Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1924, Page 6

N ] property values. Injustice was done - e was set up, but the local authorities WPBHINGTON, D. C. had a perplexing problem. They THURSDAY....January 24, 1924 thought that the plant should be | within the city and at some place not irequiring & long haul. fpnpu.-sned, but were overruled, at \least temporarily. This plant cannot now be transferred to any other sec- tion of the city. Residents and prop- erty holders would so vigorously op- pose it that the authorities would be stopped if they sought to move it. { It will stay where it is until banished {from the city and that ought to be done soon. A refuse incineration plant within the city limits, and especially within the city of Washington, ought not to 1t should be set in a place to which the city is ngt likely to grow for many years. It should stand in a tract so large that it will offend no- body end there should be rail or river connection with it. It is the sense of all our civic societies that only “light” industries should be encouraged in the Capital, of course, that industries smoky, noisy or otherwise a nuisance should not be encouraged. Yet in a section of the city that is | becoming closely settled the local gov- ernment rune a plant which the neigh- bors for a mile around declare to be a nuisance. It Is not consistent. ————————— Juvenile Protection. In a leaflet which describes the ob- {dects and work of the Juvenile Pro- | tective Association of the District seven fundamental propositions are stated. They cannot be denied. They | should be put before the people of this communit. cularly at this time, when the tion is seeking means to carry on its work from pub- lic subscriptions. These seven propo- sitions are as tollow: That crime costs more per eapita 1 education. t juvenile delinquents make adult THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor + ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Otice, 11th St. and Penusylvania Ave, New York Office: 110 East 4nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Buildin European Office: 16 Regent St., Lundon, England, ar, with the Sunday morning acriers within the : daily only, 45 . 20 cents’ per The Evening S editi s deliveres Dhane Main Coliection 13 made by car- riers at the end of outh. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advapce. Maryland and V ly and Sur Iy only Sunday onl; All Other States. Daily and Sunday Dally oni $7.00: 1 mo. Sunduy $3.00; 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied th o for republ o news dis : ise credif < pub. ein. Al rig of patches b “Rum Row” May Be Abolished. After a deluy caused by the need qure consent of Dominion rnments a treaty has been signed between the United States and Great ich grants to country @ wider range off the coast for the search of ships for contraband. This has been generally and somewhat in- accurately styled the twelve-miledimit agreement. In point of fact, no spe- cific limit is placed, Under the terms of the treaty any ship suspected of smugsling liquor under the Briti flag will be liable to scarch & intercepted within an hour's sailing ance from shore, the speed of the | ship being the measure. It has been cstimated that this averages about| twelve miles, though the | faster ships the zone of selzure may be much broad Ln reciprocity this agresment grants British ships the right to carry sealed stores of ship Yquors within Ameri- can waters, for consumption on the return voyages. question has been raised whether this is practicable under the terms of a recent Supreme Court decision. But it was possible to secure the agreement with Great Britain only by writing it into the treaty and taking a chance its terpretation the court, or upon pplementary legislation by Con in case of Boseiule | t it is easier and cheaper to pre- i juvenile delinquency than to e it hat every child saved from insti- tutional cire means @ saving of money to the community. That 75 per cent of the children brought into court might be made into good citizens, That the need for work is great. That the success of the Juvenile Protective Association’s services de- pends on public support. This valuable agency for the Pro- tection of the morals of the younger members of the community is now asking Washington for the very small’| sum of $10,000 to carry on the work until the first of October, next. Little is printed in the news columns regarding the work of the Juvenile Protective Association for the reason at it is a quiet work. Essentially it must be quietly conducted. It is undesirable to exploit the activities of such an agency which operates hrough pe sion, through home visits. The headquarters of the Protective Association are located in Juvenile this preventive on by oon as this treaty is ratified— and there should be no delay—it will be possible for the enforcement agencies of the government to pursue to a point at least four times more distant from the shore than at prese the ships that are d in smuggling traffic. They now anchor a fathom two beyond the three- | mile line and there are immune from | apture. From that point their are smuggled to shore. At a greater | distance this transfer of contraband | will not be so « Anchorage will | not be so readily secur more, there : no di for the re is flexible, de- | ¢ upon the speed of | or inquency brought to the court are wise arrangement simultaneously brought to the notice of the associa- tion. Thus it is a coadjutor of the court, It follows up the court's work. ship. Any lique € ship]s’ ST EEF Gmd o Brerent. 6o that ventures to anchor off the coast i ‘”“lu(““r} from reaching the point of 0 awalt sniall boat transport of cargo | 1¢¢ding court attention. Its record A e { of achievements is long and impres- This treaty is only with Great Brit- | S8 | For the coming year the program ain and specifically applies only to| ¥ e British-registered shipe. But most op | [OF the association includes the organ- The people | Court building. Cases of juvenile de-| ¥ | ' THE EVENING STAR,. WASHINGTON, D. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY l2¢, 1924 -WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE - but the cigarette, cigar and pipe are burning nearly everywhere,’ although ;“No Smoking” signs are becoming ! more nuraerous. It is estimated that | there are thirty million users of to- (bacco in the United States. The fig- ures are stupendous and to many i persons alarming. A ) —_—————— Pinchot Not s Candidate. Another potential rival of President Coolidge for the presidential nomina- tion has decided that the “‘water is not fine” and he is not “coming in.” Gov. Pinchot “of Pennsylvania, who has, figuratively, been testing it with his toe, is going no farther. Through his political friend and supporter, the speaker of the Pennsylvania house of representatives, he has caused it to be made known that he will not be a formal candidate for the presidemtial nomination and will not seek a dele- gation from Pennsylvania pledged to him. 3 His decision not to run is'said to make for harmony among the repub- licans in Pennsylvania. The delegates will go to Cleveland without instruc- tions, which is what the organization republican leaders have desired. Gov. Pinchot will go as a delegate at large and will be free to follow any course which unexpected exigencies might suggest. He has not indorsed Presi- dent Coolidge and probably will not teel called upon to do so for the present. The outstanding gain to the for- tunes of President Coolidge will be found in the abstention of Gov. Pinchot from a candidacy which might encourage the idea that there is dissent in the Keystone state from what seems to be the generally ac cepted belief that President Coolidge is solid in the east. —— Fortune and Misfortune. Another note of the distress into which many roval personages have tallen comes in a dispatch from Brus- sels. Former Queen Louise of Saxony lives by the sale “of her own em- broidery, which she peddles from door to door,” by the charity of a few Belgian women “and a small pension from her formey husband. ex-King Frederick of Saxony, which, payable in marks, amounts only to a few sous fwar. Not only have members of rovalty come to grief, but large num- bers of “nobility” have fared get a story now and then of a duke who has become a waiter or of a duchess who has turned domestic. The count or countess who does manual work for bread is mo novelty, There . has been a great upset in the social organization of Europe Among un- titled people reversals of fortune ure llittle attentfon. A rich man broke” and a few persons who w s friends, or thought to be his friends, say that they are sorry. The { widow of & rich man sinks to poverty Children of rich parents turn to hard and unremunerative work or go to and who have known poverty for years become rich. Poor girls marry rich husbands and no longer “do their own hair” or much eise. It is the world. Espectally Is it America. ———— It is not unreasonable to suspect that Russian communists can, if they {will, use all the effective propaganda {ing outside their own country. Stories of this kind | have been numerous since the great | We | common and for that reason call for | “goes the poorhouse. ' Men of poor fatbers | i Magnus Johnson liked the United States Senate 50 well ‘that he has de- | cldea to aspire to a secona term. His re-election manifesto, declaring himself a candidate for the long term in Minnesota, has fust been lssued. The Minnesota Dally Star, farmer- labor organ at Minneapolis, comment-’ ing on Magnus® plans, says: “The senator’s announcement sets at rest the rumor industriously cir- culated that he Intends to run for governor this tall. Any of his friends who may have taken this rumor se- riously will be glad to hear that there is nothing to it. There are many reasons why Magnus should be & can- didate for the Senate again. In the first place, he has more than mens- ured up to what was expécted of him in the brief perfod he has sat in the upper house. He is much stronger with the public than he was, even at the time he snowed under his op- ponent in the special election. He has thriven upon abuse and personal ridicule. * kK % Senator “Sam™ Ralston of Indiana, formidable democratic dark horse, has always looked upon Thomas A. Hendricks as the ldeal Hoosler and demoerat. Ralston took up his pres- ent profession of the law as an after- thought. He had already turned to farming as a livellhood when the Jury address of an eloquent young country lawyer convinced Ralston that the law was the thing. Ralston had an abiding fondness for Hen- dricks, then in the hevday of his political glory. He turned up at the democratic chieftain's office in In- |dianapolis and asked for advice. 'kh-ndru‘kw wrote out for young R: |ston in his own handwriting a list of books suitable for reading hy a « | l | the inside of a biography of the for- incessantly to that hotbed of mld-l retary. For several years the secre- k 0. | Indianian, h jcandidate for the law. It was the be- ginning of the nt Indiana_sena- tor’s motable ut the bar. He| has Hendrick: memoranda pasted onl mer Vice President. * x o Speaking of Indiana, it's a curious thing that both great parties turn western_polities for organization off- | clals, The democratic national com- mittee has just elected a Hoosler, Charles A. Greathouse, to be its see- | tary of the republican national com- mittee has been George B. Lockwood Will H. for the in New York. is a lit- o - | ¥ Hoosiers. He us intendent of public ins | wood, whose middl, | ing, written a Cr 1ticism o “The world has never known the turning loose of such an army of |hard-drinking, cigarette-puffing, 1li- s Amazons as walk our streets | invade our campuses today.” | When Dr. Charles J. Smith, president | {of Roanoke College, made the fore- fgoing comment before the National | Lutheran Educational Conference he stirred up a veritabla hornet's nest., Hysteri that is unpardonable most editors characterize ft. Any | ! done by iity is offset by the resentment nat- | f College G As Licentious Is Condemned logical work, entitled “The New Har- mony Movement,” dealing with that interesting gocialistic experiment in Indiana. g * Kk x K Unquestionably our