Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1923, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STA ‘With Sunday Morning Editios WASHINGTON, D. C. FHURSDAY. . .December 13, 1823 fl'fiEODOBE W. NOYES.. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Otfice: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building Egropean Office: 16 Regent St., Loudon, England, Editor The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition delivered by curriers within the eity at 60 cen's per month: daily ouly. 43 cents per month; Sunduy oniy. s per month, Orders may be sent by mail or tele: phone '\ riers at the end of each mouth. Maryland and Virginia Daily and Sunday.. Daily only All Other States, Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo, 85¢ Daily only.........1¥r. $7.00: 1 mo., 60c Eunday only......1yr., $3.00;1mo. 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ‘use for republ cation of a1l news dis. | patches cow'tted (o it or not othierwise credited in this paver and also the lo-al news pub. 1t All rights of publ fches herefn are also r. lon of Radio at the Conventions. Already plans are being proposed for a broadcasting of the proceedings of the republican nd in Cleveland next Jun to install transmitte to millions of people 3 spoken. This will eas » the most important radio achievement the “wireless” wus devised. What is done at Cleveland will probably be done also at Chicago, or New York, or wherever the democrats bold thelr nominating meeting. Thus the country will get an arful” at the outset of the campaign. All the nominating speeches will be heard word by word. All the discussion on the subject of the platform will go forth to a vast multitude. The cheers will ring from one end of the country to the ot The balloting will be recorded vote by vote and doubtless millions of pencils will keep tab on the changes in cas test. Considering in ional convention It 18 proposed that will s word since the lar numbe the United States number to- 4 o increase materially six months—it s pl that this of the radio will greatly quicken campaign. This will the to ser in the should be con the selection of President and by the major parties. at end and the of rudio works t peo- portion toy tion | bro during campaign a ed the mor from the e delegates have good voices for nission. Broad; t of an art, and men n for is some- thi vice, with While the some per- floor veland, or at Chicago or else- may fancy himself an tor, sume may fall far short of the requirements. But even tng training in clear s y who as ber 1ss of people with It will s discussion on the ! the que: wulate thought And thought and aisous: surrents of the republic —_————— Potomac Park Barracks. Removal of the old ings in F This impre pect for se P will soon cks build- in prospect. been in but it is now pros- ars, v wooden bulldings iken down, and the park ipy will be restored to ts normal use. When vacated by troops these buildings were used for storage of government property, most of which was office furniture used in departments during the war. This ck has been considerably reduced Ly sale and absorption by the govern- ment's clerical force. Ten of the old structures are now empty and will be wrecked, and lumber in some of them will be used in bullding barracks at Boiling Field. The remainder of the buildings will stand in the park until the general supply committee of the Treasury has no further use for them. Then they will disappear. The aspect of Bast Potomac Park will be much improved by the passing of the old structures. They served a very im- portant purpose, but long ago they became an evesore ———— xt summer Senator Copeland will | his hands full if he undertakes the uniicensed pre- hav to regulate all scribers of curealls for political and | economic ills. —— Income tax payers are still inclined to question an arrangement which brings Christmas shopping so close ! to the 15th of December. —_———— Some of Obregon's troops are Join- ing the revolutionists. Pay roll com- petition asserts itself even In some phases of patriotism. —_———— Forestry. One of the subjects discussed by the National Lumber Manufacturers’! Association at its sessions here is reforestation. This question concerns ; not only lumber interests, but the ain 5000. Collection is made by car- | | immediate profit and the land is lell‘ “ Even if ¢ nd women cal vibrations, ! tional government and ‘he statcs. Replanting Is carried on in the case { of burnt-over and cut-over lands. | 1t is noted from timé to time that lumbering companies and paper mills owning timber tracts are replanting as they cut. In several European countries before the war, notably in France and Germany, timber, even on private land, could not be cut with- out government warrant and for every tree cut one must be planted. In the region around Washington one sees on a small scale the loss resulting from wanton lumbering. | Tracts of pine and cak are cut for Generally Cost cases stump and brush land. is of no value for farming. clearing the land in ny e than the d, plowed and planted, the soil might be S0 poor as not to return a profit even on the cost of planting, cultivating and harvesting. Left to stumps and brush, the land does not produce another crop of mer- it timber. Taxes must be paid it and usually this land causes annual loss to the owner. rent’ valuation goes down and the tax which the state can collect from ! the owner decreases. Many thousands acres of this kind of land may be n in the Potomac, Patuxent and pahannock valleys and other P of the country not far from Washington —_— eee— A National Rose Garden. The natlonal rose garden which is being established in Potomac Park vill be visited by many more citizens und strangers than pay an annual call on the government chrysanthe- mums or attend other public flower shows In the government greenhouses