Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 6

6 THE THE EVENING STAR furbance in the system of fiscal re-'to know how the aborigines dressed, | ‘With Sunday Morning Ed.tion. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.......April 3, 1024 0 The Evening S Ofoe, r Newspaper Con St %nd I 110 En Tower tand. with by ca month ¥ late by Mail—Payahle in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. and Sunday..1 yr.. $5.40: 1 mo, unly vr i1 mo only 1y 1 Daily s8i00; Member of the Associated Press. <clusively entitled of all news dis nvws pib Blication of ¥ reserved. Fair Pla conrse, the la not when gas-tax w zoes wmong the it will utes 1 be so worded as to inflict the obvious wnd injustice it which Auditor mstax van vigorously protests. ammittee o 80 constituted in its rong v rship as 1 Wash ration of the »mmitte Nor is of th ition gislation ¢ th houses n gas-tax inditfer L of law possibility far gislation f the pre &« man the intend.” ington the conference « the blunder of Maryland to autotax terms which imprsed only a ease of tota ta without securing in advance gress. Both houses tived th indorsed it in word nt will, of rern. Since, then, Con jects our petition for this reciproeity it. with to dn it proposal gle whe hurtful and hat shape g Washington ha er fair that they tax and and in this \& cons s migh 1 play view what nding that co the pe imal Provis here houses upon the by this item upe confy could lawfully tha would nd not which, words emploved, reflect laring upon agree a twithstand- lid not, they of tWo abortive the District- having alrcady Kilted would escape, failing to get tax reciproeity, but without If, how regard the em n flect the intent Con- u pro and been Washington any broken bones. - conferces will dis. ©s governing conference THE(;];OB;L W. NOYES. . . . Editor , pany | Ave. morning « per become an ugly dispute, engendering lations between Nation and Capital |which was cstablished by the new | organic act of June 29, 1922, and of ! the stability of which both Senate and leaders gave assurance. The Consulate at Newecastle. Simultancous announcement in Lon- don and Washington of settlement of {the long-standing controversy over ! the American consulate at Newcastle: |- 'on-Tyne is a matter for mutual con- gratulation. What might easily have i | | bad fecling on both sides, is adjusted | without loss of dignity to either gov- | ernment. The combination of firm- ess and patience displayed by Secre- ary Hughes will add fmmensely to prestige of the American govern- | terest in relocating them. prepared their food, ate, drank. smoked, sang, loved and worshiped. | Little was written on those subjects, | and what written accounts have been preserved are sometimes confusing and | contradictory. When ethnologists of | | the National Museum were preparing ' a group to represent Potomac In- idians they had to fall back a good deal on speculation as to how they painted themselves, what kind of ani- mal skins they wore and how they wore them. The sites of scores of {Indian towns on the site of and close to Washington were forgot, and dur- ing the last half of the nineteenth century there was much scientific ln-‘ Typhoid From River Water. | and the British government will 'se nothing in prestige through ac- | knowledgment, even though it came tardily, that it had been in error. Newcastie incident is of more n passing consequence hecause it £rew out of the bitter resentment of | Eritish shipping interests against the | American merchant marine. Messrs | Slater and Brooks were, respectively, | American consul and vice consul at | Newcastle, The charge was made | had abused their consular | in attempting to divert! traffic to the American | British government took of the charge can- | exequatur of Mr, Slater | rew recognit of Mr.! The American State Depart- omptly instituted and con- e separate investigations | 1ined to its sats! on that | charzes were entirely without, The British foreign oftice | to accept the American find- whercupon Secretary Hughes | notice that the consulate at New- vould remain closed until there reversal of the British position. This reversal of position now has ceurred and Premier MacDonald has iotificd Ambassador Kellogs that after further consideration his maj- sty's government are prepared not upon the charge of exceeding ¢ ¢+ and nger The cognizance celed the ind withd Brooks, ment | ted and deter 1 foundation sed | av astle | was a i | insist iheir consular authority ias therefore been recalled.” This was immediately followed by an-| ¢t the appointment of erican consul at Newcastle and of the assignment of Messrs. | Sliter and Brooks to other consular | »sts in Great Britain. The moral of the story is that all world now knows that the United government intends to stand | back of the American con- | rvice and the American mer- | marine, and that our consular | rs wi'* continue to further Amer- wang interests in all proper “rnat is what consular officers | 1 i ——— i “Economic Suicide { ofreary Mellon spoke truly when | admonished the Senate finance mittee rday that the pro-| in the estate tax rate per cent 1o.40 per cent is, suicide.” His logic was o | clear in support of this assertion that | seems the committec would not be | Justified in favorably considering the ! proposed increase. It is incredible that any legislator | having mind the welfare of his own state would consent to a rate of taxation which would in the end cause o resort to higher land rom being deprived of an im- source of state revenue. Mellon pointed out that nent shouid keep estate t crve for times of nation All prior inheritance taxe war taxes, he said, and it now that Congress proposes to thix reserve when revenue other sources is not only ade- but in excess of the nation's nouncement { squarely k si ways, are s, posed inerease om stites =, fr riant See- tary the govern have oniy from | auate, ds. Mellon made the point, well taken, that