mnearest ap- proach to the Spanish inquisition is a United States .senatorial investig: tion. Edward W. Bok In Washington this week cut for all the world the figure of a prisoner in the dock. His Inquisitors did not apply the thumb- screws or any other physical instru- ments of torture, but Bok had to face what has been called “the meenest and keenest” Intellects in the Senate —a description sometimes applied to Messrs. “Jim" Reed and Caraway. They are the lawyers of the propaganda subcommittee’s inquisition. Chair- man Moscs and Senator Greene of Yermont are newspaper men and Senator Shipstead is a_dentist. Some- body observed that Shipstead, who was the only one who didn’t interra- gate Bok, was being kept in reserve ! for.extracting the truth from him if strong-arm methods were necessary. Bok's =~ physiognomy, especially & hawklike nose,” bears n strong re- semblance to that of Gen, Smedley 1. Butler, Philadelphia’s new vacuum cleaner. * ok ok ¥ When ehips of the Unfted States Navy g0 up or down the Potomac and pass Mount Vernon they observe a custom which is one of the Navy's most cherished traditlons. As a ship comes abreast Washington's tomb her colors are dipped, her crew stands at attentlon, the bugles sound taps and the band plays a verse of “The Star Spangled Banner.” On the week end cruise of the Mayflower the pret- ty little ceremony is always observed by the President and Mrs. Coolidge and their guests. The Navy hus car- ried it out for a great many years, but the average land-lubber is not aware of it. * ok ok ok Our lone congresswoman, Mrs, Mae E. Nolan of Californfa, is a golfing Jady. Feartng elevation to the Brun- hilde class, Mrs. Nolan is addicted to the links for purposes of girth con- trol. Representative Kahn's fair col- league from the Golden Gate is dif- ferent from many newcomers on Capitol Hill—she_concedes it's a new game In which she has to learn her way about. To that end Mrs, has at her elbow her late hus sister, who was his secretary now functioning in the « capacity for the congresswoman. * k% ¥ Senator Walter E. Edge's delegation of Jersey republicans, who called at the White House this week, brought to Washington the very latest Coolidge “Coolidge in Again” on their “buttons” the size slogans. «d-white-and-blue of a pie-pan. 1924.) ghi irl marks hit home—surely good than harm has the whole discussion.” * ok o* % In the opinion of the Columbia State the explanation of Dr. Smith “does not change much the effact *of the quoted paragraph from his ad- far more come out of dress that drew thé fire of & number | of papers,” because “it does not help and slanderous reference | much to say ‘the colleges are better | require. is the way|morally than they were twenty-five| U years ago. | possible good that might have beeninot of youth, but of the lower moral | calling attention to cases|level upon which our present-day Amer- | they are able to organize without go- | where there is perhaps too much lax- | i¢an * My indictment was Iife is being lived.’ The San Antonio Light draws a parallel hetween the hadits of men [ The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN A Dbill- creating a department of fine arts was Introduced in the House of Representatives last Satur- day by Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts, and referred to the committee on education. If this bill is reported on favorably by the com- mittee it will presumably then come before the House and Senate for con- sideration and discussion. Probably this particular bill was drawn up by or at the instigation of the art com- mission of the commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts, which has openly declared its interest in the matter and its de- termination to press it. But for some time the question of the establishment of a department of fine arts has been more or less in the alr. One has heard murmurs in regard to it In various places and on several sides. At a meeting held in New York not long ago in the Inter- est of the American Federation of Arts Walter Damrosch spoke en- thusiastically In favor of the estab- lishment of such a department and ithe conviction that it would bring overnmental recognition of the fine arts as a factor in national life. The musicians have been particularly in- terested in the creation of such a department, supposing, of _course. that music would be reckoned as within its administrative scope, and that the long-dreamed-of mational co servatory of music would be an out- come. EE There are many persons who are of the bellef that a government or- ganized department functions auto- matically and that those who admin- ister such are endowed, upon taking office, with wisdom from on high. | ftaken for granted, at least the ag tation in various aquarters for the creation of 4 department of fine arts shows @ desire on the part of the people for the Inclusion of art in our national budget and our national program, along with the so-called utilitarian things of life. Mr. Tinkha's bill not only creates a dcpartment of fine arts, but the po- sitlon of secretary, one, it is specified, who shall be learned and experienced in matters pertaining to the fine arts and shall assume charge of the M tional Gallery of Art, the Freer Gallery and all other gallerles which may here- after come under national control: and Shall also be a member and chairman ex-officio of the Commission of Fine Arts; and shall advise and judge all matters relating to construction, monu- mental as well as buildings, paintings, Sculpture, and exhibitions in'the United ates and its possessions whic are 1d under government aid. This same Secretary of the fne arts is to have direction and charge of international | relationships in the field of art, assum- ernment on the part of foreign go |ernments; und charge of.art exhibitions control. He is to investigate and report fupon the teaching of art in the publ with_the industrial interests*of nited States, but his d | Incidentally he is to report once a or oftener if necessary, “full and f the United Stat The position ¢ |ries with it a salary of $12,000 per an- { num, Jan assistant secretary