Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1923, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. ..December 15, umal THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor| The Evenii g Star Newspaper Company ' Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave New Yoik Office: 110 Kast 42nd 8t. Chirago Oftice: Tower Bullding. Buropean Ofice: 16 Regent St., Loudon, England, The Evening Star, with the Sunday moraing edition, ered by catriers within the | ity af 60 cents per month: daily oul cents per mon'h; Sundey oniy, 20 cen month. Orders muy_he sent by mail or phone Main 5000, Collection s made by wlers at the cod of each momtd. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Moryland and Virginia, _ Paily and S 1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70c Dally only... 1vr, §6 Sunday only 3 All Other States. Daily and Su $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ Daily oniy $7.00; 1 mo., 80c Sunday only $3.00; 1 mo., Z5¢ Menmber of the Assoclated Press. Assoclated Press Is excluively entit] 20 the ‘use for republ cation of &ll news d aickes credited (o it or not otherwise credited o this paper and alswo the lo-al news pub. lished herein. Al rights of publication of special dienatches hercin are slso reserved, per. le- Washington and Its Cathedral. The campuign for raising Washing- ton’s quota of the cost of bullding the great National Cathedral upon the heights to the north of the clity is to- day under way. A unique policy is to be tested out as a result of the de- clsion of those conducting the cam- paign to place squarely upon the shoulders of the community the re- sponsibility of determining what that quota is to be. No fixed goal to limit or to dismay in their giving those Wwhose dollars must build the National Capltal's portion of the superb whoie has been stipulated. Washington, Which has already done much toward forwarding a work of vital importance to the nation, is being permitted in this second appeal to her generosity to name her own figure. The Star has no idea of usurping unto itself a task which it believes the committec in charge of the cam- Paign Las wisely avoided—the taek of fixing a certain number of clphers after certain digits_and crying, “This is our loca: goal’” Yet it holds the bellef that certain factors are essen- tial to a wise and fair decision by the community as to what those digitsand ciphers are to be, and the conviction that to arrive at a fair ratio between the share of Washington and that of the balance of the nation full con- sideration of those factors must be given Fundamental among these is the fact that the cathedral is to be located in Washington; that when it shall bhave been completed it will slundl upon the heights which already bear | its name an eloquent witness to the spiritual faith of the city as well as of the nation. It is, in very truth, tobe o 1t will be presided over by our bishop; it will be, in the n\s.\n.l residents of the National Capital who wiil worship th who will be men- tally and ually uplifted by its grandeur and its beauty. From « ma- terial standpoint, Washington will benefit most from the building of the cathedral, for it will be another in- spiring monument, adding to the charm and attr: veness of the city. It will add a religious mecca to those to valor and patriotism make this Capital a magnet to all Americans. In giving to the cathedral fund ‘Washingtonians will not be con- tributing merely to a transient need. The cathedral is to be for all time; for our chidren and our children’s children. Lt will stand through the | ages as a monument to the faith of a great people and.an assurance that it | will continue to be true that “God reigns and the government at Wash- ington still lives " i s, Voted for a Non-Member. The roll calls that were held in the 8enate during the closing week on the question of the election of a chairman of the committee on interstate com- | merce have been marked by an un- usual feature. For a number of bal- hands. They have been sold at much lower than 98, There was a period when holders of these war-time securl- ties gold them at considerable sacri- fices In order to get cash. That was when the post-war contraction began. For a time it seemed as though the government securities were being re- pudiated by the people. But eventual- ly the movement was checked, for there was a ready market for all these offerings, and undoubtedly large sums have been made by those who bought the bords low and sold them when the tide turned and the prices advanced. Those who sold to the British govern- ment at 98 probably made a profit The real loss, therefore, was suffered by those who sold at 16w prices, It the British government is golng to buy American war-time securities regularly for these semi-annual debt payments undoubtedly the market will rise and the London profits, or sav- ings, on the transaction will diminish. Presumably these purchases have been made quietly in compavatively small lots from time to time, and the market has not been appreciably af- feated. But the prospect of further purchases is almost sure to cause a stiffening in the bond price during the next six months. It may even come about that through this agency the American war-time securities will ail be brought back to par, in which case Great Britain will probably not seek them for debt-payment purposes, In- asmuch as in buying them in rela- tively small lots during the six-month period a large sum is tled up unre- muneratively between payments. A World-Record Newspaper. The Star is proud to have estab- lished yesterday a world record for the printing of the largest newspaper is- sue on a normal day. without special occasion and without any solicitation of advertising matter. Its product of seventy pages exceeds the highest known single issue on a week day by six pages. Back of this accomplishment are several factors of which The Star is particularly proud. It is proud of the fact that its circulation, based upon the confidence of the community, as well as upon the quality of its c jumns, is such as to command the patronage of the business estabiish- ments of the District to the end of | making.it pre-eminently the advertis- | ing medium for this region. The re- sult is that on the 14th of December, a day particularly