in this country the | 1 necessity of breaking up large | unes does not exist. A man's es- i usually divided among his and in a few generations any | single estate 1= split into man: moderate inheritances. His advice | should be followed by the Iem’slamrs‘ in this recommendation. { ——— The Congressional Record may vet ! require careful editing In order to limit itself to the lines laid down by the old New York journalist who an- nounced “All the news that's fit to | i | ‘There is one companion of the old- time Potomac freshet which fortu- nately does not come to us now. It is typhoid. In those parts of the P(\-“ tomac valley where wells and springs | may be more than the usual number of cases of typhoid fever, but certainly | a warning must have been issued to! the people. Before the building of the filtration plant we drank plain river water untreated except by some rest or “settling” which it had in the reservoirs. When the river was mud- |dy our water was muddy. ‘There was pollution of the Potomac by the sewage of cities and villages and by seepage and drainage from . thousands of farms. When the typhoid rate was high in the country through which the river flows it was high in Washington. There was rise in the number of unusual rains and a marked rise fol- lowed a flood. The danger of “raw” Potomac 'h talked | about by physicians and so generally | understood by our population that many persons depended on bottles of “spring” water brought from a dis- tance and on other beverages obtained from bottles and kegs. Thousands of poor persons drew their wator supply from pumps in old-time wells at street corners. They thought it better tast ing water than Potomac water. It| was aiso clear. They knew that there was the chance of death in glass both of well water and Potomac water. After every flood our drinking water was dirtier and otherwise more ngerous. Boiling and cooling Po- tomac water for home use was a com- witer was so m every | mon houschold duty. large sale of filters which too mud from the water. All that wa! 80 very long ago. It required ye pressure on Congress before the Capi tal could be provided with a public filtering plant which clarifies the wi- ter and relieves it of myriads of di ease zerms. H ——— Disparaging reference by Mr. Van- derlip to the financial standing of two | young Ohio publishers will no longer | be justified In the banker's own mind | if they get the award claimed in their ] libel suit. ————— Several men are reported to have shot themselves because thelr wives bobbed their hair. Only a very incon- | siderate husband would make so ur pleasant a scene over so slight @ mat- | ter. —_——— 1t is feared that Mr. Bok's prize | peace plan,will linger for a long time | without action unless some way can be found to bring it before one of the | national party conventions. { | One by one difficulties are removed | the natural course of events. The ————— be a matter of I coneern to the ! once agitated householder. ————— i Almost any candidate can find more or less comfort by making e tour of the map and carefully picking his points of interest, | SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Snow Balls. But seldom does a happy smile, However free from, selfish guile, Fail to arouse some censure rude That rises from an envious mood. | Hughes will chiefly deal with. ‘has not {inte |So tiny fleeting flowers that bring | Their laughter to salute the spring { Find winter haning ‘round to heave A snowball that will make them committees practically ssues aetuaily i will frume what is| print. new hill, ignoring the and striv- L —————————— | before There is no longer cccasion to dis- | fore the states for ratification. ) I rocity gas con lias ax legislati and sional 1, Wa suggesti me 2y requir It the upon the ex ;s hington her ns o« ning w ng personal 1ax on antorobiles Was that there should eithe emption in the mobiles, or that be at the rate of 1 vents a gallon. The Star edito flyzed the reasons the ing a§ 2 assessment of auto- tax should instead of 2 1y recently which an- influenced gas tax and in respect to the states to impose o vlassificd the state rate of gas tax exacted uf the states imposed a vent to nothing <. .4 tmposed a rate of 2 ceuts or more. Analysis of the reasons for the gas tax showed conclusively that the Dis- trict fell naturally and equitably nmong the twenty-four stites with the I-cent-per-gallon rate as a maximum, nnd not among the twenty states which impose the rate of 2 cents or more. If our conferees considered that they were imposing a new tax on gasoline fn the District and studied the legisla- tion in the states to discover what rate should be wisely and equitably Imposed here, Washington is abso lutely confident that they would de. cide upon the 1 cent and not the 2 cent rate, Washington is ¢ n of the intent and the determination of the con- ferees to play fair in the legislation as to disposition of the proceeds of the new t It is inconceivable that in retaining the personal tax on auto- mobiles there should be any change in the application of this tax solely to the District’s 60 per cent proportionate contribution. Washington confidently ‘expects that scrupulous care will be taken by the conferees to cause the new tax to work @ minimum of dis- from 1 twenty-four states t} out like zas tax is | ® | lawyers Twenty-four | i | | cuss the eccentricities of March. Tt |is fair to assume at least that when ';April comes like a lion it will go lamb. i ———————————— :rtions that there are too many in Congress may tempt a | zreat deal of valuable talent to look | elsewhere where the fees are larger. i ——— | Potomac Indians. Tt is not widely known that a woman | who is rated as the foremost author- |ity ‘on Indian music has long been associated with the bureau of Ameri- | can ethnology of the Smithsonian In- | stitution. 