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6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. O THURSDAY.....October 18, 1923 e 'y | THEODORE W. NOYES. .Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice, 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave. New Yok Offite: 110 East 4200 St. Chicago O Tower Bullding. Luropean Oftice: 16 Regent London, The Evening Star, with the Sunday moroing ~dition, Ta Gelisored by Carriers within the city 160 cents per montis 15" centa per nonth; Sunday only, 20 cents per monih. Or- ders muy be sent by mail or telephsne Main 000. Collection is made by carriers at the “na ot ‘cach month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Mary’ard and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., §8.40; 1 mo., 70 Daily only... 1yr., $6.00; 1 mo., 60¢ Sunday only. ) $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ ARl Ofther State Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85 Jaily only........1yr, $7.00;1mo., 6 sunday only 1yr., Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled %0 the use for republication of all news dis- “mtches credited to it or not otherwise credited 0 this paper and also the local n~ws pub- ished herein. Al rights of publicaton of specinl dispatehes herein are ulso reserved. Recorder of Deeds Office. It id that the President has »cen impressed “‘with the great need Yor the proper housing of the office of is the recorder of deeds for the District | of Columbia.” A building for this im- sortant office is one of the urgent 1eeds of the District. Everybody con- lected with the office and everybody doing bu with it understands this clearly. Several years ago, when it was de- ermined to remodel the courthouse, in which the records and personnel of he recorder of deeds were inade- «uately housed, it became necessary 0 find temporary quarters and four loors were rented in a nearby office uilding. It was belicved that™ the “ecorder’s office would use those qua: ness ters only for a few months and that ! smple and modern provision would be nade for it in the remodeled courts »uilding. ver that building was done the re- «order’s office was informed that there was no room for it. In moving into the ill-adapted rented quarters the land records of the Dis- “rict from 1791 to date were arranged n numerous rooms on several floors n as systematic order as could lone, but everybody having busine: vith the office will testify that the arrangement does not approach per- ‘ection, The clerks were given desks wherever rcom could be found. There -was much congestion at the beginning and this condition has grown worse, 40 that there is no other public office n the District and probably no pri- sate office in Washington so crowded with books and people, chairs and ‘desks as this. Relief has been asked nany times, but none has been had. To add to the distress and confu- sion, the owners of the building de- manded higher rental, and to this no doubt they are entitled. agreed on several years ago was all hat could be paid under the appro- »riations for the office and the owners hrought suit for ejectment, and this held in abeyance pending some ‘emedial action by Congress, failing which the landiords <0 set the records of the office and the employes in the street. Congres: the last session au- horized the architect of the Capitol and the District Commissioners to pre- ware a plan and estimates for a build ing for the office in the northeast corner of Judiciary Square. A plan wwas drawn and the estimate for car- rying it out was Incorporated by the Commissioners in their estimates for the budget bureau. How the case stands has not been discussed by the Commissioners for public It is wn awkward situation in the Jistrict government finds itself and ~vhich It would promp:ly rectify if it wad the means, —_—te————— en are participating in Berlin wnstrations. Germans are in danger of rapidly losing thelr reputa- tions for family discipline. ————— Cutting Out the “Cost Plus.” t w mob ue Taking “cost plus” weration of the vessels of the Unite States Shipping Board is the latest step decided upon by the new chair- nan, Edward P. Farley, and the mem- sers of the board. The manager agent now announced, liscontinued in conne with North Atlantie, United Kingdom and freland routes, called for the payment )y the government of a percentage of he gross receipts on all the business aandled by the Shipping Board vessels to the manager agents and at the same time provided that the govern- nent would pay all losses. The old system w “heads you win and tails I lose” prop- osition, o far as the government was soncerned. On the face of it, it was insound from a business standpoint. But it was a kind of compromise be- “ween dircct government operation and the sentiment that private indi viduals should have as much of a iand in the operation of the vessels 18 possit It was, as an old epitaph as it, “very nice for Mary Ann, but a little tough on Abraham.” In a measure the manager agent wystem compares with the cost plus slan adopted during the war to get sovernment work done—a ‘system which resulted in tremendous expendi- <ures that have been the source of sitter criticism. Under the manager agent system the government meets he cost and pays a percentage on he grose receipts to the agents. This nercentage is fixed—5 per cent of e out old system, will be which, it tion the gross receipts on outward-bound ) children Increase in numbers and | freight, except bulk which the rate s 2% per cent on Inbound freight. In many cases the cost plus system adopted during the war to pay for building, etc., pro- vided for a sliding scale in the per- centage or commission paid the con- ‘ractors, so that the greater sums ex- pended, the greater the commission. This, fortunately, is missing in the nanager agent system. But at bot- .om the manager agent system is a Qost plus proposition. o The new plan announced for the North Atlantic routes, affecting five lines from New York, Boston, Phila- delphia, Baltimore and Hampton Foadr to the United XKingdom, 18 in cargoes, on $3.00 1 mo., 23¢ | When the work of making | be The rental | would be likely | the | the experimentai stage. I7 it proves successful the plan is to be applied to other routes of the Shipping Board vessels. It places the expenditures of government money directly under the supervision of public officials authorized to handie them. Soliciting and book- | ing of freight and the handling of the | freight at terminals will be laft to| !straight commission basis for business they obtain. Despite the interjection of the man- ager agent between the Shipping Board and the manufacturers, mer- chants, importers, etc., whose products have been handled, the manager agent system has been government | operation, The new plan provides for no greater control by the government, but for a more businesslike control. 