Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1923, Page 6

With Su, Botetn; ! most, of the new apartment houses .. Vith Sunday Morning Edition. . | ;o an architectural credit to the city, "WASHINGTON, D. C. . |others are not. They have been Buflt SATURDAY. .October 27, ldfla in conformity to the building regula- P ab tions as to. dimensions, strength, fire m:nxonong W. NOYES Editor | Fosistance, light, alr and meens of ‘es- i " | cape in case of fire, and these regula- The Evening Star Newspaper Company | tions mark a notable advance. A man Uusiness Offce,-Lith St and Penagyivania Ave. | CATROL PUL up an apartment house ue New Yok Oftice: 110 East, 43 Chieago Office: Tower Buildlng, he could put up a tenement holse a European Office; 16 Regent 5t., London, England. | few years ago. But because there has The v ith been such advance it does.not follow e Eyening Sta : is dellvered by carriers within tue | that all podsible advance has been conts per month; Sunday. oniy, or tele- | Hlers at the end of eah momt ington shall approach the highest ideal - apd Sunday..1 yr. $8.40; 1 mo., 70c | Of demanding that apartment houses, All Other States. 1¥r) $3.00% 1 mo. 250 | J ‘with the Sunduy morning edition, AL 50 ceuts per mmontli dafly oulr. 7 |made. Washingtonians and adl other month. Orders may be sent by 4 3 Vash- e e non peecie L o tee | Americans are interested that Wash. Maryland and Virginia, i 7 Dally oniy 1yr., $6.00; 1 mo., 50c | a8 well as all other buildings, conforin Sunday -only 1., §2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ v and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ “1yr. '$7.00; 1 mo., G0 Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press is excluslvely entitled Spnday onl to an authoritative architectural standard, The Wizard. of Schenectady. Charles P. Stcinmetz, who died at Schenectady yesterday morning, was between Fairfax Court House, Center- ville, Storje Bridge and Stong House, and this famous road is a lfhk‘of the {Lee highway. Soon it 15 to become {one of the busy automobile routes of the country, and the flalds'of‘Bull Run are to be marked and studded with memoriale to men and commands that fought there. = Qld wagon roads through the fields and woods will be- come aytomobile ways, and the sec- tion may be developed as have been the flelds of Gettysburg and Antietam. | Bull Run is nearer to Washington than any other of the important battle- flelds of the clvil war, it being about thirty miles from the Capital to Henry hill. and long before reaching that i point the road passes through old bat- | tie country. This historic section of Virginia will soon become a place of ollgrimage for thousands of Washing- ton people and tens of thousands of other Americans. ———tt—— Rows of Houses. Whkile the growth of Wushington is fo the use for republ'cation of all mews dis- | ¢cne of the. remarkable men of all{a matter of comment and congratula- patehes credited to it o not otherwise credited r and aléo the loral news pub. 11 rights of publical herels I rve i ! Theodore Roosevelt's sixty-fourth birthday! There is a significant association of these two facts. Although the American Navy | was founded many decades before the birth of Roosevelt, he stood In later years as a firm, vigorous supporter of | naval development, and his name is ingeparably linked with the history of American defensive sea power. The purpose of observing Navy day throughout the country is to call the attention of the people of the United States to the present condition of the Navy and its value as a means of na- tional protection. It is also to acquaint the people with the inspiring record of the American naval forces on land and sea, in various situatiol in for. cign countries and waters as well as 4t home. The beginnings of the American Navy were smail, but they were not feeble. They were stout and char- acteristic representatives of the spirit that made the new republic. It was a painful process 1o put. to sea in de- fense against the large naval powers of Eurcpe. But our ships were manned with the same kind of mbn as those who fought for liberty against tremen- Cous o0dds and finally won it. A feature of Navy day observance in Washington is a tribute to John Paul Jones, whose statue stands in Potomac Park. This Is an appropriate ineldent, for the name of Jones is writ- ten into the .paval history of the United States indelibly and inspiring- Iy, just as the name of Roosevelt isy written into the record of naval de- velopment of later times, though Tloosevelt did not himself serve as sailor, and his contribution to neval development was as administrator. Jackies and marines! The blue-ctad and the khaki-clad representatives of our naval forces march today through the Capital and participate in a sham battle and in other exercises. They are partners. co-operators, equal par-; ticipants in the naval glories of Amer- ica. Fach corps has its traditions of which it is proud. Each has its stand- ard. which is high. Each has its par- who are friendly: to both, stout in their admiration of their tavorifes. They are both of the American Navy, and the country is | proud of them. { Navy day! | time passes. Frank B. Kellogg. seral acclaim will follo— Presi- dent Coulidge’s selection of Frank B. Kellogg to be ambassador to Great Dritain. It was an admirable choice in every tion of his qualifications for the place. Rarking high at the American bar, familiar with the political system of {way streets “as the only solution of | his country, acquainted with Europe through travel of the relations and limitations of the co-ordinate branches of his govern. | ment through his service in the Sen- ate and his knowledge of the law, he is well cquipped for the task ahead of him as ambassador. The selection of Mr. Kellogg should not strike any discordant note in poli- tics. It should be particularly pleas- ing to the west, where it is said, how- ever justifiably or not, that there is digsatisfaction over the preponderance of eastern influence in the administra- tion and the republican party. Presi- dent Coolidge bas gone far toward re- moving Jjustification for complaint along this line by going to the very heart of the west and choosing one of the west’s best known citizens for what is regarded as one of the most fraportant diplomatic posts at his com- | Servers America, by remaining peace- | mand. Mr. Kellogg, the victim of one ot |afford assistance to Europe than by | those sudden shifts in American poli- ties which denied