Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1924, Page 6

THE “EVENING ' STAR - With Sunday Marning Edition, ‘" WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY... January 17, 1024 NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company srBusifeis Office, 11th St. and Pe vagin Ave. New Yoek fice: 110 Eant £2ud ‘St Chicago Office: Tower Building. Ecropenn Oftive: 16 Iiegent St., London, England, The Evening Star. with. the Sunday morning edition, Ju blivered by carricrs Within the Ly a¢ 00 ‘owuts per momshc Ceits per month: Sundey only, 20 0. Orders may b weat by m . fvone Main G008, Colieetion 13 made vy-ear- vlers at-the end of cach moath. Bate by Maik—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday. Dafly onls ; Bund: All Other States. d Sund: 1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ s l)r., £7.0; 1 mo., 600 1yr. $3.00%1mo., 266 od -t 1t or uot othe: fo this paper and alan (o local news D - heren All rights of publication ef asspecial dirpagches herein A . e e alio reserved. The Shenandoah's Joy Ride. Affer a_tumultucus junket of about ~fhine hours, the giant dirigible Shen- indouh_ has returned to her. hangar at Lakehurst safe and sound, save for some relatively slight damages tncident to her breaking away from the mooring must in the storm. It was a theilling adventure for those “on Voard and a severe test for the = great afrship. = This happening is of significance in view 6f the projected pelar trip of the Shenandoah. She has proved abil- v to withstand a torrific wind pres- sure and to mancuver, evén though eomewhat damaged, with a hampered steerlng apparatus, in the teeth of +:the gale. It is unlikely that she would ever meet stiffer weather in the Atctic region than that which swept her from lier mooring last wvening. why the Shenandoah was left, outdoors moored to her mast when * the weathor report indicated high winds must be left for determination by the naval officlals, It would seem that the great hangar was the proper place for the big gas bag when in- dications pointed to a storm. The wind pressure on such 4 vast struc- turo as the Shenandoah, even though Giwhen woored she is bound to head Into the wind and therefore to offer the least -possible resistance, is enor- mMOUs, Tn one respect this experience is fortunate, inasmuch as no lives were - iost and little damage was done. The “stoutness of the Shenandoah was saproved conelusively. The injuries in- , fiicted were thoss due to her wrench- ing loose from the mast. When free dn the storm it would appear she saffered no darhuge. A different story . might have been told had the wind continued and the uirship been blown far out to sea. But that story is yet to tell, and, with the Shenandoah safely back in her hangar, congratu- iations are duc_to her crew and to her ussigpers and buliders. Democrats: Recognize Women. Fuller recognition of women in the Leouncils of the party was authorized end recommended by tho democratic netional committee in its closing ses- sion yesterday by the adoption of a “resolution which provided that the cstates, in choosing their delegates to national conventions, “may” send _ four delegates-atlarge for each United States senator, cach with one-half * vote.” The resolutian further provided ‘that it be “recommended” to the mtates that half of the delcgates-at- 1 be women. of course, leaves it optional with the states to decide, the com- mittes not going to the peint of fixing * “the quota arbitrarily. But, at that, . The action taken constitutes. a very _khandsome tribute to the women and .appreciation of their services and tal- ents. The women can be depended upon to see to it that the “may” will “'be transmuted into affirmative action -.&nd that the “recommendation” will ‘he turned into something tangible, or “they will know the rcason why.” The republicans will have to “get & move’ on in theit next convention in thelr Tecognition:of women or they will furnish justification for the claim of the democratic’ women, that thefr party.is mere friendly to them than the republicans. 'The republican lead- “ere.are caid to recognize this and the “Pext convention will, no.doubt, ac- word the woman voters of the land .all the rights and privileges granted thy the democrats in party menage- Tsent. : ——— The labor party in parliament shows * itsolf ckilléd it the art of phrasing disagrecable news for its opponents in ~Aermg. of tile most courteous formality, The franc has diminished in value Qs a reminder that money talks some- Umes in.a vein of adménition as\well _ 88 of cncouragement, The.Potomac Project. - The Potomée power project is mak- ing pregress. A-favorable report on the “pending . bill has been madeé by *the:Commissloners and sent to the Benate District committeo, -The Tyler Pan £or. transforming the ‘power of hé ‘upper river into electric energy ichlis: for “‘tiic-expenditure of more fhan «$44.000,000,. Whether . this was “the sstimato at. the .time the plans.were Imadé sévéral years ago of a revision of that cstimate based on present con- “mtruction cost ‘fs not made plain in -»aws- accounts. .. The . Commissioners “n their Teport say that “nothing has been noted in the bill nor-in the en- egineers’ -report ;to indicate that funds -2 the District-of Columbia ‘are.to be Tnded in' 1o construction.” The Coim- . inisglonéi _also 'point® put~ that the ~Army | éfigineérs fecommended , that “before” the 'project be developed “pro- isioh b madc.for legally enforcesble ontracts Between the:public service corporations of the city and whoever develops'Great falls, binding the com- paniés’ 16 receive power that caii ‘be used in pliice of steam power.” The Commissioners say that s0.long, 428 tha pibllc Ytliles re required tol v serve the savng to them in taking power from,the hydro-electric plant will not be very large. ‘We may be about to enter upon a grand-scale project in forcing: the Po- tomac river to enter industry. There is great power In the falls and rapids, but vastly more in.seasons of- rain end melting snow than at other times. The engineers have taken this into consideration and: plan reservoirs that the power may be more nearly con- stant. The electric power that may be developed has boen computed and it is very large. But the power of the river above Washington is. not that of Niagara and