favorable to business announcements, it received the record- breaking volume of 441 columns of advertising, requiring the seventy- page issue for their accommodation, with a liberal and adequate allowance | of space for the news of the day and the features that constitute The Star's strong appeal to the reading public. The Star is proud to have developed a mechanical plant capable of turning out this great number without un- usual provision or preparation. It-is proud to have organized a force o efficient operatives whose interest in and loyalty to its welfare and success cause them to do their utmost on all oecasions, and particularly on great occasions to score a record in whi they in turn take pride. : The Star will be seventy-one years | old tomorrow. Comparison between the tiny four-page issie of December 16, 1852, and the seventy-page product of December 14, 1923, shows a growth that represents wonderful changes. exemplifies great improvements in the art of printing. From the old hand-set, type and the single-sheet printing! machine of the early fifties to the lino- types and perfecting presses of today is & long stretch of constant and, in later years, increasing developments. From the few hundreds of the circula: tion of that little four-page paper seventy-one years ago to the 96.780 coples of the seventy-page Star issued yesterday is a growth which repre. sents that of Washington and its en- virons, d growth that means the de- velopment of a metropolis The Star is proud to have been during these more than seven decades an agency for that growth of the Canital. ——————— The senatoriai carcer .1 Magnus It} Jots seven senators cast their votes for | Johnson has opened auspiciously. One @ man who was technically not a|of the first requisites of a popular member of the Senate. This was Mr. | statesman 18 a good réliable anecdote, La Follette of Wisconsin, whose term | and Senator Johnson has one in the expired on the 4th of March last. He | story of the 50-50 rabbit pie; one horse was elected for another term in 1922, { to each rabbit. In time the enthusiasm but when this Congress opened he | for new parties may enable him to es- ‘was not present to take the oath of | tablish the horse and the rabbit as office, and up to this time he has not { political emblems along Wwith the done so. Consequently his name has | elephant and denkev not been sounded on any roll call. His —_———— own vote has not been sought. Yet| 7ghe Ausirian cnemist who received seven senators during several days|ine Nobel prize finds that he must voted for him. This situation may | tyrn 75 per cent of it over to his gov- have had a parallel in the past, but|ernment as income tax. Nobel should certainly not for many years. Mr. La | p. ye taken the precaution to have his Follette is absent from the Senate on | ...zeq classified as tax-exempt securi- account of illness, and it s expected | 4joq that he will soon, perhaps during the coming week, be sufficiently recovered to present himself to take the oath and to vote if and when occasion erises Meanwhile the unique fact —_——————— Farmers and laborers are rallying to the support of Obregon. Everybody | may confront problems of hunger and housing unless the revolutionists seize xl“n;”:,;f:“;? ;:;:n:e:::' e;t;:"::: ithe opportunitv to establish them- ; selves as agriculturists and mechanics. important chairmanship for one who | ————— technicall t be; as technically not a member of the | yy.o tnermometer neld off for a long ate and therefore at the ti in- Henirto ang lige fore © Hme 12| time, but at last added a few serlous competent to serve 8 . thoughts to the discussion of the coal S T S A situation The Frencn do not share the de- pressing disadvantage of the Germans in being perpetually reminded of what they owe Santa Claus Seen. It was a droll and interesting story which Capt. MacMillan “radioed” to s B !The Star from Etah, not far from British Loan and American Bonds. | the north pole, telling of Santa. Claus, Under the terms of the British debt | who is also known to some old-style to the United States the government | children as Kris Kringle and called by st London may pay in both principal some of them “Kis Kingle.” It was a seen the venerable man during his visits to this part of the wordd. There i3 a satisfactory and sufficlently ‘ minute description of his home. i The value of this story irom the, north pole neighborhood is that it will confound those skeptical and irreve erent persons who have sald that the réhl name of Santa Claus is Myth. From time to time one meets a man, and sometimes an older child, whose faith in-the reality of Santa Claus is not so strong and well founded as might be. This is sald to be an icono- clastic age or something just as bad, and scorners have mocked Santa Claus and his refndeer team. Cruel men have said that Santa is not the philan- thropist that he has been cracked up to be, and that there is a lot of moon- shine In the talk about his friendship for little children. But the whole thing is clear now. A north-pole hunter has run into him, and the report shows that Santa Claus is everything that we belleved him to be, a kindly and industrious o'd fellow whose business In life is to make lit- tle children happy at Christmay The facts are now before us, and the little ones may rest content that Santa or Old Kris will visit many of them in a few days. ¢ The Coolidge Campaign. President Coclidge’s campaign for nomination for the presidency is being developed by his friends and man- agers in a series of events In rapid sequence. The start may be sald to have commenced in point of fact when the President delivered his address to Congress In joint session lof the two houses, for that gas the declaration of his “platform.” Therein he told the voters what he stands for, and in at least one consplcuous case what he does nat stand for. The country was allowed to ponder this, and then @ few days later came the announcement of Mr. Stearns and National Committeeman Butler of Massachusetts that a campaign for | Prestdent Covlidge’s nomination would tmmediately be commenced. This was the official of his candidacy given in a dignified way. It came at a psychological tin i reason of the presence in W on of the gov erning body of the republican party the national committee, together