1t was noted in the news a few days ago that this woman “has | been added to' the staff of the Na- | tional Museum” and “placed in | charge of the unique collection of ! musical instruments from all lands | in the old museum building.” There !is no extensive interest in the preser- | vation of Indian music, and most per- sons are not impressed with it when | they hear it, but to some music stu- dents it may be interesting, and to i students of the first people of our country of whom we have any knowl- edge it is worth-while subject. It is good thing that the Smithsonian has | | already done much to preserve Indian music and to gather all possible in- formation about the race. That race is passing, or if @ fragment survive it will cease to be Indian. Regret is often felt that so little definite, detailed knowledge of the In- dians of Maryland and Virginia has come to us, In the old chronicles of our part of the country are number- less references to Indians, but the In- dian was the reverse of an inviting subject to the few writers or scientific investigators of those times. It seemed not to be thought that time might come when descendants of the immigrants from Europe might want ! made it popular. grieve. i Change. “Why do you always go to an ex- pensive resort hotel when you take a little vacation? It cannot be very restful.” 0, answered Senator Sorghum. “There Isn’t so much rest, but there’s a change. I find it a sort of relief to worry about my own bills for awhile instead of the finances of the nation.” Jud Tunkins says poverty is no dis- grace, but that fact has never yet Modern Improvement, The girls of long ago, they say, Would study hard to sing and play. They practiced several hours a day. No more we hear “do-mi-sol-do.” A lass can give a better show By turning on the rad-i-o. Americanization. “Did that distingulshed Chinaman succeed in organizing his mah-jong class?" . ‘No,” answered ctus Joe, “The boys found they ‘could make more money by teaching the Chinaman to piay poker.” i | Turn About. “Real lad'es now attend prize fights,” remarked Mr. Meekton. “Of course,” answered his wife. “Well, Henrietta, times have changed and I make no protest. But any afternoon you go to a prize fight T'll get myself a box of chocolates and a lace handkerchief and cry my eyes out at some matinee where they're showing the sorrows of @ neglected husband.” “Truth,” eaid Uncle Eben, “is not only stranger dan fiction, but & heap Scarcer.” LTENANG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE: Charles Evans Hughes Is to be the first “keynoter” of the Coolidge pres- idential campaign. The Secretary of State will be temporary chairman of the republican state convention in New York city on April 15. He is expected to deal in the best Hughes sledge-hammer fashion with current events of paramount interest to the republican party. Probably the things that have occupied Washing- ton's attention mostly for the past three months will be the material Pres- ident Coolidge's stewardship of na- tional affairs, with particular refer- ence to the recent erisis in the ad- ministration, is sure to come in for strong treatment. It is a long time since the Secretary of State has ad- dressed the country in a purely po- litical connection. * k% % Former Supreme Court Justice John yhave been filled by river water there Hessin Clarke has arrived in Cali- fornia on the last lap of a trans- | continental speaking tour on behalf of the league of nations. During his plea for the covenant Mr. Clarke has also argued fervently in favor of American entry into the world court. The Ohio Jurist has had enthusiastic meetings all the way across the country. Women and hurch peo- ple” turned vut strong to hear him and voice their belief in the leagus ideal. Mr. Clarke's address, which he calls “The Case for the League,” takes the form of a lawyer's argu ment to a jury on behalf of a client He tackles, one by one, the classic objections raised by the opponents of the covenant and attempts to remove them. At San Francisco the other @ay Clarke sald there were sixty or- xkanizations in the United States with individual peace plans, but he thinks practizal common sense d r the one “functioning peace ation” in existence—viz, the nations. * % hague o * ¥ the name of Col. Edward M. House is mentioned as a democratic presidential dark horse. From more than one influential quar- ter the suggestion has been made that the Texan Measures up to every re. quirement "of the democratic situa- tion. Substantial support has been offered House in case he puts himself in Teceptive mood, but to date he encouraged his friends. 1f democratic party found- it expe- dient to fight the battle of 1924 on rnational issues House wou'd be as logical a candidate as it could nominat But the taciturn colonel insists he Is without ambition in that direction. Ever and anon * kB One of the official jobs which the unofficial Frank W. Stearns period- ically accepts from Mr. Coolldge to give the “once over” to men whom the President is thinking of offering high office. If there's a Secretary of the Navy or an Attorney General or an ambassador to be appointed, ‘al's” best friend Is sent forth on a couting mission. Usually Stearns signment is double-barreled. His is | task is to find out if Barkis is willin nd, if so, whether Barkis “will do. Sometimes the scout's are revived—his business instructions is to con- vince himself that the “prospect” measures up to the requirements of the post In question, and, if they seem to be fulfilled, Stearns takes sound- ings as to his reaainess to serve Uncle Sam at low pay. * % % % The White House thinks the right kind of a cabinet officer Is one who would be worth $75,000 to $100,000 a year in eclvil occupation, but is will- ing to hold government office at $12,- 000 plus an automobile. Mr. Coolidge belleves he has several men In his cablnet now who answer that de- scription. When he becamé Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes was reputed to be carning anywhere from $500,000 