at the Capital. The national rose garden will probably give pleasure to even more people than the spring ! dis of the Japanese cherry trees. any persons believe that the rose is the leader in the kingdom of flow- ers. Men and women who have no scientific or commercial interest in think that the rose in frag- form, number of va- und other points is the most (Sm.v-usmm flower. But whether the 5 i it of would be me eautiful or f ardent friends bition of fowers in Wash- s great numb tain that the an easily Park, and pre- o May pular. years ago a govern- rose has hosts L i is mc 1t of tional people, na- rose part of Fotoma senting till October, many pet m wil rose garden was . he Arlington experir department of Agr ed and many persons visit it, rden is in an off-th ind is not well advertise the Arlingten garden " place, but a test gar- Mulford of the depart- ne of America’s dis- sarians and is the of the Arlingto: ment, has said that it is primarily a garden, where experiments are conducted with hundreds of rose va- which 18 in m of the This has s of the tests.” hich will be developed Park is to be primarily a rose show garden und it w highly popular with the publ has been said that there are oni other public show gardens in this country, seing at Hartford, 1d which is sometimes vi by 50,000 pecple on pleasant Sundays, and other at Portland, Oreg.. which city, because of its ciimate and its adap to rose culture and he interest of its people in roses, 3 i ? rose garden will be developed by the office of public build- ings and grounds In co-operation with the American Rose Soclety and the American Horticultural Society. = e Potomac T one ! After President Coulidge's message was delivered t6 Congress the coun- f Executive is perfectly he has some- Chi talk when that th wiiling t thing to sa —_————————— reciprocity idea has hitherto been limited to an understanding that if the D. C. motor cops did not get a careless autoist the Maryland police would. The ————r——————— The U. 8. A. has produced three billion bushels of corn. The prohibi- tion authorities are on the alert to see that it is not misused. Of course Santa Claus is a myth. Otherwise he would never manage to get past all the “no parking” signs. The Medical Fakers. Senator Copeland’s resolution for an inquiry into the operation of the ‘diploma mills” that have recently been exposed in certain parts of this country should receive early con- sideration. Enough has been brought to light in the state inquiries to show that large numbers of unskilled, un- ained, unfitted medical practitioners have been certified for practice by in- stitutions that have had no standing and have made no effort to de- velop scientific qualifications. These “diploma mills” operate mainly through the mails. They secure their patrons by shrewd circularizing. Sen- ator Copeland's proposal is to seek to cut off this source of propaganda or advertising. Incalculable harm has been wrought i by these so-called schools of medicie or manipulative practice. Men and i women without the least ability or nd is worth. { The as-| establish- | try experienced the relief of knowing ! THE "merely letter-perfect respondents to perfunctory examinations looses char- {latans and fakers to work. infinite mischief. Those who are responsible for such o procedure ara gullty of a ‘most abominable crime against hu- . manity. The Big Fight Is On. The republican national committee has set in motion the machinery for the national convention in 1924 to | nominate a presidential ticket for the * November elections of that year and frame a platform upon which the ' republican party is to appeal to the electorate. The campalgn may " said actually to have commenced with the issuance yesterday of the call for | Cleveland gets the | !the convention. convention away from Chicago, which { has entertained it for many years. ! The democrats will meet January 115 to choose their convention city and | Chicago is already prepared, it is said, to outbid all competitors for the priv- {ilege. The republican convention will | meet June 10 and the democrats prob- {ably a fortnight later. So, if the dem- ocrats do go to Chicago, there will be lively times on the great lakes in the merry month of June. In the republican ranks the dele- gate-hunting in behalf of the presi- dential candidates will be accelerated since the state and territorial appor- tionment has been fixed. The south will have disproportionate representa- tion, as usual. The committee was “all set” 'for reduction, but was met with the statement that negroes who | had migrated north would “take it out” of the republican party in the north if the reduction were made. ——— Discoveries in King Tut's tomb con- firm the early belief that ancient Egypt was strong in scenery and cos- tumes, but deficient in the real con- veniences of civilization. ————— While Yuletide traditions are che ished, the aver willing to | storm e citizen is perfect n the lend realisin dispense posing for the photographers announeing that he has nothing r Baldwin accomplished ch make it clear that in active political lif. ropean cee dispositio to tablished on | the fuel situation the to an : been afforded by the ————————— Ii Bergdoll's damage suit is suc- cessful he wiil be one of the few peo- ple in Germany fortunate as to possess real money. i —— The only cbjection that several of his colleagues see to Senator Cum- mins is that he is too versat S — The presidential race abates in tn- { terest until the rush for committee ! appointments has subsided. missiles wer Herc In the British elcetic thrown at speakers. toss hats Into the ring. SHOOTING STARS. 