1t puts more business into government. It is the hope of Chairman Farley and the other members of the board that it will result in a considerable saving of money and in greater ef- ficiency. Protests may be expected from ocer- tain interests which are opposed to | government operation of the Shipping | Board vesscls. But it should be un- | derstood that the American people 1 paid @ huge sum for its merchant ma- rine during the war; that it desires {an American merchant marine main- tained; that a very large part of the people would prefer to have the Amer- ican merchant marine privately owned {and operated; that government, ves- sels have been offered for sale at rea- sonable rates with the understanding ! that the routes established must be maintained under the American flag and that the purchasers have not been | forthcoming. It is not difficult to conceive there are interests which are not particu- | larly displeased over the fact that the | ! Shipping Boar@ has been showing a deficit of $40,000,000 or more in the Iast few vears. interests are waiting hopefully until ihe Congress, disgusted with meeting | this deficit, shakes the tree and these ! vessels drop like plums into their ex- pectant mouths. The steps now being taken by the Shipping Board, however, may result in a very great curtailment of the deficit in operation of the vessels, and {a consequent increase in the value of ‘ the property. i —_————————— Park Estimates. | The superintendent of public build- ings and grounds has made a strong {for certain park improvements. i situation explained to the director of the budget is well understood in Washington and is also known to the director. It is proposed to widen certain roads lin Rock Creek and Potomac parks. ! Some of these roads were laid out {when people took their Sunday ride {in carriages and buggies and many | others were laid out when the auto- mobile was a new invention. The use of the parks has become so general {and traffic has so increased that the ' roads are often crowded to the point |of discomfort and danger. Widening {of them would increase the value of i the park to the public. The inlet bridge in Potomac Park {cannot accommodate the traffic that | would use it and sericus jams have | happened there. At certain times it {13 necessary to use it as a one-way ibridge, to the inconvenience of the | public. Col. Sherrill says that this {bridge was not constructed to carry tautomobile traflic and besides being { too narrow it affords no adequate out- {let to the Hains point section of the i park. It could be widened fiftcen feet at small cost. Work has gone on in Meridian Hill Park in a halting way. It was a great gain that this tract, the higher part of it overlooking Washington, was re- . | served for perpetual public use and a small part of it has been put in park shape and converted to park uses, but the superintendent of public buildings and grounds says that at the present rate of appropriation it will take more than fifty vears to finish the work. It is a relatively smaller matter and Meridian Hill Park should be made ready to fulfill its contemplated pur- pose. ————— A new plan for managing ocean transportation has been worked out by the Shipping Board, A certaln mount of experimentation is neces- | sary and, fortunately, there is not a crowd of stockholders demanding im- mediate dividends. If this plan does ! not succeed another can doubtless be devised. ————— A funeral was stopped in Milford, | Conn.,, while police searched the hearse for concealed liquor. This is ously, indeed. ——— Motorists are organizing mass meet- ings to abolish grade crossings, The | automobile may result in the improve- | ment of rallways as well as on high- ways. ! Pressing Playgronud Needs. | The recreation committee of the | District Public School Assoclation will { make a survey of school playground needs in Washington. It is desirable to press this matter as deeply as pos- sible on the attention of the public and the authorities. Some school play- grounds have been given over as sites ! o temporary buifldings and others for | additions to school bulldings. New | schodl { bulldings; ;because of insuffl- | ciency of money, go up without ade- | quate playgrounds about them. School | schoot playgrounds decrease In size. |- The subject of school playgrounds {.n particular, and of public play- grounds in general, has become one of great importance, because of the in- crease in population, growth of trafiic in streets, disappearance of ‘‘com- mons” and vacant lots, recession of fields from the city and other causes. The committee emphasizes what is It may.be that these | presentation of park conditions to Y.he‘ | budget bureau in support of estimates | The mates for the next fiscal year.” That is well. Public sentiment supports the esti- mates, and the Commissioners are do- ing all that public officers can do to prove to the director of the budget that the playground estimates stand 'for vital needs. There are many other “‘vital needs,” and the business of the ,plish @ maximum result. i It s likely that some of the advance for which the Public School Associa- | tion and other agencies struggle will be achieved during the next fiscal year. By maintaining “:thusiasm and i keeping before the authorities our deficiency in school playgrounds and municipal playgrounds we will finally , win what we know would be of vast i benefit to children. i | Spoiling a Good Man. | Thomas A. Edison, in an interview yesterday after a luncheon in his honor in New York, in which he dis- cussed @ number of affairs in general, i was quoted as saying: “I would hate | to sce Ford President because it would ! spoil a good man. He is more valua- { ble where he is now.” Mr. Ford and { Mr. Edison are warm personal friends, ‘holdlng mutual esteem and respect i based upon recognized personal merit and achievement. The remark, there- { fore, may be taken as not uttered In |a spirit of criticism, but as deprecat- { ing possible misplacement of effort. | The utterance will find loud echo in { public sentiment at large. But there !is also another angle to the proposi- :uc\n of Henry Ford becoming Presi- {dent of the