to $1,000,000 a year. Sccretary Mel- lon’s ' income possibilities in private business must outstrip those figures many times. If Herbert Hoover were to announce that his services as an executive were on the market he would probably get a dozen offers of $100,000 a_yvear by long-distance te ephone. "The New York Central sys- tem is just now hunting for a $100- 000-a-year president to take the place of the'late Alfred H. Smith. * ok ok ok Three European diplomats, lately members of the Washington diplo- matie corps, have become residents of the United States and engaged in business in New York. One is Boris Bukhmeteff, formerly Russian am- bassador; another is Don Federico Alfonso Pezct, formerly Peruvian am- bassador, and a third is Dr. Bedrich epinek, formerly Czechoslovakian minister. Although 1Ost countrie: except the United States, maintain professional diplomatie services, members of these sometimes 11 afoul of their domestic political con- ditions. One or two of the statesmen above mentioned come within t category and have drowned their sorrows by becoming residents of this country. % 4 ok A prophet is not without Lonor save in Pennsylvania A . leading Philadelphia newspaper this week de- scribed the Secretary of the Treasury twice within the same editorial as “Andrew K. Mellon”” Mr. Melion's middie name is William. * ¥ ¥ ¥ With Harlan F. Stone's appointment to the attorney generalship. New York state now ranks with Pennsyl- vania and California with two mem- bers each in the cabinct. Hughes and Stone are credited to New York; Mellon and Davis to Pennsylvania and Hoover and Wilbur to California. Davis has a double allegiance—he has one home in Pittsburgh and x other at Mooseheart, Il Althou the President was not definitel moved by geographical considera- tions In not appointing Chlef Justice Rugg of the Massachusetts supreme court to Mr. Daugherty’s post, poli- tictans are convinced Rugg’s Bay state origin militated against There’s a campaign impending, “and 100 much Massachusetts” has its dls- advantages from point. Rugg s earmarked for the first Supreme Court vacancy. (Copyright, 1924.) Advancing Congress Session And Inauguration Is Favored Since the present Congress con-|no less right to adjust the details of jand vened, several proposed amendments to the federal Constitution have been submitted. Probably none has been so favorably received as the resolu- tion offered by Senator Norris which makes the first Monday in January the date on which Congress will con- vene, and the third Monday in Jan- uary the date of the inauguration of the President. The Senate has over- whelniingly adopted the resolution It is a far cry from 1735 to 1924, and t is the transformation that has come to pass between these years that calls for the change to meet changed conditions, most editors agree. Some editors, however, <ee danger in | high cost of fuel in a few weeks will | ine change. In the opinion of the Duluth News- Tribune, “it is a common sense amendment, involving no _ gre change in the fundamentals of gov. ernment, but simply correcting situation that has been brought about by the passage of time and changed living conditions,” and “it should be adopted as a matter of course.” The Loulsville Courler-Journal maintains “it is thoroughly consonant with the spirit of the Constitution and thor- oughly in accord with representative government as conceived by the framers of that document. It would change the Constitution, but change it in order to et back fo the funda- mental principles of the Constitu- tion.” As the Worcester Telegram sees it, “there are many arguments in favor of the change and practically none against it” The Néw York World characterizes the old arrange- ment as “farcically out of sorts with representative government."” and “there should be no further delay in getting the Norris amendment be- Only the tradition of bad transportation justifies the prese .t arrangement of Succession, according to the Chicago Tribune, which jocularly declares “it is absurd now, but may become rea- sonable if we ever get government ownership of the railroads.” * k¥ % The principal thing In favor of the amendment, the Salt Lake Tribune argues, “is that a Congress which meets =oon after its election is likely to be more responsive to the public willi than one which convenes many i months after its members have been chosen at the polle.” The Springfield Republican continue Tt is such a Congress, over two years oid and with its mandate from the people ex- hausted, that may be called upon o behavior to a lower plane. choose a President of the United States in case the electoral college fails to function.” Thus “respect for 1 i | |its the Constitution to meet its own needs, while preserving and revering essentials, The Minneapolis Tribune feels “the logic that is in- herent in the genius of American government commends the Norris imendment as sound. Let's shift schedules if we think It best, but after having made the shift don't let's take it for eranted that any part of the r-<ponsibility in assuring good government departs from the keeping of the people.” * ¥ % % The Grand Rapids Herald insists that “no constitutional amendment should be lightly undertaken or im- maturely launched, and this particu- lar amendment must cure—not cre- ate—uncertainties” The outstand- Ing criticism comes from the Colnm- bus Dispatch, which believes “the Norris amendment would introduce the most perilous possibility that has | ever been connected with the ques tion of our presidential succession,’ bLecause “in case of a contest, or of a failure of any candidate to get a majority in the eiectoral college, the settlement would be thrown into the hands of this new Congress, coming into session only two weeks before the time set for the inauguration of the President.” The Dispatch cites the contest of 1876 between Haves and Tilden, and asks “in such a case, what would be the chance of a set- tlement