1Y PHILANDER JOHNSON Harmony. We're goin' to have som at Pohick on the Cric] The instruments are fine. We'll learn to play 'em purty quick. We have flutes and ukuleles and the talent's simply grand; But the bass drum and the cymbals, Just at present, rule the band. The saxophone is growlin’ and old cornet is shrill. The tunin' up was awful and the con- cert's sadder still. For everybody's sct on havin® his es- pecial way, tions they will play. But after while we'll weary and we'll all be short of breath, And we'll sce that no musician ought to work hisself to death To drown the others out, with noise that makes the audience kick— And then we'll have some harmony at Pohlck on the Crick. e Raw Material. “You farmers should be independent and happy. Your flelds are full of graln and cattle.” “Yes,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “But g0 are the woods full of Christ- mas trees that aren’t any good with- out help from the town folks. Jud Tunkins says he likes to shop early. All he obfects to is prices be- ing such that he has to stop early. Yuletide Slogans. ©Old Santa is a generous myth, They say. But as for me ‘The call “Shop early’s” coupled with The motto “C. O. D.” The Camera Desperado. “Did you se¢ Tarantula Tim in the lmn\'lu?" “I did,” answered Cactus Joe; “and it was about what I'd have expected I from a safety first galoot like him. , He wouldn't have dared to disgrace | the Old Gulch by cuttin’ up that way American people as a whole. Progress | knowledge have been given certif.|if he had had to come out on.the fs being made, but we were late in ! cates and diplomas which have served ; St personal, instead of bein’ only beginning work and it is doubtful if ' in some of the states as credéntials | @ picture. as much progress is being made as conditions demand. The government's | for practice. There is a laxity of |1aw n some of the jurisdictions, per- “Dar is different kinds of laughter,” reforestation policy is sound and sev- | mitting these people to “do business” Said Uncle Eben. “Some folks laugh eral of the states have taken over forest and denuded areas and are car- | rying oit forest policies. In the mat- ter of forest areas the general polity is to cut no more than the annual timber growth, so that the supply may be constant, and by judicious cutting to facilitate growth of re- maining’ timber, Protection of stand- ing timber from fire is an important part of the forest policy of the na- ‘at the expense of the uninformed, trusting public. Some ‘shocking in- stances of malpractice have been brought to view almost equivalent to manslaughter. Medicine is not an exact sclence. It cannot be “learned” in a few days or weeks, or even months, It re. quires leng study, thorough training and particularly personal adaptabil- ity. Undiscriminating certification of because dey's good-natured an' others because dev's nervous.” The Farmer's Income. . L. Holman, in the North American Review. It would take all the yearly income from a 200-acre wheat farm, taking the average production and pre: ent quotatiol on wheat as & 1 lumber in New Tork sy, ajlow lumber in o gln only 250 days and 1-1. idle time between jobs. bel unostentatious | - {aunouncements of the weather bureau. Without agreement as to what selec- | EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. —_— s IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS Brazil has met the predicament of its coffee raisers by governmental purchase and marketing of the cof- fee crop. The crisls appears (at least superficlally) to be very simi- {lar to the conditions of our own Iwhen( crop. The experience, there- !fore, of the Brazillans in carrying into practice government marketing * !is of unusual' interest in this coun- try, because Brazil has actually done what the Secretary of Agriculture, backed by the farm bloc and other| furm leaders, is demanding for the rellef of our wheat farmers. How has the Brazilian plan worked out? * % % % i Coffee constitutes more than half the exports of Brazil. That ooun- try supplies 80 per cent of the cof- fee of the world. Brazil, therefore, is in a position to influence the world | market for coffee as directly as al speculfftor who corners 80 per cent! of the grain can dlctate market | prices. The Brazilian coffes raiser, like the American wheat ralser, {s a one-crop speculator. In 1906-07 the world production began to exceed the de-! mand, and falling prices threatened | ruin. The state of Sao Paulo, where ! four-fifths of Brazil's coffee 18 pro- | duced, obtalned a loan of 15,600,000 pounds sterling on the credif of an eXPOTt tax on coffes. With this fund ! - state boukht from the producers 8500000 sucks of coffee, which it warchoused and subsequently sold at u fair price, At the same time a law was passed the state forbidding further in- a. e of coffee planting—a precau- | tlon which none of our farm inter- ! ests has vet proposed in licensing wheat acreage, to ocontrol over-' production, and taxing wheat as| tobacco 18 taxed. ¥ k% ¥ 2 In 1917 there came a second crisis In coffee, owing to the falling-off of demand by war-stricken Europe. The federal government emitted paper, . which it loaned to the state! 40 Paulo to buy coffee, not only* ts own planters but from those of adjoining states, which e s etired from ma posed by some e of Sao Paulo then felt that Jurces were insuffic the situation, and it federal government for help. then n were in jeo 4 loaned rtgages which finance upon t but the ban to them and had fore- | government issued more with which it made purchases of coffee, and the rowed 9,000,000 pounds sterling thie coffee. Througn these three . federal governm. s gradu into « socialized coffee erage for the protection of its p ers and bankers, Out of that s itly come a law 1 stablishment of & perma - | defense commission, fund for its use a tax on co ports is assessed. Thi fe on | i 1y brok- rrizat permanent | loading of the Dresent governmen stocks of coffee, will close Brazil's ization and marketing of coffee from the permanent defense, | similar to our grain corporation. \! loan