there is danger that in our enthusissm, we muy de- mand too. much from the upper Po- tomae, It ia reasonable that the local coal-electric plants shall stand by in case of breakdown in the'river elec- ; tric plant or In case of a period of extreme low water. With extension in . the use of electricity -and . the growti of population and industry in this region, consumption of electricity will certainly exceed. the amount that can be produced by our river, and then’ the coal plants, or some other procees, must be called on. The Moscow * Trinity. News comes from Moscow, by way of Paris, that Leon Trotsky, soviet| minister of war, has been arrested by the head of the cheka. or political po- lice, on orders from Zinovieff, presi dent of the Moscow soviet and head ‘of the third internationale. He is charged with treasonable conspiracy agulnst the soviet government, rebellion against the central committee of the communist party and disloyalty to the internationale. The charge egainst Trotsky, as thus stated, has & bearing upon the ques- tion of responsibility for the propa- ganda initiated at Moscow against the stability of the American government, 1t demonstrates the unity of the three fuctors opefating in Russia, the so- viet government, the communist party and the third internationale. Treason against one is rated as treason against all. Disloyalty to one is disloyalty to all. Trotsky's offense, it appears, is a plan to overthrow the triumvirate now in power and to-proclaim himself dictator. Attempts to differentiate between the units of the communist triune in respect to propaganda in this country are mere hairsplitting. It has been distinctly evowed by spokesmen for the communist regime in Rusela that the communist party is the .political organization, the soviet government is the administrative organization for Russian purposes, and the third inter- nationale is the propuganda organiza- tion for foreign purposes. Senator Lodge has shown the identity of the great interlocking directorate govern- ing these three groups. When Emma Goldman, deported from the United States with Alexander Berkman and others for subversive activities, reached Russiu she began to discover that all was not well communism had become dominant, that Russia was in the grip of a tyranny as ruthless and absolute as that of the czarist government in the old days. She soon became disil- lusioned a8 to the “revqlution” is an anarchist, an Individualist. She { would have Russia, au well as other countries, ruled without government, ruled by the people, unguided and un- directed. In a short time after her arrival she met one of the ruling spirits of the soviet regime. The first question he asked her was: “How 1y the revolution coming on in Amer- ica? Trotsky’'s arrest may precipitate a reaction in Russia, may bring about another of the viclent changes that have marked that land during the past seven years. It is of no particu- lar moment what becomies of him. But it is of moment to note that the so- viet government, the communi : party and tho third internationale are con- sidered by their leaders us a single volitical entity. That is why the United States ocannot recognize the Russian regime. ————————————— Mr. McAdoo favored San Francisco as the democratic convention city, but New York was selected. This makes it plain that Mr. McAdoo is not as- serting himself as an arbitrary party autocrat. ———— Time might have' been saved for many delegates by allowing Mr.:Mur- phy- of New York and Mr. Brennan to act on the selection of a convention city, as e committee of two, with full powers, ————— Atall events, the German industrial machine has not“broken down so far as to deprive various members. of the old regime of revenues sufficient for the ordinary eomforts. e e It A Memorial Armory Bill. : ‘Washingtori' has .been neglected: in many perticulars during a long period of congressional supervision, but in none moreé .conspicuously than in the matter of proper housing -for the Natfonal Guard or militla forces. The citizen - soldfery of the District has never been ‘adequately housed.. In the old days of separate. militia com- panies each organizatiori maintained its own establishment. The Wash. ington ‘Light Infantry, for example, hed ‘an-srmory-in.e building of its own construction, .now, _singularly enough, awned- by “the:government. The Nutional Rifles also had their own armory and headquartérs. But when' these ‘badles were merged into the organized . militia, or Natlonal Guard of. the" District, ‘no meeting place was provided.for them sufficiont for their neefls.” The District Guard hes gone wbeut from one place to another. . 1t .is now. insufficiently housed in an-old building on L:street. .But & moverent has_been: started to secure an appropriation of;$2,000,000 for the constructjon 6f an armery for the - Natignal Guard. of 'the- District 'and there i8 hope that ‘it will appeal to Congress and result in action dur- ing perhaps the present sessiom. Lack of & proper urmory ‘has un- doubtedly prevented the-full reeruit- ing of the District Guard. There has been little to attract the younger men of the community into the ranke of the organized militia, with poor faeilt- ties - for drill end the eocial: diversion that is nocessiry. Crowded quarters bave ‘prevailed diring many years. STAR, WASHI Recently the armory has been.iz an inconvenieat: location. 1t 1s proposed in‘the bill now frumed for presentation “to Congress that & memorial armory building be erected on, the usual basis of Distriot appro: priations and on ground now owned by the United Swtes. This 18 in Ijne with the suggestion that the armory should be & part of the permanent public building equipment of the Cap- ital. ‘One df the plans héretofore suggested has ‘placed this structure in the Mall:Avenue triangle, to be ucquired by the government. ‘It has also been suggested that the armory be placed where fow stands the Cen- ter market, should that establishment ever be remwoved. 