United States. A large element of the citizenry think his ac- cession to that office would not only | spoil a good man, but run a big chance |of spolling the country, And this ! thought is not held in malice, but in | the logic and fitness of things. No one would decry the work that | Mr. Ford has done for the public along { his own particular line, nor would run {down his financial and managerial |ability. The country would render {unto Caesar the things that are { Caesar’s, but it may be set down as §a certainty that a considerable portion | of the conservative and thoughtful ele- i ment cannot see the presidency in I‘such an accounting. —_—— Poincare sees no reason why the Germans should ponder on what they !are going to do about the Ruhr, in view of the fact that he has been tell- ing them for a long time. ——e——————— | to crowd the tariff from its position as the great and perpetual national | issue. ! The Okiahoma K. K. K. has its secrets, but its intentions toward Gov. | Walton are not among them. Even in her days of defeat and help- | lessness Germany manages to keep: | the world well worried. | ‘l SHOOTING STARS. | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. { Wonderwork. | One night from a forgotten fairy book !'The elfin people came, and gayly took | A holiday, to contemplate with mirth !The simple dwellers on this toflsome | earth. | They sai i magic pow'rs { To realize @ passing wish, like ours. {But we will revel with them for a night grant a few requests, if they're polite.” {Ana The elfin people saw the cars speed by, And ships that hurried through the | | distant sky; | The telephone brought messages so 1 clear; i The phonograph with music charmed | the ear. ! Whichever wi H marvel new | Bewildered them, like fantasies come | true. i “Alas,” they said, 1 our pride! ! What wondrous gifts to us have been detied! iCompared to these, how little we can | do {To grant a wish or make a dream ! come true! { No more will we attempt our arts to show, they turned some “how bumbled is ’ them s0.” | With downcast eyes their heads they i slowly shook {And sought the shelter of the fairy book. | Since then the elfin ones are never seen a kind of | taking prohibition enforcement seri-{ Where once they played in fleld, or i forest green, iSave now and then by some small, { lonely chiid ! Neglected in -the haunts of nature | wild, To whom they tell in soft, mysterious 1 tones +Of airships, phones. phonographs and tele- fi Confused Impressions, { *“Things aren’t like they were in the iold days,” sald Senator Sorghum. 5 “Why not?” ) “If a man invites me to have a | bottle of champagne I don't know | whether he’s a lobbyist or a bootleg- | ger.” ! Jud Tunkins says sometimes you i have to give a boy a college education ‘to convince him he doesn't know everything just naturally. | Ins and Onts. | A radical who wore a grin i iHe stralghtway heard the warning { shout { From an attendant: “This way out!” Selection. T “Do you like music when you dine?” ' a language at all, but might more ap- | sacrifice to shoddy l “No,” replied Miss Cayenne. “If I idon't enjoy something on the menu Prohibition enforcement threatens | “We know they have no ' | iSince mortal methods can surpass | ! |, A news tem a day or two ago in- iformed America that a commission | “loading agents.” These agents, serv- | bureau of the budget is to determine 'Which had just returned to Berlin |ing under contract, will be paid on & 'the relative urgency of those needs, from @ tour of Russia had found that the | that the District's money may accom- | there were 43,000 Russians ready to jcome to the United States as soon as |the quota laws would permit. Most of them are women and children. At first thought that pictured a great invasion of Russian refugees, either to impoverish socicty here, or to be cruelly turned back from ou THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1923. IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS | ports as likely to become paupers. Reference to the quota law showed, however, that Russia is permitted to send us only 24,406 immigrants a year, so it would take nearly two i years to permit 43,000 to enter. Who can assert that two years from now there will be 43.000 or 4,000,000 who will be clamoring for admission? The current year's quota for Russia lacks only 3,684 of being exhausted. i * ok K K { In 1920 a committee of the House reported that the Hebrew Sheltering and Ald Society estimated that as svon as shipping could be found and the laws permitted, there were 3,000,- 000 Polish Jews ready to escape to America. Seventeen steamship agents recently {reported to F. A. Wallis, commission- er of immigration at Ellis Island, that if shipping were lable they could bring 10,000,000 imnugrants here in a year. if that be accurate, how long Wouid it be before the present popu- lation would be outnumbered by new immigration? A veritabic stampede from the horrors of starving and war- driven Burope to the prosperous and peaceable America is threatened. Immigration inere.ses by arithmeti- cal progression. It took 175 years to build up a population of 3,000,000. Transportation was slow and commu- nication difficult. Europe knew little of America. A Our first census of Immigration was for the decade 1820-1330, which gave us a total of 151,824, That was in proportion of one Immigrant to | eighty-four persons already here. The next decade gave us one immigrant {to each twenty-eight persons here The decade 1870 to 1580 gave us 12,812,191 immigrants—one for every Seventeen persons here. From 1905 to 1914 we received 10,121,940 immi- grants—one to every ten persons in the country in 1914 The war stopped immigration, for the old countries refused to let their able-bodied men leave. But the com- mingling of American soldiers with those of Europe spread the fame of this veritable heaven on earth. and the excitement of military duty and adventure stirred the spirits which had been atrophied by centuries of home- staying. The result was that all the wor'd, apparently, was eager to leave Euroye for America. The only bar was the limits of ship- ping. The United States had shipped two million men and their supplies to the A. E F. in a year. The many countries of Eurore combining all their flects might muiiiply that feat many itimes but for our protective legisla- tion. * % k k Congress had becun to legislate on | immigration in 1875. Until the war, the general policy had been to encour- age settlers to come, especially If they would occupy new farm lands. But