of §,000,000 pounds sterling will | be made to finance the permanent coftee defense until the export tax ! creates sufficlent funds. Law it 1l the sigus of the political republican national committee proceedings in Washington this week arc a forerunner of coming events at Cleveland in June, 1924, National | committee ructions are not novelties in elther party. They have a habit of ironing themselves out. But there was an Intensity of feeling over re- apportionment and southern delega- tions that bodes stormy weather on Lake Erfe. Senator Howell, republi- can progressive, of Nebraska is not the type that quits after one rebuff. The sparks flew while he and Joseph | W. Tolbert, national committeeman from South Carolina, were debating | reapportionment. The embers of the | Washington discussion may dle down | between now and summertime, but it will be a miracie if they don't fiicker into new life ut Cleveland. | * % % | Another Carolinian, this time a na- | tional committeewoman, Mrs. Lindsay | Patterson of Winston-Salem, N. C. | enlivened the G. O. P. council of war with a pretty epigram. Pleading for harmony and for generosity to the republican south, respecting appor- tlonment of delegates, Mrs. Patterson sald: “1 beg vbu to remember that though you be many men of many minds, we have only one political faith—Calvinism.” Somebody told Mre, Patterson that sounded Ilike Coolidge talk. “I meant it to.” she responded. * Raymond Robins, social economist of Chicago, who was summoned to legil in” while formalities for selec- tion of the convention city were un- der way, salled close to the wind in his sttack on “internationalism.” In a company overwhelmingly dominated by the friends of President Coolidge, Robins assailed American interven- tion in world affairs in terms Hiram | Johnson would echo. “We are tired of talk of the ‘International con- science’ when there’s none of it lyin, around in the world.” was one 0 Robins' thrusts. Calvin Coolldge said to Congress on December 6: “Our duty now is to help give stability to the world." ! * * k¥ ¥ George Holden Tinkham, bearded congressman from Massachusetts, is kept busy these days edifying the House cloakroom with tales of his big-game exploits in Africa last summer 2nd autumn. Though a matden experience, Tinkham achieved a mighty record in the Kenya jungle. He bagged his lion, six leopards, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus and the husklest elephant killed in the re- gion this season—a specimen that carried 120-pound tusks. Tinkhai bachelor and Bostonlan, says there's nothing in the world for girth con- trol 1like big-game shooting. He claims to have cut down his walst- line five inches in thirty-seven days. An American flivver carried Tinkham and his hunting guide into the jungle. * k% % President Coolldge asked a White House caller if he had read the for- mer's message to Congress “all the way through.” Blushingly, the vis- itor pleaded not guilty, whereupon the President sald he belleved every citizen ought'to take time to digest all state papers “from A to Z." He particularly recommended people to study the exchanges of diplomatic Tk nen and woren would approach | men an the discussion of vital issues with ! wheat. < | wheat tn | war, {of coffee, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE the power to control and limit coffee | exports, and to carry on world propa- ganda educating the public to use; more coffee. t * ok ok K The orisis in United States agricul- ture cannot parallel that In Brazilian | coffee ralsing, because our wheat pro- ' duction affects only about a quarter to a third of our farmers, while cof- . fee production affects practically all | the Brazilian planters and 60 per cent ' of her exports. It {s estimated by the Department of Agriculture that we have a wheat surplus this year of from about 171,000,000 to 220.600.000 bushels, Our export wheat amounts to only 6.4 per cent of the world pro- duction, falling far short of glving the United States a corner on world markets, to dictate or serfously in- fluence prices. All of our northwest- ; ern hard wheat is now on an import basis, cutting no figure whatever as to exports. LR g Secretary Wallace, in his annual ] report, recommends that there be formed a government export commis- slon to buy and export our surplus! He explains: “The plan s to have the govern- ment undertake to do for the wheat | growers what they cannot do for themselves—bring them into a gen- eral pool, through the operation of which they may secure a fair price. ‘Such an agency,” says the Secr tary, “would need money with which | to operute, and it I8 proposed to star it with a' working capital of, suy, $50.600,000, that being the api imate sum wh the government | made in the way of profit in the war- time handling of wheat and fiour. when the prico of wheat was arbi- trarily controlled and held beiwow the price at which it could have becn 80ld without such control. “In case losses should be fncurred hecause of the character of its opera- tions it is proposed to recover the losses through the levy of an excise tax on the crop of wheat itself. In the end the cost would be paid, not out of the public Treasury, but by the growers benefited, and should not be large.” 