1t is anomalous that of all cities in the United States Washington should be “without .a proper National Guard armory, Here should be malntained a model force of citizen soldiery, with a model home and equipment. The time has now come to supply this deficiency. Slogans. The thrift committee offers a prize for a slogan and the slogan which wins the prize will be used in the thrift campsign next year. There 18 faith in the slogan. It is a feature of nearly every campaign and many contests and there is a wide and deep belief that it has the virtue of stim- ulating men to great achlevement. Perhaps that is so. There 18 much authority behind the slogan. Men have shouted slogans since remote times. The word is compounded of two -Gaelic words meaning war cry and avery Scottish cian had its slogan as well as its plald. Tt was the rallying call of the clan and usually the call was the name of the clan, the name of the place at which the clan would gather or the name of the leader -under or for whom the clan fought. Tho slogan was not only the rallying «ry, but the battle cry. All peoples huve had a word or phrase or sound to call them together on memorabler occasions and to summon them to the hattlefield. They nearly always had some phrase to shout when clubs, swords and spears were crossed. We have had slogans in many po- litical carpaigns. Many men have called @ slogan a “campalgn cry,” a “cumpaign motto,” a “watchword,” ete., but most Americans have pref- erence for “slogan. Colleges have their slogans. When it is wished to stir men to the point of fighting other men, or fighting against evil, or fight- ing for a princfble or to stir them to that pitch of enttusiasm which impels them to give money old “Slogan” is asked to lend his help. There is'no doubt that we shall have a slogan which will stir men on to thrift. ——————— The dry laws would mare easily be enforced if every citizen who favors them in the Yoting were consistently alert and determined to assist in their enforcement, ————— The Mexican border towns are being advised to clean up beforc Smedley Butler gets through with Philadelphia and becomes eligible to service In the southwest. The price of gasoline goes up 2 cents a gallon overnight. The case is one which no speed regulation professes to reach. One way to secure enforcement of prohibition would be to make bootleg liquor as unprofitable as it 1s deadly. Tn addition to being a delightful winter resort, Florida is becoming a great news center. SHOOTING STARS. LY PHILANDER JOHNEON. sound ‘That lends a subtle charm ‘When syllables are tossed around In ways that no do harm. Meringue has merits we all know, As well as corn and beans. I like a verbal fluff, although I don’t know what it means. A riddle holds us still perplexed Until the answer's kanown, And when we've solved the tangled text The interest s flown. From sentences that claim applause My thought no lesson gleans; I oft enjoy a specch because I don’t know what it means. Devoted to the Game, “Of course, you have had many op- portunities to make & fortune?” “I have,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “But I am glad to -say that I rejected dll of them. . Wealth has no charms:for & man who has been an influential statesman as long as I ‘have. ‘What pleasure could I possibly obtain from being so comspicuously Tich that all-I could 'do with money would be to contribute surreptitiously. to: some other fellow's campaign fund?” 5 1 * Jud Tunkins says he knows.sev- eral‘men who obey the laws, but only a few-at a tim i A General Attitude. “My_patriot zeal.is not relaxed, But you can plainly see There are s0. many to be tazed, Why should you pick oh me?” Prodigy. “What is. a prodigy?” YA ;prodigy,” answered Mise Cay- enne, “is -usually @ bright averuge youngster who hes been under .the disadvantage of having ambitious but impracticel parents.” Improvement Noted. - © *“What do you think-of cow-milking contests amorig statésmen?” “Well,” answered Farmer :Corntos- ®el, .“they don't do any particular good. But they're better than some of those old-fashioned Treasury milk- ing contests.” “De men dat makes a peactice of quarrelin' "bout. religion,” sald Uncle Eben, “ought, to settle deir ces on dis carth, 'caise delr’ EPguments ain’ gine to add nufin’ to 4o henpiness of heaven. 4 NGTON; D WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ISY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Alexander W. Gregg,aa young Texan and world ‘war servife man hardly more than thirty yeads old, was the if not thej actual, génius Who inspired the Mellén revenue pro- &ram..For. the past tew weeks Mr. irégg has been at Sectetary Mellon's €lbow in the Treasury as & special ad- viser on tax matters. He 18 the son of a deceased Texas congrdssman. In 1920 Gregg went into the rgles and regu- latlons section of the bureau of In- ternal revenue, and laiter into the office of the bureau's sojlcitor. ' Then le was appoifited chairman of the special committes on appeals and reviews, to assist in clearing up the accumulation of work thzt was inun- dating the internal revenue depart- ment. Recently Gregg has:been chair- man of the committee.on revision of the Tevenus act. He is un LL. M, of Georgetown University and was admitted to the bar in Texas. Mr. Mellon considers Gregg cne of the best-informed authorities ‘on tax questions in the United States. * K % x On many democratic lips: in Wash- ington this week was the name of the youngest American who ever aspired formally to be President of the Unlted States. He is Judge Floyd . Thompkon of Illinois. Judge Thompson has just crossed the constitutional age-limit for the presi- dency. He was thirty-six vears old in Decomber. Calvin Coolldge, who was born on the 4th of July, has very ll_llle on Floyd Thompson, who 18 a Christmas baby. A very, not- able career on the beneh has been vouchsafed the young Illinols demo- crat. Ho was a justice of the state supreme court at thirty-two and chief justiee at thirty-four. Judge Thomp- fon liven at Rock Jsland und has pro- aimed s readin, 1 e E -] lnols” favorite .oul:alt(" lfl;l.r“' o * ¥ x % Carmi A. Thompson of Ohiof who is to be Willlam M. Butler's Mersonal assistant in the Coolldge' pre-conven- tion campalgn, 1s said to havs wist- ful longings in the direction of a cabinet ‘seat. It {5 those ambitions, Ohlolans report, that impelied Thomp- s0n to abandon the republioan ‘gubcr- natorial contest. At present y.o. one discerns a vacancy in_ the Coolidgs cabinet. Yet if the Presideny suc- ceeds ‘himsclt on March 192 changes In his official househo'd are inevitable. Ho would be relieved of {mean what they say. his obligation to