with a salary of 88,000, ility for gifts to the go sent abread where the government has schools of the country; he is to co-oper- !r--nncc to merely the arts of des {plete statistics relating to the fine arts and it is proposed that there be 1 * K ok k But note should be made that as a member of the cabinet the secretary of fine arts' tenure of office will be “that of the heads of the other exec- utive departments’—in other words, for four, or at the maximum, eight years. This would mean that there should not be merely one but nu- merous candidates with the extraor- dinary and very unusual qualifica- tions which such a position would ike other cabinet positions, a pecialized type of knowlcdge ntial. It would not b merely an administrative’ office. | Where can we look in the United ! States today for men possessng { these qualifications, It is difficult, | Indeed, to find qualificd mugeum di- | ver: { would be e: But if+s0 much cannot invariably be | . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Where is the original of the trade-mark picture, “His Masters Votce"?—C. N. I. A. The original is now In the of- fices of the Gramophome Company, Ltd., Hayes, England. The plcture was painted from life by Francis | Barraud, a Fremch artist. It was in- jepired by a dog named Nipper, which belonged to Mr. Barraud's brother. Q. How many men took the trip to St. Louls on the Shenandoah?— J. C. A. About forty men made the trip. Q. Is there a car made that is called the Bulck-McLaughlin?—T. O. A. Such a car is made In Canada. A MocLaughlin body is used with a Bulok engine. Q. What speeches did the late President Harding make on his trip to Alaska?—C. C. A. President Harding made many extemporaneous short talks, but the et speeches were the following: “The International Court of Justice,” §t. Louls, Mo.; “Transportation Prob- | lem” Kansas City, Mo.; “Agricul- ture,” Hutchinson, Kan.; forcement,” Denver, Colo. Problem,” Cheyenne, Wyo.; |tion and Expenditure” Salt Lak ¢, Utah; “Co-operation in Produc- foay o Distribution,” Idaho Falls. 1 dress, Pocatello, aho; funtie. en and Labor,” Conditions,” Butte, Mont. Sont. Reciamation and Water Utili- | zation,” Spokane, Wash.; “The Oregon | Trail,” Meacham, O mmigration | and Americanization,” Portland, Ore.; Merchant Marine,” Tacoma, Wash.; Canadian-American Rela- tions,” Vancouver, British Columbi “The Territory of Alaska' Seattle, Wash.; “Our Foreign Relations,” San Francisco, Calff. Q. How long did whaling trips last in the old whaling days?’— G. 0. K. A. The old-fashioned whaler often took three or four years to gather its cargo of oil and whalebone. Q. How tall must a man be in order to enlist In the Marine Corps? —0. M. A. New instructions have been is- gued, under which the minimum height for applicants is sixty-five | incties and minimum age limit nine teen years. Q. Why are tha columns surround- {ing the Lincoln Memorial irregularly {spaced?—J. H. S | A. In the‘spacing of colonnades isuch as surround the Lincoln Memo- rail the outside columns are alway spaced nearer together than any of the others, and there is usally a va- riation in all the spaces. This is |especially true of Greek Doric col umns, more pleasing general effect and an- other reason Is that the view through "The {columns along the side of the build-! {ing shows the outline of the two end { columns, which would not be the cas: 1if spaced as wide the central co! jumns. These columns are not vert {cal, but lean toward the building. | The walls of the building itself are ot vertical, the outside of them lean- |ing inward at a slightly smaller in- !clination than the columns surround- ing them. { | | If the divorce suit instituted by Lady Ross against her husband calls One reason is that it gives a| BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. ¢ Q. Was Capt. Kidd an American— A, Willlam Kidd was born In Scot- land about 1850, went to sea at an early age and became a trader out of New York. He was, of course, a Brit- !ish subject, but for many years his fortunes were cast with those of the American colonies. Q. Whatisa phenophor?—J. W. B. A. The Volta bureau, a ~ tion”devoted to the inf ::’7;“:;:@ deaf, informs us that the phenophor 18 a device for those who have de- fective hearing. Q. Why do magazines have stars on the covers?—G. L. P. A. They are emploved to dlstin- guish coples sold to newsdealers on & returnable basis from subscription copies. When copies remain unsold at the end of the sales period the covers or whole copies are returned to the publishers und credit is al lowed. In this way subseribers copies could not be collected and jturned by an unscrupulous per {who had attained \ding with 2 | publisher as a newsdealer. Some pub. lishers mark the newsstand coples with stars and some mark thos: which go to subseribe Q. Is the boll weevll as great menace as the ravages of the insects which affilcted the Egyptians in th olden days’—D. Government authorities sre con ed that the boll weevil is a pest {Of as great magnitude as any wh! aficted the Egyptians. Some author- itles claim that it has disturbed our } economic. situation more than any ‘ulhcr gle factor in our history. Q. Who was the wife of Thoman Jefterson 7—( i A. Thomas Jefferson married Mar tha Skelton, widow of Bathursy § ton, and daughter of John Wayles Q. What story was “Broken Blos soms” taken from?—F. W A. D. W. Griffith developed this pleture from a story by Thomas | Burke called “The Chink and the Child.” This was taken from a col- lection of short stories ¢ “Lime house Night a Q. What is the inscription on the bronze plaque of Theodore Roonsevel: s Collins Ame e 3 This plague i{s in the office of rnment House, Dublin, that was {occupied by Michael Collins and bears { the paragraph which might be called |the creed of strenuous life. “I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the stren uous life, of toil ‘and of effort and . of labor, and strive to preach the highest form of ess that comes not to the mar who desires more ease and peace bu: {to him who does not shrink from { danger, hardships, and bitter tofl and 0, ¢ of these, wins the splendid nd ultimate triumph.” . Who was called the mother of Brazilians?