after the war the country awoke to realize the me overimmigration involved. A law passed May 19, 1921, establishing as a ru'e of limita- |tion “3 percentum of the number of ce Wealth, or Higher Salaries, | To U. S. Envoys Held Essential in- | ever may be the cause it is at least The movement substantially to crease the salaries of American ambas- sadors that “p but able” men ¥ be comsidered for appointment to forcign posts has recelved a strong im petus since the announcement that the London post is vacant and at that Rome l!kely to be in the fairly near fu- ture. Summing up the situation as at present existing, the Chicago Daily insists “President Coolidge has no lternative but to accept resignations of good men who plead inability to sustain i heavy expenses in the service of their country. But he should urge upon Con. gresa the necessity of remedying a de plarable by applying to 1 piain, de: on sense. The diplomat is worthy of an adeguate sal- H —adequate in the pital to which is sent and in the circumst in which he has to carry on his activities.” ! TAfter discussing at some length the qualifications of the varlous suggestions made for the London post. the Roanoke Times is convinced the President *will { not be hurried into making a hasty de- { cision. His appointment, when it shall be anncunced, will undoubtediy reflect {his deliberately and carefully formed Judgment The country awalt it iwith keen interest.” Expressing the hope that Col, ¢ Harvey soon w ing, the Baltimore Sun sort of an ambassador mains a debatable ques- tion. A fine specimen of the Yankee with the wicked tongue, Mr. Harvey ! worked his way from obscurity to a pleasing fame many years go. Came the time when the restfulness of the wicked tongue gave place to the Yan- XKee instinct for security. And he start- ed It to make money and did so, de- ! pending principally on the street rail- way game. That achieved, the wicked tongue and Its agent, the pen, again assumed mastery, and he returned to the congenial_task of wording his way to greater and greater fame and to cor- responding power. * ¥ % * This, however, Is far from being the opinfon of the Milwaukee Journal, | which. insists Mr. Harvey “failed as {ambassador. When he spoke it was {not with the voice of greatness, but { of littleness. The Ereat riation wkich |sent him on a great mission has not { been truly represented by him.” rhe |Lynchburg Advance also {ndorses such | eriticism, “holding that ~“Col. Harvey, by his uncontrol’ed tongue, Kept the { administratidn in a higily perturbed | state of mind and on occasions em- ! barrassed President Harding in car- i ryingz out foreizn policies However, in so far as both London has’ been { | | | 1 | | { | | | i and Rome are concerned, the Cincin- | i natl Times-Star recalls that “the spir- {1t was willing. the intellect capable,|of Europe are filled with Un- | bodies. but the pocketbook was weak { der our present system of important foreign appointments we demand either that a man must make a great | the kaiser an | personal_sacrifice or be so equipped financially that he can meet tre ex- orbitant demands of office. It is not a good system.” the Youngstown Vindicator more care should be taken in select- ! ing ambassadors, because “Col. Har- | While this is so, yet | declared that cost’ t feels | twenty-odd bjllion dollars, slew 157 vey wanted recognition for the cam. | palgn he made to elect another Presi- dent and vindication for his reward He got it by asking for the highest|that Europe will have He did himself no | Austria’s office of its kind. honor in assuming or filling it.” In the opinion of the Saginaw News- Courler, Col. Harvey comes back “to | participate in the politica! events of , of It was felt it would not be a ) honor. 1924, real | him, presidential campaign without intimation that both Child and Har- vey found their positiogs unduly bur- densome in a financial way: a dls- covery made by others before them and which_ should arouse serlous | thought.” Because “the language of ! diplomacy can Iardly be described as propriately be termed a great si- lence,” believes “it will be a relief for Col. well known, that “‘there Is an aston-'] peedn't have it; but an orchestra ' Harvey to take the bridle off and the ishing lack of space for children in the most congested sections,” and that in playground activities the Capital is behind many other cities. The com- mittea votes “to back to the limit both the municipal and school playground items Included in the Districs eats | compels you to take whatever it has ion hand” “‘Game is gettin’ se scarce,” said Uncle Eben, “dat a duck dat gits shot kin' at least have de comfort of knowin’ ho dies famoua”™ public will look eagerly for his re- turn to the journalistic career which he adorned and enriched. The reports that single entertain- | ments, made necessary to fill official | obligations, *cost a year's salary.” are recalled by the Albany News in in- sisting “an_ambassadorship should not be a sacril = K There 1s something for the|of all Remarked, “It's time for boring in.” | country to tlink over in the renewed | | onor. the Memphls News-Scimitar | Stretching upward from the bloody ' Slaughter's ficial office,” -buty “national honor must.be. 80, the Syracuse Herald insists, 'Qh'lull: mmnfl Oregon ;ou‘ltlll. jother country on this hemisphere are | ably | the court of St. James than by James | Russell The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN The exhibitnon of paintings by co- temporary European artists which for the past ten days or more has been on view In the Corcoran tiallery of Art brings to mind the delightful international exhibitions held bien- nially in Venice. The latest of these took place In the summer of 1922 Preparations are now well forward for that which will be held trom April to October, 1924, As travelers well know, these ex- hibitions are held in the Public Gar- dens, which occupy a wedge-shaped peninsula east of Venice and on the way by boat to the Lido. The munic- ipality of Venice has built in these gardens a large, many - galleried pavilion and has lent to other na- tions land whereon to bulld similar but smailer pavillons. All are low structures and inconspicuous, with no pretentions whatsoever so far as external appearance goes. They do not clutter the garden, but they pro vide for the art lover a feast. And ! the munlcipality of Venice spares no pains to make these exhibitions u success, artistically and financially. They are extensively advertised throughout Italy. The Italian rail- roads_Issue ‘special tickets to those who desire to visit the exhibition, and not only Is the attendance large, but many sales are made. The pur- chasers, in not a few instances, are the commercial firms, or rather what we would call in this country the public _service corporations, of the city. Prizes are awarded, but the pvrize most esteemed is the purchasc of a work of art from this exhibition for the permanent collection of the Gallery of Modern Art in Venice, & zallery which has not its equal in the world. 