Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. . .February 21, 1024 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ind Pennsylvania Ave. 110 East 42 N e " Sontes, Buginod, The Byenine Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is deliverrd by varriers within the vity 8t 60 ceats per month: daily only, 43 “ents’per ‘month: Nunday oniy, = conts per month.”” Orders may. be phose Main L000, i riers at the end of Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, oc the e by car. T0c All Other States, Daily and Sunda; Daily only Sunday on Member of the The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patebes credited 1o it or not otherwise credited n this paper and also the local news pub- lished ‘herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches hierein are also reserved. — = i 1 mo., 25¢ Activities of Candidates: Renewed activity of candidates for the democratic presidential nomina- ton is observed since the MeAdoo candidacy came in head-on collision with the oil investigation disclosures, This, too, notwithstanding the cer- tification given by Mr. McAdoo's pri- vate convention in Chicago that his availability had not been damaged. It would seem that other cundidates do not share that v but think, on the contrary, that the going has been made better for all other aspirants by the revelations. There is Gov, Smith of New York, who is decidedly sitting up and taking notice. A significant development wecurred in his expected candidacy vesterday. Addressing a conference of state and county officials which he had called to discuss prohibition enforcement, he seems to have changed his attitude on that subject. A year ago he was all for shouldgring enforcement upon the federal o ment. Yesterday he told the offi that enforcement was up to the of- ficials of each county and indicated that he would hold them directly to account. He said that some of the counties talk dry. but fajl to act ac- cordin, Is the governor trying to wring some of the moisture out of kis political garments? Then there is former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, who yesterday threw his hat into the ring alongside of the hats of other candidates already there. He has been holding off up to this time. but apparently he thinks that Mr. McAdoo's chances have been lessened and he finds this an oppor- tune time to make a try for the nom- ination himself. Senator Underwood's backers have taken on a notable burst ‘of energy recently and are reported as claiming that Underwood stock is a up and steadily rising. They have issued a sixteen-page pamphlet describing Senator Underwood and setting forth what he stands for. There are lively times in the demo- cratic party these days and the con- test for the nomination is a real fight. ————————— Extension of 14th Street. The plan for extending 1ith sireet through the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital to the north side of the Dis- trict registers another step forward. The bill which authorizes the exten- sion of the street has been favorably reported to the House of Representa- ives by the District committee, and 10 influential opposition to its ment is expected. The need that 14th street should e a north and south through-way for the benefit of the fast-growing north section of the city und for trafiic to and from Washing- ton suburbs in Maryland is generally recognized. The measure has been ap- proved by the Secretary of War. the Highway Commission, the Commis- =joners of the District and numerous civic organizations. i A bill having the same aim as that Jjust ordered favorably reported to the House was favorably reported three weeks ago by the Senate District committee. and a bill to extend 14th atreet to the north side of the Dis- triet was passed by the Senate in, the Sixty-seventh Congress. Representative Ziblman, acting chairman of the Ifouse District com- :nittee, Who has been intcrested for several vears in the extension of 1ith street, will write the report on the bill and that report will include letters from the District Commissioners and the Secretary of War emphasizing the desirability of the passage of the bill. The indications are that 14th street will be extended and that another highway rom the north boundary of the District to Pennsylvania avenue and to the Potomac river will thus e opened. ——— Tax reduction, like many other legisiative propositions, is simple in theory, but hard in practice. Carter and the Tomb. Howard Carter’s quarrel with the Egyptian government regarding the conduct of the esploration of the tomb of King Tutankh-Amen has climaxed in a government order can- ceing the Carnarvon license, under wh| the research has been con- duétéd: This was brought about by a‘telegram sent a few days ago by Carter demanding an apology from thé government and making certain stipulations which the minister of public works now declares to have made & compromisé impossible. Car- ter has started legal proceedings, which will- be heard Saturday. He claims 50 per cent of the treasure dis- covered, which the minister of pub- lic works says is contrary to the original agreement. Coincidental with tkis action is an snnouncement that the director gen- eral of aniquities will proceed to open the tomb and will take charge of the laboratories and all of the treas- ures that have been disinterred. Thus it is proposed that the Egyptian gov- erment will carry on the work that Carter and Carnarvon started and ,which Carter, after Carnarvon's igeath, tock to the point, of actually . enact- | 1o lifting the lid of the sarcophagus and disclosing the mummy. ‘While it is deplorable that there should have been a breach between the excavator whose inspiration and Industry brought to light the most remarkable treasure ever disclosed in Egypt, it is gratifying that this work will be carried to a conclusion, and that the treasures will be preserved. There may be a feeling of partisan- ship for Carter. He may be viewed as 4 wronged man who was forced by upposition and oppressive regulations to a position of defiance of the gov- crnment of Egypt. Certainly