retain Harding ap- pointees—that having been hix first publicly avowed pledge on ucceding to the presidency—and at liberty to surround himself .with hls own selec- tions. At least formally, all members of the cabinet will place thelr resig- nations in Mr. Coolidge's hands when the time comes. Somé of them. will * K K% “Unlited States Air Services,” official publication of the Army and Navy Air Service Association, rings & new change on Woodrow Wilson's “cele- 'brated world war slogam. It an- nounces that the firms which adver- tise in Its columns for the needs of the air service “aro helping to make aviation safe for humanity.” The quip was “coined by Capt. Barl N Findley, A. S. A, the editor of the magazine. L] “Old Tecumséh” Sheriman is, ‘sup- posed to have patented and copy- righted the maxim that “war Is hell,” but an animated discussion is pro- ceeding in the British press as to the aphorism’s real origin. ‘A .part! pant in the controversy wrote the venerable Sunday Times of London than Dean Plumptre invented the phraso and incorporated it in verse which reads: “Some say that war is hell—the great accursed; Tho sin_impossible to be forgiven. And yet I look upon it at its worst, And still- seo blue in heaven; For when I rote how nobly natures form i Under war's red rain—I déeem true That He who made the earthquake and the storm A Perchance made battles too * Xk ¥ % John Philip Hill, Baltimore's un- terrified apostle of liquid cheer, is proud of the style in which he's listed in the alphahetical rol] of the Houyse of Representatives. “Carroll of Car- roliton,” eays Hill, “has nothing on me. Tm ‘Bl of Maryland’” John Philip is 50 designated, because the house s triple-turreted, Alabama and Washington also claiming members of the Iill tribe. * Kk We are at the period when campaign slogans—for candidats and for. par- tles—will blossom forth endlessly. “Keep Cool With Coolidgé” is one of the seasonal suggestions, “Call for €al” is another. “MJAdoo'll Do"— resurrected from 1920—is again in cir- culation. There must be a large un- used supply of “I'm for Hiram” bute tons left over from four years ago. (Copyright, 1024.) Death of Bisximrck’s Favorite Doctor May Belease Vital Data BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENDY. Dr. Bruest Schweninger, who has| just passed away at Munich, will be remembered as the favorite ph, clan of Prince Bismarck, and f member | for many yecars of the iron chancel-| lor's household, and thero is no doubt that the world Wwill in the near future be treated to the publication of @ vust number of Blamarck's confider tial letters, of Intimate correspond- ence, und, above all, with the doctor’s very unvarnished rcminiscences of his celebrated patient, whose life he prolonged by his drast treatment for at least w quarter of a century. Schwen iger was one of the most hated men in Germeany, had a erimi- nal record, was cox blatant, th and was onl¢ on Of him medical services to Bismarck at a time when the fortunes of the empire seemed Bound up with- the lifo of its creator, that is to say. the great chancellor. His first meeting with his filustrous atient was charwotoristic of the man. was at th University of Bonn with tle prince's second son, Count Willilam Bismarck. who alrcady as a young man, and bofore he was twen- ty-five, developed a very uncomforta- ble embonpoint, which was accom- panied by Intorerable rheumatic puins Finally, Dr, Schweninger took charge of the oase of his old college class- mate and rid him in about six months of about elghty pounds, and aiso of all rheumatic pain, B The old prince was so mucl struck by the change cffected in the appear- anco and health of his favorite son, “B{il,” that he summoned the young doctor to Carisbad, where he was stayjng at the time, in order to con- w\‘t"lfim about his own ocondition Schweninger found his patlent in his Zloomiest and movt pessimistic fran of mind, also very irrituble. —TI physician proceeded to ply the states- man with a1l Kinds ot questions about s past life. ! B et \a no business of yours: growled Bismarck, scowling upon the medico. “I want you to deal with as T am.” 1¢ that Is_the case” exclaimed Sweneninger boldly, “why- did you call mo in at all. What vou want i8 a veterinary surgeon, who is about the only doctor who refrains fro With that he selzed his hat and made toward the door. The impudence -and common sense of Schweninger appeal: the prince and, laughin; ;‘i‘-";reu fiu{hm he called him back, Temarking: ‘You are, after all, the man I wan And so indeed he ved. P lsmarck faithtully followed his instructions, which were of the most drastic order, in the matter of ab- gfinence, with the result that the chancellor's bulk was reducéd to a normal _condition, ' and that, “like his , “BHL" all the rheumatjc pains by which he had been tortured for years diseppeared. The. prince en- Qeavored on several occasions’to dis- pensé_with the services of ‘Schwenin- er, whose manners and ‘whose vul- garity :frequently Jarred- upon .the chancellor, and_ especially” upon hix Wife and upon his entourage. But whenever Schweninger was ab- sent for any length of time, the prince graduaily abandoned all the dietdry reptrictions which had been placed upon him by his medical adviser, re- 1apsed {nto his gormandizing habits, as regards both food and drink, and quickly drifted back into This former obesity: and rheumatic martyrdom, with the result that Schweninger had to be summoned .back’to the'prince’s hurry. : #ide in & e ‘The principal feature. of this treat- ment_of Bismarck, and of all those Who pamé to-Schweninger for rellef and of rheumatic affections, O Ity eaally deprive. them of all liquids. He. forbade sll beer. under the strain of doing without which, is sufficient to reduce any German. al- ‘most-to & skeleton. No. coffee except onge & day—a very smail cupful, very S0t .and_no milk; no tea -and no water. - If:the patient suffered from thirst he or ske might eat fruit, sudh as the iuxee of an Srange ot mix the Juice of the lemon with a'few tablé- flfl' of water and dvink. When ga thifst became difficult.to bear any longer he allowed a cupful of .very hot water, a8 hot as could be drink. It 1s surprising ‘to find with wha very .emall quantity bf ligutds- one ' can sccustom one's self to live, In ésch case the treatment proved