8o far as interest and the quality of the collection go. From the time the exhibition opens until it closes it is a_mecca, not only “or the Italians, but for tourists from all parts of the world who chance to be in Venice. On summer afternoons the galleries are thronged with in- terested visitors who discuss the pic- forelgn-born persons of sucn national- ity resident in the United States, as determined by the census of 1910 with certain medifications, admitting domestic servants, tourists and tem- porary residents for business or pleas- ure, and barring alfens from certain Asiatic territory. Aliens who have resided not less than five years in any admitted, regardless of European quotas. 'Each dependency of an em- pire Is counted as a separate country. * ok % Originally the quota law would have expired by limitation June 30, 1932, but prior to that expiration ft was extended to June 30, 1924, What will follow? Secretary Davis of the Labor Department is advocat- ing a selective immigration law, with provisions to examine all immigrants at their ports of debarkation, Mem- bers of Congress point out the im- practicability of such examinations, since no European nation has in- dicated a willingness to permit our representatives to “invade their sov- creignty.” Besides, it is impracticable for our agent to investigate the rec ords, history, family health, etc., of intending immigrants by visiiing their neighborhoods. To estabiish clearing houses at ports of embarkation.would be to establish great depots of disease, where thou- sands would congregate, out of whom a few hundred would emigrate. France protests now that there is a path across her territory of diseases left there by would-be emigrants from eastern Europe—diseases not found In other parts of the country. It is stated at the Department of Labor that the number of immigrants turned back from our ports under present conditions does not excesd 2 Der cent, for there is a protective sift- ing done by steamship companies, which are penalizeéd if they bring over any who are manifestly inadmissible. 1f the basis of admission continues to be the quotas of nationalities, it is the hope of Secretary Davis and members of the House committee that the census to be used will be that of 1890, rather than 1910, because in the carlier year the immigration was (ures with evident enthusiasm and coming = from northern Europe, |Keen concern. whence come the races most desir- | Between the ring of galleries, set able. iamong the trees and the sparkling The present quota admits more of water of the lagoon to one side, is a the southern European races than vandstand, where the great Vene- northern—Italy, 42,057; Denmark, an Band, one of the finest In Eu- 619; Czechoslovakia, 14,357; rope, gives its afternoon concerts 12.202; Poland, 30,977; S {To the other side are little tab! 3,752; France, 5,729, around which gather groups taking P | light refreshments, having afternoon . tea or ices, listening to the music and There are two classes in the United in the interludes discussing the ex- States which are supposed to be on | hibition, or what-not; while beyond opposite sides of the immigration :he quay the little steamboats cnuz problem. The employers are crying )y _and the graceful gondolas fiit )ack and forth—a scene never to be for common laborers, at lower wages than now prevail. The labor unions i lorgotten. oppose letting down the barriers to ither common or skilled labor, on the ground that the immigrants will demoralize wages. Formerly the out- let for immigrants was agriculture, but_today our farmers are complain- ing of surplus yields, and they want no increase of farmers, though will- ing to employ cheaper hand: it is claimed that the low vitality and diseased condition of many fm- migrants prevent them from giving ervice that is as efficient yer dollar as that of the stalwart Nordics cv ituting our earlier Iimmigration. Their average survival in labor set at nine years. The present law ad- mits professional persons and. with- out restriction. upon permit from the Secretary of Labor, skilled labor can be admitted when similar skill Is nct available here. (Copyright, 1923, by Paul V. Collins.) * * %X X It is a mortifying thing to Amer- ican visitors at these blennial ex- nibitions to find no representation from their own country. The United States alone, among important na- tions, s unrepresented, and this is though no fault of the Venetian au- thorities, who not only regularly In- vite, but for years have strongly urged participation on the part of the American artists. This year again they are offering a site for a pavilion and urging. through the American ambassador in Italy and the Italian imbassador In this country, that the government erect a pavilion and take steps to secure adequate represenia- tion. Until this is done, efther by the government or through the gener- osity of patriotic American citizens, our country will stand abashed be- fore the peoples of the world who reckon art a measure of civilization. Obviously, the artists themselves cannot afford to send to Venice, though there are steamers which sail lirectly from New York to that fair city of the Adriatic. And how im- portant it is to evidence to the people of Europe that Americans are not solely interested in money-making and that with the peoples of Burope they have in the realm of art com- mon_ideals. We are obliged today to think in International terms, but our thinking does not go far if It Is forever limited to the elements of commerce, the material things waich excite envy and create jealous com- petition. certain that the American people wi! shed no tears over Mr. Harvey pending relinquishment of his trust. * ok ok * “It {s not a pleasant commentary on the American system,” the Peoria Transcript declares, ‘That we have millions to spend for petty better- ments and experiments in paternalism and maternalism yet are unable to pay cabinet officers and diplomats a: much money as can be earned by a second-class lawyer