him re-election to the United States Senate, now finds his worth recognized by the head of ‘the mnation, and is justified in feeling that the country indorses the recogni- tion. ° —_—————— Distinguished visitors scon adjust themselves to-the- attentions of the camera man: They recognize that in America it is considered a part of a great man’s regular dutles to give the public something t6 look at and taik about. | { | Future Building Regulations. l ‘Washington's code of building regu- lations has been revised, bringing the code up to date ‘“‘to keep pace ‘with developments in construction methods,” but s not radically differ- ent from the code-in its older form. It is within the range of possibility that at some time there will be'q radi- cal change in ‘Washington's bullding regulations, times—a veritable “wizard” of science. ventor, he was not, strictly speaking, an inventor in the sense that he created new things. He rather found the means by which jnventors made and applied their discoveries. He was & mathematician primarily, extvaordi- narily gifted in his capacity to con- duct the most abstruse calculations. | Electricity was his particular field. Of late years he has been applying his extensive knowledge of the nature and qualitics of electric currents to researches which were calculated to! increage electrical efficiency and use- fulness. He was convinced that the electrical era is just opening and that the possibilities of electrical service are still 1o be revealed. Not long ago he said that within a centery the hours’ of labor would be reduced to tour or five 2 _day, in consequence of the moro efficlent utilization of elec- tric currents. Physically handicapped by deform- ! Steinmetz was an odd character, | tuy, not a recluse, however. He had ec- centric ways. For instance, he never wore u head covering, save on rare accusions, when he wore a fur cap. He drew no salary, though his ser ices were rated at the greatest value. When low in funds he drew on the cashier of the employing company for what he needed. He had no wish for wealth and no use for money save for the-barest needs. - He had no family bevond an adopted som, with whom and his wife and children he lived. He was only fifty-eight vears old, and it is @ calamity that his life should have been cut short so early, for he was one of the richest lving contrib- utors to practical acientific knowledge. And no one can possibly carry on his great work, for it was the product of an extraordinary brain, which has now ceased to function. Traffic Investigation. Washington's traffic conditions are to be subjected to a thorough investi- gation. Whether the inquiry will point to a remedy for present per- plexing. conditions cannot be foretold, but the investigators will go earnestly at thelr work and will do their best to determine upon means which may make travel easler and safer in- the streets. Investigations and gone, with us still and many 'persons be- lieve that conditions become worse as A subcommittee of the Senate District committee will make the sald that it will tion from beginning to end. presses himself as favorable to one- congested traffic.” tigation. —————— AssSrances from influential citizens that they will support President Cool- have ccmel but traffic problems are ! investigation and Senator Ball,| chairman of the matn committee, has be begun at the! earliest time possible, and that “We | way, for there can be Do ques- |intend to go over the whole proposi-' He ex-| It is hoped that | thoroughly cognizant much good will result from the inves- | 1 tlon, many of our. peaple look with re- tion of | Though popularly rated as an in-igret on the construction’of long rows {of houses. In the struggic to get hiomes the cost is a mighty factor, and houses in rows cost less than detached jhouses, certain things, such as the value of land, being equal. New streets and new neighborhoods are built up with square-long rows of houses, each as like the other as can be. This re- sults in “uniformity,” which i agree. able to some persons, and in “monot- ony,” which is displeasing to many persons. The charm of some citles is in resi- idence streets where there is good | taste and individuality in the homes and the gardens about them. One sees i this effect in parts of Washington, but | the lone row with all the houses built on the same plan has become a fea- ture of the residence parts of the city. | Perhaps as the city grows, or as parts of Marylard and Virginla shall be {brought into the Capital area, there jwill be regulations against building homes in solld rows, that each home shall have a certain space of land about it, that there shall be an archi- tectural difference between the houses, and that the effect of these differences shall be harmonious. —_—————— Mr. Kellogg hus been used to bard work in one official capacity or an- other for many years. This fact is of itself an advantage. as the résponsi- bilities of an ambassador to London are great and steadily Increasinz. —_—————— The \var Department is taking an especial interest in education for busi- ness administration {n certain branches of the Army. War is business of the most serious nature. —————— The affairs of China have so long been in a state of politleal disorder that they do not command as much { sympathetic interest as they possibly deserve. ——— Magnus Johnson warns both the old parties that they must not encourage stand-patters. On this point Mr. John- son edmits.belng an irreconcilable. ——— { At least the Philadelphia citizen has jbeen warned as to the locality of saloons, so that he can kKeep away I from them. —— It is generally agreed that the first jthing to do toward straightening out | Germany's busivess is to take an in- | ventory. i —————— SHOOTING: STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSOX i The Contradictionist. | They tell me that contentment is = Llessing. 