3 EE If the capital proposed—$50,000,- 006—were all lost in this govern- ment speculation, and then assessed against farmers ralsing future grain crops, It would cost at the rate of | 25 cents a bushel on the 200,000,000 sold, or b or 5 cents a bushel on all of next year's crop. The smallness of the exportable grain—6.4 per cent of world crop—would make it im- possible that (t could be so manipu- lated as to affect world price materi- ally, but its presence in the visibl supply would be more likely to the market than to bull it. The gov- ernment does not expect to affect the world price, even though it controls the entire export surplus. It must sell, therefore, say Erain experts, &t the same price st which individual shippers would have to sell, while the machinery for handling the ex- port business would be in addition to that of regular markets. R It s of peculiar interest to note that the average counsumption of he United States, where i= only five bushels per while in France, prior to the t was nine bushels and it is seven bushels. If propagands | increase the world consumption why not teach the people he value of bread. To {ncrease Amer- cang consumption of flour up to that e frugal French, would consume it ts oda t i of th our entire surplus which we are now seeking to cxport at world price. It can be done. (Copsright. 1923, by Paul V. Collins.) better judgment 1f they would read official documents for themselves and not trust altogether to some one else's interpretation. * % % Typographical errors are stranger thap fiction. A Washington morning paper published a dispatch from London reporting that Premfer Bald- win was epending the first “weak end” after his recent defeat in so- Itloquy in the country. The same day = New York paper, commenting upon oolldge’s reluctance person- ally declare his political inten- tions, observed that, nevertheless, it &as expected “the next ten years” would bring forth such a statement. Who will challenge Mr. Coolidge's reputation for caution after that an- nouncement? L O 2 There's a wonderful typewriting | machine at the Japanese embassy, on street. It takes two men to lift it and no one on Ambassador Hani- hara’s staff knows how to manipu- late it. There aro no fewer than 2450 Chinese characters In the ma- chine, each fitted into small square compartments and consisting of an individual metal type. The compart- ments are separated by thin copper | partitions. The characters are tpread over a fixed horizontal tray of steel. A simple mechanism picks up one type and raises it against the paper, then drops it back into its compart- ment. The machine ls manufaciured under both Japaness and American patents, but it would require & com- bination of old-fashioned typesetter (ltke Arthur Capper), skillful to the nth degree, plus & superathlete (like Jack Dempsey) to work ft. (Copyright, 1925.) Sees America Losing Stréngth by Disuse To the Editor of the Sta Much 1s belng said about America’s great moral power. May I put some questions to our glib isolationists? Should we not rather speak of our moral opportunity, leaving the moral | power to be proven? Are not power | and tmpulse inseparable? How else are we to recognize power than by action? And granted it exists at the outset, what of that terrible law of forfeiture by disuse? Does not that law operate in the province of mior- als? We cannot preserve our moral power unemployed—unapplied to tha vital world problems of the hour. If we d- “ot use it we shall lose it, and there no escaping this. Our vast resources of territory, population and gold constitute but the measure of our opportunity. If not exercised for the right—solely for the sake of right—they wiil be but the measure of our moral weak- ness. Supposing also that it were poesi- ble to store idle power, for what are we hoarding {t? When, for instance, could our welght thrown in the scale mean more for humanity than in| dealing with the Turk in Armenia, ! oF than by grappling with the canses | of misery that threaten the world, through Europe, today? If we cannot be sincere and wor'hy champions of the higher civillzation, let us at least have done with self- | righteous hypocrisy; let us THURSDAY, DECEMBER |there 1 { ways something bein The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN It 1s commonly supposed that the attraction of New York for artlstsais the fact that it affords cxceptional opportunity for the sale of paintings and other works of art. It does, and without question this matter of a market Is i{nfluential In inducing ar- tists to take up a resldence in the great metropolis. But New York has other attractions which are perhaps even grea‘er than these. When it comes to the matter of exhibitions It provides what might well be called a continuous perform- ance. From below 40th street to 57th street, Fifth avenue s llned with dealers' galleries, each of which sets forth one, two or three worthwhile exhibitions every month. The major- ity of these are of paintings, usually by cotemporary artists, most often by artlsts who are American cltizens. In addition to these there are four galleries of high standing which ex- hibit and sell prints, etchings, litho- gTaphs and engravings—beautitul worka, some to be had for a song. Then at present there is the win- ter exhibition of the National Aca emy of Design in the Fine Arts bufld- ing — paintings, sculpture, prints —a perfectly charming exhibition full of fine pictures, sparkling with color, {nterpretative of the loveliness of na- ture and the outdoor world, an exhi- bition which could not help but favor- ably Impress the casual visitor as well ax the connolsseur. The Artists’ Guild is holding an ex- hibition of members' work In one of the dealers’ galleries, and in another a Christmas sale of little pi tures by members of the National As- soclation of Woman Painters and Sculptors. The famous Salmagundi Club 15 holding its annual Thumb. Box eale in its clubrooms away down F!fth avenue, not very far from old Washington Square; and fn the Art Center galleries members of the Tif- fany Foundation Guild are exhibit- ing 0!l palntings, water colors and craft work. In this bullding. which is six storfes high, there are exhibitions on every floor, changing constantly. Here the Pictorial Photographers of America, the Socletv of Illustrators and the /rte and Crafts Society all have the.