (Copyright, 1923.) Glad He Had Nothing To Leave Children Too often have I seen a father's for- tune become the undoing of his chil- dren, and rather than expose you to such a risk 1 rejoice that I have no fortune to leave you, my dear chil- dren.” The father who made this obserya- tion in his will was the beloved Phil- adelphia rabbi, Joseph Krauskopf, 2. Dr. Krauskopt went on to remind his chéldren that they had received the necessary edu- cation and home trainnig to equip them to carve for themselevs a use- ful career without the aid of inheri- tance. He reminds them that from tha age of twelve he had been obliged to make his own way. and could not but belleve that he was the better for it. It was for his children to take tha same foy in accomplishment as he had done. Here is a wise and beneficent legacy. It is, indeed. all that the nor- mal man should ask. A strong body a trained mind and an inspiring ex- ample of one who has gone befora is ample to all the requirements of life in America. The, percentage of successful and worthy sons of rich fathers is so small as to give suffi- clent weight to Dr. Krauskopf's state- ment. Thers is something better than wealth to leave one's childmen.—Har- risburg Telegraph.