1 am compelled to doubt it When 1 stop to think about it. fContemmght'u frequéntly what keeps ] you guessing, | When tmportant i are in hand. idge if he will direct all his energy-}Of course, I know the statement seems and influence against the liquor traf- fic are reminders of the old-time offers of the prohibition party to sacrifice itselt and support the ticket ‘that en- Jjoyed better working facHities, ~ * e No question' can be: raised as 10 Gen. Pershing's: right to go abroad simply as a tourist, But the impres- sion persists that when he goes to Eu- rope He is lkely to be a participant in more or less history-making. —_———— According to some eminent ob- ful and prosperous, is more likely to participating in the general excite- ment on lines of fmpulsive sympathy. ————— Airships are becoming 8o numierous | that the plain pedestrfan will" soon | have to fear danger on vertical as well as horizontal lines. Bull Ran Fields. All goes well with the Manassas Battlefleld Contederate Park. ‘At @ re- cent meeting of the association it was announced that title to the Henry farm-and battle museum had passed to the corporation ‘on ‘payment -of amazing. Do not disdain it Till I explain it. { When you observe the points that I { am raising, H T'm confident that you will under- stand. Contentment is" what keeps mule balking Instead of showing A taste for going. | It stops the work and stimulates the i talking : ‘Which people do to pass the time away. | Contentment is too oft the cause of shirking In hope & neighbor ‘Will do the labor. ‘When contentment makes you loaf in- stead of working, & It merely causes trouble and dis- may. { Arts Compared. “Which art carries more influence, that of writing or speechmaking?”’ “That of writing,"” enswered Sena- tor Sorghum without hesitation. “The man who signs the check for the food is of a great deal- more importance than the one who does the after-dinner talking.” thie 0161 $10,000 on June 30. The Henry beirs | e T hold a trust for $5,000 against the! Jud Tunkins says. there’s o uselof property, payable before June 16, 1924, | 81Ving advice toa man whose troubles and on payment of that trust there | BAvC €0t him o0 sdured to listen. will become available for ‘use of thie - s corporation $10,000 conditionally ap- | = I'm'"'"’": :':::'mm' oy propriated by the Virginia legislatare. e s o fe"“ : This battlefleld park Is to be dedl- | -y "1° %6 Chat R & Sant. cated a3 & memorial to soldiers of Con- iy reas sV federate and Union armies who fought Al gt you see i print there. The Henry farm is in the south- e Perlls of Dueling. 2 "IN TODAY’ “It is better not to know so much, than to know 8o many ‘things.that suggested Mark - Twain, and his wisdom s commended by the doctors of the Smithsonian Institu- tich and the National Museum. THe occasion. of thelr quoting that “learned - ethnologist” Mark Twain, was_in connection with the report coming from .a capyrighted interview with “Explorer” Richard C. Marsh, stating’ that he had discovered ‘an unknown race of white Indians, hid- {den along the banks.of the Chuca- {m‘m\le river, in east Panama. He stated that “they have light brown "nr sellow Hair, white akins, free from I that colored plgment so distinguish- iable In all brown or darker race but the skin wis §omewkat tanned by sunlight. Panama isthmus is only about for- ty or fifty mités wide, hence a tribe of white Indians. to have remalned Inldden very long on the isthmus must have been quite exclusive. B R % According to the authorities of the bursau ’ of ethnology of the Smith- sonlan Institution, there are Indlan tribes In northern Brazil and British | Guiana of -very lignt color, and’ it is possible that some of these may have migrated to- Panama. All Indians are ‘whiter in spring than In late summer, owing to the natural -bleachifg during the com- barative confinement indoors through- lout “the winter. True, Indians ure {never - indoor people. but in bad { weather they prefer shelter, the same {as other humans, and the sun's rays tdp not tan in winter. Some time ago there was a Sleux chief employed at the Smithsonian bitterness, may become ‘“flerce and warlike.” ! Institution and the sclentists. desired to make a record of the exact shade of his Indian color. While the artist was at work an English traveler chanced to be standing by, visiting with the sctentists. The artist asked, the Indlan to pull, up his sleeve, that| he might see the color of his forearm. The Englishman pulled up his own sleeve for comparison, and “Lo, the poor Indlan,” was paler than the pale- face, when It came 10 the part of his skin which had not been exposed to the weather. The complexion of. the face of many a hack driver of for- mer equine days was far darker red than that of the Bionx chieftain. In- dians are not all red-hued; their com- plexions vary as do those of the white rgce. Besides, there m: among them. quite | is an accident. be “spor! ht. A “sport “Every flock has its black sheep.” There 18 a black squlr- rel inhabiting the park beside the writer's home, and tue gray squirrels will have no asseciation with it; they chase it on sight. 8o, “sports” in In- dian tribes may be ostracized and driven into seclusion, and. in their “Better not know so many things that aren’t, £6?" Some ycars ago the writer was interested in visiting a {private museum in the city of Oaxaca, {southern Mexico, where he was shown & minlature statue, in silver, of a Chinaman with his “pigtail,” and was told that it had been taken from a prehistoric tomb near there. This was declared to be ridiculous by the | late Prof. Ernst Fenelosa, | nized authority on'the ortent { a recog- . because the Chinese did not wear pigtails un- til they were conquered by the Man- chus, in the seventeenth century, when they were required to wear them as a sign of submission. But who told the Manchurlans of the sig- nificance of wearing pigtails? When Prof. Fenelosa's ~ criticism was mentioned ‘to Dr. Fewkes, the {head of the burexu of ethnology. he ! promptly produced -photographs of {prehistoric plaques, adorned with pie- tures of Indfans wearing pigtalls, which_plaques had been made by early Indians. - * ok w3 It iS gengrally agreed that this hemisphere received its first popu- lation by way of Bering Strait, which is only fifty miles in width. The Chi- nese came across that water in their primitive canoes, Mongollans still fre- quently cross the strait in their skin canoes, . However few ‘the first settlers may {have been, they increased and multi- ! 