* headquarters aund make continuous displays. * % % % And then one should not forget the exhibitions in the Grand Central Gal- terfes—those galleries which occupy the top floor of the great Grand Cen- tral rallroad station, wherein an ex- periment is being tried of an interest- ing order, A year ago approximately one hun- dred well knowr artists and an equal number of zealous art lovers (lay- men) came together and determined to form an assoclation. each contrib- uting generously for three vears, the artist one week each year. the lay- man $600 per annum, to see if under capable business management a suf- ficient public could not be found for he artists' works to dispel financial hazards. So far the experiment seems to have worked well. The galleries are beautiful. a place in which to feast one's eye and rest one’ haps one might eay, as qulet and peacef d_be found In the desert of Sahara, desplite the fact that it Is in « raflroad sta- tlon In the heart of the great city. The entrance is on Vanderbilt ave- nue, and & algn directs the visitor to the ‘elevator which in the twinkling of an eye carries one from the whirl. pool of commotlon to this atmosphere of serenity and peace, s might Alad- din's genfe. * xox All this, of course, leaves out the Rreat Metropolitan Museum, with its rich treasures, and the Brooklyn Mu- seum, reached now by the subway, and the auction rooms and the chance exhibitions, such as that of prints for the home recently held at the Sage Foundation, but it gives some idea of what a bew{lderment of art interests New York affords. * x % % Visiting these exhibitions and real- izing that for the most part they are made up of current work, one canmot but pause and wonder what becomes of the unsold pictures, of which cer- tainly there must be hundreds, pos- s{tly thousands, every year. From the great National Academy exhibi- tions not more than twenty or thirty pictures at the most are sold, and for an exhibition in a dealers gallery four or flve sales are a generous num- ber. Where do they go, these uns lected ones? “To Rl ' storerooms, one artist sald. “To serve as under- painting for other pictures,” another replied There is bound to be a limit to the demand, particularly at the prices ob- tained today by painters of the fore- most rank. The walls of the modern bome ' provide place for compara- tively few pletures, and when these are purchased, If they have been well chosen there 'is room for no_more. Perhaps in the home of the future, the home of the milllonaire, there wili be a storage place for paintings, so that, after the Japanese method, a few ‘at a time can be taken out, hung and enjoyed, then removed and :re- placed; but such a room is not in- cluded'in the architects’ plans at the present time. One dealer claims that there is overproduction, and yet of really great paintings we have none too many, and the great must rise to heights from the plane of the com- monplace. But still the problem ry mains—what becomes of "the unsol the unselected? Listed at the artist valuation, one gallery In New York recently found Its stock of cotempo- rary works to aggregate for the pur- pose of Insurance the enormous sum of $2,000,000. * ¥ ¥ ¥ There is another attraction to New York for artists which is not oftem mentioned, and that s its beauty. The scoffer will exclaim: *“What— those crowded thoroughfares, the glare of Broadway?’ No, but the superb grandeur of its mighty bulld- ings piled high against the sky, fts vistas, its towering superiority and strength. The palaces of Florenc Were no more grand in their aloof- ness than some of the modern mighty buildings of New York, and as one looks up Fifth avenue or Park ave- nue on & winter afternoon, with the sun shining through the frosty haze, these are glorified and become castle: created from the Imagination of great enterprise, which dares all and fears nothing. 'And then, to come to earth, there are the shop windows—exhibits of no small merit from the standpoint of art, for the shop window displa; in New York artistically is equal by no other city in the world, and even for the pennlless, provides de- lightful entertainment. * Ok ¥ ¥ There fs much that is bad said of New York, but on the whole the casual visitor cannot fall to find it a cheerful place, from the Bast Side streets thronged with children en- gaging in all sorts of games, to Fifth dvenue, with its furs gnd limousines and the parl horseback riders. And there {s a planned or put into execution on a big scale. Now it is a great war memorial, tomorro: it may be a great group of buildl to house in exhibitlons. a conser tory of music, & school of drama— commercial, if you like, but forward- looking, expressive of an ideal, som thing Which gives joy to the multi- frank as the savage or even money-lender who hangs out his MARY LOUISA ANDERSON Explained. From the Kansas City Star. Mr, McAdoo say uction and a it must. fudes, those hundreds and thousands who érush and pant and struggle for a footing and space in the up and down town trains morning and eve- ning, but which are almost always ready to return a smile or respond to_a note of interest. It is this friendliness and plctur- ich, aside from the que ot, .makes Ne ork appealing to the 1Queen E | 13, 1923, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. At the Gridiron Club dinner, it was announced that eleven sons of Presidents were present, and that there were eleven others living who were unable to come. Those present were three Roosevelts, four Garfields, two Tafts and two Coolidges. Who were the absent ones?R. M. K. A. Those declining invitations were: Dr. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, B. Gardl- ner Tyler, Russel B. Harrison, U. S. Grant, Jesse R. Grant, Webb Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Robert Todd Lin- coln, Richard Folsom Cleveland, Francis Grover Cleveland. Webb Hayes declined both for himself and for his brother. Q. Did the clock In the old Capitol bullding, 1st and A streets northeast, come originally from Westminster Abbey?