it has been due to his ill and sclentific precision of procedure that this won- derful storehcuse of ancient riches and art has been brought to modern view. The Egyptian government owes him much, and it is to be hoped that technicalities and resentments will .ot be permitted to deprive him of the reward which is his due Science, however, is chiefly con- cerned in the completion of the work which Carter, under Carnarvon's patronage, began. Already it has been carried nearly to a finish. There r main the removal of the mummy from the stone tomb and from its asing, and also the opening of the sealed room adjacent to the ante- chamber, long ugo entered by thieves and left in u state of great disorder. Tt is not'known just what it contains. Howard 'r's work at the tomb of Tutunkh-Amen was more than the penetration of sealed epulchre: It involved intricate ineering proces It also included highly skillful processes in the preser- vation of the objects of art and ven- eration. which tended to disintegrate when brought into the light and air of the upper world. Had it not been for the means he adopted promptly many of the treasures would have been ruined beyond recovery, Indeed, the whole re- | scarch wi conducted on the most scientific lines, and that the treasure of Kinz Tut-ankh-Amen is today vir- tually intact is due to this man’s skill and care, and he should be fully re- warded. a ——— Justice Speeding Up in New York. Once in a while the American court processes. so often criticized for their slowness. are speeded to the point of | a prompt administration of justice. A case is in point now in New York. On the 14th of November last two| {ank messengers were held up in an i elevated railrcad station in Brooklyn Ly five men and shot to death, the gang escaping with the loot. Yester- ! day the third member of this band was convicted of murder, two others having been tried and found guily a few days previous, A fourth mem- ber of the gang will be put on trial Monday. The fitth man, whose name is known, is still at lirge. The expedition with which this case has been brought to the point of con- viction is a reassuring sign. Ordinarily a crime of this character would drag along in the courts for months, per- haps for vears. But lately the New York courts have been steadily mor» speedy in such matters. They have been giving clear right of way to the trial of major offenders and now the gangsters and gunmen are on warning that the electric chair is close at hand if they are caught with proof of lidentity and participation. This crime took place in the day- light at a place of public assemblage. It was a daring hold-up and murder, typical of the crimes of later times. The gangsters did not wear masks and made no attempt at concealment. They shot their men, grabbed their money bags and ran down the sicps to a waiting motor car, not even hiding the license tag. Others had got away with it and doubtless they | ! thought they could also. But sharp-| eyed, quick-witted bystanders noted | l(hem and their number and it | was through this testimony. that they | were identified and convicted. Now comes the question of how far the cases can be protracted by appeals and other legal delays. It will be a most wholesome lesson for the world of crooks and criminals in New York if the perpetrators of this shocking murder were to pay the extreme penaity within six months of the crime. Tokio in its ambition to rank as third | among the big cities of the world. Its { future may be brighter than it seems. The same depression overtook Chi- i cago, Galveston, Baltimore and San Francisco just after the disasters, which were followed by improvements |ul\ a scale of greater magnificence. —— In the opinion of Sir Conan Doyle, there is too much eating and drinking in the world. Iood prices are doing as much as could rea- sonably be cxpected to discourage ——————— i Discouragement has overtaken | the one, while prohibition is making every effort to limit the other. | ! It may be necessary for Mr. Sinclair to hurry if he hopes to arrive in time to tell anything not already known. University of Maryland. A bill is before the Maryland legis-; |lature for expanding the I'nl\'ersnyi jof Maryland at a cost of $2,140,000.! Not all our,people may know that the | Unlversity of Maryland is in the| environs of Washington, at College Park. Many of them think of that institution as the Maryland Agricul- i tural College, but many changes have been made there within a few years. Travelers over the Washington-Balti- more boulevard must be impressed by the number and size of buildings re- cently constructed there, by the growth of College Park and by the many changes that have come over the hills -and -plains, most of which were farm land belonging to the Eversfleld family, to a member of which the large tract was granted by original patent from the proprie- tary of the province of Maryland. For years the most conspicuous building was a small brick house on the west side of the Baltimore road which more than a century ago was the Rossburg Tavern. When Lafayette visited this part of the country in the fall of 1824 mounted delegations from Wash- ington and Georgetown met him at this tavern and escorted him to Washingtan. A number of military and civillans of southern Maryland met the visiting Frenchman at Vans. , THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. C. ville, & few miles farther out from ‘Washington, but it was at Rossburg Tavern that the Washington and Georgetown committees assumed the escort of Lafayette. . At College Park now are the presi- dent's office, extension service, regis trar's office, dormitories, military de- partment, hospital, library, college of agriculture, college of education, col- lege of engineering, college of home economics and a number of divisions and departments of the university. Work is being carried on to make this one of the large universities of the United States and a long step in that direction would be taken should the pending bill become a law. Much of the money proposed to be ex- pended would be spent in Baltimore for the construction