1 'WOrld Series Proves Base Ball marwons| Still Holds Public, Editors Say With. the Yankees champions, and !the players scattered with -more money than ever before was handed \to players In & world ‘series, editors 'still are_commenting on the hold any kind of sport has on the American public. The fact that New York has monopolized the base ball champion-, ship_ls, naturally, a fly in the oint- ment and there are many ediar who 4o not hesitate to suggest that un- ess a change comes the “national pastime” will ghortly find its popular- ity waning. < The fact that the Yankees won _is considered helpful, the Cincinnatl En- quirer belicves, “becaust thé public desired a change,” while the Brookiyn Hagle awards & palm to “Babe” Ruth, insisting “he proved to the satisfac- tion of every one that it is always possible to begin anew.”, O the Roanoke - Times sagely Suggests, "It was Giant brain —against Yankee brawn—and, accepting the hypothesis. as the correct one, weich ‘we don't— there is nothing for it but to concede the superiority of matter over mind. The result of the final game, when the: Yankees came. trom behind and won, impresses the Cloveland Plain Dealer as having “demonstrated to the satisfaction of thousands that base bull 18 on the square. The comment has been. too freely heard that base ball is a money game and that the opportunity to play 'the seventh and decisive game before an- other- record-breaking crowd would not be last, The result of the:final game was- & vicfory fer- the game itself, a5 well as for the Yankeds, and base bail perhaps needed that victory they.” e series pro- lory enough for all” but the Pilot holds “the ntr‘-‘kee,m- is yéar appears the .more en aohlevea atter three sears of struggle, While the force of their defeat is softened for the Giants by the record of their former victories. =B kK The Féward of the individual play- ers, $462,783, causes 'the Syracuse Herald to suggest “this is a total ! which must make George Wright, who *i8 about- the only -conspicuous { survivor of: professional base bali_of I ‘du ed Norfolk umph. . thi lustrous wl east angle of the Warrenton turnpike and the, Manassas-Sudley road, about & mile west of Stone bridge across Bull run. The fields of that farm were the central flghting ground of the first battte of Bull Run in July, 1861, and the closing action of the greater sec- ond battle of Bull Run took place there in August, 1862. The points of heavy fighting in thé second battle ave at and near Groveton, about.a mile west of the Henry farm, and it is likely that the battlefield memarial as. sociation will finally secure battle- ground in addition to the tract it has lately taken over. The main road through these fields is the Warrenton pike, which has been considerably imiproved in late years In a recent letter to a committee of the Washington Board of Trade, Rep- resentative Hill of Maryland wrote: “I note with disapproval the erection of mumerous hideous private dwellings in conspicuous parts of the city. Is there any zone system or building code in force in the District which prevents the building of factories under the guise of apartment houses in residen. tial sections? It is a shame to have the general appearance of the city ruined by such monstrosities as are being bullt. There should be some general scheme of architecture so that no bullding can be erected unless it conforms to the general city scheme.” There ere citizens' who will agree | l | | “Was anybody injured in the efi-i{nhait.a century ago, rub his eyes and counter on the fleld of honor?” 4 “But, yes! The count stood I the damp grass so long that he contracted @ severe cold!”” it Measured in Terms of" ‘When winter comes— . We hate 1o scoft— . Spring always seems ' A long way off! ——— “4um whiit 1 overhears ‘bout dis here' Einsteln theory,” said Uncle Eben, “I gits de notion dat a heap mo’ people would understan’ it, if dar was some way. of startin’ a compqny an’ makin’ money gut'n it.” - Coal l‘onm-‘p-. woniler if he is-just awaikening: from [one of the dréams: he used to dream when he was ‘<aptain of. the .Bos- fons” . This. great reward alsg was " praduced, the ‘ Allentowa Call ‘holds, in games “played as men should play them, as the American public wishes to ses them’ played, and to victors and.vanquisired must go out approval for sportsmanlike conduct at all times,” ' This, too, ‘as the Balth Evening Sun insists, because “Rutl was mighty “and _prevailed, while “the Yankees outplayed the Glants in v r{dopmllen( of-‘the. game,” and the anville Register feels “review of the Series demonstrates that mana- gerial .errors played, a large part in thie-defeat of the Giants. In a frantio effort to save games.from being lost the véteran: manager of the Glants exhausted his pitchers by working several in almost every game.” Turn- ing for the-moment to the fluances of | plied, and béci the penitors of all- - hymans. :T’Normw ~South Alllghl. gflnr to the coming. of -Co- lumbus. ' Not, 8o very long ago, as ethnolof ~counts time~—estimated 000 years, more or less—came these lathérs of the India: e Tol- tecs, the Aztecs, the Incas, the Mound- ‘bullders- dpd: all. Through the cen- turies, . descendants ‘wandered southward spread eastward. They were got- dffferent from the Indians as we of the present generation know them. - WHegy Cortez found the Astecs, they were-8,000 years behind Euro- pean civilization in some matters, but in chronol and some of the arts they were {n_advance, and thelr cus- toms in .mome respects were almost identical with those of anclent He- brews or their predeceaso; * k¥ K There have been many tales of “whites" amongst American Indians—a recent one told of “white Eskimos’— but when Investigated the storles have all been found to refer to merely 2 few “sports,” or were pure myths. That is the way these unromantic fact-finders of the bureau of ethnol- ogy shatter the wonderful tales of travelers who are not scientific. They [ have no compunctions whatever in -mum..%u;e melodramatic story of the late Le_Plongeon, ploneer ex- plorer of ithe Maya ruins,.about his discovery ‘of the Garden of Eden in Yucatan, where Queen Moo reigned, before the sinking of the continent of Atlantis. Dr. Le Plongeon claimed that her majesty was driven from her throne by her brother, who had mur- dered thelr younger brother—her husband. She fled eastward across the empire of the continent Atlanti which sank, later, In_an Atlanti earthquake. Queen Moo reached Egypt, where her royalty was recog- nized, 'and she became the first Queen of Egypt. Thence some of her sub- jects ‘traveled eastward and estab- lished the Garden of Eden, as de- scribed by Moses. But that was not the original Garden of Eden, for, in Yucatan, Dr. Le Plongeon discovered the tomb of Queen Moo's hushand, richly adorned with heiroglyphics by her,'and, later, by survivors of her lost kingdom, telilng of the murder of her husband, her flight and the subsequent sinking of Atlantts. He found the embalmed heart of the mur- dered king and sent it to Harvard University to be verified by analy He interpreted the hieroglyphics an traced them across the i'acific to the