Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edtion. WASHINGTON,D. C. THURSDAY......April 17, 1024 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor . The Evening Star New: Business Office, 11th 8¢, and New York Ofice: 110 East Chicugo Off e Tower It Buropean Oftice: 16 Regent St., L paper Company 4 nvl“ St, The E; dition, is de v ai 60 ts per m ening S Sunday only Al Other lay.1yr., Ay, Lyl $10.00 $3.00 Member of the Associated Press. The Assod Fepub b =yl at Japanese Exclusion. owinz ¢ M by w ittee ve to 2, comm have 1 the reen xelude empt phatically tself Ly th bt now By the Jap- plea of the nese and t zove tion of the ar Appret ave e in extreme has been al leading of a fi of the vails at complet Premier ment regret Kiyou made at the He ad has own view n virtually a the is immigra taken moderate precia moral ar Ami eris with things we It is good overseas. conclud. the These The given repeated sut sympathy and friendli It is in a w country of nations that the hy Tokio should put s timent of k at a this, from the Jupanese vi for irr discriminat keenly felt that mil at the sen vernment time like wpoint ation, even resentment, on which cannot fail to be a sensitive people, et It Japanese diplom the situation more clc have hesitated about bluntly to a Senat or less irritated frame of mi cy hed studied 1y, might ng magter: in a mo; 1. put E alread N = Having had some experience of his own as an Mr. Harry Daugherty cquired the hubit of devising ques ¢ other people to answer, investigator, may e Tnquiries o certain phases of Tanking transactions are giving Wash- ington Court House, Ohio, almost the status of a finan 1 ce ettt The Campaign. Current events in the n Ntical field show the campaign, in both parti: ing in momentum, with intere happenings in veral quarters. The New York Republican state conven- tion yesterday indorsed President Coolidge, which is taken as assuring him the ninety-one delegates from that state to the national convention, although the district delegates and delegates at large are not specifically instructed for him. He will get the delegates from Flerida tomorrow, ten in number, antl before this month ends will be “over the top” with more than @ majority of the convention. ‘While the echoes of the laudation of President Coolidge had hardly died away, Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California was attacking him and the administration in a bitter speech in Newark. He reiterated his charge of a conspiracy in the Republican party between ‘*crooked big business and erooked politics.” People arve at a loss to understand the Californian’s object, unless it be a deliberate at- tempt to cripple the very party at whose hands. he seeks the nomination. He cannot ‘get the nominatlon, it is assured. On the Democratic side of the fence ‘the principal event of the hour is the acceleration of the boom for Gov. Smith of New York for the presiden- tfal nomination, following the formal declaration of his candidacy last Tues- day. Dispatches from Albany say the governor is béing deluged with telegrams and letters encouraging and seugrdtulating him. The opposité tional po- presidential , to be gain- ting side of the shield shows marshaling uf the forces which will resist him on account of his religious views and his pro-wet leanings. While the Democrats are yet in the {wom]s as to their candidate, the Re- | publicans, with thelr man virtually | selected. are turning to discussion of {a vice presidential candidate. The | newest development in this direction is suggestion of Gen. Charles G. Dawes as available timper. One ele- in the party is clamoring for @ farmer for second place on’the ticket With the Republican national con- vention only nine weeks off, it is ex pected that the leaders will redouble | efforts to agree upon a candidate for | Vice President to present to the con- | vention when it mee It is tacitly | agreed that President Coolidge’s pref- w have great weight with ntion. | erence | the con To Curtail Armaments. found Minister | Encouragement is to | the @eclaration of. Prime | MacDonald that the British govern- !ment would welcome another inter- national conference to discuss curtail- ment armaments, especially of armament in " th air. Conditions in rope justify the hope that the day not be distant when such a con- d be held with some pros. be of The Washington moned by President Harding w a pronounced success in its concrete ac complishments, even if it did not all that had been expected of it w L preced world « SuCeess, confere achiove But coss as even more of a suc t and guidepost to it 1t dem itlicting future re nships. onstrated that o 5 lousi of composition when ether for frank and If an agreement could ashington for the lim- maments agreements s, and even national jes ptible are su friendly reached at V i Talk jtation of naval 4 to limit air arm naments, can be reached at future Al that is necded spiring leadership, with wise selec m of the time to act Mr. MacDonald’s address in Parlia- t ¢ ready to participate siieh a