with other republican leaders from many states. And Friday the news was given out that campaign headquarters would be established in Chicago December 27 and active work in the campalgn would begin. The Coolidge managers evidently do not intend to allow grass to grow under their feet. The only an- nounced rival aspirant for the repub- lican nomination thus far, Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, has already been in the field for several weeks and his managers are at work The contest being now fairly under way, the campaign may be expected l to speed up In Inten: nd the whole notic |stored to thelr old positions” ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,. D. 0, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Justice Demands Restoration of Dismissed Engraving BureauMen To the Editor of The Btars Thursday's lssue of The Evening Star contalns a news report to the effect that it Is belleved “that the employes of the bureau of engraving and printing, dismissed by executive vider ot March, 1922, would be re- that it 1s known thatia strong feeling ex- ists among some of the republican senutors that an Injustice was done the employes dismissed, and that they should have their piaces back.” The article continues that: “No reflection on the late President Harding, who Issued the order, Is intended. The be- lief is growing that he was misin- tormed and that the executive ordei wus issued on an incorrect under- standing of the situation given thi President.” In the urticle referred to, well as in numerous previous publications, The Star has given marked prom.- nence to the divmussal nearly (we years ago of twenty-elght eupioye. Uf the bureau ol engraving i printing, including the chief of tha. important governmental institution anu to the ciforts trom time tu tim. made to have the mysay 01 th o dismissul cieared up and tue injustice done the dismissed men and womei Lorrccced as iar as possivle. dou newspaper is to be commended 1o .8 alttude and action in the prem ses. AL I8 haiu.y possibie tu Overstas (he importance of this case in its re Lation to common Jusuce ~ng o tho lenabilitation of tne reputalions o. nonorable men and Wouicn Who ar tae viclims of & Breat wrong. * ok x ¥ President Harding was undoubted:y misled, grossiy misied, but who mis- .cd him? If, as | am sure any full an .onest disclosure of the facts will re- veal, the gencrous, amiable, huma. President of the United States wa misled into taking an action Inde- scribably cruel, what has been don. or is to be done with respect to the person or persons responsible for inis:nforming or deceiving that Presi- lent and causing him to take that ac- tion? We are Loo apt in u« time when Lreat public problems, internation.. is well a5 nat_onai, press for solution (o forget the individual ecitizen. Whose lives may be wrecked by th Gasty, il considered, or maliciou ibuse of governmental power; 100 ap. (o forget that the protection of the ndividual citizen wus the Keyston. (o the arch of our torm of constitu- “lonul government. It 15 weil that we lometime pause to give serious con- \deration, serious public considera- on, to wrongs done the individuals and to the righting of those wt’ung». \nd the bureau of ChEFaving i orinting employes' case afords oppor- tunity for just such action now. * %k X ¥ A brief review of the facts serves to call to mind that late in the after- noon of a day in March, 1922, at about the time that the departments in Washington were closing, twenty- eight men and women employed in (he bureau of engraving and print- g received brief communications om the Predident of the United .rr.x’(“rs summarily dismissing them arom t government servic AMany ol these employes had spent the besu Vears uf their lives in that service. 1 [ P ountry Wil W it with ever- growing interest ! does not acquliesce | gracefully in any effort to hold Penn- | sylvania responsib’e for anthracite | conditions. This Guestion of responsi- bility is one of the most delicate of the problems of distribution ————————— Those who have not shopped early | must not be surprised if they find the range of selection smaller and the i price tags making no allowance for i that condition —_—————————— The suggestion that gasoline be col- | ored red to prevent its being mistaken for water has its merits. More real | danger would be averted by putting | | the colorinz matter into synthetic gin i ————— e In counting qver the southern dele- gates, Hiram Johnson demonstrates that his political genius is scientific and mathematical as well as oratorf- cal. Gov. Pinciot —_———————— Col. Bryan is not an active candi- date as yet. But if all the threatened new parties materialize he may find a convention willine t+ be stampeded. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER J NSON. Accomplishments. A youthful girl would once recite, “Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight.” She'd also play—and make a hit— Of “Slivery Waves” a little bit. She spoke in tones that were polite And kept her ankles out of sight. But now her mommer makes her prance Iln ‘what she calls a classic dance. Modern Requirements. “What are the chief items of ex- pense in running a farm.” “I haven't kep' close count,” an- swered Farmer Corntossel; “but it seems to me that for several weeks the chlef expense around our place ; was for motion pictures and automo- | bile repairs. Jud Tunkins says that calling Santa Claus a myth does not prevent him from being a financial reality. Perpetuity. And still the base ball fans begulle The hours with talk of runs and hits. Although the game must cease awhile, The conversation never quits. American Haste. “Why are you Americans always 80 nervous and in @ hurry?” inquired { the visitor from abroad. A number of them had grown oid in {he taithful performance of their duties. Practicalty had slowly, during a course of long yea: worked their way from the lower grades up to. positions of responsibility —and trusi, attached to which were salarie lmost ridicu.ou: small when com Ted with the character of the posi- employes were given no fee of their contemplated No reason was assigned drasuc re previou ischarge. for this unprecedented and scdon. Thei desks and papers were mmediately seized and they 0 even allowed to take their private be- longings from the