of a new uni- versity hospital building, for re- modeling the old hospital building and for other purpuses, and $765,000 would be spent for construction of buildings on the university grounds near Col- lege Park. The Capital and its environs are rapidly becoming the center of edu- cation in America. The Walker. A longdistance walker passes through Washington on his way from New York to Florida and says he is taking a little winter's wall He is seventy years old, travels with two dogs and says he eats only corn meal, raw eggs, Vvegetables and raisins, e is a strange man in sev- eral In the first place, he walks through cholce, and that makes him a strange man to most persons. Nearly everybody has come to believe that feet and legs were made only to work the clutch and brake and step on the gas. We used to have a good many walkers on the roads in other years. Some were pedestrians or tourists and most of them were tramps. Few persons walk the roads now and a good many of them are run over. As this old man trudges or ambles lightly along automobilists must stare. No doubt many of them stop and offer him a lift, but on he goes afoot, To walk now is to con- fess one's self out of fashion. The automobile the thing! Even s in their own or in If it were not that the word * n'" is kept alive in city traflic regulations it would be obso- lete. Perhaps our words “pedestrian,” “horseman, ‘coachman,” “earter” and others will soon pass from the English language. ——— It is remarked by Senator Elkins, “If you stop buying and selling the country is going to stop.” This ap- pears self-evident, though not tested out by experiment. Buying or selling of one kind or another has never stopped in any country on earth. —_——— Politicians are offering indignant suggestions as to which party will get the worst of the Tea Pot Dome investigation. This phase of the mat- ter is comparatively unimportant so long as the patient public eventually gets the best of it —————— Operations by the Ku Klux Kian have been suspended at Tlerrin, IIL Even the most relentless agitator must admit that this town is entitled to a little time to recuperate. ———————— There are so many men willing to tell all they know that the committee has little time to spare for the man | who wishes to tell only what he Suspects or to repeat rumors. —_—— WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Amid the encircling gloom, guess- ing about mew cabinet appointments is Washington's latest indoor sport. Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinols, Is a favorite dark horse for the secretaryship of the Navy. President Harding offered him the portfollo in 1921. Lowden wanted to Do Secretary of the Treasury and de- clined to consider anything else. Now that Coolidge’s nomination by the| republicans is universally conceded, Lowden may consider that one year of cablnet glory, with a possibility | of four years more, is not to be sneezed at. If anybody finds out that the Pullman Company is & big buyer of oll. Lowden may have difficulty in securing Senate confirmation. John Hays Hammond, capable of filling any big job in Uncle Sam's service, is al- ways mentioned when cabinet vacan- cles occur. Hammond owns a huge slice of Mexican territory in tie Yaqui valley. If there's an ofl well on his property, he, too, might court Senate approval in vain. At this hour there’s but one certainty about Cool- ldge policy anent cabinet posts. They'll go west. * % Xk % Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana, who is leading the democratic onslaught against Attorney General Daugherty, is said to be receptive to coy suggestions that he's presidential timber. He Is not a victim of the religious handicap that bars his Mon- tana colleague, Senator Walsh, from presidential consideration. Wheeler has some of the assets that are the main props of the McAdoo candidacy. He is western and progressive. He is one of the babies of Congress, le- brating his fortyv-second birthda: t k. Wheeler was born in Massa- chusetts, was graduated at the versity of Michigan, and is the father of fiv dren. At a social func- tion in V hington last winter Presi- dent Coolidge was mistaken for the junior senator from Montana. They have many points of physical resem- blance in common. Wheeler cam- paigned for Magnus Johnson in Min- nesota last summer. * % ¥ i Representative Henry R. Rathbone of Illinois revived a piece of not generally known Lincoln history in' a Rotary Club speech in Washington | the other day. Rathbone's parents, then a young engaged couple, were the guests of the President and Mrs. Lincoln in the latter's box at Ford Theater the night Lincoln w sinated. Young Major Rath vited as an after- | thought The resident had asked | Gen. and Mrs. Grant, newly arrived | Appomattox, to go (o the vening, but the Grant, some famil . Probabte if the ge eralissimo of the victorious Union army had been at Ford's with Lin coln, he ton, would have been a vietim of Rooth’s madness. Repre- sentative Rathbone’s father was stab- bed by the assassin as Booth was es- caping from the presidential box. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Henry Ford's benefactions multiply from day to day. He has just re- duced the admission fee at Long- jalong. fellow's Wayside Inn at Masa, from 28 to 25 cen 5 *x James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, had a disconcerting experience at the recent convention of the United Mine Workers {n Indianapolis. There was a group of 260 reds who made themselves consistently and consplcu- ously obnoxious at the convention. John L. Lewis, president of the mi ers, repeatedly took occasion to ca them to order. When “Jim"” Davis mounted the platform to address the convention there was a disturbance from an entirely different seation of Tomlinson Hall. In a far-bff corncr 500 delegates stood up and “booed” vociferously. Lewis pounded his gavel thunderously, and shouted “Or- der!” "“Order!” The *“booing” con- tinued. Davis could not proceed. Fi- nally he turned to Lewis and said: “Let 'em alone, John! That's my gang of Moose, giving the Moose hail- ing sign!™ * % % % Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, who addressed the New York Dartmouth alumni in eulogy of Calvin Coolidge this week, says that Dartmouth and Amherst are hated rivals. In Moses' day at Hanover, his college’s classic toast was “To Hell with Amherst"—the President's alma mater. Moscs roomed mouth in the samo dormitory the same floor with one of the field marshals of the Coolidge high com- mand, James B, Reynolds. Today, four years later, they find themselves neighbors on the same floor of a Washington apartment house. «xxx Washington needs a slush fund— not the kind the Senate oil commit- tee is talking about, but one which would enable the Capital's streets and to be made navigable when rds leave them ankle-deep in . sleet and mud. 1f a few mem- bers of Congress caught deathly colds Sudbury, ts. -8 jtrying to burrow their way through hington when it is in that co there might be more gener- sity ‘when Capitol Hill deals with the District of Columbia’s budget. * X % Senator “Tom” Weflin's lce-craam waistcoat and Senator Bayard's Latin Quarter flowing necktie seem to have incited other solons to commit sartorial eccentricities. Senator Copeland has gone in for a red car- nation as a daily adornment, and Sen- ator Necly sports a handkerchief of some golid color, never white, in the breast pocket of his coat. * % % *resident Coolidge continues to ceive delegations of handshaking pat- riots, despite the grave preoccupation of the hour. He insists upon speed in lining them up and passing them Chatty taxpayers who cxpoct a conversational moment or two With “cal” find usually themselves out- side the executive office almost before they real ‘ve been in it. The other duy ommittee of eminent citizens sought an “audience” ere mortified to discover themselves queue along with a company of midgets cngaged at a local theater. alvin Coolidge plays no favorites. The dwarfs got as much time as the eminent citizens—about a quarter of a second each. (Oopyright, 1924.) Everyday Psychology BY JOHN CARLYLE. The interest in practical, everyday. {opplicd psychology keeps Erowing. |Bocks on auto-suggestion, new {thought of one kind or another, cures by faith, healing by believing, and the like, flood the literary market. Coue. the Frenchman who for thirty years has been making people feel Dbetter by making them think they are better, is finding a second welcome in America. The tendency toward a growing in- 1 | thinking to tha problems of living there & one great central truth. The truth is that happiness is @ state of mind. When we have won the right mental attitude we can ad- just ourselves to circumstances how- ever difficult, however painful they are. So many in their search for con- tentment make the mistake of trying to wrench themselves away from cir- cumstances, to flee from conditions, to ignore obligationd and to shirk re- sponsibilities. Contentment is not won that way. 1t comes rather from adopting a new attitude toward our surroundings. It |comes from accepting the obligations It was Washington's misfortune o l¢erest in this sort of thing is a good have the worst storm of the winter {tendenc: It shows that people -are just when a number of people felt |thinking about the vastly increased it nece: to come back from Florida, —_—————————— Recent developments make the old- <hioned lobbyist who worked with a ary fas i a a streams of life. Ibottle of champagne and a box of Il Hloh what) loam Bere s cigars seem a very trivial performer. As a worker for the relief of the farmer, Mr. Fall concentrated too much on his own particular ranch. e SHOOTING STARS. PHILANDER JOHY The Charmer. His manner wasn't happy. He was shy on pedigree. His talk was seldom snappy And his clothes were queer to sce. Work filled him with misgiving. He never took a chance. Ie couldn’t earn a living— But, oh, how he could dance! His reckless demonstrations Created sad surprise. He talked for publication In language far from wise. Yet belles their beaus neglected ‘When he set out to prance. His headwork was dejected— But, oh, how he could dance! Fruits of the Ground. “Do you think the timc has come for the farmer to assert himself in politics?” “T'll say this much,” replied Senator Sorghum. “A man will have more chance as a tiller of the soil than he will as a spiller of the oil.] Jud Tunkins says when he was a boy he always followed the brass bands. Now he sits quietly at home ‘with a radio outfit and lets the music bunt him up. The Revolving Globe. The earth keeps turning on its way. ‘We view it with a frown, For what seems “higher up” one day Another looks low down. Evening Up the Chances. “1 understand a party of Snake Ridgers are coming over to the Gulch to play poker.” “Yes," replied Cactus Joe. “We thought we might as well try to be a little neighborly.” “‘But those boys have the reputation of using marked cards.” “That's all right. If any of 'em wins we have a bundle of counterfeit money ready to pay off with.” v *One o' de thifigs dat makes life seem easy foh sinners,” said Uncle Eben, “Is de melancholy but impor. tant fact dat de worst grafter is el- possibilities of life when they are freed from worry and discase. They are seeking a way out of the swamp of fear. They are secking a sercnity of soul which shall be sound enoush to bridge the turbulent | They are seeking a {new lquilly and not fearfully to what we {eall death. Along with much that is frequently isunderstood in practical psychology m th. pplication of consciou: and “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” —HENLEY. Bradford Still Was Thankful. Misunderstood, persecuted, betray- ed, falsely accused, arrested bereaved 1and almost impoverished, William Bradford. nevertheless, gave to America its first Thanksgiving ob- servance. He was born in obscure Austerfield, England, was & child when his par- ents died, and he lived with relatives, who taught him and had him work on their farms. Sick for a long time, he could not play like other children. When twelve years old. he would walk to the Reformist Church, ten miles away, and when sixteen he joined the separatists, despite