tmost. effective, and the mumber ‘of ‘men and ‘women ‘of hote in Ger- many and in forelgn lands whom he relieved,. di his lons" Jife, of excessive avolrdupois, is altogether emarkable. S S ot mrm.uw’han ~Bni_;mnfik tbenn himself 100¢ mhig former e b in order to. confide. the. e tive .management of his case to - Schweninger, the ' members of - the medical . profession. at Berlin, - made it their busifiess to’'hunt Up hiy ree- m, which' proved ’to be-unsavery n i | Prussan. . tence, and since the entire affair was publicly sired in the reichtag &t Berlin it may be just as well to explain that it was « violent uttack hich he made on the widow of his best friend whom he had accompanied to the cemetery at Munioh, in order to lay flawers on his newly-made grave. Blsmarck had been virtual- 1y bulldozed and blackmatlad by Sohw gninger by threats to abandon g case Into appointing him to a proffessorship At the. Uni versity of Berlin, th order to diminieh to silence the ugly rumors about his antece- dents and to ailay the ostracisism “ith which he was belng treated by membery of his oalling and soclety generally in Berlin. * x % ok Called to aceount for permitting s appointment. the Minister of State Von Goessler was forced to ddmit in parliament that the story ¢ the offense, of the conviction and ¥ the prison sentence of Dr. Schwen- x“er was perfectly true, but that his sirvices were absolutely necessary tq the health, and the prolongation 03 the life of the then chancellor, whom Germans belleved could not be spared without danger to the em- pite. So that far from clearing th dactor's good name, the minister of sthte gave oficial confirmation in the imperial lezislature as to the fact thut he was a former criminal and ani ex-convict. ter on after Bismarck had been arfien out of office by tho new emocror and had taken up his res denee on his estate of Friedrichsruhe, Schweninger took up his residence Pesmanently under the chancellor's roof, merely visiting Berlin to give conzultation to patients. At one time the great painter, Von Lenbach of Muhich, made a’ stay of several months at Friedrichsruhe In order to paint a serics of pictures of tho éxchancellor. He had with him his very charming, and at the time, beau- tifu' wife. born Countess Magdalene Vorg Moltke. Schweninger, although quitls as revolting in his appearance as th his manners, managed to win the flady from the painter. In fact one iday Von Lenbach obtained the mosy incontrovertible evidence of the fact’that he had been betrayed by his {ellow guest, the doctor. A Yrightful quarrel ensued between the two in which Bismarck was called upon to intervene. But he rather madel matters woree by intimating that & was “much ado about nothing” and tyat a hundred years hence neith- er would be & bit the worse for any such zrifling contretemps. Lenbavh, u couple of whose very finest .works, never before reproduced adorni the 'gallery of Charles M. Schwab's house on Riverside drive, in New York, declined to defer to Bls- marck’s argements and at once left the r6G¢ beneath which he had been betrayédl. The lady alto left and, after the palnter had obtainod a_di- vorce from her In order {o.mecure which ke had abandoned the Church of Romd for Lutheranism, sho was duby ‘married to the doctor andas Frau Schweninger. in lleu of Frau von Lenpach returned to Friedrichs- ruhe to stay with the Bismarcks. ‘That 1§ the true story of the quar- rel .between the painter and the chancellot and to the parting of their ways at the close of the last century. -A__‘._'v 3 Has) Prussian Title. - Count F T Explains Hoogstraeten i Descent, ‘To the Editor Gf The Star: I read in fThe Star of last Saturday the article v-ritten by the Marquise de Fontenoy. sdating ‘that the uew son- in-law of Col. Rogers has a Belgian, not an Austrian, title. < I-inclose Ferewith th 2 oy e two 3:: the count . fam! of - the Go! Almanac Grae ‘Taschenbuch,, 1918, Salm-Hoogstrheten ily, which points; out that the title L ‘The house his not any Belglan cou- nection at all-not even ma‘nflncely fouse of SalmiReifferscheidt. Both these houses are very well known.to myself and had high official at_the ‘Prussian and. Vienna Many Iwere officers” in - the Austrian cayal®y. Alexander fell as first lleutenant of the Imperial Au trian- 13th Dra; during the worll war, ¥ ; AW Austrian of Chechoslovak mem- bers of nobility ar Go! milar- slgn. . Almanac As the Salms §ad high positions. in the Austrian court and asmy,this was the cause of .the: claim that the title wis Austelan. Biessia -have -had. same_mix-up’con- cerning myself. dienerally they oy 1 am an Austrlan sount os account of my connection injAustris. My father had been chamberlain at'the Hmperial court at Vienna. itle was . ik Frederif 1V of Denmar F-‘y.xb:‘ 51:‘ his} title Deing Tor 1010, with ihelpres “ver . fix “von,” von Couat IT von FERRL ‘ coverin, ons in an air battle ited. K, ) l The North Window' BY LEILA MECHLIN The occaston' of the recént Bal Boheme held by the Arts Club of this city brings to mind the fact that artists, better perfiaps’than any other class of people, know how to play and play beautifully. - It was the great artists of the Renais- sance who planned -the ‘marvelous festivals of which accurate account is given in the pages ot history. For the carnivals planned and &lven by Beatrice d'Este, duchess ) of Bart and later of Milan, Leonardo da Vincl and Bramantl were called in ‘as chief atdes, and these great masters of painting and architec- ture found it not beneath their dig- nity to lend their talents to the purpose of frolic and pagéantry— Joyous - merry-making. ok The Architectural League of New York once a’ year at the timo' of the oponifig of-ite annual cxhibition has & party, and this party fs invarlably of a unique’ and artlgtic character, The members of the league—archi- tects, sculptors, paintérs and craftsmen—throw themsclves - heart- ily into the undertaking and spare no pains to make the cntertainment of the most attractive und ar- tistie sort. The rooms in which the entertainment . §s held are som times entirely transformed by what would seem to the laymen ‘a most eluborate process. One year a great lory wds converted into a garden With a mirror-pool in the center tinkling water running from a fountain, . ‘There were plants and trees and much follage, gravel walks, and