bureau except un- der surveillance. The widcst publicity was given to their discharge. The protection which the civil® service faws and rules are supposed to give ‘0 employes of the federal govern- ment was shown to amount to noth- ing. Sensational reports to the effect hat it had Ebeen discovered that n it igantic swindle had been perpetrated §y the duplication of bonds” were published in the press of the coun- try. The United States secret Servic hose duty it is to protect the obli- gations of the government, including its bonds, and to investigate wronzs affecting those obligations, was put aside and allo%ved to have no part in the investigation 'which we learned from the press was under way. * ok X It was reported, and not denied, that Secretary Mellon had neither Baldwin Defeat \ I adherence one of common honesty. rumored that a special assistant tc the Attorney General of the United States with a corps of investigator: had been placed in charge of “th- case.” e seriice status. offered after the alleged tion. hurre know, would be not yet been told, those who caused the doing wrong. Is the man—or zre the men who misle United States into the commission of <he wrong, ! the bureau ful investigation (o be made into the those Why service ignore within Its province? the chief of the offi ial employmen same wide publicity those | justice to | gtven | reported and the injustice first done? ploves. ! even know one of the men or women | involved. American rinciples square deal, and because of that bellef 1 am confident tha est will not be la recommended nor approved the dis- missal of these employes of his de- partment, Undersecretary Gilbert and practl- cally all of the responsible officials of the Treasury Department wer: compelled to stand aside In the mat- ter. Harding misle: slon shortly after the dismissal o the bureau employes he stated tha and that, in effect, he. letely was Presiden So com g that on a public ocea- “the question Involved is not one o to clvil service rullel, bu. "It wa ihe people of this country were lec o belleve that sensational disclosu ‘ould rapldly follow. Throughout t nd much uneasiness was causec mong that great number of inexpe- nced holders of government bond: /hich the war brought us. 1f there hac ieen any basis in (ruth for the repre entations which must have been made » President Harding to lead him ake the drastic action which he d.c .ke, then ordinary diligence and intc.- gence should have resulted in the ympt_obtainment of all of the fact: ecessary to support those representa ons. * ok ok K Months elapsed. From time to ime apparently authentic reports to he cffect that the investigation was wrogressing found their way into the press. Nearly a year passed befure iny official announcement was made, nd then the public was told tha he investigation had not revealed ny dishonesiy and that ther: woui restored o the discharged em- ployes, with one exception, their civil This meant nothing n the way of restijution, and even ess than nothing In the way of slosing to the American public who 7 been responsible for the unspeak- bly cruel action which had turned «drift, late in life, more than a score »f honest and faithful go-7rnment mployes. it requires bu. a mo- nents thought to understand how ittle in the way of restitution was investiga- The discharged employes, who had pent years in the public service, were nerely offered an opportunity to have heir names pliced upon an eligible 1t 80 that they would be considered or re-employment if vacancies o in positions which they could which re-employment, as we all the Lottom of the most of them had al- climbed. Thesc men most of them too old ill, idder which cady laboriou nd women wer begin life n hud broken u ght places to live elsewherc we were told, died of a broken heart. * x % x But we were not told, and we have what became of of the were directly ding the President responsible for of the hich he himself would nave most deepily regretted hod he ever known all the f.cts, still in the Bov ernment pay roll, and, i rnment service, still on the go 80, what ex- Was it gross in- thut mi. planation i ompetenc there? or wiliful maite led (he i'resident—and if either, how i has it been rewarded or punished? Is it true that retary iiellon had previously to discharge of mployes caused .a care- charges again. charges was the them and_had found without foundation? United States secret in a matter directly Is it true that secret serviee after igation, and prior to the al: of the bureau emplo found that the charges wer: thout justification? Is continued honorabte resig or summary dismissal to of whoever was nation he portion re- { sponsible? Are not these que-tions worthy of public actention? Should not _the be given about doing of in- men as was were first caused th, thelr fellow when the charres who £ K 1 hold no brief for the discharged bureau of engraving and printing em- So far as I recall I do not I am sure that the average heartily believes in the of the doctrine of the wide pubic in cking in this case. 'RANK J. HOGAN. May Blaze Way for Labor Opportunity ’ -1 1s difficult to_conceive of & ministry, British labor soon may have Its op- | 30 SN 00 (S more than a few portunity. months. and 'the next general election That scems to be the opinton of the ay' prove the most momentous and ite | historic In a contursy majority of American editors, demhe IStasie oY ete the Cinoin Tho aasounceient &) week atior'(he | S1Cs strdmgeiInists e Oincin elections that the British conserva- | gppearea n' wion"“Courage Wi hold | enough to say, and with streng Hvepacty would GF 15 "m': "‘B.m_ | enough to make the people listen to on the natlon’s affairs. Premier his statement, that the only way out win's tenure of office will not be £or | of’he"presant situation for John Bull ay come |15 to persuade most of his peop e to long, it 1s agreed, and then may COme| 7 U, Rieir homes overseas. ~If there the chance ‘for Rameay MacDonald g o o ten millions instead of forty: ana nin assoclates to demonstrate £0 | fwc mililony of prople in Great Tit wcarry on.” | aln, with the other thirty-two mil- his majesty how they can '¢ar?