—J, F. B. A. The National Woman's Party says that the clock in the old Capitol building, which is now its head- quarters, dates from Elizabethan times. It did not come from West- minster Abbey. but from Warwick Castle, England. It has a full set of Westminster chimes. The case is made of old English black cak, and is hend-carved, deplcting the visit of fzabeth to the castle. Q. What i the name of the man who writes under the na Achmed Abdullab™?-—F, 8. R. A. C; dullah Nodir Khan el-Tddrissyiet Duran. The captain was born Kabul, Afghanistan. Q. What is corn sugar?—G. It A. This is a high-grade sugar made from corn. Such sugar consists large- | ly of dextroee. Why {s the meridlan passing through Philadelphia called the fifth principal mertdian?—J. O'B. A. The ‘zero meridian of longitude, those arbitrarily umed lines run- ning on arcs of great circles from pole to pole, passes through Green- wich, England. East and west from this point distance is measured In degrees of longitude. Every fifteen degrees of longitude represents on hour of time change. ridians and thus the seventy-fifth mertdian, which passes through Philadelphta, {8 called the fifth prin- cipal meridian. How long i3 a check good?—Z. H. A. The time limit on checks differs In the varfous states. In the District of Columbia a check 15 good for three years. Q. How many citles (n the United States operate Plggly Wiggly stores? —C. F. M. A. At the present pany s operating in thirty citfes. Q. In what section of the United! States are the farms ous?—J. M. W, A. The Natlonal Grange says that this year the cotton beit Is by far the most prosperous agricultural sec- tion of the eountry. Wool and cattle industries rank next to cotton, while wheat is feeling a considerable de- pression. most prosper- Q. Who suggested that a five- pointed star be used on our flag?— A. Betsy Ross, who made the first flag, offered the suggestion that fiv pointed stars be used in the desi, instead of six-pointed onci pt. Syyed Shaykh Achmed Ab- | These fifteen- | degree lnes are called principal me- | a ¢ prim minlster of E, d‘%‘ié_“f\';_"' Y A. The title of prime minister England was first used of Sir Rober Walpole. who was in ofie from 112} to 1742. By this time ministers werd being chosen from one political parts, and they had hegun to act toget 50 that they obtained the name of !hTI lz‘\l'nr!!lr)‘- Thelr leader was then called the premier or prime This title was DR et 1til 1805 Q. When was_ ths English party formed?—M. . A. A. The Independent ianor organized in England in have been labor members of parlia- | ment, however, continuousl 1874, when Thomas Burt, the berland miner, was clected Q. What dragone?—P. A. Two devt ard carved o elghty fcet above river near Alton, Tl by the Fren and Joliet in known th archeologis called the ) Wwere ranke of early I were told to quette descr Q. Who fi ot recognized by law Tabor | party was 1893, Thers ere the Miesiesippl | TS painted ce of c it the Misslssippl ere discovered h ‘explorers M rquetts June, 1693. They wera iasa petroglyph" to and were commonly ssippi dragone. They s the finest example an art. and many legends t for them. Mar- being “as the destroyed Q. How much dead welght graduale 1y applied would be required to pull a railvoad e from a cak tle?—7 A standard cut spike, used by the Pennsy! oad west, res pounds to draw it from & white oak tie. Q. What {s meant by meliorism?— jRic V. i A Meliorism is the Improvement of tk effort ie not o } such impr { tion. The term was t George Eliot. belief that ths : te sides of the ‘e ancient days they single town. . Who inve Y., who bega and appiied “ 53, which was first refused, but granted August 19, 1536. (Frederic J. Haskin is empioyed by this paper, to handie the inquiries of our readers, and you are inviced to call wpon him as freely and o often as you please. “Ask anything that is a matter of fact and the au- thority will be quoted you. There is no charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign your fuli nams and address and inclose £ cents in stamps for return postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin, director, The Star Information Bureau, 1220 North Capitol street ) his exper for Held President’s Message Leaves No While partisan considerations, quite naturally, entered to a great ex- tent info the discussion of President Coolldge's initlal message to Con- gress, on one thing every one agreed —that was, he had left nothing to the imagination so far as his policies were concerned, and for that frank- ness he has been very warmly praised The message “conveys the Prel dent himself to the nation,” says the t. Paul Dispatch (Independent), and his_program is sound.” He deals ‘with many subjects. the Indianapo- 1is News (independent) continues and does it in a very clea- and straightforward way.” In addition, as the Boston Globe (independent) sees It, “the document {s strictly business and strikingly free from rhetorie, circumiocutlon and obscur- ity. When a President discussing re- lations with Russia says we hope the time s at hand when we can act. there is likely to be something be- hind words welghed as carefully as these must have been.” The docu- ment “is delightfully straightforward and courageous,” insists the Detroit Free Press (independent republican), while the Philadelphia Inquirer (re- publican) holds that “it is a message of sanity and of safety. s forthright document, marred a little by two paragraphs at the end about the need of idealism,” the Baltimore Sun (demo- cratic) asserts, and, “as a whole, the message will Increase respect for the President, even among thoss who do not agree with him.” In advocating tax reduction, the New York World democratic) insists, “Mr. Coolidge most conspicuou ibits qualities of positive leadership” and