—M. W. B. A. Dona_ Thereza, daughter of Francis 1, king of the two Sieilles vas known as Mother of the Brazil fans. | the | (The Star Information Bureau will | answer wour question. This offer ap- | plics strictly to informatio The burean cannot give advice on legal medical end financial matters. It does mot attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertcke erhaus tive research on any subject. Write | wour question plainly and briefly Inclose 2 cents in stamps for retur: | postage and send your query to The Star Information Burea: Frederic J. Haskin, director, 1220 North Capi- tol street)) Divorce Suit Involving Two U. S. Women Draws Attention r Charles is a very useful citizen a man of many attractive gifts, o originality of mind, and who b the rum runners float the British flag | iZation of the “Big Brothers™ and an flying from Bermuda the "West | eXpansion (cf the “Bte Sisters'? move. Toatie. or Erom thi ment. It is proposed to study the for more than usual attention it is |known how to turn to good account that the good-|the very large fortune which he in an American, herited from his ancestors and which ———— roused by So much money is alleged to have | “ditors agree. 4 s The nation-wids acho to the wor- such appellations, ‘and women where drinking or li- | rcctors—men both learned in art and | | centiousness are concerned, and sug- { with administrative ability—and as|because of the fact Xests the young women clalm they | new museums are coming into exis-|jooking petitioner Is Dominion, are doing nothingd more than the |tence the scarcity of capable admin- el e T} compulsory school attendance . | been made in one way or another that | n[the Wall street fiver by voung Mr. 'Wood seems a comparatively small | matter. Thus, as far as of the United S the prevention of liqu sea becomes much e treaty. ‘There wiil culties in the south, ners are facilitated by the nearness of foreign jurisdiction and the pe- culiar conformation of the American shore. But the scandalous condition ihat has prevailed for many months along the shores of New ew Jersey should be cnded through operations under this agreement. “Rum Row” may be driven o sea and scattered. northern por re v smuggling by under this ain the diffi- where rum run- concerned rei out —_————— Geologists declare that there is a possibility ¢f finding oil in a vast number of localities that, have never vet been investigated. The possibili- ties of excitement are unlimited. —————————— Tt has been made clear by Mr., Bok that his motives are not mercenar A hundred thousand here or there weans little or nothing to him. York and ! inow in operation, and its defect: | order to aid in the passage of a more | satisfactory Dbill. It is contemplated to supervise in a helpful, kindly w: hildren leaving school between the |uges of fourteen and sixteen, to aid them remain in school if possible or ‘say Macdonald will endeavor to im- {to assist them to enter suitable occu- prove the time by settling a few i pations. A boy’s garden club is also ! strikes. ntemplated to provide instruetion | ——— !and wholesome outdoor recreation. { A hard worked member of Congress The budget for this work is only {is liable to be indifferent as to whose 1$10,000. There are surely 100,000 par-} outing he spoils with an investigation. {ents in Washington who can afford 10 | {cents each to insure the continuance {and development of an agency that | means so much to the community {through the conservation of the }sounzer generation. ————— | Prohibition agents will be on hand ito see that both the repubiican and {the democratic national conventions {are perfectly dry. The prohibition {party is no longer in evidence as a ! political force, but its principles are conspicuously triumphant. ———— ‘While waiting on any parliamentary Compelling members of the Senate to read 22,000 peace Plans would be a ®venge as sweet as it is subtle. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Dreaming, I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, ‘Where there was no repining. I laid aside my overalls And passed my hours in dining. |thy Smith {8 ‘Pooh! Pooh!’ is the | way the Reading Tribune sums it up, and it goes on to say, “Young women {of other generations have done fool- {ish things. They possibly may con- jtinue to do them in the future. The | formalities that may arise, Mr. Ram- | specific bad habits which Dr. Smux:(;R ! mentions probably are more prev- outside college walls than So far as the Brooklyn is able to determine “the wick- girl colle i family to any great extent or degr: If she is Influenced hy the s { habits of modernity, her papa {her mama refuse to get excited about jit”; anyws her wickedness is pure. 11y "imitat and reformation with maturity sible, even probable, |s0 the jeremiads of Dr. ith are { wholly uncalled for." o 1" The’ Portsmouth Star is particularly {chagrined that the charges . should thave come from a Virginia educgtor, {because “it will in that the horrible examples of co depravity he cites are of local origin. sweeping a charge as that made {atent s Another thing that Dr. Smith could ldo would be to put his opinion of so- {clal life at his college in the college itably be thoment | B ———— Tax reduction was put ahéad of the bonus in Congress and investigations are claiming precedence over tax re- #uction. —_———————— A monument to the game of base ball would be a fitting tribute to a {great American institution; a re- ! minder of a harmonious sentiment { which the public is capable of feeling Banish the Refuse Plant. |toward its pastimes if nof toward its zens in the Trinidad and Ivy | politics. City sections of Washington through | ———ee their citizens' associations are raising | European statesmen who feel sure a fund “to fight the continuance of | there is going to be another war the refuse incineration plant” at Mon- | bring no news to the politicians of tello avenue and Mount Olivet road. | Mexieo. The citizens have right on their side. | They say that noise and odors from the plant are a nuisance. They com- !