¥ O | Jighs " scattered over Canada, Au Whether it would be posaible fo tralia and South Africa, the British laborites to secure meeded support | from the ranks of the conservatives than they can hope to be under e: and the liberals. with Lloyd George Isting L‘"Y(:Ilm!lln(‘“" Because “gov and Herbert Asquith now WOrKIng|ernment must continue, and if con- together In the latter party, admitted- ! servatism cannot unite to carry it on,” the St. Paul Dispatch feels, “per- 1y is the question. But there seems to haps labor will. Possibly in the be agreement that the labor cohorts stress of ““7 Folil‘ififll n!ce““yth":e fore Asquith | die-hard tories will suppress their e Siraln ars taken up. hatred for Lioyd George, Winston ‘Labors influence now is very [Churchilland the others sufficiently to eat, as the result of this election, | make the fusion possible and restore e haltimore Sun points out, al-[the two-party system.” Regardles: though it feels that the labor pro- of the various suggestions that have gram, “nationalization of basic in- | be alth to pay war |sists, Qs Loy o wnderstanding with | of free trade vs. protection, but it oy G erman socialists will drive the | settled nothing else.” This also is sorvatives and liberals into more | the verdict of the Lincoln Stor, whic ::nleu open working agreement: i points out that “in unmistakable S lament oannot last long, | terms the British people have Ind e MW D mes belleves, because | cated their determination to adhere e New dlons and hatreds aroused by | to the traditional policy of free the recent campaign will not die out.” | trade ey This is also the opinion of the Cincin- Aetr Bnquirer, which does not think | Incidentally, as the Chicago Daily e mEer British statesmanship is not | were not a unit for protection and will | many leaders assured the nation the British people far more prosperous “the election settied the issue in Britaln with courage | Empire would be far stronger and thé | been made, the Brooklyn Eagle in- | forthcoming the United Kingdom 15, 1923, ANSWERS TO QUESTiIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN BY THE BOOKLOVER The Booklover has met with a dis- tppointment. It is over a new book which he had expected to find o riginal value. Not only did I antic! sate great pleasure In reading it, but fully expected to be able to recom- nend It to the readers of this col- umn for possible first purchase as o ‘hristmas gift. The book had bee: © much advertised and the succes: f the author's earlier book, “Th. itory of Mankind,” was so great tha. it almost seemed safe to recommenc his new book without reading it. Bu 10w that I have read it, the Impres tions which I must give are for th nost part unfavorable. This book i The Story of the Bible,” by Dr. endrick W. van Loon, illustratec with drawings by the author. * % ¥ % Why this dlssatisfaction with “The itory of the Bibie”? Written ostensi bly for children, it seems very un- suitable for them. Instead of telling we Bible stories in tnhe simple, direc. oreezy, colloquial style and with the usto thai characterized “The Stos, vf Mankind."” Dr. van Loon indulges i srgumentation and discussion of dis- osuted points of the Bible story, lug n philosuphizing and displays h. Lrurning. He writes the book as hough he had set himself a task and vithout real zest. Although he overs but a purtion of the Bibie iarrative, he makes use of many uccessive half-line paragraphs whici. rad out the book and become mo unpleasant munnerisms. dicate i nfficient familiarity with the Bibl. arrative to fit the author for sucl writing. For example, he writes tha .saac “heard the familiar voice” o Esau, when the Bible distinctly state; «hat Isaac sald: “The voice is Jacob : volce.’ There are also actual dis wortions of the Bible account. such a: his story of the visit to Bethlehem o the three wise men. Dr. van Loon #ys that a caravan of Perslan trav- lers passing through the streets o Bethlehem were accidentally attractec by Mary and the chlld Jesus, sitting before (he stable door, and that che ‘played with the little boy and then when they left, they had given hi: pretty mother some presents from mong their bales of silk and thei: boxes of spice: * ¥ x % In order that the report may not be iltogether unfavorable, I wish to recorc ny sincere satisfaction with the au- hor's drawings. Similar drawings wer a delightful feature of “The Story o: siankin The story pictures—some f1. wiack and white and some in colors—ir -his book are simllarly successfu. There are some quaint concelts scat:er- «d through the book, such as the de- iption of Esau, as “big, noisy Esau, au, who always smeiled of camels wnd goats, and was forever bringing wupples from the stable into the hous * ok ok k One of the best parts of Dr. van Loon’s book is the biblical reading lisi ior children given in the appendix. Bu. L is by a chiidren's librarian, Leonorc St. John Power of New York. At leas. two of the books in her list I can neartily recommend as much bettei suited to children than Dr. van Loan's book, “Bible Stories to Read and Tell,” selected and arranged by Frances Jenkins Oicott, with beaut. iul_colored illustrations by Wiliy Pogany, is especially satistactory it lonlains 150 Oid séstament Sorice and uses the King James version witl. only occasional siight modification. An- other book (also in the list) to be cor dially commended is “The Children's Bivle,” a translation in simple Engish [ selecions from the O.d and New Testaments, arranged by Henry A. herman und Prof. Charles Foster Kent of Yaie. This book is also illustratec with reproductions in colors and half- tone of weld known paintings of Bibic scenes and characters. Grown-up read- ers will like Prof. Willlam Lyon P) “Human Nature and the Bible. this book the author considers the Od Testament as a work of literature, and by his interpretation of intercsting anc significant_episodes and passages re- | Veals the “grandeur, the folly, the no { bl v, the bas-ness of human nature” as found in Bible characters, which he says, are just as real to him as Theo- dore’ Rooscveit. The author enriches | his book by drawing on a wealth of lit- erary allusion and illustration. * x x % Because of its refation to the books already mentioned, I wish to call at- tention to the recently published “New Testament: an Ametican Trans- lation,” by Edgar J. Goodspeed, pro- fessor of biblical and patristic Greek in the University of Chicago. The translator's declared purpose is “to preserve