in two weeks' time?' The Springfield Union concludes “the Nor- ris resolution may be thought point out defects in governmental or- ganization that might need remedy, | but it offers opportunity for argu- ment on both sides and it suggests thought vegarding the administra~ tion of public affairs.” Standing Up Alone BY JOHN CARLYLE. It is quite simple and easy to live up to vour ideals when you are in the atmosphere for it It is easy to do the right thing when you have no opposition. It is not so easy when all the forces with which you are in contact at the moment are pulling the other way. Few of you who read thiz would set out deliberately to violate law. Few would set out deliberately to make fools of themselves, to destroy self-respect, to change their normal Left to our- selves or left in the right company, we | should do pretty well. We should keep on the plane of self-respeeting | the Constitution has been carried to |behavior. an inexcusable extreme in the long toleration of such conditions. is indorsed by the Norfolk (Neb.) News, which says, furthermore, ‘No business institution would ecer let an employe hang on for a year after the boss had ordered his discharge. Why should Uncle Sam do so?" change, the Roanoke Times points out, would also “eliminate the long Wait from November_ until March, a period of inaction and marking time, which is good neither for the govern- ment nor business.” The Springfield News thinks the change ought to prove popular, “if for no other reason than it will allow a newly eleted Congress and a new President to get their heads together much sooner than before after a national election. Much valuable time will be saved and federal expenses should be reduced. The Pittsburgh Sun also believes “the possibility of undue Executive influence upon repudiated congress- men would be removed, for the old Congress would not sit after the lection.” “The Fiint Journal suggests further that “quicker alteration of govern- mental policy conformable. to public sentiment, as revealed at the polls, would result from the proposed change In the Constitution.” The De- trolt News holds that “the govern- ment and the Constitution should be subject to ready change in the ma- chinery by which the people's will is carried out,” and the House and the states should lose no time in act- ing on the amendment approved by the Senate.” In this connection, the Butte Post mentions that the men’ who wrote the Constitutiop offered twelve amendments to make it more work- able, so “the present generation has l 1 1 The real test of a man comes when This | he is suddenly faced with the oppor- tunity to make a quick decision. The | real test comes when he must decide whether he will move with the crowd, which he knows is going the wrong way, or whether he will turn and The | travel alone. Perhaps you will object that you do not know what is the right thing to do. Very likely you don’t. Few do. But all of us know what we think is the right thing to do. All that any of us can be asked to do is to do what we think is the right thing. All that any of us can be asked to do_is to do as well as we know how. You may be a_young man or a young woman reading this. The time will come today, tomorrow, perhaps over and over again, when you must go along with your associates or you must let them go their way while you go yours. It Is not easy. A half dozen persons, even three or four, all thinking the same way, all traveling the same road, creatc atmosphere. They give color and reality and a bill of health to a courte of action which you know in deliberate thought must_prove to be the wrong course. Here is where the hard task begins, Don't hang any laurels on yourself for making a good record when you hgve moral support on all sides of you, in front and behind you. Don't treat yourself to any medals because you have satisfled your ideals of personal conduct when you have been alone. How have you behaved, what have you done with your {deais and con- victions, when all the “good fellows™ have been against you? (Coprright, 1924.) Coolldge’s stand- | to ! THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1924 The North Window ! BY LEILA MECHLIN " add one cubit to his stature, neither can he galn originality if he does not possess it. Like genfus, originality is inborn; the one s the power to do, the other an angle of vistor We have heard much in the past few years from the moderniste of new forms of cxpression, but in the field of art it would seem that Augustus |Vincent Tack was the first to dis- cover or make use of a form purely orlginal. The exhibition of recent decorative palntings by Mr. Tack which is now on view at the Phillips Memorial Gallery is a surprise and a revelation. It is painting of a sort which has never been done hefore and yet which seems to belong to the Great Tradition. At first sight the compositions—for such they truly are—delight the eye hecause of color- ful quality, just as a medieval stained- glass window bursts with radiance upon the vision of one entering a dimly lighted cathedral. But what s iit all about; are these pictures? In most Instances no, and drawing close one is a bit bewildered at first by the intangibility of the shapes employed 1t is a5 though one listened to & poem in a foreig nknown languae. Gradually “as ' imagination awakens meaning dawns, and as one sees fan- tastic forms in the clouds, s0 un- imagined beauty is unfolded by these paintings. They are of the stuff of which dreams arc made, and yet most en For instance, the titled “The Voice of lately acquired morial Ga'lary. great panel en- Many Waters,” by the Phillips M seem to encompass all the litte love- liness of majestic waterfalls—of Ni- wgar those wisps of falls found viss Alps—dropping _from Ereat heights ke a maiden's vell: and azain (U suggests the jesty of mountain heights, the mystery of ver- dant ravin piration, rich endow ment. How and why one cannot ex- plain, the