that relatives raged, friends deserted him and neighbors scoffed at the future Pllgrims. To avold persecutions he and oth- ers sailed for Holland. The ship- master betrayed them and all the party were thrown into prison. Re- leased, he braved the perils of land and sea to reach Zealand. Soon af- ter his arrival there he was arrested on the charge of being a fugitive criminal from England, but was set free. Going to Amsterdam, he ‘appren- ticed himself to a silk_manufacturer. When twenty-one years old he sold his inherited property in England, went into business and lost most of his funds. . Joining the Pilgrims at Southamp- ton, he sailed on the Mayflower. The two-month journey across the rough Atlantic_ended, he prepared to land in America, when his wife fell over- board and was drowned. Then came the hardships of a win- ter in a strange and wild country, the attacks by Indians, the pestilence that took more than half of the little bapd, the death of the first governor, Bradford's election to the office, the failure of the pease crop-and the small barley yield. But there were other things to be thankful for, and in the fall of 1621 he set four men fowling so that the remaining_members might “after a more special manner rejoice together after we had enjoyed the fruits of A °";‘hl: O srvance that followed was America's first Thanksgiving. ‘And Bradford served as governor of the Plymouth colony all the rest of Bis life, except for a brief period when he declined election and en- joyed the honor, loyalty and friend- n{; of his Mpk y ’ o (Oopyright, 19339 1 ! |of life as the tools with which one is rk out the best possible | supplied to w pattern. Don't be panicky. Don't try to run away from life. The mark of an educated man. sa: | President Burton of the University o Michigan, is his ability to adjust him- self to circumstance: ur mind, not intensely but calmly and sanely, ourself to your work and Get into the right men- Then, curiously but no to adjust our duti 1 attitude. certainly take care of themsel Right thought does get results. (Copyrrighi 2 New Type of Fiction Comes in for Scoring There is a type of current fiction which deals pretty largely with “youth freed from the shackles of convention.”” That means, of course, the restrictions and inhibitions of old- fashioned morality and decency. Youth, thus pictured, Is setting itself free to' see and to know and to en- joy life. In this adventuring, wherein youth squeezes from life its last drop of sensual self-indulgence, the very dregs of human depravity are laid, stinking—there is no other word for' it—before the nostrils of the reader. Critics of the smart type revel in this type of literature, and are apoplectic with rage if anybody ob- jects to it or proposes to restrict it. Yet what is this process of “freeing youth” which novelists of this kind delight in but letting loose the ani- mal in man which civilisation, with its timid adventuring toward the spirit, strives to confine? 2 And what is clvilization, after all, but a slow and painful process of con. fining this brute in man which novels of “freedom.” like war, let loose in all its primal bestiality? What these novels call “life” isn't life at all. It is no more life than the existence of the inhabitants of the barnyard, which are happy if their bruté desires are satisfied. It is the lite of the barnyard, and the morals of the barnyard, which the modern povel of “freedom” celebrates.—Du- oth Herald. College Educations Are Sold Below Cost Persons who wonder “what the colleges do with thelr money” and why they so frequently have to ask the public support. may find their answer in some figures just an- nounced by the treasurer of Yale University. They show that last year each student cost the institu- tion an average of $835, the student paying In return only $267. Of Yale's total income only 26 per cent came trom tuition fees. If the average student had to pay out $800 or more a year for tuition, not including board, lodging and other expenses, American colleges would not be crowded to capacity as they are today. In recent years many institutions have felt called upon to double their - tuition fees and yet their incomes, from this source con- tinue far below their expenditures. If their professors und instructor: were paid In proportion to the vali of their services, the disparity would be even greater. It is seem, therefore, that without 1iberal endowments or state aid most colleges_would have to close their doors.—Pittsburgh Chroniole - Tele- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924. The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN There is an oft-repeated saying that no one is {ndispensable, that the place which each occupies can be filled; but it Is not so. We have had many great painters since Titlan, but none has ever taken his place; we have had great sculptors since Saint-Gaudens, but his loss iz still felt; the place which Henry Bacon oc- cupied as an architect none other can or will be able to fill. His was a rare gift coupled with a large nature. His death last Satur- day removed not only a notable figure in"the field of cotemporary archi- tecture, but a unique personality. He was a’ man of extraordinarily fine Laste, that rarest of all rare qualities, and it was this which distinguished whatever he did, whether it were de- signing the great Lincoln Memorial in this city or a plece of jewelry for personal adornment. Whatever he did was marked by great simplicity, by oxquisite refinement, but of that sort which combines most perfectly with virility. He had a simple, di- rect habit of thought, and his atti- tude toward the world, while never superior, was that of detached aloof- ss, tho aloofness of a thinker who in his own realm of thought, creates his own visions and is a littie shy of the use of words. He was a creative artist, and his standard was perfection. No amount of time or effort spent producing a desired re- sult or attaining a particular end was ever begrudged by him, but until that end was reached he dis- satistied. The external steps in his develop- ment as an architect are