the meaning of the differ- ent books as faithfully as possible without bias or prejudice,” and to cast the. thoughts of the writers in the simplest and clearest of present- day English, The translator's theory is that the “antique diction, the me- chanical method of translation, and the disturbing verse divisions retard and discourage the reader”; also that for American readers “there is room for a New Testament free {rom ex- prossions which, however familiar in England and Scotland, are strange to American ears.” Tests of a few pa sages Indicate that the translator has Successfully achieved his purpose. At s * % % % The latest volume to be added to Leonard Merrick, “The Man Who Was Good,” suggests by its title, but in no other way, | novel, “The Man Who Did the Right Things” Merrick's man who was good—Dr. Philip Kincald—is a par- ticularly lovable hero. He staunch friend, a hard worker, plucky, and no whiner. He Is a pro- | vincial doctor who does his duty and keeps his temper. Such a real | man in fiction, with none of the usual trappings of picturesqueness, spes tacular success, an Interesting past, distinctive mannerisms, _exotic v * tues or vices, Is something of a nov- elty, and makes this novel very much worth while. * ok k% | 1. D. Berestord, who |among the upper ten of British novelists today, came of a family of clergymen, but mever entered that profession himself, though he tried a number of others before becoming a successtul writer. He began as an architect, but, as at the end of elght years he was earning only £y a week, he abandoned his first profes- I gion and went into the life insurance Dusiness. | From this he migrated to Q. Will you settle an argument by nforming us whether Flathead lake, n Montana, is the largest fresh-water ake entirely within the borders of he United States?—J. P. L. A. Lake Michigan Is the second t fresh-water lake in the world ‘the largest belng Lake Superior) wnd the only one of the American ‘reat lakes which lies wholly within he United States. Q. How long is the stride of a run- ing horse?—J. A. D. A. The even stride of a race hor: oing at full speed Is approximately wenty-four feet. Q. Ho™ {8 teicpione service ar- ‘anged between Washington and San “rancisco?—>M. H. A. The transcontinental line from Washington to San Francisco was ‘pened January 25, 1915. It is built 1p as follows: From Washington tc Pittsburgh, from Pittsburgh to Ch ago, from (hicago to Omaha, from )maha to Denver, from Denver to jalt Lake City and from Salt Lake ‘ity to San Francisco. Q. What prices do the sealskins | iring when the government skins are fered?—H. F. S. . The bureau of fishefles says that etofore sealskins belonging to the overnment have been sold at public uction at St. Louls The skins have old as low 230 and as high ar G0. These sales oceur in October and “ebruary or March. Q. Should & man precede a v -hen entering an automobi thould he climb over her . D. B. . Authorities on _etiquette agree hat when a man and woman are rid- ng together in a carriage or automo- \ile the woman should be seated on he right. If the vehicle is not so ‘laced that the woman, in stepping n, can easily move over to the right “de,, good form permits her to take ier ‘seat and allow the man to ste cross to his seat. Some authorities ‘egard it as extreme for a man ‘o walk to the left side of the car to :nter. In case there is no doorman n attendance the man can close the i50r as he steps into the car. Q. Who A. Joseph Michael Montgolfie he inventor. He. with his b made his first experiment in 1783. invented air balloons? Q. Where is the largest munle >wned pipe organ in the ~M. W. A. The organ in the town hall ‘ydney, Australia, holds t place owned | Jricans. maker orian. *he Wanamaker store in Philadelph 8 the largest Instrument in the wor! Q. Did John hLeydler base ball?—M. H. D. A John A. Heydler, president of he National Base Ball League, never | layed professional base ball, but at' National | ever play Q. When was the Lincoln Memorial | segun?—A. E. G. i} A. The Lincoln Memorial, in Wash- | ngton, was commenced on Lincoln’ birthday, February 12, 1814, Th ‘oundation was completed and the :orner stone laid on the 12th of Feb- ruary, 1915. The memorial was erect- »d in accordance with acts of ¢on- cress of the 9th of February, 1911, ind the 28th of February, 1916. Q. Was there ever a mint at Char- lotte, N. C.7—J. S. H. wa. Sir Harry Johnston's { i< probably ranks Peiroumatances, his undertakin i i A. The assay established office at Charlotte in 1837 and was British Governo closed o jat tha ¢ n June 30, 1913, Congress hav- ing falled to make provision for s support beyond that date. Its equip- ment was shipped to other institu- “:ns‘dof the service. It was discon- tinued for the reason that the re- [n.‘|‘:“~x of bullion at that office were icient “to warrant its continu- cy s originally es- mint by the 1835. Tho esigned to servd producing districts of the {time comprises (osion;, which hat time comprised the only gold- mining !';l'r.'.u."}' in the l?nlledysll;lel- rom 1838 until 1861 the Charlotte of- B O :l gold in denominations of auarter cagles and dol- total vatue of $5,059,188, il war the assay office at 8 re-established by act of ted March 19, 1867, and tained until the ¢ s e close of the Q. Could ostriches be rajsed place in the United Sl;uen'.'-l:.eg‘. I-Jny A. The Department of A ' says that ost e conducted su only in t country. Zold- southern After the Charlott as a business uthwesten part of this tic conditions are fa- P rds out-of-doors year. Alfalfe ning birds out-of-doors suceessful ostrich farming. known when lebrated. The _the festival is aterib- caphorus. who flourished fn toninus Pius (131-161 “ver, is not historie n ohjected that cannot be the true date . for it Is then Jlestine and «ly have heen i by night in the ason for the final choice annot now be deter- ad feast of thef have influenced tha > place & osition to the mined Great Mother decis man fe winter solstic stice the Ge mans held their great ule feast, in commemoration of the return of the fiery sun, and many of the beliefs and usages of the old Ger- and Ro relating to this heathenism to survived to the fanity spread. winter solstice, the begins to increase As Chri the e dar as changed into the Feast of Christ, It of Li 7 proportion of ships are d with those that are What P A er cent have & than 12 knots, while 92 e a speed under 12 knots. 