who has no sovial obligations and who is not required o entertaln people he doesn't know and in_whom he has no personal in- terest.” In filling the vacancy at London and ater one at Rome, the Rockford Re- public believes, the President will be put to his first test, inasmuch as “here are two great posts, posts to be filled with men representing the Coolidge administration and whose acts will reflect, or be assumed to reflect, the Coolidge mind. In his selections the sident will reveal himself to a ater_extent than in any previous 3 This is the position also taken @ the Providence Journal, which «ays the country “shall expect from the President appointments that can be spontaneously and unreservedly approved Replying to the prohibitive expense statements the Columbus Dispateh suggest, “we should not forget that ' this country was never more accept- and effectively represented at * % % % In this same connection it is in- teresting to know that both Great Britain and France are at the pres- ent time, despite thelr heavy war debts and the threatening condition of affalrs generally, planning to hold expositions of decorative and indus- trial arts on an imposing scale. The British exposition takes place next summer In or near London and will be a glgantic affair, in which the craftsman, the designer, the manu- facturer and the machine Lperative will all have a place. The Irwnch exposition has been postponed, pos- sibly on this account, to the summer of 1925 and according to the official !announcement, will be the m im- iportant of the kind ever held. The . main buildings will be erected in the neighborhood of Les Invalides, but will also be scattered along hoth banks of the Seine and in the public terminating at the Champs Again to this exhibition American craftsmen, designers and manufac- turers are invited and urgel to con- tribute. The purpose of both of these ex positions obviously is to emphasize the value of design in manufacture and to improve the quality of that design, for both Great Britain and France realize that the oniy way to attain or maintain supremucy along these lines is through this medium. EEE { At the opposite pole from the great exposition 1s the little one-man show, which has In recent years become o popular. According to Dr. G. C. Wil- Cause of Most Wars liamson, fellow of the Royal Numis- ' matic Soclety and author of a number The huge hoax with which peoples have been bunkoed for centurles ls of the Morgan catalogues, the first revealed in Ttaly's reply to the league |one-man plcture show ever held was of nations. Italy cannot submit for & collection of paintings by Nathaniel wdjustment by the league questions Hoen, R. A, held in a little gallery 5. In the third © ing her “natlonal honor,” says|in London In 1775 \’(‘\Vx:;:mfi. Y% | chapter of Dr. Willlamson's delight- It was In the name of Austria’s “na- | ful book “Behind My Library Door,’ tlonal honor” that the battle zones | recently lssued, he tells how this ex- rotting | hibition came about as the result cf S AN ST aduke atia guaxal) batweol FHoen and the slain by a lunatic, who happened to| Siie: lattoe. dasithifis 2 that was st >! Royal Academy, e Ero® Katoer "an f AVeisY!to show & plcture which he sub- “insult to Austria’s mitted and which was acsepted by On the pretext of “national honor’ % ! the jury, because It seemed i) make and ‘national prestige’ a war was| ort of Sir Joshua Reynoids, then president, and to caricature Angelica 000 of America’s finest young men: Kauffman, a fellow member, one of and left thousands. upon thousands oéh,he few Wwomen who have been ud- the flower of her vyoung manhood | mitted to this honor. Bscie Dhysically rufned, mentally crippled | The picture was called “The Con- and nervously wrdcked And the price | juror,” and Is_said to sl pay for|Sir Joshua. conjur! 2om- “national honor” will no(lgar!mo“' from the works of other be paid in 100 years. At the end of {and. older masters; n other wordy a century they will still be collect- | Mr. n accusel e venerable fne the Hebt dreated by the process | president of the academy of stealing satisfying Austria’ - ltlunullm. ideas, rather than originating {them. Just why the falr Angelica e fraud | should- have been dragged In is not ational | casy to understand, but she seems to have proved quite able to defend her- all time as a pretext for war, con-!self and to be a tart antagonist. e o ter” e ‘maing They ot | ML oo coligcted sIEty-alx of hip nations. name they com- ' Mr. Hoen collecte - n;‘llued nn(;oml db-ndllry, robbery, | pictures, lncdludl‘:-g t;-ret; gnn::u“ol[ thievery and murder. amels, and showed them, e Mn"& dlnd have b?cn heaped up and | ::lndeal!zutlan ufn":ie n:;ind«;lrnlclsuu,r in b 8t Al ! be n e house o o Acrifice to- sh nationa) honor | pel wnown_ wine | merchant, 70 St the "world will ever count !Martin's lane, mext o’ the old ‘oftee House. The an- ground of Europe are hands, human nouncement was quaint: “An Dxhi- hands, myriads of hands, the gnarled bition of Pictures by Nathaniel Hoen, B Phe"Sturdy hands of youth-and | sad itany. 1n Wis Own Possession: es, e s ly hands of youl and ' an any In s . the horny hands of toil, the rugged In spite of this bold defiance and act Eriile oF M Nun the teaiae Denae of | of rebellion, the controversy between women—al mute appe: or ce | Hoen and the academy wsas, Dr. - and tranquillity on the earth, a ;:cl;ll:;uon says, apparently made up or and tranquillity never realized because ' adjusted in some way, for Hoen ex. of the humbug clalm of war lords that | hibited the following year with —the satisfied.— | academy an: e s0 e e of Ts death. Lowell, who did not have much to expend there except brains and character. Is it quite sure that even after the lavishing of private wealth at that post which has taken place since Lowell's day, another man of the same type, with no greater private fortune to draw upon than he, would not make an admirably effi- cient representative at the court of St. James?” “National Honor”” Held national honor.” The humbug, the fiction. time is so-caled It was used by kings through than s ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. How is the name “Lascelles,” which Is now Princess Mary's, pro- nounced?