overhead a canopy of heaven which, with artificial light- ing. all produced an essentially out- door effect. Another time the gallery was con- verted into an arena wherein was staged with comic seriousnes a Spanish bull fight, the bull, like ths schoolroom eléphant, mads up for the occasion; but the toreadors und others were in gorseous costufie and the whole was put through with much skill of acting and merriment on the part of the audience At one of these entertalnments the dinosaur was introduced through the medium of u sketch movie—a mar- velous beast who, re-awaking in the present age, conducted himself with great distinetion. thess amateur performances the Bift of the artist and his skill in the arrangement of color, his knowledge of * composition, hig appreclation . of qualities of light and ability to han- dle lighting effects, all contribute to a happy result, and véry reaconably 0, for the talent which for the mo- ment {8 available 18 of the highest ordar and far above that which com- merce ordinarily thinks it can afford to command. In the gay days of t French court, again, 1t was the artist who-were leaders in the revels and who.made the revels brilliantly suc- cessful. * k¥ % Last May when the American In- etitute of Architects held its annual convention in this city and awarded ite gold medal to Henry Bacon in recognition of his great work, the Lincoln Memorial, a pageant was planned and carrfed out by the ar- chitects with notable success, The architects and representative of the allled arts gathered at the east end of the reflecting basin short- 1y after darkness had closed in. A barge such us Muxfleld Parrish might have pictured In one of his illustra- tions, was afloat on the basin and With bulging eail conveved officers of the institute and thelr honored guest, the medalist, the length of the pool. Passing up either side the groups with their banners seemied eventually likewise to have alighted| from the barge, and as they paseed forward and took their place on the stéps of tho memorial; Jights were thrown across the groups, which brought out the colors of the gowns worn, for éverv one wap in simple costume, and the gorgeousness of the banners, composing a scene which those who saw will never forget-; scene which might well have b longed to Italy in the golden days of the renaiseance. % % ‘Play of this sort refresiies the epirit and renews the youth of art It elso affords opportunity for ex- pression of art along different lines. It is folly of the kind which the solemn Erasmus praised without stint, and recommended most heart- 11v as good for tho soul as well. as the body. In most instances artiet revels are not costly affairs, for artists more than others, have the gift of making something from nothing. * ¥ * x So valuable is this sort of revelry belleyed by those who have the edu- cation of the present youthful gen- eration at heart that the University of Pennsylvania regularly, under the direction of its departmént of fine arts, puts on some such entertainment every year or two. This last _spring, In April, a pag- eant was staged in the great draft- ing room of the university—a huge hall—which took the form of a Span- ish revel in honor of the return of | Columbus to the court of Ferdinand and Tsabella. Al of the students of architecture and the department of fine arts participated. Great care was taken to see. that the costumes were well studled and authentic of the period. The fnvitation which was sent out was in the form of a map, reproducing an old manuscript of the time, the work of a student. Prof. Cret, the distigguished archi- tegt. and his wite, assumed the char. acters of Ferdinand and Isabeila and were brought in in a very handsome- 1y decorated littér- At one end of the hall was Columbus' ship. Shortly aft- er the arrival of the royal pair h. 00, was borne through the public square in triumph on the shoulders of stalwart Spanfards. Following tho ceremony there was dancing, and ghe whole presented a pleturesaue, coll tul scene. * X ¥ % The ‘recent voting contest at the Corcoran Gallery. of Art for the most popular plcture shown in its current exhibition of cotemporary - American art brings to_mind the following quo- tation from Robert Louls Stevenso; “To know what you prefer.” said Ste- venson, “instead of humbly saying amen to what the world teils you you ought to prefef, is to have kept your soul alive.” R Attentfon was called in an editorial in & New York paper not 1éng ago to an apparent connection between dry goods and art. One great dry-goods merchant of the metropolis, the late Mr. Altman, through. his generosity and.‘Wise -collecting, has left a val- uable group of world-famous paint- ings to tha Mletropolitan Museum of Art; another, Mr. Hearn, long used his ‘store on’1ith street, New York, for llery purposes, -hanging his notable collection of paintings where every shopper could see it, and even- tually willing, not merely.'n group of [paintings to the Metropolitan Museum lof> Art, but a fund sufficient to pro- vide, through frequent purchases, for the upbuilding of an American collec- tion; & third, Mr. Wanamaker, cstab- liehéd. in his 'store one of the few ex- hibition ‘gallerles where modern art might be l&?‘h [ in-both- its extreme and Woderate. phases. Incidentally, 1'ds the -Wanamaker stores that brought to this country and exhib- ited this last yedr a cholce collection of paintings selected from the latest Parts salon—works- by - the leading artists of several Europedn countries. Then came the announcément that the fourth merchant prince, the own- er of a great .department store in New York, had determined o have a reproduction of one of the most im. posing of the:Florentine staircasss— that_ of -the Burgello—re-erected in his establishment. As was sald at the time, an exhibition must bs vi 1 uf, such,_a .staircase contl #fi“-l# Faversed ‘cotld -notr.fail €0 niuke - its impression upon thé miad ot the most casual of shoppers, —_— Q. ‘Ave ‘the Navajo Indlans still weaving blankets7—K. M..D. A. Last year the Navajos on the San Juan resergutfon. wove-and sold blankets to the valye of $150,000. Q. At what temperature will choco- late melt?—C. V. A. It begins to ihelt at about'96 degree: 5 Q. When w [—W. 0. 