72, and in Japan, 181 and §1 't _penguins found at —M. O. W. is advanced. Pen- e to the Antarctic re- s polar bears are found e A ctic regions. Q. Wny tf the north p. A is th common carrier . A »mmon carrier is a rallroad steamshinp company which carries transports passengers or goods for e (Rcaders of The Eveming Star should send their questions to The Star Information Bureau, Frederick J Haskin, d-ector, 1220 North Caj tol street. The only c.arge for this service is 2 conts in stamps for re- turn postage.) r of Madras Q » meaning of the term 7—L H. F. or hir Is Financier of Great Abi]ity BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY, That the British crown =zhould| have selected a great banker for theI Ppost of governor of the great Indian| province of Madras, the oldest and most important of the Indian de- | pendencies, with its teeming popu- | lation of 43,000,000 and its long coast ine of 1,800 miles, must be regarded as & recognition of the fact that ‘oday financial problems are among | he most acute with which the Brit- sh authorities in India are called ipon to deal. For Lord Goschen, who served through the war in France as colonel of the East Kent Regiment, is, above everything else, a financier, and was for several years president of the London County and West- minster Bank, of the Imperial Otto- man Bank and of the council of forelgn bondholders; indeed, a recog- nized expert in banking affairs. He pent eleven years in the house of commons ,during a portion of the time as parliamentary undersecre- tary of the department of agriculture and its representative and mouth- piece in the house of commons. He is a man of about fifty-six, received his education at Rugby and at Bal- least the experiment is an interesting |iiol College, Oxford, and has been| married tor twenty ycars to Lady| Evelyn Gathorme-Hardy, daughter of the late Earl of Cranbrooke, one of ! the leading members of the last; held the office of secretary of war. Lord Goschen has two daughters, Is | the second viscount of his line, lost only son in the great war and has as next heir to his peerage | his younger brother, Sir Willam Henry Goschen, who is also a lead- ing London banker, a dire-tor of the the old established city of London | firm of Goschen & Cunliffe. As Lord Goschen s very rich, the salary and allowances which he will receive as governor of Madras, amounting) to over $100,000 a year, can hardly | be sald to prove a consideration | which carried any weight in his ac- ceptance of the appointment, which involves an exile from England for! the next five years, throughout which | time he cannot leave India without! forfeiting his office. and under the, of mission can only be said to be prompted by a desire to serve the empire; that Is to say, by patriotism. * ok koK There has always been a popular impression that the Goschens are of Semitic origin. This was strenuously denied by the first Lord Goschen, who insisted that his first ancestor of | whom there was any trustworthy record was a Lutheran pastor. One thing is certain, that the founder of zig was absorbed by of Cotta ¢ Tubingen was William, the son of this’ ziz publisher. who founded the on binking house of Fru hon, which was very n governments during tion of the Victorian d many of the loans the rival firm I Lein: Le finan the e resources of Egypt. l'te Lord Goschen himself was a member of th: firm, and governor of the B-nk of Engiand until he took office under the government, and two sons are pariners of the old fir now transformed into Goschen & Cunliffe. fron ch_#11 the family wealth ived. The late Lord Goschen served several terms of office in conservative adm’nistrations, as first lo of the admiralty, as chan- or of the duchy of Lancaster and chancellor of the exchequer—is sild, indeed, to have been the most clever and resourceful chancellor that ever heid the office. When Lord ‘hill made his sensa- on of the chancellor- equer, thinking there. he premier, the late Mar- to_terms. owing to of replacing him by a the ame degree of specially iscovered, The Randolph Chu! popul ri confidence as he expres: . that he had * gotten Goschen,” ‘who was at appointed to his place. * ok ok % The late Lord Goschen will always remain on record as having trained the collected novels and stories of | higracii administration, in Which he | Some of the most successful men of their day late § including Lord Milner, the r Clinton Dawkins, who, after r being finance minister of Indla, died / in London as a partner of the late J. Pierpont Morgan: Lord D'Abernon, now British ambassador at Berlin, 15 a|Bank of England and the head of|ete. Indeed, to be known as having been one of schen’s men” became something akin to a diploma of skill in finance and a claim to considera- tlon for high office. One of the late Lord Goschen's younger brothers, Sir Willlam Goschen, was British ambassador at, Berlin at the time of the outbreak of the great war, where his discussions with the ex-kaiser and with the lat- er's chancellor, the late Count von Hethmann-Holweg, have passed into the domain of history and are most illu ating and instructive. He was, at the time, In_mourning for his American wife, Harriet, daughter of Darius Clarke of New York and of Argentine raiflroad fame. Protests Display Of Hunting Pictures To the Editor of The Star: ‘ : o ene fo drift toward radicallsm | yictory of thelr party would be In no | “You'd be in a hurry, too” an-| until it has at last the dreaded 1abor | ., 3 yictory for protection. Great : yertising agency, and finally drifted wered Mr. Chuggins, “if you had to | ministry.’ PR Britain 1s by no means ready for a!into the “writing business.” ~Some @nd interest In this government’s se- | plece of writing which deserves a a publishing house, then to an ad- curities. Today it tenders its second | prominent place in literature and.in |4 peyment on account, amounting in all | the records of the human race. It was ' As a member of the Humane Edu- cation Society, I want to add my pro- test to that of Dr. A. W. Valentine as the fortunes of the family, namely, the great-grandfather of the present of his experiences are narrated in his peer, the celebrated Leipzig pub-{ to $92,000,000, of which $69,000,000 is | an interview with a well known and ,to meet the semi-annual Interest | long-established friend of little chil- charges and $23,000,000 is to reduce!dren, and just as authoritative as the principal. Practically the entire; many stories which are given general #um is paid in liberty bonds. For some { credence. months past the British government| Capt. MacMillan, quite by accident, has been preparing for this pay;.ent | met Santa Claus near the north pole, by the purchase of these bonds, and it | talked with him, entertained him on 18 estimated that in buying them at an ! board the ice-locked exploring ship average of 98, or two points belcv | Bowdoin, and got the names of his per, it has saved $1.800,000. There : reindeer, Starbright, Starlight, Snow- can be no complaint of this method, | flake, Snow Crystal, North Star and ‘which simply is a bit of good business | Aurora. The explorer Ilater visited on the part of the British govern-|Santa Claus at his home, met Mrs. ment. The United States loses roth-| Santa Claus and inspected the toy ing, for the bonds, issued at par, are [ factory, and gave particular attention recefved at par value. There is, how- | to the doll-making unit of the great qver, a loss of $1,800,000 to somébody. | plant. The personal appearance of Since ‘the bonds were lssued they | Santa is described, and corroborates &'wwm_thrmn’gr lcwhhotthmmwhoth transact @ day's business and were only allowed to park forty-five min- ! utes. bl “F'um de Christmas hintin’ I hears goin’ 'round,” said Uncle Bben, “it 'pears like even de chillun had to ad- vertise a little Has Supreme Faith, From the Kansas City Bta Representative Dyer has a bill all ready for Congress. declaring that beer containing 275 cent of alcohol s not intoxicating. What a supreme faith in the efficacy of law these congressmen have! A e The Unkindest Cut. From the New York Tribune. Bonus advocates still maintain tha reductlo; most unkindest di at of alle e labor government and would view with apprehension even a coalition binet of liberals, individualist rad- icals and laborites. for the vague talk of another tory- It was “protection” that was beat- , the New York Post argues, and | or all three parties the outcome ]mty be described as a warning passina happy-thought ”;‘”""‘;‘:“l; Iiberal coalition under the premler- tion. What is now on the o ship of David Lloyd George, who an interim government, while lines iru‘l’d to have contrived to preserve his are being reformed for a new con- |independence while professing to campaign in behalf of & revivified and test upon recognizable and attaina. +nnlled ilberalism. It .may be added ble issues.” Reject'on of the “high- Ithat Great Britain has less free trade tariff plan,” the Wheeling Reglister |and more protection than is com. holds, was due to the fact that “Great | monly realised. Many industries are Britain 1s & manufacturing country i receiving direct and special protec- with & dearth of ri\w materials.” And, | tion under war legisiation and others due to the prominence of the tariff '{ndirect protection under a revenue issue, the Louisville Courfer-Journal tariff. Mr. Baldwin's tariff scheme says, with it out of the way * was vague and full of anomalies and is little in common between the la- Inconsistencies. TIts repudiation was borites and the liberals.” In the view not surprising.” In addition, th of the Detroit Free Press, labor “vote once more was largely a fatled to “win approval for its tax protest vote' the Milwaukee Jour- plan,” and it does not belleve a com- nal says. “It 1s a defeat for ation between that party and the the ministry, but it offers at least liberals is ible. which the difficult & position for its op- New York Eveaing World addst “It ) ponents.” This _accounts | | Jacob Stahl series of three novels. Many of his novels are partly auto- , blographical, and, like Foster-Innes !in his new book, “Love's Pilgrim,”" he ! nimself 1s lame. | * K E K A New York bookseller has printed on the back of an advertising leaflet by the publisher Cotta of Tubingen. the correct promunciations of a num- ber of difficult literary names. A few of them are as follow: Padralc Colum — Pahd-ric (two bites and one gulp). Somerset Maugham—Mawm. St. John Ervine—Sin-jun Ervyn Dean Inge—rhymes with “sing. | Goschen firm, was a Lutheran. Colm | there isher, Joachim Goschen, the earliest friend_and publisher of the German poet Schiller, all of whose works were issued to the world through _:_he 00 Wward the close of Schiller's life he was gullty of gross ingratitude In allowing himself to be weaned away Joachim Goschen had even worse iuck with Goethe, the first edition of whose collected works he published in 1787. In this instance, however, no such friendship in the relations of author and publisher as there had been in the case of Schiller. Goethe was an exceedingly close-fist- | ed business man, and manifested ! ch distrust of Joachim Goschen ! to the publishing of pictures showing the wholesale siaughter of game. To my niind It is not a very happy picture to start the Sabbath day with, und certainly not good for the chil- dren who like that part of the paper and read it through. Our sporting Instinct, and when I say sporting instinct I refer to the fine sense of chivalry In man, it is surely passing away when a group of supposedly cultured people, men and women, can get together with a pack of hounds and chase a poor lit- tle defenseless fox for miles, and Lytton Strachey—Littun Stray-chee : :hn he declined to part with his Wwhen they have caught him there ls (as in “church’). James Branch Cabell—rhymes with ‘rabble. ‘W. B. Yeats—rhymes with “skates.” | justly dubious as to the Percy lllckay-T-wont last syllable, I‘hymhll ‘with “ e fohn “o's” as In dog.” and “a” es in -“eat” l manuscript except against hard cash’, id on the nail. The connection was much rejoicing. Surely " some people care not at what price they win their laurels. In rought to a close when Goschen, fentific at- | tainments of so great a_boef e- | lined with- thank" Goethe's “Meta- | morphosia of Plants.” Ultimately the pub] house of Goschen of Leip- 5 some instances this fox has been raised In captivity and domes! and in his terror turns to his master, ho is 01 the hunte for hi [¥ho is among the hunters, for Beln.