conference if some other pow- 1 furth indicated at any time ers will take intimation when could it the sritish that the tak: with timy me soon itself zovernment such an initiative, to the prospects of a settle m of reparations. out of the way, Burc 1 be is of better understandings and A of armaments { the prot hat pean prepared for the sowing :conomic co-operation. A re- duction the cost { would be one of the greatest possible ibutions to European r ith reparations questions tled and the of military prepa s substantially be expected with amazing rapidity. o coves Wi the ot 1- Surope back™ ne I could reduced, to “come Intercontinental Highway. We used to hear a great deal of railways that would run from the Cape to Cairo and from Canada to Patagonia. Later, men began to talk of smooth hard roads for at the United States from d up and down the d from Canada to Mexico. We now coast-to-coast and thos: -ad from the north line of and Montana to the south line as and Arizona. ‘We are to dis- tomob highway from the upper part of North America to the lower part of South America, and it is called in the published accounts a “magnificent conception.” It is that; the proposal will be put before ‘gates from the South American nations when they come to Washing. in June to begin their study of United States highway temn. es to this meeting will be building 08 across coast to coast a ave roads hat e 1 and sys! in the cast and west, | When these men | see the results we have achieved in road huilding they will no doubt be- enthusiastic for building good their home countries. roads enthusiasm, plus automania, works fast, and perhaps an era of 2o0d road making will open in the far south. A north and south high- through the two continents of America may be built, and the auto- mobile would play a great part in bringing the countries of the two Americas closer. come | roads in way ————————— New York's idea of making as un- dry a statesman as Gov. Smith Presi- dent is likely to strike Col. W. J Bryan as no less reprehensible than the Darwinian theory itself. e r———— The Thaw case is again brought to public attention. It immediately cre- ates the’ impression’ that as a topic | of popular interest it has not improved | with age. —————— Tammany Hall is willing not only to supervise the general hospitalities | for the Democratic national conven- tion, but to contribute a candidate. Cleaning Up. Spring work is under way through- out the District. While the District Commissioners have designated the week from April 28 to May 3, inclu- sive, as Clean-up Week and have urged all citizens to unite in *mak- ing Washington the cleanest and most beautiful city in the United States,” many citizens with the clean-up in- stinct are obeying the Commissioners in advance. Demand for grass seed is strong, and many a man’s coat is off as he bends his back over spade or rake. There is a lusty call for gay packets of flower seeds and credulous and hopeful men study the flower pic- tures and directions. They are dream- ing of the nasturtiums, the candy- tuft, sweet williams and phlox that are soon to bloom around the home. The lawn roller is being given pre- liminary exercise and the lawn-mower is being overhauled. In those parts of the city where there is land for a vegetable garden plans are being drawn and the ground stirred that fine things for the kitchen may grow close to the kitchen door. In the base- ments of many homes is a sound of industry and tons of things are being made ready for presentation to the in | snce sum- | ional in- | ments, and even land | at Britain is | in| tiative in calling Obviously, he had | Good | THE “EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Df- trashmen. But when Clean-up Week begins it s believed that all citizens who have been tardy in spring enter- prise to make home better will become active, and that the Commissioners’ proclamation will be the order of the day, and of the wee Story of Our Crooked Streets. | Complaint is often made that much | of Washington which lies beyond the bounds of the city surveyed in 1791 is out of physical harmony with the | “original” city. While Washington ; was growing toward its 1791 boundary | extraurban scttlements came into | being, and many farms were sub- | divided into lots for suburban home- seckers. These subdivi: out refercnce to the city plan. ‘en that these suburbs would become 'ts of the city, and The Star, eivic ociations and manicipal authorities tried to get from Congress a law which would compel future subdivisions to conform to the plan of the city. It was discussed and urged for years. There was no important opposition, but it was not easy to interest Congress In { this plan for Capital improvement ‘Thn- citizens at h got affirn {u('lmn by Congress, and in the report of the District Commissioners—Wil- | tiam P. Webb, Samuel E. Wheatley |and Charles W. Raymond—made Congress December 1, 1588, was this During the last session of Co w was passed (approved Ausm 1888) giv th MMiLHoN oS Do to s in regard to | | ail futur ut the limits