painter with tangible m terial has ecreated intangible effects, lund while making use of definite form has indefinitely extended the on- looker’s vision. And he has done ft without straining; with perfect naturalness, so that it seems not strange, but usual, * % % % In order to point the way to under- standing Mr. Phillips himself has giv- en a brief explanatory account as a foreword to the catalogue. In this be calls attention to the fact that Wiiliam Blake, the great mystic, la- jmented the “tyranny of the literal and the local In the graphic arts It was Blake who asked why paint- jins must be “confined to the sordid {drudgery of facsimile reproduction, of merely mortal and perishing sub- stances, rather than be elevated, like poetry and music, into art's proper sphere—invention and visionary con- ception” And Mr. Phillips says in lanswer. “Why indeed? Yet it is a fact (that the illustrative and imitative is much more easily understood than the [parely interpretive.” “The greatest thing art can suggest.” Mr. Phillips affirms, “1s the rhythm of life itself—the rhythm without which {life would not persist” And he con- tinues: “Rhythm is that delicate equi- poise and ‘balance which confronts us daily with the miracle of co-ordi- nate action., of natural movement Rhythm Is life with it reservoirs of impulses and energy and its waves of emotion. And is it not art as well. | with its complex relations between {Part and part and between part and |whole, its mysterious harmonies of |proportion, its subtle sence of scale lof theme and expression of matter and spirit? In no other art has this jidentity of content and form seemed {so inhérent as in music, which is self- {contained and self-sufficient. Yet painters, too, have dreamed of mov- ing us like music, of giving painting the emotional potency and even the time element which music has hither- to monopolized. Augustus Vincent Tack is showing the way., He is a great pioneer and one of the truly significant and important artists of our age. In his sublime decorations the cbb and flow, and the fluent, d {namic forces of life. To his color music we may g0 either for rest and Irecreation, or for zest and stimula- [tion; for' sesing visions and for dreaming dreams. * & k% There is a strong clement of re- semblance in some of Mr., Tack's paintings to the paintings of the early Chinese artists, the great mas- ters of the Orient. Particularly is this felt in the decorative painting of the sea, where crested wave on wave pile high and suggest endless motion—commingled tragedy and joy. Here, then, is the “great tradition,” the common kinship which annihi- lates time, for, as Roval Cortissoz has said in a publiched e: ‘Art, great art, has no reference to time: it is of all’ time.” ~ Also. Tack shows the influence of the Italian primitives, especially so in his “Rosa Mystica.” owned by the Cleveland Museum and lent to this exhibition—a work steep- ed in religious feeling. as is John La Farge's great painting “The As- cension” in: the Church of the As- cension, New York Tack ' himself is a mystic, a pro- religious man. inepiration, as Mr. Phillips has told us, he goes to two sources, “first the thought of the divine Nazarene, of the mighty spiritnal forces creat- ed by Him o save the world from itself; second. the majesty of high mountains in serenity and storm, the elements which transcend time and place and speak with the voice of the Great Spirit” ' R foundly and’ for his wonderful sense of decorative val- ues, a sense which the world has come to recognize, for of late he has been commissioned to produce mural paintings for the decoration of the new state capitol in Nebraska, that building, designed alons extremely original lines by Bertram Goodhue, Which the architeets of the country { with remarkable unanimity have praised without measure; and he has also been commissioned of late to completely redecorate the Church of the Paulist Fathers in New York, Augustus Tack is a modernist. but ‘not one of those who, seeking originality, have thrown aside beauty. He has opened, instead, ways which seem to lead (o beauty on a higher plane than has yet been concel ved, but still one to which all, if they will, may follow him. * X ¥ % I Augustus Vincent Tack was born in November, 1870, in Pittsburgh, Pa., | that great city of iron and steel, of { furnaces and foundries, smokestacks and striking contrasts. under Mowbray and La Farge in New York and under Merson in Paris. He has painted portraits and figure paintings, as well as mural decora- tions. He s represented in the permanent collection of the Metro- politan Museum of Art, and he has produced mural paintings_for the new Parliament building, Winnipeg, Canada. The Phillips Memorial Gal- lery owns his recently painted por- trait of former Senator Elihu Root, which at present is included In the American exhibit sent to_the inter- national exposition at Venice. It also owns his “Madonna of the Ever- ,lasting Hills,” and other works. He jhas been thought a rather clumsy technician, but he has developed a | technique of his own, and Mr. Phillips {has rightly called attention to the “magical wizardry of color and texture” in his masterpiece, the “Rosa Mystica,” which shows him to be completely in control of his pigment and able to create not only impres- sively colorful compositions, but beautiful surfaces as welk One moment it would to the contrary,; tone, its unerring correspondence | we feel a quickened apprehension of | And, withal, Augustus Tack has a| He studied | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN By taking thought & map cannot Q. How can Dr. Hugh §. Cumming, wurgeon general of the United States, become vice president of the perma- of nations when the United States is not a member of eaid league?