} plain of sparks from the chimneys of | the plant and of the noise of heavy | toucha serving theipiant. | Unitea States in 1923 and no count Trinidad and Ivy City are in a' ‘ D 3, an be made of the millions or billions large triangle formed by the railroad | gt b TP o C00 I ons oF biltior tracks leading northeast from Union e ot e station, by Florida avenue on the | SURPLOR of tobaceo incr per south and Bladensburg road on the ' east. Within that triangle are Co-;20 increase in the output of cigars, i Jumbia Institution for the Deaf and |SMOKINg tobacco and snuff, though fount Ollveloamaiiry THho la,gesl§cxgaretze production showed the great- Catholic cemetery in the District, and | ®St 53in. Many men are letting the to which the cemeteries of St. Pat. PiPé 50 out and rolling a cigarette. vick's and other parishes were re.|Many are laying aside the cigar and moved many years ago.. Within the | {3King up the cigarette. Néw smokers, triangle and north of Kendall Green | boys and girls, begin on the cigarette 19 the Tet‘erson tract, which should and generally stick to it. Nine billion hecome « public park and which very | €igars were made in the United States likely will be put to that good use.|last year and more than three hun- iast, across Bladensburg road, is|dred and fitty-nine million pounds Mount Hamilton and' northeast of {0f Smoking tobacco were sold, a that is Hickey Hill, which tracts may | &r¢at proportion of which went into be taken for a national botanic gar- | the homerolled cigarette, but the old- en. a natfonal arboretum and a park | fashioned pipe got its share. Over in connection with that which is to|thirty-seven million pounds of snuff be anade from the Eastern branchjWere sold, and it is npt clear whether shoals and flats above Benning. all this went for “snuffing™ or The section has certain natural ad- [Whether some of it was used as in- vantages and the ‘incineration plant |secticide. There was a decline in to. . is @ pull-back on development of that [bacco put up for chewing, and this part of the city. It reduces the de-|decline has continued since 1397, sirability of that section us a place | which was the peak year for cheWing. of residence and most likely reduces |The plug and the quid hre passing, | 1 The Tobacco Habit. The cigarette seems to be conquer- ing the world. Fifty billion manufac- tured cigarettes were sold in the Some sudden wealth had come my |catalogue, as pagents would appreci- cent in the last two years. There -u] way; Just how, it didn't matter. I grew, 'mid lights and music say, More frivolous—and fatter. My dream was sweet until it changed Into a nightmare dreary. A copper through the palace ranged. His language made me weary. Said he, “The money that you burn As something queer is rated. So, come with me. It is your turn To be investigated.” Striving to Please. “Your constituents say that you are leading the life of & social but- | terfly. ¢ | “That's what I get,” answered Sen- |ater Sorghum, “for trying to be ac- | commodating. When they come to ‘Washington they won't listen to my speeches at the Capitol. All they will let me interest myself in is getting them invitations to parties.” Jud Tunkins says some of the things people call reforms look to him like mere changes of fashion. A Cityman’s View. The gentle farmer cuts a dash. ‘What he can't eat at home he'll sell. And when he has secured my cash He wants my sympathy as well. Nursing an Advantage. “What Crimson Guich needs is an increase of population @nd a bullding boom. “We've got to proceed cautious, suggested Cactus Joe. ‘‘About the oply real advantage the town bas to offer at present is plenty of parking space.” A — “Don’t be fiattered when a friend asks you foh advice,” said Uncle Eben “De chances are dat he's jes’ Jone- some an’ wants conversation,” ate this advance Information; accord- {ing to the Raleigh Times, which fur- | ther suggests, “If Dr. Smith is un-| willing to give the parents of girls | who are endangered by the Roanoke collegiate life the lowdown on the campus, he should refrain from tak- ing his_troubles to & national con-| {ference.” i The Kalamazoo Gazette also be- {lieves Dr. Smith “may be unduly pes- {simistic,” because “in every age the isober ‘older generation' has been gravely concerped over the moral derelictions of the ‘younger, " while the Grand Raplds Press wonders if Dr. Smith ever “saw the ecstatic com- bination of a dear little camp fire lgirl and a fudge sundae.” That such |Statements will be regarded as ex- itremg or overdrawn the Knoxville Sentinel agrees, but “no parent with {the welfare of son and daughter at heart is entirely satisfied with the present situation.’ The Sentinel is also impressed with the avowed intention of thé co-eds at Cornell University not to dance with men who have even a faint smell of liquor on their breaths, be- cause “here is an indication that re- action has set in against alarming practices: that arge creeping into the Social affairs of mkny young folks.” The Wilmington News-Dispatch claims “in_considering accusations agsinst girls it is well to remember thai our statements are always tremendousy influenced by our wishes,” for too often the harsh critic of the girls is an old maid wishing that she had not missed gll this ‘wildness,’ or a man wishing what he says about them were true.” Judging from a letter by Dr. Smith to the Roanoke World News, the Norfolk Ledger claims he has been ‘isrepresented. Nevertheless, “it can- not be successtully denied 'that Dr. Smith {s right in bis assertion that there has been a moral breakdown, which many belleve to be a direct produet of the world war” but “it is not confined to any particular grade of society,” and “had the whole of Dr. Smith's address been consid- ered there would have beén no sem- sation to print.” The Roanoke World News also la- ments that his remarks have been widely misconstrued. and commends Dr. Smith as one of the most tolerant and ded of men, and ‘“what he actually said needéd to be said, even it he did employ a few rather plcturesque sentences to make his.re- { i B young men have always done unre- buked: all of which thinking and making