quickly told. Ilis father was an engineer. The family came of Massachusetts stock, but Henry Bacon was born in Ilinois and grew up as a boy in Wilmington, N. C,, where his father was in charge of the Cape Fear river and harbor improvements. He had one year at the University of Tlinols, and then entered the office of a firm of Boston architcets. After three years he went to New York. in the oflice of McKim, Mead & White, In 1583 he won the Rotch traveling scholarship, which enabled himto have two vears' study in_Europe, most of which he spent in Italy and ecce. Returning tc the United St s in_'9], he re- entered the office of McKim, Mead & White, but left there in ‘37 to form a parinership with Mr. Brite. This was dissolved in 1903, since when he had practiced alone. He had not u great many monu- mental buildings to his credit. Much of his time had been spent do: ng settings, pedestals, exedras for seulp- ture. workin ollaboration with a b Daniel arles H. Nichaus, Bitter and others, but whatever as exquisitely done and in a certain calmness of aspect, superbly superi Henry is known as a m nothing that his lly what There was effeminate about and work put to suppose that that which has esthetic quality perta to ceakness and superficiaiity. 1t was « of beauty, his grasp of art, recognition of the need of fine ion in material things which made him so good a citizen, so great an artist. The Lincoln Memorial is 4 building of vast size, but it is its perfaction of detail, the perfect proportioning of its parts, the exquisite refinement of it embellishments that make it of super- lative merit as a work of art, pletely satisfying to those sensitive to such impression The American Institute of Archi- tects made acknowledgme of the achievement when last May it award- ed its gold medal of honor to Henry {Bacon in recognition of the merit of this design. The occasion was memorzble one, award ng | {made with due ceremony and pic- jturesque setting on the steps of the {memorial by no less than the Presi- dent of the United s, the Chief {Justice pre: &. But the debt which {e all owe to Henry Bacon was not paid in full at that time, nor will it ever be so paid, for this great and beautiful buildinz will be an inspira- | tion and a delight to untold thousands for uncounted vears. * ® % Royal Cortissoz, in an address at {the dinner which preceded the award of the American Institute of Archi- tects’ raedal of honor to Henry Bacon, called attention to what we owe to human’ element’is very ni architecture. Character comes before | scholarship: it goes evervwhere into| the making of a great building. And.| speaking more specifically the architect who was on_ that occasion {being honored, he said: “If 1 had to | 0 com- ho are certain men in the architectural pro- fession, men who had character and iput it into their work. men who were {leaders: men. like Henry Bacon. whom {\e should realize and hold in remerm- brance, because, as he truly said, th r o us characterize Hacon in two words 1! would call him wn _cmbodied con- science”’; and he told an incident of when Mr. Bacon gave up a commis- [sion rather than at the demand of an lunknowing committee destroy the in tegrity of his design. “Nothing ha! over been a little matter with Bacon, Mr. Cortissoz said, “nothing that touched the honor of his art, ie has built many buildings, studving all manner of problems. e has designed bank buildings, university dormito- | ries, libraries, hospitals, church: schoolhouses, a railway station and an astronomical observatory, a public bath and a bridge. In collaboration with our leading sculptors he has de- signed perhaps three score monu- ments, and in_everything he has done ! he has been that embodied conscience seeking perfection. How nobly he could grasp it the Lincoln Memorial hows us. The great principles of the |Lincoln Memorial, its majesty, its strong refinement, its simplicity, its beauty, its monumental serenity, you will find running throush the entire! long procession of Bacon's buildin This was possible only because m«-.! attributes were in him, a part of his character. * % k ¥ And what an influence such a build- ing, such design must have! In an article by Robert P. Tristram Coffin in the February number of the North American Review this Rhodes scholar- Ship holder tells what it meaht to him, and in all probability to many other American students, to'live as it were in the cathedral atmosphere of Oxford University. _“The world is full of museums.” Mr. Coflin_ says. “but in the buildings ono passes the beauty of the past has not stopped breath- ing. By such, brief life can bind long art and long wisdom to the wheels of tomorrow’s chariots.” It is by living with such buildings that life itself is |hallowed. “I have an_ide: writes Mr. Cofin, “that one who eats and sleeps, laughs and thinks for a long time in a cathedral will grow at last to think and act in a cathedral-wise.” His meaning is_obvious. So those who, like Henry Bacon, through char- acter and God-given talent have added beauty to the world through fine buildings, expressing their as- pirations in imperishable materials, have immeasurably enriched their fellow men and the generations which are to follow. The Goldwyn Articles. To the Editor of The Star: Samuel Goldwyn's reminiscences entitled “Behind the Screen” are fascinating to motion picture lovers because he tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about actors. He tells the faults of living celebrites as no one else has ever done. For more than ten years he has been in a position to get inside information. Goldwyn candidly admits his own errors as manager and producer. His greatest mistakes were made in re- gard to the grand opera stars that went into the movies. Nearly all of the opera people were @isappointing. Goldwyn's now running in ‘The Star are best of the kind ever printed. THOS. W, GILMER. l | l ! 1 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Did any ex-President other than Woodrow Wlleon die in Washington? —L. M. A. John Quincy Adams is the only other President who dled in Washing- ton after he had completed his term of oftice as President. Q. Where are the federal reserve banks located ?