—F. D. A, A. The Britlsh embassy says that Lascelles 18 pronounced with a broad a and accented on the first syllable. ators previous to thefr electfo |as follows: James Monroe, senator from Virginla; John Q. Adams. scn- ator from Massachusetts; Andrew Jaclson, senator from Virginia; Mar- {tin Van Buren, scnator from New | York: Willlam H. Harrison, senato: | from ‘Ohlo: Jokn Tyier, senator from | Yirgtnia: Franklin Pierce, senator from New Hampshire: Andrew John- gon, senator from Tennessee; Jamet A. Garfield. senator from Ohio: Ben- jamin Harrison, senator from Indiana. and Warren G. Harding, senator from Ohio. Q. Is there a distinction between the use of the word “verbal” and that of “oral"?—C. E. M What is the “far eastern ques- tion"?—K. D. W, A. The complex problems involved in the rise of Japan and the awaken- ing of China and thelr relations to the great European and American powers are known in international politics as the far eastern question. Q. What_is the difference between a farce and a comedy?—I. M. C. A. A farce is a dramatic plece of a ek i broad character and the difference | miompine anral in %! Letween it and comedy Proper I8 one | yueq for oral Verbel anplie vn bl of degree and not of kind. The aim |gnoien and written Words, while or of both 15 to exclte mirth, but while | gpoiiey 0%, ptien words, while ora the comedy does so by comparatively % 5 L Wordsuon 'y aithful adherence to nature and| Q. Are lemons truth, the farce assumes a much |after ripening?oR. T. reater license and may make use of D : L any extravaganee or improbabllity [ & The Department of Agriculture (hat may serve Its purpose. fauye Soal lemonslareinater Q. What did_ Barnum promise to|#8 S00n as they have attained pay Jenny Lind when she sang for | tain. size and they are usually the first time In America?—G. A. M. |87€eD as the leaves on the tree. A. Jenny Lind_was engaged by P T. Barnum for 150 nights at $1,000 a night. Barnum provided the or chestra. from verbum incorrectly cked before or Q. Where was Daniel Boone burled —R. B. G. A. Daniel Boone Missourt in 1820, but ! mains, together w wife, were reinterred was in burfed ir 1845 his re h Ky Q. Where did Maximilian and Car. lotta live while In Me A. Emperor aximilian consort resided -in the ! Chapultep during their {in Mexico. The castie is s in ‘the exact condition in was when they fled from It. Q. Where did the idea of Initiative and referendum originate?—M. B | A. Probably it originated In S {erland, since it was first put practice {n that country. Q. How long has Parls green beer {used to kill potato bugs?—I. L. O. A. Parls green 1s sald to have beer first used to destroy the potato pes n 1867, in Michigan. are the sources o Cs Q. How long has the musical box | heen in existence?—D. H. i A. The musical box was Invented | nkfort, by the Swiss in the middle of the cighteenth century Q at Hot Springs, Ar A. Hot Springs, noted for the hot waters that tiow from seventy-two springs. included | in_a space of ten acres on the west | sile of Hot Springs mountain. The waters of these springs ranze in tem- perature from 76 to 157 degrees F. and are especially beneficial in the treatment of chronic diseases. In 1832 four sections of land were set | off by Congress as a government res- rvation. Since then the government has established on the mountain the Army and Navy General Hospital. ht and brict reig aid to 1 which i How many hot springs are there —W. J. R. Ark., is widely 1tz intc Q. At what time of the vear is the pistachio nut at its best>—T. G A. The Department of Agriculture says that In California the pistachio | nut is ripe in October. Inasmuch as the nut must be roasted before eat- ing, if It is kept in a dry place at a ool temperature, it is not likely to become rancid and therefore can he kept indefinitely, The department knows of instances where such nuts | have been kept for over a year. Q. How far apar | the Rhine and Rhone rivers?—E A. The sources of the Rhine anc Rhone are about three miles apars The length of e i 800 miles of the Rhone e form river empi the No sea; t) | latter into the Gulf of Lyon and thr Mediterranean. Q. Why I8 one who s admitted o ansported on a pass called a dead head?—T. R. L. A. Deadhead I8 the literal transl:. tion of the Latin phrase, ca { mor tum, which is much used “he ol chemists to denote the re<iduum o chemicals when all e volatile mat ers had escaped: he rd figurative used of a hing fre i1which all that rendered it valuabl has been taken away. Spectators o passengers who do not pay ra nc valuable, from a revenue stanipoint Q. Please give a description of the shell room in the Berlin Palace?—M. L. A. The ehell saloon Is In the New Palace at Potsdam, formerly the summer residence of the emperor. The walls and ceilings of the room ire inlald with corals, crystals and rare shells. The friezes are minerals ind precious stones, many of which are of great value. Q. How many &enators have he=n ?!(»l"ltflg [;’rasldtnl of the United States? A. No senator except the late Pres- ident Harding has gone directly from the Senate to the White House. Garfleld was elected President while senator- | »lect. but he had not yet taken his | seat. The Presidents who were sen- Ablest Rothschild Financier Is Lost to Europe by Suicide (Readers of The Evening Star should send their questions to The Star Information Bureau. Frederic J Haskin, director, 1220 North Capitol street. The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for retwrn postage.) By THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. When the late Lord Rothschild, first of his family to win a British peer- age. dled, in 1915, he left a very re- | markable will, according to the terms of which he bequeathed the bulk of his vast fortune, as well as his share and partnership In the old-established firm of N, M. Rothschild & Sonm, of St. Swithin's lane, In the city. not to nis eldest son Waiter, his successor | in the peerage and In the family haronetecy, but to his second son, the Hon. Charles Rothschild whom he also appointed executor of his will. He likewise provided that on the death of his widow his beautiful country seat at Tring Park, in Hert- fordshire, as well as his town ma sion in Piccadilly, with all the derful art treasures it contai should go to Charles, and directed that he should become the head of the English firm of this great ial dynasty, having previously ob- tained the consent thereto of his younger brothers, the late Leopold and Alfred Rothséhild, both of whom survived him but are now dea It is this Charles Rothschild, re- garded by all the entire family in England and on the coptinent as fts ablest financier, who committed sui- cide on Friday last at his beautiful country place, Ashton Wold. in North- amptonshire, by cutting hi throat with his razor, the coroner's Inquest bringing