the New York Tribune (republican) holds “his ten words upon the bonus issue will perhaps be rated the most courageous | of the messagi It “reveals first- class political abilit, the New York Times (independent democratic) sug- gests, but the New York Herald (independent) fesls the President “is less happy in dealing with the world court legacy that came to him from President Harding than in the rest of his message.” The New York American (Independent) holds it might be sald that the republican elephant stands pat with three feet and timldly tests the timbers of the rogressive bridge with the fourth oot.” The entire document, as the New York P (independent) analyzes it, finds “clarlty, conciseness and courage as the distinguishing marks, with no modifications by con- siderations of expediency.” The mes- sage also “must make a favorable impression_upon the country Brooklyn Eagle (independent demo- cratic) asserts, and literary style is_terse and attractly “In reading the message,” the Chicago Daily News (independenty says, “ome Is {mpressed with the cumulative proof afforded by it of the desire of the author to fulflll the explicit pledge made by him upon the assumption of the presidential office . —the pledge that wherever possible he would continue the Harding policy in spirit and in essence.” The Min- neapolis Star (farmer-labor) insists the “message is nothing more than a weak restatement of the policies of the late President Harding. It is distinetly out of touch with the times. e "Procident’s message beirays & lack of understanding of the agri- cultural problem.” To this latter declaration the Minneapolis Journal (independent republican) takes sha: exception, and insists “‘the paragrap! on agrieulture contains an admirable statement on the present wheat sit- uation and the way out—in a word, gelf-help judicially —aided” The Omaha World-Herald (democratic) finds “no battle cry of freedom. T no one does it shock the glad tdings that a_rellef expedition Is on the way. It would ralse the temperature of no refrigerator if lald in the ice- box. It sees nothing in particular that cails for & crusade or any great excitement.” * Theré is, however, as the o Times = (independent democratic) sees it, “a commendable 'uul. absence ol‘m suggestion of bun-irection. Issue in Doubt combe. Mr. Coolldge called a spads a spade with a great deal of delib= |eration and the utmost frankness, and when he finshed his speach Con= gress knew just where he stands and. what 18 even more important, | where he expects Congress to stand on the great legislative issues now contronting it." * * | This is also the opinfon of the M: waukee Journal (independent), w! insists “the short direct sentences, without oratory, without much argu. ment, without great warmth, leaves what he intends to say very clear. How far will Mr. Coolidge go in fight= iffg for the things he approves and against what he condemns—in giving leadership o a Congress which does not seem likely to go far without leadership.” In reply to the latte: query the Springfield Republican (in- dependent) says “the President taken helm with a firm and it holds that he will insist on his policies being given the considerat, they deserve by Congre It is, a3 the Syracuse Herald (independent) sees it, “the address of a Yi President who more anxious reach sensible conclusions than construct a rhetorical model.” The Lynchburg News (democratic) feels the message “affords little comfort to the radical wing of the republican party; it will doubtless find much fa- vor ‘among the leaders with whom will 1fkely reside the power to con- trol the next republican national con- vention as well as a decisive majority of the republican membership of the present Congress. If this end is ac complished it is fair to assume th Mr. Coolidge will cxperience abu: | dant satistaction The Newark News (Independ feels “the message shapes defin policy a8 to domestic issues,” the 'orelgn poli is doesn't fit panegyrics. document, In the opinfon coin Star (independent), warm commu ation,” because 1t ‘deals with the program upon which President Coolidge expects to go be- fore the country as a candidats for electlon in 1924." Upon it he must risa™ or fall, and he has made his position clear upon all mportant questions without attempting to reconciiec them to the known sentiments of large groups and Dblocs throughout the country.” The Salt Lake City Deseret News (independent) tells its readars: “Read the message. It is easy read- ing and will serve to make every one better acquainted with Prestdent Coolldge and with what he regards as of paramount importance for t wation at the present time.” to to f the Lin- Inaccuracies Charged ' In Article by F. W. Wile | To the Editor of The Star » The Star is requested to publish ths following correction to several statg-iy | ments published on page twenty-two, of The Star for Friday, November :n:@ In the article of Frederic Willlam . - The National Council for the Pré ivention of War is financed 100 par cent by Americans, not from ubrodd as Intimated in the article. The Na- 'tional Council spent $51,000 in tya ' past year and not §250,000, ss statpdy in the artiele. The major portion ¢f'% last year's amount was spent in tih city. Mr. Wile was wrong in statin ‘that the appeal for $1,000,000 was fu the National Council. Mr, Libby mag no appeal for the National CounciRt alona to receive the $1,000,000, which amount was to apply for the peace movement in America generally, an to specific organizations to be named by the contributo: The Nation |Councll never advocated abolishing the Army and Navy, not even by ex- ample. The writer considers Mr. Wil¢' article entirely unfalr to the hu dreds of Washingtonians who con- tribute to the support of the Natlonal Council, and requests that the present statement be published by way of cors J. AUSTIN STONE. 2y