>—F. B. A. They are located in the follow- ing cities: Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Cleveland, Richmond, At- lanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Fran- cisco. Q. Whero is the population per square mile the densest in the United States?—W. R. K. A. In 1920 the population per square mile was greatest in Washington, D. C.—17,292.9 persons to the square mile. Q. Does the government schools to teach radio?—E. P. A. The War Depurtment says that the government maintains no govern- ment radio schools except those main- tained for enlisted men in the Signal Corps, such as the Camp Alfred Vail, N.J. This gives a full radio course. Q. A press report states that som where in the west, on Mr. Wilson' funeral day, a golden cagle alighted on a flag flying at half-staff and re- mained there for two hours, undis turbed by the onlookers. Is this true? —V.T. A. This ineident occurred in Eilko, N It is said to be coincidental with a similar occurrence on the day when the news of the death of Presi- dent Ulysses S, Grant was received in ko. On that occasion-a huge Amer- ican eagle flew to where Old Glory, at half-mast, honored the memory of the President, and perched on the brass ball surmounting the stafl. One of Eiko's pioneers, who w then a ung man, shot at the eagle, but iled to hit it. For this offense he paid a fine of $100. Q. fighters boxing 7— A. They have What did Greek and Roman wear on their hands when AT fought with a cestus— a contrivance made of leather bands bound around the hand and wrist, often weighted with Jead or iron— and the battle usually was to the death. Q. How long has Tloanoke, Va., been known Ly that name?—B. C. D. A. Roanoke, was known as Big Lick until 1552, in which vear it adopted its pr Q. Please give name and location of the larzest the world, also mention the “also-rans”—F. A. | A. Wilson dam. in Alabama, is the largest. containing 1.281 | The next in size dam, Fgypt, with| rds of S | ew York, o aw Croton, New vards. and Keo- | 240,000 cubie | 1.179, ibic ¥ then the Kensico. the Q. Who said upon its own bottom A. This appears i grim's Progress.” * must stand upon h Q. Outside the world war. how uch has our government disbursed as pensions?—J. K. A. Serviea pensions June 30, 1921, exclusiv v fat (vat) bottom.™ paid up to of the world | part of the full flow, and arc | sion to ex-slaves? war, were: War of the revolutie: $70,000,000; war of 1812, $46,094,57 Indian’ wars, $20,017,921; war with Mexico, $54,471.002; civil war, $5.745 030,455; war with Spain, $76,007,321; regular establishment, $57,302,421, un classified, $16,513,425. — Q. What kind of trees ars those which are planted in rows alons either side of the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial ?—C. W. A. The trees which line the north and south sides of the reflecting pos in front of the Lincoln Memorial a English elms. Q. How should mail for Danzlg h. addressed?—W, R. W, A. The Post Office Department say that mail should bear the addr Free City of Danzig, Europe. —— Q. What were the cardinal tues?—C. C. H. A. According to the ancients. the cardinal virtues were the virtucs of justice. prudence, (emperance and fortitude. An attempt to moderniz: them led to the classification, benevo lence, justice, truth, purity and order Q. Who invented the ram?—W. H. D A Tt was o Whitehurst, 2 England, and subsequentl: nerfected by Monizolfier, the famous French balloonist, in 1795, Q. Fas the idea of the covenan died out among the Scoteh? A. This term denoted associat of bands of Scotch people who under took to support th other in time: of danger or to maintain some: prin ciple. As lately as 1912 a covenan was drawn up. This one was a pgo test of the Scotch Presbyterians of Ulster against the Irish home ruic bill introduced by the liberal govern ment under Mr, Asquithi. vi hydraulic in Q. Was “Rasputin” the real name of the Russian monk who attracted $o much attention a few years uxo? L E. B. A. Rasputin i= from the Ru word “rasputny.” meaning dissol profligate, libertine, licentious, was an_opprobrious nickname co ferred upon the notorious Russiar monk, whose rcal name was ( Novikh. Q. What are the different kinds of meters for measuring water?—s. M. i A. Water meters are of three eral ty —the positive, the infere: tial he propo al. Positive meters measure the ual volume of meters re the velocit flowiy water, and the quaniity is deduccd b computation from that record: pro portional meters mncasure x {ract APProximately accurate Q. Does the government pay a et -H. L. L. A. The government does mot pay such pensions. although such rep- resentations have been mado from time to time by individuals. (Readers of The Evening Star should send their_questions o The Star Information Burcau, Frederic ./ Haskin, director, 1220 North Capitol strect. The only charge for thiy service is 2 cenis in stamps for rel turn postage.) sarily only }There Was No Hidden Meaning /| 1 . In Coolidge’s New!ork Speech - President Calvin Coolidge scored again in Lis radioed address on L coln’s birthday in New York. His declaration that * was personal” probably overshadowed much eclse that he said. Yet, after all, the coun- try apparently today is recognizing that he outlined what now will be known as the “Coolidge policies,” and that from now on he is a separate force to be recognized in all political factors. “Calvin Coolidge needs no urging to per- form his high duty,” insists the Seattle Times (republican). and “the country afe with Coolids This is like- wise the view of the Salt Lake City Deseret News (indeperident republi- can), which also is pleased because the Chief Executive insisted “every sound poliey of the government must he national scope and must be beneficial to the entire country.” It is sue 3 ments. as the Portland Lxpres dependent) sees it, which gives the nation confidence in his sincerity and courage nd the Chicago Tribune (progressive republican) agrees with “all of his statements excepting his bonus views.” The Detroit Free Pres: (independent