to light that he had been suffering from melancholia, and the jury returning a verdict to the effect that he had taken his own life while in & fit of temporary insanity. * % X ¥ This s the second suicide of the Rothschild family since it achieved international fame and pre-eminence in international finance, more than a hundred years ago. The first tragedy of this kind was that of Baron Oscar | Rothschild, the youngest and favor- ite of the five sons of the late Baron Albert Rothschild, the head of the Viennese a Austro - Hungarian branch of the family. Young Oscar was sent, accompanied by a tutor, or rather a mentor, to travel in the United States and Canada by way of completing his education While in Chicago he fell In love with & beauti- ful gifl of German birth. They be- gree at Trinity College, Cambridgs He' married a very pretty Austriar Jewess of the name of Rosita vor Werthelenstein, by whom he had sev aral children, the eldest of boy of the name of Natha thirteen years old. and who his father's death to the peerage of his childl Walter Lord Rothschild Whereas Lord Rothschild's hobby 18 zoology, that of his brother Charler was entomology, and he had a collec- tion of insects at his country pla n Northamptonshire which enjo international celebrity. Some years before the war, heing anxious to se pecimens of certain Arctic fleas on Arctic animals, he ask the skippers of two or three whalers to endeavor to secure for him some samples of these insects. Th became known. and. as usual, the stery was embellisied and exagger- ated until it assumed the form of ar announcement that the late Lord Rothschi les ha offered the sum of $5.000 or more for 3 single specimen of certain kinds o fleas The result was appalling He wa:r overwhelmed with lett and ever cablegrams, not only from ove Europe, but likewise from of the Atlantic, and even fron and Africa, sent by people wh fered to zo in search of any he might want d who exor their readiness to go for him either in Arctic or in climes—also 1 'h nearer course, in return for cask Moreover, people beg: i him samples of fleas from all quarter of the universe in such quantith that the postal authorities in Londor and in Northamptonshire, where had his coun e, ralsed se complaints, while all th corresp ence addressed to him, either at As ton Wold, at his town house in Ker sington Palace Gardens or at the Rothschilds’ offic in St. Swithin lane, London, had to be siubjccted |a severe process of fumigation. * * * % It was then that I recelved an ur gent and pathetic request to circulat in this country a denial of the story and that I was asked to State that inting while the Hon. Charles Rothschilc wanted certain kinds of Arctic flan ame engaged, and shortly afterward and had asked the captains of whal Oscar returned home to nn‘;-fl,v his ers to get them for him. he was father of his engagement and Lo ob- % tain his consent to the marriage. prepared to pay -§5.000. or anythibe But the old baron had already been ' ltke that, for a single flea, having warned of his boy's Infatuation and only agreed to give his “usual pricc’ when Oscar tackled him abo! o R R matter and, with, the object of over-for such things, namely, sixpence ‘oming any parental reluctance, sub- 'apiece. n;ulleld to mn; son;chperfecll‘y cam\'en-} This valuation of 12 cents set by o tional portraits of his lovely fiancee, | Seal ¢ i the 013 baron suddenly confronted, Member Of ithe great. finangial dy | him with one which he had recefved | nasty of Rothschild on the Pulex ir- from some enemy of :he“zlhrll' flng.fl!an! was successfully Invoked ir which represented her in tights and | = itho ahbreyintea) skivts forratbals | SOt in Tondoh daree: yekrs. o, /Ix lerina, and which, as it subsequently ; defense of an action brought by o tirned out. she had worn ai some vaudeville artist, who demanded alto- purely private theatricals given by!gcarn 3 f fhe girl's school at which she had;f" "r p""“""‘f"”" ;l’““f“‘l foxst ompieted her education In Chicago. 108s of a couble of his tratned anc The old baron would not listen to any | performing fleas. | explanation. = He Insisted that the| Lord Rothschild, the elder brother rl was an actres: e 5 s Sancer. and declared that no-son ‘of | 18 & confirmed bachelor; gave ap ps his should. ever ‘marry any woman |llamentary work a few years agno |connected whh the stage, | {after representing Ayelsbury for mor In the meanwhile the girl and her 0 rter L ad; craxsed the /Atinstl and | Ehani e dscede. €% & jjiberat Ghionfst | Were waiting at Hamburg for their and devoted himself. henceforth, not | invitation by Oscar to come to Vienng |t finance. for which be cares noth +in order to make the acquaintance Of ,jno pever having taken any part Ir als family. Finding it impossible L0 ¢ng activitles of the great banking | induce his father to listen to any sort. . ... that bears the name of his fam {ot reason or explanation, he left fori1y byt entirely to his zoological { Hamburg. Joined the girl and her, giyqics. He s one of the foremosi ! mother there, informed them that he,;,o)0gists in Europe, and at Tring i \was obliged fo break off the engage- ' Barke the family piace in Hortfors i ment, and then returned to his hotel gpjre, he has the most wonderful Zoo- there and blew out his brains. HIS || gcq collection of not only dead but father never recovered from the shock | 1 e ST O] {of the death of this, his favorite son. | “\rna" Leat “park, indeed. abounde {which took place In October, 1910 | wiih all sorts of rare examples of ex- | Tnree months later—that Is to say, In | oiic! B Bre o M rds, while indoows obruary. 1911, having put his entire | ine collection of stuffed beasts, rep- affairs in order, he dled, according 1o '¢jjeg and birds rivals that of the Nat his family and friends, of a broken | tied $HC OUASL AT UL South: Kem: heart. but, according to public and | gnoyon the collections having been sersistent rumor at the time In Vi- | ¢ormeq quite regardless of cost. Ther enna, of an overdose of chioral, swal- | are no less than nine stuffed gorillac ‘fowed with the intention of puttl ng that figure in his museum at Tring n end to an existence which had representing the loss of a number o become unbearable. human lives, sacrificed in obtaining i PEEE the epecimens. One huge gorilly H standing near elght feet in helight | The late Charles Rothschild, Who'i . q"iilied no less than three of hit took his own life last week, was edu- hunters before belng bowled over by cated at Harrow and took his de- an explosive bullet.