comparisons and working slowly toward a juste s of social life for women, so will not have grounds for comi- t: then perhaps in that golden and-By, when such questions rise, they will be determined on the | basis of the thing itself and not on | sex Dl n isn't shocking her | { “I arp the master of my jate, I am the captain of my soal” —HENLEY. Bell Ridiculqd by the World. Fortune gave Alexander Grahdm Bell 2 happy boyhood and wouth, and (a generous education, but in early | manhood he frequently had to bor- | rew money to buy food. His father and grandfather were noted scientists. He was gradunted from the University of Edmburgh, {Scotland; studied at University Col- lege and London University of Lon- don, and was tutored by his talented mother and illustrious gramdfather. ‘While he was achieving fame as a teacher two of his brothers died of tuberculosis, and the family moved from Scotland to Canada. Ten months' effort, while teaching in Boston. to transmit many mes- sages simultaneously over one wire resulted in failure, but brought out the idea of telephoning over tele- graph wires. A trip to Washington revealed that he did not know enough about elec- tricity. A study of that science, more eftort, and voices could be heard over a wire. Nearly a year's further en- deavor, and intelligible sentences were transmitted. ‘When the success was announced the world scoffed, technical authort- ties were skeptical and capital in- different. Funds dwindled so low that often a friend's loan of a half. dollar provided a*meal. Enough money raised to go to Europe, and England laughed at his offer to sell half the rights 1o that country for $10,000. England, at last, became Interested —and high costs of material, skepti- cism as to the telephone's useful- ness in business, and the failure of some long-distance lines to work satisfaotorily caused more trouble at home. The powerful Western Union Telegraph Company fought every step and succeeded in having invented a telephone service which it installed over fts extensive tele- graph lines, A company finally organized, and suits over patents caused years of litigation and a fortune in expenses before his rights were ~sstabiished and success assured. -~ Foday there are 22,000,000 tele~ Bhoue_u ln the world, all based on v, Bell's original padsats Dr. Bell was honored by gflmn- ment nd . organizations of the Yoy Shappy. 45a e aled sany tiece a unll&g. " s Next—Maduine Ourters ets people to | istrators is being sorely frequently remarked. B At the present time tho Congress of the United States makes a yearly appropriation of from $12,000 to $15,000 to provide not alone for the salary of the director of our Na- tional Gallery of Art, but for all sal- aries in department and for all expenses incident thereto—a aig- gardly and ridiculous sum. Further. more, the Congress of the United States has not vet provided an ade- quate building for the National Gal- lery collections. now ~ ageregating several million dollars in value, But wha do private’ individuals and organiza- tions are to a measure doing. For in- stance, in the matter of international co-operation in art and American rep- {resentation abroad, the American | Federation of Arts has just assemble {and is sending, through the co tion of the Department of State and the United States Shipping Board, an exhibition of paintings by American artists to be shown at the great in- ternational exposition in Venice this spring and summer. The municipality of Venice has set aside a site for a United States pavillon and invited the United Frates government to erect its own building. This would require felt and i { i i | i the government does not | namely, the former Patricia Eljison, daughter of Andrew Ellison of Louis- cille, Ky., likewise because the co- respondent i the case is a New York woman, and also because the respond- {ent, Sir Charles Rosg, ninth baronet of his line, is a brilliant and use- ful man, owner of the London Out- look, the superchieftain of the great Scottish clan of Ross, and who, next to the Duke of Sutherland, is the |greatest territorfal magnate of the | northern kingdom, where his estate embraces half a million of acres. | Indeed, when Sir Charles’ extensive inoldings in the Dominion of Canada, in Australia, fn_South and East Af- rica ave taken into consideration he may safely be set down as the big- jgest British owner of land in the en- {ire empire. He even owns in East Africa the largest crater in the world—a crater operas {ot a volcano mow fortunately extinet | —in glon L5 volcano planet countr the Ngoro Ngoro mountain re- of central East Africa, which that ever existed on Surrounded by the wildest many hundreds of miles railroad, it has in the course 1 centuries become a sort of ame preserve which offers a refuge for man: n alive must have been the hugest | this | animals generally | an appropriation of $10,000 from Con- |believed to be extinet. gress and has not yet been approved, therefore this year the American col- lection will be shown in two galleries set aside by the exposition authorities In their main pavilion wherein are shown works by Italian artists. Last fall, when an invitation came to the architects of the United States to send an’exhibit to the edposition of architecture held at Santiago, Chile, the American Federation of Arts, through the co-operation of the State Department, arranged for suitable participation in sending a represent- atlve exhibit. In a few months will be brought up for consideration and decision the in- vitation of France to the United States to officially participate in its great exposition of decorative and in- Qustrial art to be held in Paris in 1925, * ok kX ! To a great extent the American Federation of Arts, which has its headquarters here in the Qectagon House, and chapters and Individual members, throughout the United States, was originally organized by a group of broad-visioned men, in- cluding_Elihu Root, the late Robert Bacon, Francis D. Millet, William E. Curtis and others, to function for the government in these matters, or in lieu of government participation prior to the establishment of a