1. A. Edwnond Ioyle lived from 167 to 1769, Little” i¢ known of his early life. It is thought that he was edu cated for the law. He lived in Lon- don for many years, where he taught gamee. In 1742 ho published “A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist," which went through many editions and becamo the ‘world’s authority. Other games have beén added, until “Hoyle"” has grown to mean “a set of rules” and includes many games that have, been invented since - Edmond Hoylé's death. Q. 1Is it true that a hard battle will bring on a storin?—G. V. R A. The weather buteau savs that rain often follows a battle, but that the battle does not-bring on the storm. The movements of troops thut precede a batile nust generally be carricd out in fair weather, as dry roads are an important factor in such movement. As these preliminaries often take s eral days, the end of a dry spell of average duration I5 quite likely to b reached Ly the time the engagement is fairly begun, and rain will then be due ‘in gccordance with' the normal program 'of nature. Q. 1Is there such a thing as a guso- line well?—W. M. A It is claimed thas.in northern {Oklahoma there is a well 4.000 feet deep, frem which flows high test gasoline. It produces about 1,500 gal- lons a day of & gas that tests 70 gravity. Q. Just outside of Rome is a place called “Quo Vadis,"” where, it is said that Christ met and turned back St. Peter. To what incident does this re- fer?=D, E. B. A. The story is based entirely upon tradition. St Peter was warned to abundon his post in Rome, according to a legend repeated in “Quo Vadis,” Ly Sienklewlcz. Strenuously by all the Christians, forth, against His own wishes. the Appian Way he beheld a vision. Christ came to him in heavenly radi- The apostle fell with his face to the earth and cried: *Quo vadls, Domine?” (Whither dost thou go, oh Lord?) A sweet, sad voice replie thou dost desert my people, I am going to Rome to be crucified a sec- ond time.” “After lying prous so long that Et. Peter's guide feared he was dead, the apostle arose and returned to Rome, Q. How much does’it cost to build and maintain & battleship?- A. The bureau of construction and repair says that the average first-line battleship of the United States Navy today costs about $35,000,080 for con- struction, and the yearly maintenance of such a vessel (including pay of of- ficers and men and other details of a similar naturé) may be estimated at from $1,600,000 to $1,800.000. Q. What is the weight of cast steel and cast aluminum?—J, W. G. A. The weight of cast steel is 430 pounds per cubic foot; the weight of aluminum iz 1665 pounds per cubic foot. Toyle first published? 1 C | |[American Press Opposes Release of Harry K. Thaw Announeement that Harry. Kendall Thaw wil mako another fight for | freedom and that, once more, his amily. will endeavor to have him re- tained {i the fnsane asylum, has re- newed discussions of the status of the murderer of Stanford White. Edi- tors are unanimous in insisting that Thaw ought not to have hie release, and they criticize the attorneys who are behind the latest move. “The Pennsylvania courts will fneur a great deal of unfavorable criticfm ; if they free this man who is at once a | menace to human life and juvenile morals.” the Roanoke Times argues. The less the public lears about! Thaw the better pleased the public will be. But it is safe to say, judging the future in the light of the pas that it will hear a good deal inore about him, and that at no distant time. if the courts set him free. The Pittsburgh Press is fully convinced it 13 an unerring inetinct which leads the aged mother to resist his DrODfle(‘d‘ fight for releaso from the Pennsyl- {vania State Hospital for the Insane. When Thaw was tried for White murder tho sympathy of no small part of tha American people was for him. Stanford White, in spite of his genius (a genlus that hls murderer utterly lacked) was a man of detestable morals, Thers was a widesprdad feel- ing that the world was better off for his leaving it, and that the method of his removal ought not to be strenu- Qusly objected to. Today public fakes a saner view of the matter. Even §¢ moral depravity such a5 White's is to be punished, We want no selt-appointed _executioners, least of 11 the Harry Thaw type. Mre. Thaw, With whose sorrow all good peuple have pathized, cvidently believes that her son is really a periodical maniac and that the jury fAnding to that eftect was an honest and sound one. Thers wHI be great reluctance on the part of any court to.release Thaw, if he must ba released, in face of his mother's protests. * K K K s @ story of legal quibbliny and the ecluding of justice,” the Bostom Traveler pronounces tho Thaw case as “stgnding without parallel. Thaw's attorneys were ablo to make him in- sane one minute and sane-the Bext, to sult thelr convenlence. They long ago succeeded in befuddling the f§pue that Thaw ceased to be wanted for his origjnal crime, of man-killing, and today he has alsubstantial pro: pect of freedom. The public find itselt inadequately guarded against such & combination of riches and d Eeneracy.” The Louisville Times re- Calls that Thaw's own lcgal and medical expeyts admitted ho suffered “from progressive insanity” in order to save him from the electric chair. “The testimony of the experts, it would_séem, was_impresive to the Jury, but- it* was not convincing to the press or the public. There was prevalent the bellef that Thaw ' was using his mother's wealth in every way -possible -to_build up & _defense that was not in good faith. It would not be surprising now if he should seck to get out of custody of his guards, but it would be surprising ff he reaily sought to facg a trial u manly-fashion” - i a ‘ In the opinion ‘of ‘the. Ann Arbor Times News “Thaw is probably the best llving example of one oOf the Targest loppholes in the criniihal law. ‘Whenever he commits a crime he 18 able to show that he was insane at the time, and after he has spent a fewsivears in an asylum he finds it convenient to get cured. It is prob- able that a person who commits mur- der or willfully applies a whip to an ‘inoffensive boy is really laboring under & 16rm of insanity at the time, but should such a person be allowed absolute freedom during his period of sanity? This insapity loophole. ix a menace to society- and u travesty: on justice. The- législator who can devise a means for correcting this ovil.deserves a generous sum of MOR- ey for his while alive and a tall monument to P erve his memer when; e 1s gone. P A * ok kK % “ The Toledo Blade insists that the attitude of his relatives should be jn deciding thia case, as “they can | un_hel; |her son ANSWERS . TO_QUESTIONS BY.FREDERIC.J. HASKLY Q. Do members of Congress ge: any 'extra compensation for work on committees’—H. B. K, A. -Memibers of Congress do not re- eetve~ extra compensation for their committeo work. Membership in a committee is sought for the influence 1t carries, opportunity for service and its political importance. Q. What is the difference betw presumptive and an heir ap- parent?