republican) finds h statements “comfortable and reassur, ing,” and the Spokane Spokesman- Review (republican) insists “his statements will withstand the hot fire of eight months of partisan opposi- tion.” = “With complete confidence in the common sense of the American people Te appeals to them against the politi- cal sense of men in Congress who put a pitifully low value upon public in- telligence,” the Duluth Herald (inde- pendent) insists, and “he will not ap- peal in vain” Yet the Milwaukee Journal (independent) rather fecls he missed his opportunity and that “he hooses to ignore the advocacy of ac- tion to directly touch the pocketbook of the farmers despite the creeping paralysis that has begun in the great farming community west of the M souri River.” In addition, the Miami News Metropolis (democratic) insis “the unfortunate thing is that Mr. Coolidge does not strike at the heart of the besetting disorders. If Mr. Coolidge had said that besetting evils were the outgrowth of the campaign contributions in 1920 _indefensible both as to amount and purpose, then he would have shown a complete un- standing.” e New: York Evening World (in- dependent democratic) holds that, “apart from its cmergency postseript on the oll lease scandal and an_ex- planation of recent policy in Mexico, his address merely expands certain rortions of his first messag: to Con gress into a message to the country. Fet, because he “has refused tc be stampeded,” the Nasnvills Banner {indepondent) insists his address, “taken as a whole, lacked little in the way of positiveness and was quite what was to have been anticipated. * ¥ ¥ ¥ As the Indianapolis News (inde- pendent) sees the situation, the out- look is disheartening, but “the peo- ple will look with confidence to the President to do his whole duty,” to which the St. Paul Dispatch (inde- pendent) adds, “Calvin Coolidge is not a man for compromise with ex- cdlency, or for weak appeals to Prejudioe. The democrats, had they joined the President in the same Spirit as that with which he invited them to do, might have avoided par- tisanship. Instead, they are engaged in a petty attempt to obstruct.” The Nowark News likewise is cheered be- cause the “President fully realizes the gravity and import of the oil scandals,” while the Baltimore Sun (democratic) suggests “even demo- crats must admit that, taken alto- gether, it is a strong presentation of the subjects discussed. Its strength 18 largely due to its simplo and gen- orally unaffected tone and to tho ab- sence in the main of a partisan apirit” It was “phrasing which the primary grade of citizen may under- stand.” suggests the Philadclphia Bulletin - (Iadependent ~republican). . L mpel the confidence ©f in the view of the Buf crepublican). he_ was silent on “taritf the Knoxville Sentinel (dem Tatic) argucs, “he is not advo the veduction of indirect taxes, much as he has told his part: the country the sacred Fordne Cumber tariff must not be tampered with It also was “carefully pre- vared on a scale covering the princi- pal issues which now seem likely t: figure in the approaching campalign.’ asserts the Louisville Courier-Journal mocratic), and “as such was ad- mirable in its candor and clearness but at the same time marks at once the strength and weakness of M. Coolidge's position as a candidate,” 1t also was an “admirable summar oes on the Norfolk (Neb.) News (in- dependent). and hecause of this fae! “as an advocate Mr. Coolidge grows in public esteem.” the Brooklyn Basl (independent) is convineed and “will the peopl falo WS Becau Fully approving th line of argu ment, the Kansas City Journal (re publican) feels “there is no hint of expediency, no trimming of sails to suit campaign winds. The familiar units of his policies were stressed and supplemented by the exigencies in- volved in the oil scandals.” And the “President is rizht when he says that the heart of the American people is sound,” the Little Rock Democrat (independent democratic) — agTees “and the Teapot Dome scandal has long passed party lines and we be- lieve that all forces are united in the demand that this blot be erased from the nation's records in so far as v vigorous pre fects, pendent une (re attitude the Minne can) feels in his entire is bigness is worthy of : Lincoln,” while the Reading Tribune (independent) holds “he made up in vigor all that he lacked in volume’ in his remarks. Ile announces mo new policies and no swerving from old ones, and the Springfield Repub- ilican (independent) is convinoced, as a result, “tho reasons for this posi- tion are stated with admirable clarity and the address should be widely and generally read.” It is, indeed, as the Albany News (independent republi- can) sees it, “the strongest Whit. House utterance since Wilson. It recalls the days of Roosevelt.” Inadequate Retired Pay. To the Editor of The Star: Commenting on remarks of J. 1i Steiner in The Star of Tuesday, It me ask Mr. Steiner what proportion of government employes have been receiving $3,0002 If this were truc none of us would worry much abou! retirement. This writer worked the first ten years in the government serviee for §900 per amnum. Since that time the small increase has barely kept up with the cost of ' necessities of life, and now I am thirty vears In the service and, at the maximum allowance in my depart- ment, have never reached the $3,000 mark, and cannot until Congress changes the law. Am lving in very plain suburb, and paying $65 a month rent for a very plain hous¢ which costs around $200 a year tu heat and light: other necessities in the same proportion. Yet Mr. Steiner thinks 1 should be forced to quit the only work at which I am proficient and take $60 a month simply because 1'may reach a stated age. About one vear after the present retirement law went into cffect s president of one of the govermmont workers_assoclatious said to me that some of the cases brought to his notice through cnforced retirement s ‘were pitiful, and that he was sorry he had -ever advocated a retiremcnt law. « The annuity should be made suf- ficlent to sustain life. or the law abulished, R G MANSON,