site of the second Garden of Eden, as described in Genesis. Yet what he afterward did with his Rosetta stone nobody knows. * Xk % There have been found in Yucatan gigantic busts which are indisputably the faces of African negroes. Per- haps they came by way of Atlantis, rather than by China and the Bering strait, But why harp on things that “ain’t s0”? The bureau of ethnology tells us that there never was a Queen Moo, never was an Atlantis. How prosaic must be the life of an eth- nologist! No romance in his soul! Just dry-as-dust facts' * % ¥ % What is a “sport”? Not foot ball, but ethnological. Darwin said: ignorance of the lawa of variation is | profound.” One of the most eminent | ethnologists in the world is connected { With the National Museum, and not llong ago he was engaged to dellver | @ course of lectures in the American | University, in which he took occa~ |ston to discuss Darwinlan’ evolution. | He criticized the attitude of a certaim | @reat orator for refusing to see the | evidences of the sclence of evolution. Then it transpired that the orator |was a trustee of the university. The ethnologist ~was “given leave to print” his lectures, but did not de- {liver them further in that university —which proves that Darwin was | right @s above quoted. There is no | scientist of atanding who now refuses ’u) accept evolution, though much has | been learned since Darwin, and much |18 yet to be atudied. 3 | Abbe Mendel in 1863 developed ' | 1aw of heredity which would have de- lighted Darwin's heart. Mendel shows |that 1f a black hen and & white | rooster are bred, their offspring are | always gray, and'if the gray oftspring are bred together, they wiil produce— |always—two gray. one black and one | white chick. ~So the mingling of the | Cortez conquerors with the native | Aztecs would produce halfbreeds, | whose descendants would produce | descendants who would In_part be | halfbreeds, part ‘tull-blooded Indisns and part whites. Maybe that is a | there s to the story of a white tribe | of Indians in Panama. (Copyright, 1823, by Paul V. Collins.) the serfes, the Williamsport Sun { thinks the' million-dollar gate was | not too much when the “thrills” are | considered, and It takes exception | with those who shout “commercial- | ism.” because “there is little danger | | of base ball lpsing Its popularity, in- jasmuch as if is a clean sport—the kind Americans want.” SJust to preve how uncertain is thi groat gakie of base ball," the Lafay. ette Journal-Courler wants every one to “note the fact that for once in an age of blue moons the odds and gods of the pastime, in a buret of .mis- chievous and sardonic humor, sided with the sport experts and the Yankees won.” Emphasising the local appeal everywhere of the series, the Trenton Fimes calls attentlon to the enormous crowds which witnessed the reproduction by that paper of the plays in that city. Other editors, cov. ering the same fleld, insist that the interest this year was greater than ever before, while the South Bend Tribune thinks “these crowds this year suggest that the public has for- gotten the scandal of 1919.” The Co- lumbia Missourian sees “dignified Un- cle Sam yelling in the bleachers, a whole nation at the radio sets, the newspapers and the bulletin boards. Fundamentaily America is playing the same game that it played in 1776. When the umpire calls ‘play ball’ it {18 a clarion call to the nnflm-hpuy alr. * * ok % Agreeing with most ‘of ‘the i things that have been said, the Ghi. jcago Dally News feels conatrained to jargue that, “for ‘the good of the game, it is tor'be hoped that next season teams will be developed in the two major leagues to beat both the Yankees and tae Giants, who have had the advantage of enormous gate recelpts to buy the services -of layers developed by other clubs. 'oF the country as a whole, thess world series contests between the two New York clubs are becoming too monopolistic and monotonous.” The series was a succession of “if the Loulsville Times recalls, and “the players know that the games turned upon the wire edge of chance. The winners and the losers settle down quickly to phllosophical scceptance of the result and both teams still say ‘" It was left for the Spring-’ fleld News to review these various and it is almost alone-of the various newspapers to recall that it was “Ruth who struck out" with the. bases full,”” one out and ‘the tying and winning runs waiting for a hit, and lkewise sagely to remark, “How about having the world series outside e l l l would show a higher degree of sportsmanship by ceasing their ef- largest share of the expert material of New York next year?’ This sug- gostion leads the Chattanoogs Times to add “If the New York club owners forts to secure for themselves the by purchase, luterest in. the game would be tefied and * organizeq Dase ball would:be greatly boneAtod: The change from Giant supremacy was_well: @ further change from metropoli ascendancy would be even better.” And the Topeka Capl. tal feels “Judge Landis was engaged to improve the morals of the game following the Cincinnati-White Sox scandal, . But commercialization of the national game in the major leagues 115 something. olsu-again.’ s Th able fhe Libraxy Table “.EY THE BOOKLOVER ANSW Mixed: races“4nd‘' resultgint” mixed z - ideals form the theme of Katherine| Q. Who were present when Calvin Fullerton Gerould’s “Conquistador.” |Coolidge took the oath of office as Wharton Cameron, the son of- his|President?—D. W. A. £ Scotch-American father, the chief| A. Those who witnessed the oath figure of the story, is a Puritanical {administersd to President Coolidge agnostic in his ‘philoséphy and an|by his father at Plymouth, Vt, were idealist in his emotional life. He can- | the following: John Calvin Coolidge, not bring himself %9 marty without |sr.. John Calvin Coolidge, jr.; Mrs. love, even though all the peculiar |Calyin Coolidge, Representative Por- circumstances of an unexpected posi- |ter H. Dale, L. L. Lane, president Rail- tion demand that he should have a|way Assoclation of New England; Jo- wife. 80, because the one woman'|seph F. Fountain, editor of Spring- he'.can love is unattainable, he defi- {fleld, Vt., Reporter; Capt, Frank Bar- nitely eliminates marriage from his | ney, Erwin C. Gelsser, President Cool- plans. Baut, as Pablo Gutierrez, the |ldge's assistant secretary; Joseph Me- ‘| son and helr: “our | ® son of his Mexican-Spanish mother and the adopted son of his uncle, the old conquistador, Den Fernando, he is & very different