—E. M. of nations; the vice which Dr. Cumming was asked to ac cept, Is not entirely a league of na- ilions agency, but is composed of | members trom the International Health Office (ten In number), of which the United States and all civil- ized nations except Japan are mem- | bers by treaty, and six members from | the league of nations composing what 'is known as a “mixed éommittee.” The function of this committee is to co-ordinate the activities of the In- ternational Health Office and league of nations. It is the vice pres- idency of this mixed committee which Dr. Cumming is asked to accept. He has not as yet accepted the office. 13 a Q. How deep Is the Potomac river around Washington?—C. K. A. The depth of the Potomac river near Washington varies, It is deeper at Key bridge than at Potomac Park. The channel is twenty-two feet deep; at Georgetown, eighteen feet. Q. How many saddle horses?—W. E. S. A There are five gaits: Trotting, pacing, cantering, galloping and run- ning. Q. Who delivers the blank paper { to the bureau of engraving and print- ing on which the bills are printed?— € R. A. The shoets of paper on bills are printed are delivered by the louns and currency of the Secretary of the Treas office to the burcau, upon requisition From the time the blank sheets aro deliversd by careful count unti! thirty days later when the bills are sent to the Treasury to have the seal printed thereon, the bureau must ac- count for every sheet in its hands. Q How much did Walt Whitman's brain weigh?—B. U. H A A monograph by Dr. E. A Spitzka of Jefferson Medical College says that the poet’s brain is stated to have weighed 45. (1252 grams) and 43.3 ounces (1, grams). Q. Where was the first Christian girls' school in Japan?—C. E. M. A. Ferris _Seminary, Yokohama, started in 1570 by the Mission of the Reformed Church in America, was the first Christian girls' school in Japan, Q. Who stood with when he took the oath of office as President the first time?—A. M. T. A. The oath of office was admin- istered to Georme Washinzton at his first inauguration in New York city April 30, 1769, Those standing with him, according to Lossing's Life of Washington, were John Adams. Alex ander Hamilton, James Knox and Baron von Steub which 1aily ounce: Q. Through what locks must a ship pass when £oing from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean through the Panama canal’—R. B, A It passes through three flights of the Gatun lock and then through Gatun lake. From this point it passes through the canal proper, and then through one flight to Pedro Miguel lock into Mira Flores lake, then two 1 | COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” ! —HENLEY. ) | When Frank A. Vanderlip was the boy had to help make the farm jon which he was born produce its small yield Four years later the heavily mortgaged place was sold and the farmer boy could find only one job in nearby Aurora, Il That was in @ machine shop, where for ten hours' work & day he was paid 75 cents. He had gone to country school part of the time and had studied at night Now he learned and taught after hours, and saved enough to enter the University of Illinois. Completing the course In mechanlcal engineering there, he sought work, but could find nothing but his old macHfinist job, now paying $1.35 a day. He studled stenography by mail. The machine shop shut down and he became handy man on the Aurora newspaper at $1 a day. Next, in Chicago, he first was stenog- rapher and later manager of a concern furnishing analytical business reports. Then he was a reporter on a Chicago newspaper and climbed to the position of financial editor—and still continued to study and to support the family. His newspaper work attracted the attention of Lyman J. Gage and when Gage was appointed Secretary of the Treasury he took Vanderlip, fow thirty-three, to Washington as his private secretary and later made him assistant secretary of the Treasury. Four vears later Vanderlip was called | to the National City Bank of New York, { the largest bank in the country. Start- {ing as vice president, with a salary of $25,000 a_year and no set duties, he created a field and built the bank s bus ness. At the end of eight years he, forty-five, became president and con- tinued to make the institution more powerful. He headed the Internation: Banking Corporation when it began its active campaign for banking business of the worid, then became interested in many other concerns. Having amassed a fortune, he retired when fifty-five. He has been honored {By this and other countries and is known Ifor his many benefactions, modestly given. (Copyright, 1924.) Bit of Comfort Found In Higher Living Cost One of the most pathetic things in | Germany is the aged couple who saved {for years to provide for their old age and now find their life savings wiped out by the collapse of the mark's value. But to how many has it oc- curred that the same thing on a smaller scale has happened right here in America? Old people who thought |them in their old age now find that the dollar will buy only as much as 60 cents would have bought In 1914.! In effect, 40 cents of the original dol- | lar has disappeared as a result of | the rise in cost of living. That's un- fortunate, but war is war, and there's no escape from paying the piper once we dance to Mars’ music. However, every cloud has a silver For instance, 60 cents saved rth about one dollar ilater, not counting any increase by interest, provided the buying power of the dollar eventually returns to normal. A score of years may pass before cost of living gets back to its old-time level, supposing that it ever will. That's just when old age will be creeping up to many of us. Even i the dollar does not return to its pre- war value in purchasing power, the dollar saved now will be worth much more later. So, if you would provide a nest egg for old age, save now. i Money at 4 per cent doubles in less than eighteen years. That's one way buying to offset depreciation of power—Jersey City Journal j nent health organization of the league A. The committes of the league | presidency of | the | gaits are there for | ariously | Washington | twelve years old his father died and | they had saved cnough to care for| flights to Mira Flores lock into the canal proper and then to the Pasific ocean. Qj.