department fine arts. In the way of educational work this organization sends out traveling exhibitions, circulates 1l- lustrated lectures on_art, /as well as portfolios of prints,” and publishes yearly In a volume entitled “The American Art Annual” complete sta- tistics relating to the fine arts in the Unlited States. i S It is not gemerally known, more- over, that the Association of Ameri- can Museums, which has lately taken up beadquarters here as a guest of the Smithsonlan’ Institution, has as its director Charles R, Richards, for- merly_the director of Cooper- Union, New York, who is at present making a survey of industrial art conditions abroad with the object of emphasiz- g the better development of the arts of design as related to manufac- re in this country. “’rn bureau ot‘zauutlon is doing hing, :quite & large some- stigating and re- of art in, * ¥ ox % Sir Charles Ross Is a very clever inventor, Indeed, he not ouly invent- ed the Canadian government service rifle, but likewise built and equipped small arms factories in Canada for the production of the rifie and also for the machin gun that he invented. During the Boer war, a quarter of a century ago, in which he served with distinction, he raised a corps of ir- ular cavalry and equipped them h complete machine gun batteries and everything else, and showed him- self equally resourceful and patrtotic in the great war, throughout wi he served with the rank of and also as consulting adviser armaments to the Canudian govern- ment. While here in the United States he has been elected honoris causa (o membership in the Ameri- can Natlonal Society of Mechanical Engineers, Sir Charles Ross’ incerests may be ‘described as wellnigh uni- versal. For he has in China a con- cession to some 17,000 acres of val uable mining property to his credit which he Is taking steps to exploit, Aithough as a young boy he was passionately fond of game shooting and s so familiar with guns every . description, yet he has as the result of much experience become a protector rather than a hunter of |game. is preserving his giant crater of Ngoro Ngoro, in East Africa, as a sapctuary, and on his vast es {In Scotland the same ideas are fol- lowed. income were he to lease his deer forests in the countles of Ross and Lanark and elsewhere in the north- orn kingdom to rich English, Amer- fcan and forelgn nimrods for the ting. .hl?lonvh\g: thus shown, that t 1 1 hope, things could be better done, it is not h\r't‘o suppose that because the gov. ernment has delayed the establish- lent of a department of fine'arts un- tll now (and until how much later no one now knows) all matters touch- ng upon art in its relation to the ‘are belng completely neglected ¥ I ple’are bel e !h’:ro?lr not the time is ripe for the jestablishment of such a depart- ment it is difficult to say, but what- ever em) izes -the importanca of in this connection, and agitates ptul ¢ . i of | As 1 have just mentioned, he: tes | He could derive a very large | he has vastly augmented by means of his spirit of inltiative, resource- fulness and clever enterprise, it mus: 'be admitted that in some respects he has been heavily handicapped. The common sense and practical outlook on life assuredly have not come to him by inheritance. His fathe grandfather and great dfathe were eccentric almost to the point of lunacy. Thus, his grandfather wa =0 passionately fond of poultry tha he insisted on having all the room and apartments of Balnagowan C: {tle, the ancestral home of the fam Hily, In -the county of Ross-shire, liter ed with straw so that he might er o the p! ure of watching the {chickens scratch and scrape among * ok k¥ With regard to Sir Charles’ educatio: { it may be said that in all the history of | the famous school of Eton, extending loger six centuries, there had never been a boy who enjoved such a com- mand of money and of luxury &s was vished on Charlle Ross while at school by his widowed mother. Already in those days he had a magnificent acean-going steani yacht, a large sailing yacht, the most superb and biggest steam launch for river use on the ‘Fhames, a coach and four, and heaver knows what else besides. Far from ap preciating this, he no sooner came o age than he instituted an ex(mrdlnn'xfi lawsuit against his widowed molhe:nq«n having during his minority spent e trom the revenue of his estates TRIC she was entitled to do by law. aad Oy the terms of the will. Her only €% travagance, however, had been 1n C35 | where his luxury and welfare wer n |cerned. o generaily understood at tne | time 'that he had been Instigated W Lot this somewhat unfilial atti- Suas by hix wife, whom he flad mar- T in aefiance of his mother's pro- e while he was still a mino Lo 7a "Cambridge University under- Eraduate. Thus it huppened that he s remained on recol v e Tin the history of tho university e Mmarried man rowing in the an- fual | Oxford-Cambridge ~ boat race. The amount for which Sir Charl k‘r»\ sued nis mother amounted to & sun o & quarter of a million dollars Fventually the case was withdrawi from the consideration of the court. though not before the public had beer reated 1o @ number of more o less astonishing revelations. Tts with: drawal coinclded with a cross sult for divorce between the barely twenty. one-year-old hushund and his wife, the former Winifred Berens sifter of Olivia Berens, widow of that seoond, Earl of Cilsty ‘e nine of ociel B o nia. was due to the fact ! | | i | "Gumboil.” pious count Garmoyle U8 Charies Hoss attef tnis sorry nial experience 1ivi T faklo- blessedness, until four Vears later he became infatuated by ihe good looks und the superb voicc of the falr Kentuckian who has been fis wife for the past twenty-one ears or more and Who 18 now seek- ?;-g Teloase from her matrimonial ties. She 18 & great-granddaughter of that Gon. Charles Scott who served on the ataff of George Washington and who Was the third United States Governor af Kentucky.: The couple seemed so completely _in: harmony with. one another and so thoroughly in mutual understanding that the wreck of their marriage is deeply regretthd by their many friends on both afdes of the Atlantia