sort of person. In this character he returns to a formal adherence to the Catholic religion of his_mother, because “unless religfon is maintained the peons run after politics and go distraught with windy modern notions, Without religion the haclenda would not hold three months”—and Don FPablo 1s now hacendado, or master, of the huge Mexican estate of Santa Eulalia and has all the pride of ownership in- herited from a long line of Spanish ancestors. As Pablo. Gutierrez, also he must have an_heir, with or With- out marriage. So {\a takes as fhis mistress Manuelita, the most beauti- ful of the half-casté Spanish-Indian girls about his haclenda, without love, without even infafuation, but with the intention, frankly avowed, of producing a son. whom he wili| later legitimatize as his heir. The old conquistador, Don’ Fernando, on his death bed, has sald to his adopted “But a_ man cannot die childless and leave Santa Eulalia forlorn. Better one of thesa girls about the place, Only, for the sake of the hacienda, do not marry her. Legitimatize your son, rather, before you die.” > ek The conversation between Pablo Gutierrez and the old priest, Don | Miguel, when the former reveals his intention of taking Manuelita to be the mother of his son, i3 one of the most subtle and artistic pleces of character analysis in a very subtle and artistic book. “My #om, you would not sin?" the priest asked. “Did you put that question to Don Fernando? 1 am not in the confes- slonal now, Don Miguel. I am speak- ing to the only friend I have in the world—caballero to caballero. ¢ ¢ # You shall give me whatcver penance you gave my uncle when I shall con- fess my sin to you. But now—to- night—I want only a friend's ear.” “You have made up your mind, Don Pablo,” the priest replied courtepusly, “and you are not in the confessional, We are sitting in your own room over a glass of cognac. If it makes you happler to tell me these things tell me. But do not ask advice of me about your intended sin.” Pablo bent forward. “In your heart of hearts, Don Miguel, you know that, before God, I serve only Santa Eulalla and my uncle's wish. I -n.oaly_—und not for my own live. in ! * For your own sake. Pablo.” Don Miguel said gently. “I was not always a priest.” But what he meant he did not say Some psychologists might find in “Conquistador” a study of dual per- sonality, but to the student of litera- ture it is above all a piece of fiction art. Tk % ok ¥ “Historic Gardens of -Virgini comptled by the James River Garden Club and edited by Edith Tunis Sale, is a book which will be of great in- terest to many Washingtonians who have Virginia homes or who visit such homes. The book contains over 200_illustrations, many in color, and 44 plans of gardens. The custem of country homes and gardens was ught by Virginians from England. ny Virginia homes wefe designed te be country seats, to degcend fram one generation to another, and many were of a stateliness and cost which could scarcely be afforded by their owners. Thomas Jefferson _ruined himself by building Monticello, on a mountain top, where lawns and gar- dens were also developed. The gar- dens described in the book include all types in all locations—gardens along the James river, the York river, the Potomac and in the Blue Ridgo valleys. Four gardens of Presidents are among those described and ictured—Washington's, _Jefferson's, Madison's, = Monroe's. ' Others are Castle Hill of the Riveses, Westover of the Byrds, Shirley of the Carters, Tuckahoe of the Randolphs, and Mount Airy of the Tayloes., * ¥ % * The essential difference between the mentality of the civilized man and .that of the primitive man is emphasized by Prof. Lucien Levy- Bruhl' in his book, “Primitive Men- tality.”” By the use of many descfip- tions and anecdotes from writers in many languages the author attempts to prove that the savage has an en- tirely unscientific mind and therefore jnvariably attributes all occurrences to supernatural influences. From this arises belfef in magic, good and bad trits, charms. incantations, fetishes and taboos. To the primitive mind i the distinction between good and evil is not that usual in clvilized societies. Good results from the use of the magic which {8 the commen custom of the tribe; evil from the use of an individual magic for personal ends. This - discrimination might seem to some evolutionary soclologists to In- dicate ‘the beginning of ideas of socialism versus individualism. In fact, the chief criticism to be made of the:book is perbaps the author has estimated>as inherent differences be- tween primitive and civilized men- talities what are only different stages in development. N . T ; Mary Johnston's new bdok, “Croa- tan,” is announced.for immediate pub- lication. It Is another romance of the early days in the settlement of Vir- ginia—the same petiod as that which furnishes the background of “Prison- ers of Hope” ahd “To Have and to Hold.” In the “Life and Letters of |¢ho prilliant success of the wholly| ‘Walter- H. Page,” by, Burton J. Hen- drick, is told the story-of the serial publieation of “To-Have and to Hold" in the Atlantic Monthly, when Page was ita editor. ‘Page had been much interested work, “Prisoners of Hope,” not the less 60 because the author was a Vir- ginja girl, using early Virginia his- tory- &s a fleld of romance. Mr. Hemfirick writes: “When, a few months afterward, Page was casting about for an Atlan- tic sertal, Miss Johnston and the Vir- inia fleld seemed to be an especially avorable prospect * * * -With Page to think meant to act, and so, instead of writing a:formal letter, he at once Sumped on & train for Birmingham, | Ala., where Miss Johnston was then iiviig.” After a ehort interview witl the. young writer, and a_wait of & couple of hours at his hotel while she arranged -the chapters.she had .wiit~ Inerney, President’s chauffeur. Q. Who rightfully owns a prescrip- gm}‘-lha patient or the druggis A. The bureau- of -ehemistry says that it has never been legally decided whether a druggist or a patient should have possession of the pre- scription. -Most druggists do mot ob- Ject to supplying the patient with a copy of it. Q. Give derivation and. meaning of the word “noumenon.”—C. C. P. A. The word “noumenon” Is derived from a Greek word meaning “the thing perceived.” which in turn is a derivative of the verb “t6 perceive” and the noun “mind.” Murray's Eng- lish Dictionary says that was introduced by Immanuel#Kent in contrast to the word “phenomefion,” Q. How long was Paul Reverc's fa- mous ride?