~ Is the radic clearer at night?— A. It is quite well known that radio receptions are far better in the winter than in the summer, and a night than by day. Q Which weighs more, a gallon of cream or a gallon of milk?—A. A. A. A gallon of ordinary milk will i weigh more than a gallon of cream. Q. Does sterilizing a_razor bladc with hot water m)urg |?’.’ W O,b o A. There is no real ba sis for the statement that pouring hot water on @ razor blade will injure the steel. Ir some cases the continued applicatior boiling water might exert a sHght tempering effect, but usually the in fluence of hot-water application would merely “season” hardoned oter without any material ch n ness. | Q. What is the food value peach?—T. C. A. Three medium sized peaches are , approximately equal in food vaiue to one large egg, or five-cighths cup of miik, or one medium sized potato, or two slices of bread or three-quarter cup of cooked farina of Q. Who was the publie d with Lincoln’s who had & club foot?- A. Thadde man id dministratic R ns is the man re ferred to. He was a leader in the House of Representatives during the civil war and during the period of re construction following, until the time of his death in 186& ball game there Stev Was a hase poned becs o it?7—M ume ver post e no one t between the Allentowr clubs, scheduled fo was d becaus | there were un spectators. A lare | parade was the rival attraction. Q. What eolor rier?—E. It A. The color of a pure-bred Alre dale is as follows: Crown. back ane sides, black; face, throat and limbs tan. poste “an Airedale ter | @ Wnat was the Pharos of Egypt which is listed as one of the sever wonders of the ancient world?—H. & A. The wonder of the world refer- red to was a famous lighthouse built upon the island of Pharos The name Pharos was fterward given to at st twenty other I uses. What is “dars LM A. Darso a sorghum said to have { been developed and at the Oklahoma agricultural periment station. Q. How large where cipl A. The lake; it i miles t Q s really a g, eight y T00 1 be- “the Dar. L . Probably another r the T calle new world. Q. Is it true t burn?—C. L. J A. Steel wnol is composed of sharp edged thre~ds o ~+ac] and is, there- fore, not inflammable. (Let The Star nick Information Burec Frederic J. Haskin. director. 1220 North Capitol street. answer your question The only charge for this service is = cents in stamos for return posage.) 7 | Lauds Veterans’ Bureau. Former Service Man Voices | Praise for Treatment There. ‘To the Editor of The Star: We have read and heard mu; of maladministration and inefficien | the part of various government official and departments, neluding th United States Veterans' Bu fore, in the cause'of truth and | should like to write of rece: lence with that bureay While in Washington on |called at the urance @ivi Arlington building for formation cor. cerning my war risk insurance. 1 told the very courteous youns lad at the counter what 1 wanted to know She advised me that she would have t phone to another office for the @ sired information, sked me to b seated. I knew t would have'to | reter to several files, and make a fev calculations from insuran 50 1 made myself com stay. Imagine my surprise when just three minutes later the soung lady beckomeo me to the counter and gave me ail the desired information in langgage so sim ple that twelve-year-old "ehild conld have understood it. Other business took me to two othe | offices of the bureau, where I found th same high degree of effi , and w caused to feel that it indeed, the Veterans' Bureau. Were it _not for conserving newspaper space 1 should like to tell ¢ everal ir at 1 witnes: marks that 1 heard while ton building with the who_are really o the task of binding up the wounds of war in accordance with wishes of a grateful n. The employes of the Vete: from director nger, congratu'ated commended on the emarkable efficie of that organiza nd several “buddics with, whom talked that day said, Me, too.” JAMES E CRISP. file Limit Plan Suggested for Italy Ttaly is said to have informed tho State Department at Washington tha she is willing to conclude a treaty with the United States along the same lines as the one recently nego- tiated with Great Britain, to control liquor smuggling and stmilar offenses. It is said, however, that the Italian government is in favor of changins ithe historic three-mile limit to | limit of six miles i This is really another question, not having any necessary connection with special agreements entered i order to facilitate protection against 1 ships hovering outside a country's ! territorial limit, whether the distance be three miles or six, for the purposs ‘of trade that is in violation of that |country's laws. And it is not question that can be solved treaties with individual countries. England asked for a specific recognition of the old-time threc-milo ! limit in the treaty just negotiated, be- {cause this treaty -might otherwise have been taken as a breaking away from the traditional ideas of a definite right of territorial jurisdic- tion extending beyond a country's actual shore lines, but having an cqually definite limit at a fixed dis- tance from that shore line. It is not in Italy alone that the old three-mile limit has been ques- tioned as not In accord with modern needs. If it is to be changed. how- ever. the change will have to come through a gemeral agreement amons nations borderini upon ocean waters, To secure such an_agreement would be a matter of vears, at bes but there is no reason why desire for such change shonl stand in the way of the Immediat. conclusion of a treaty to control th rum-runners—Columbus Dispatch. their March 27 t and a few the Ar'i cident at peopic devoted various i} s Burean o be Six-) to a