—I. R. A. When an owner has no children san helr presumptive is one wio will be his heir, as_elder son of a deccaxed brother in England or all the chil- dren of a dead brother in the Unitea States, for they will be heirs it he dies without issuc. An Leir appar- ent 18 one who must be the heir §f Le survives the owncr, as the cldast eon in Great Britaip or all the chii- dren in ‘this. count: Q. Who was the “unhappy queen” of England?—cC. . E A. The tomb of Caroline Asuelia Elizabeth, wife of George IV, bears a short inscription fn which &he is characterized as “tho unhappy Queen of England.” Q. What is meant by publishers when they advertise a book.as Leing mo. in size?—F. F. McG. A. The abbreviation *mo" connection with books is a suffix added to certdin numerals to indi- cate the number ot leaves mdde by folding a sheet of paper. Q. How big are the uged on the great lakes A. The largest are feet long, and can carry 14,000 tons or 450,003 bushels of wheat Q. ‘Wheh was the first execution iu tho American Arm CCH A. A couspiracy of the British of- ficials and loyallsts.of New York was made in 1776 to_eud the revolu tionary war by the murder or capturs of its leadérs, and the seizur destruction of fits supplies. Wush ington was to taken alive delfvered to Sir Willlam Howe guards were bribed, but a t! tended to join the plot and instead. "One of the trea guards was named Thomas Hicker He was hanged Juno 27, 1716, the first mllitary execution in the Amer! can Arm Q. Id trade with the Philippin called ddmestic or forcign trade’— M T W. A. Our trade with the Philippine Islands is called foreign trade. Q. How can historie?—J, N, E. A. Tn a literal sense this expres- sion {8 incorvect, for anything or event of which there is record neoes- sarily 1# historio to tho degree of the extent of the record. (The Star information bureaw will answer your question. This offer ap- plies strictly io information. The burcau cannot cfie advice on legal, medical and finarcial matters. I does mot atteimnpr to settle domestic troublea, nor o undertake ezhaustive reeaarch on auy subjccl. Write your uestion plainly and briefly. Inclose ‘ente i stamps for returm postage, and send your qucry to The Star tn: formation_ burec: kin, director, strect.) used in freighters 7. H. H. ous anything be pre- Frederic J. Has 1220 North Capitol tiink of Lim &s mane only with givings. In the fustunce ft seem foolish tu release him fro: the asylum where; even if Le 15 mot happy, he at least is not making trouble for Lis mother. She has en- dured a I for the sake of merit in work aflcction to dsath Sloux City Journa outd There 0 adds, “If Thaw ha would have been furgot ago. und criticizes the attitude of hls law- ¥ers n declaring thev will show he was insano when he whipped Fred erick-Gump, but “is sane at the pres- ent time. It {5 1ot u new thing, of course, but as applicd in the case o Harry Thaw it is interesting eince shows what remarkable contortt can be put on in behalf of u ric client.” As the Cincinnati it up “Black, Delms dead, while Jawyers prominent w center of membered. been divorc and her art. And longest dead of ail is Stanford White, a really at architect, whom the mad Thaw kill- ed and then probably lied about to justify his ‘dementix Americana.’ AN are gone from the public stage but Harry Thaw, the survival of the ur fittest. Yor seventeen years Marry Thaw has been strutting that public stage and. crazy killer of a fellow man though he nay be, has not been entirely unrepreséntativo of the America of his time. ‘COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, 1 am the captain of my soul. ~HENLEY. Star sume nd Goft® are nd allenlets se held the hardly re- Roosevelt, the Sickly Youth. Theodore Roosevelt was a great lover of nature—and he was born in crowded New York. A sickly, delicate child, suffering from asthma, he frequently had to be- taken away where he could breathe. As a btoy he had little physical’ strength, and otlier ¥ads did ss they pleased with him. Until fourteen vears old he groped his way, Tunaware that he was very near-sighted, and wondered why other boys.could geo things invisible to him. He was not strong enough to at- tend public scheol,-and was-taurht ‘%ome, even when preparing for college. +He was not brilliant at Harvard. When he was graduated and thrown into the world he was, because of his handicapped youth, umable to competo with boys who had had ordinary” ad- tages. Nervous, timid and distrustful of his Prowess, he faced tho conditions -and supplied his natural defects by painful @nd laborious training of body, svul and spirit. It took him threo years to learn to box, wrestling was difficult and horse- ‘back riding more so. “Volgntary life a Montana cowboy rounded out Mis health; will powex supplied courage and - self-control. ’ As member, of the New York state assembly, as governor and.as police cammissioner of Néw York city, he hit hard when he fought politicixns ana svstems. As United States civil service commiisglioner and as assistant secre- tary of the Navy he cut red tapc and produced striking” results.” - Ag™colone! f the Rough Riders during the Spanish- American war. he won honorable men- tion far. beavery n battle, Eleeted Vice President of the United States, he Became President when Me- Kinley was assassinated, and his vigor- ous conduct of_the.office won his re- election by tho largest popilar falority that had been given a President. ‘It is not often that a man can make opportunities _for himself,” he wrote, “Hut he can put himself {h_such shape that when, or if, opportunities come is ready to take advantage of them. (Gopyright, 19233