—W. P. B. A, The Massachusetts Historical So- clety says that the ride ix estimated as having been about ten miles. Q.- How many ounces 6f wool ar Disretin i avaraga auawsl auiti— A. To manufacture a suit of man's clothing _requires about sixty-two ounces of wool, or a little less than four pounde. Q. Is an enlisted man supposed to salute a commissioned officer who is not {n uniform?—J. E. D. A. If the enlisted man recognizes the officer, even though the latter is jout of uniform, he must salute him. Q. Name the leading castes in In- dia—L. O. F. A. There are four great castes in India. They are: The Brahmans, or priests: the military caste; the valsya, or husbandmen, coneisting of most of the Industrial workers, and finally, the serfs, who till the sail. Q. Into how many zones is stani- ard time divided in the United States? —L J. McM. A It There {s three hours difference time bLetween New York and San Francisco. When it is noon in New York, it {8 11 a.m. in the central zone. 10 am. in the mountain gone and 9 am. in the Pacific zone. Q. Why is the lion sometimes re- | ferred to as the E. B. A. The Department of Agriculture says that this title was given to the lion because its bravery is unsur- “King of beasts passed and because there is no other | co animal that can successfully meet it in combat. Q. What expense are the Indians to the government?—S. L. J. A The office of Indian affairs says that the Indians are not considered an expense to the government. The annual appropriations:made for the Indians are more than offset by the value of the vast areas of land that have been ceded to the United States | by them. The word | is divided into four zones—| gastern, central, mountain and Pacific. | in | ERS TO QUESTIONS . “BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN - is’emaployes’ lifo insurance paid for. by the employer.or by the employes and employer jointly. Q. Who introduced’ -drainage im agriculture?—L. T. F. A. Though practiced by the Ro- ugh the value of drafn- awas expounded by Walter Blythe in the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, it was not until almost a cen- tury later that its importance began to be understood. James Smith of Deanston, Perthshire, Scotland, about 1823, led the way.in modern practice of thorough draining. Q. 1Is there any product in the manufacture of.which labor and ma- terials are not the principal item? —G. R, H. A. The largest item of expense in the_ artificlal ice indpstry ie nefther labor-mior ‘raw materials, as in most | other “manufactures. .as the material, being water, costs little, and the ma | chinery does the work. The big item | of expense Is coal, with which to pro- duce the heat to expand the steam | and run the compressor ice machine. Q. How many lives were lost in the Haiifax disaster?—s. 1. G. . Al In the explosion of war ma- | terials and fire at Halifax, December 6. 1917, 1.600 pérsons were killed and 4,000 seriously injured. Q. How many kinds of dogs are there?—R. J. B. A. Authorities list fifty-one breeds | of dogs as comprising the category found at the leading dog shows held under the auspices of recognized ken nel clubs. These are all that are usel in the ordinary vocations or sports ot | tite. | | { Q. Is there any difference bet n !being a citizen of the United States |and being a citizen of one of the | forty-eight states’—F. H. W. A. A court ruling_says “there is | citizenship of the United States and ! a citizenship of a state which are dis- ftinet from each other and which de | pend . upon different characteristics and circumstances in the {ndividual | Citizenship in the state cannot Le {given to an allen, but a maturalized citizen becomes a eitizen of the state wherein he resides. The federal gov- ernment &lone has the right to nat- | uralize, Q. When was Nell Gwyn on the known public 1665. She retired from the in 1682. {was {stage Q. How long have dictionaries been n use’—B. R. L. A. The firet dictionaries were used | by the Assyrians and Babyloniane to {expiain signs. The oldest surviving {Qictionary. compiled by Apollonius fof Alexan@iria, in Augustus time, is a glossary of Homer's words. Q. How does Stone mountain com- are in size with other mountains of A. Stone mountain is a massive dome of muscovite granite in De Kalb | Ga., end |s sald to be the 1largest in the world. It is about six- |teen miles east of Atlanta. It rises about 700 feet above the compara- tively level surrounding country and {its bulk has been estimated as over 7,000.000.000 cubic feet. (Readers .of The Evening Star should send their questions to The Star Information Bureau, Frederi J. Haskin, director, 1220 North Cap- itol street. The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for re- turn postage.) Liberalism of Jesuit Priest Credi_ted for Saving Austria BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY: Jesuits claim for their historic or- der pre-eminence in the education of Roman Catholic princes and prin- cesses who are destined, by virtue of their birth. to exercise sovereign sway over the nations of the old world. Some of the ablest and wisest of ehe rulers in past centuries have been indebted for the success of their reign to the training which they had received from the Society of Jesus, which makes a specialty of educa- tion—a training which was not re- stricted in any way to merely re- ligious ‘matters,. but to all sorts of useful. knowledge of the world. Jesuits have often been alternately praised and denounced as the power behind thrones, and it must be con- fessed that, as a general rule, their tendency has been. of & conservative rather than of 4 liberal character. Austria, however, formerly the most reactionary of ali European states, owes her redemption from the eco- nomic and political morass in which she was plunged after the war and by overthrow of the monarchy to a most iiberal-minded Jesuit priest, or rather prelate, Bishop Seipel. a remarkably enlightened member of the Jesuit order, who for near three years past has, with a rank of chancellor and with the support of the Christian so- clalists and of the ordinary socialists, exercised sovereign sway throughout Austria, Inspiring the entente powers with such a degree of confidence that, at the instance of the league of na- tions, Great Britaln, France and the United States have co-operated in securing_large loans for the Viennese treasury. * % ¥ X The general elections have just taken place in Austria, and they have resulted in an overwhelming victory for Mgr. Seipel, the chancellor, and in the complete defeat of the for- merly powerful pan-German party, who were in favor of Austria’s ab- sorption into tha republic of Ger- many—that is to say, of the “reich” | at Berlin. It cannot be denied that 1iberal .reform goyernment of Chan- o detperat Vienna, which has creatéd confidence’ both at home and abroad, i3 a distinct feather in the cap of the Soclety of Jesus. showing in Miss Johnston's first|the extent to which it is disposed to| adapt itself to the requirements of the modern; times without the sacri- fice of any Cf its best principles. *oE kK Prince_and Princess Joseph Collo- redo-Mansfeld - were such frequent visitors to America, up to the time of the great war, and had so many friends in this country, that the ar- rest of the princess by the Parls police In a’Montmartre hotel with a man of the name of Legall, who was h|one of the private secretaries of | President Falllaux et the Elysces Palace during his. térm as chief mag- istrate of .the republic, is calculated ten on a new romance, Page left with|td create almost” as- great a sensa- the: nianuseript in his pocket, ~Page's |tlon in this country as in France. ‘enterprising visit had put into his|What led to the arrest was that Le- hands the half-finished manuscript of | all has been sought for by the po- & story, ‘To Have and'to Hold,” which, plice “on' charges of swindling rich when ‘printed in the Atlantic, more | Women, and that the princess should than doubled . its circulation, and | have been found in his company has whieh, when'made Into a book, proved { merely furnished :her husband with one of the biggest successes since [the proofs which he has been hunt- “Uncle Tom's Cabin.’ " ing for in order to'enable him to i L&k kK obtain from the French oourts a Probably ‘the twentietlr centyry | Severance of his matrimonial bonds. Dutch novdlltl htfi_: ‘f""&v" outside )}‘u % #* % Kk X T Uy evdam Tuly 3¢ of thig| The prince has always had a great Bed At A aiaiy. 1o ‘oot | asal of ‘trouble about this marriage, year _at the age of !.l.xty.‘ His best Tesi 0 'F"Ffie Ansyi Whick ‘Ted to- his estrangement with " and “The en Force.”” The oo . first twé are novels of psychology and | 21! the mefitbers of “hils hmu‘y and sex; the last is a romance of adven- |especially with the court of Vienna, ture, with the scene laid in Java.|whose doors remained closed to her. Couperus was especially interested in | At the time when she entangled him the portrayal of feminine character!in her coils in 1903 and induced himr and ‘approved all the activities of |to lead her to the altar at Paris, she -modern. women,- .. deg.-him-.te. helieve that she was the Tovels ' dre (daughter of a Belgian nobleman of the name of “De” Jonquet, settled in one of the Surrey suburbs of London. and a widow of a certain John Gra- ham. member of the Scottish ducal house of that name, of which the Duke of.Montrese is the chief. When, however, the moment arrived in the following winter for the presenta- tlon of the princess at the court of Vienna, the question was raised there by the dignitaries thereof as to her lineaxe. The wives of the nobles of Aus- tria and Hungary were obliged, un- til 1918, to prove to the satisfaction {of the great chamberlains depart ment at Vienna that they were not only of aristocratic parentage, but that, also, their ancestors, paternal! and maternal. had been noble for several generations back and free from any bourgeols and plebeian strain, in order to secure recognition as “hoffachig”: that is, qualified to be presented at court and to form part of the court elrcles. The English-born Princess Coilo redo-Mansfeld was unable to satisfs these requirements. She could not fven show that her parents were blue- blonded. Indeed. investigations con- | ducted by the prince’s brother and | sisters and by the other members of | the Colloredo-Mansteld family, in- ! cluding Count Perdinand Colloredo- Mansfeld, former secretary of the Aaustrian’embassy and married to Miss Norah Islin of New York, fevealed the fact that the princess’ father was not a Belgian noble of the name of “De” Jonquet, but a grocer, hailing, {it 1s true. from Antwerp, but long | established in the Clapham suburb of London; also that the princess’ first_husband. John Graham, was an | utterly obscure man who had noth- |ing whatsoever but the patronymic |in common with the Dukes of Mont- rose. * K ok ¥ These revelations naturally closed against her all the doors of the courts of Vienna and of*Rudapesth’and also | of the great world in the dual em pire, especially in its two capitals on the Danube, and led the princess from that time forth to spend most of her time in Paris and in the south of France, where her husband's great wealth and rank caused -her to be tolerated by the easy-going, cosmo- politan society. Thereupon the mem- bers_ of the Colloredo-Mansfeld fam- ily, ‘"whose dignities of prince and count are-derived from the holy Ro- man_empire and have, consequently | not been abolished, started legal pro ceedings with a view to the annul- ment of themarriage on the ground that, accordipg to the family laws of the _house ' of+ Colloredo-Mansfeld, which had then still statutory valuc no member” thereof could contract valid marriage with & woman who did not belong either to & soverelgn or to a mediatized family, without the con senl of its agnates, or adult members They clajmed that their sanction tu the marriage of the prince was given on the distinct understanding that his bride belonged to the Scottish ducal house of Graham, and that, since their approval was obtained by fravd and by totally wrong pretenses, it was’invaiid. * Moreover, they doclared that, even if-the marri 2 annulled. on these grounds, would invoke them to prevent son that she might bear to the prin from succeeding to his hereditars digritfis and titles and- entafled es- tates, & . . The' very bitterness of their antag- onism to the princess, coupled with the fact that she was a very pret! woman, led to her husband taking up’ the cudgels In her behalf, even to the-extent of dlienating the members of his family. and most of the gre: houses:'ofs the Austrian and Hun- garian. aristagracy. But eventually this species' pf. astracism scems_to have palled on them ‘both. = She sought distraction of & questionable character -alsewhere . while, during thé war, he was In the fleld fightinz for his o and they have been virtuaily - living ‘separate ‘aver since. {until” pow-he hds abundant_gréund | for aivorce. | | |