ton and Geors ) 3 of prop rty with- ties of Washing- shall conform wit the city of Wash an important law, and far reaching and benefic 1t will p the fu- subdiv Hil, fr, apparent without any referenc | adjoining property and the proper cension of the cits. Bat legislation reatly needad to rectify the harm which Jas been done in the regions direct y | orth of the city by the irregular and tl-considored subdivisions. passage of of t tow an of n its resut any more , Meridian Y ete., bei random, and nee t that law sur veys of new subdivisions of land have onformed with the original city plan, | but villages and subdivisions of { earlier date and now generally close huilt parts of the city, give to sections f Washington that irregularity which nzs forth much complaint. the e aRbty Lost Flyer Quickly Found. By good fortune Maj. M mander of the globc-encireling squadron, who was dctached from the other fiyers and forced to n scent at an isolated T air tke a de- int, wns rescued speedily, and save for a slight delay in progress of the around the world flight harm has Orders, however, have been given that the 1 naining of one anc T throughout theif long voya, If this plan is followed a misfortune to one of the planes will not lead neces: to its 1 us the companion p { can quickly sent to the r | There will be benefit, too, in the prac | tice of close formation flying on the {long stretches that must be covered | between lunding points. expericnce mdy prove to have been a valable one. in s | The opening of the base ball season | finds the American people cheerful | and enthusiastic as ever, in spite of | a long, hard political winter. | B e — Apparently, all Henry Ford asks is the privilege of minding his own busi- { ness and enlarging it indefinitel SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Indifferent Speed. The world is movin’ kind o' slow. The auestions of a year ago, Which caused anxlety profound, Keep managin’ to hang around. We still go ploddin® through the gloom Of some old ariental tomb | Or speak with a regretful sigh | Because the river rose too high. We still look out for frost or hail And say the crops will maybe fail. | We shudder at the bootleg crew Sxactly like we used to do. | Azain we meet the diplomat Who in the fire may throw the fat. We're ridiculing fashions new. We're telling Congress what to do, While congressmen, with minds at ease, Keep doin’ mostly as they please. We vow that living is no use Unless the rents we can reduce. We're still informed, in many a line, That maybe some one will resign. The country still goes on the same And Walter Johnson wins his game— This old world's movin® sure but slow, Not far behind a vear ago. Overshadowing Genius, “We have persuaded one of the most eloquent of our prominent citi- zens to introduce you as the speaker of the evening.” “I appreciate the compliment,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “Only the tfouble about an eloquent introduction is that your audience is liable to get enthusiastic and regard the invited speaker as interrupting what might have been a pleasant occasion.” Jud Tunkins' wife bobbed her hair and all he asks is that she'll get her photograph took so's he'll have some- thing to remember her by when she’s baldheaded. Votes, ‘We voted oft in days of yore. As we keep voting more and more, ‘We'll have to figure out a way To get an eight-hour voting day. Relativities. “Are you going to wear your skirts short or long next summer?” “I think there will be @ compro- mise,” said Miss Cayenne. “A skirt will be short as compared with a rain- coat, but long as compared with a bathing suit.” Lined Up for Discipline. ‘How did you come to make Three- Finger Sam sheriff?” “We decided,” replied Cactus Joe, “it was about time for Sam to get inves- tigated, an' the way to have it done thorough was to put him in office.” “It allus 'pears,” said Uncle Eben, *“dat de man dat likes to help you talk about yoh troubles is mearly always somebody dat wants to tell you how to vote.” G e e s | streams ative to| divisions of property, and requiring that | artin, com- | resuited. | Maj. Martin's | SUPERPOWER: By WILL P. The superpower age will see the workingman getting more of the comforts and conveniences of life for himself and his family. In it he will be released for a higher grade of activity, becoming more of & brain worker and less of a physical bur- den bearor. Oliver Wendell Holmes, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, has well sald: “To gather the from waste and to draw | from them energy, labor without | brains, and so to save mankind from toil that it can be spared, is to sup- | ply what next to intellect is the very | | foundation of all our achievements { and ail our welfar factor that has been primarily ible for the tremendous | chantes of the last century and with- | out which modern civilization could not exist anical power. The | a to wo substitute such | | power al labor will larsel | determine the rate of our industrial and s progress. To bring about this substitution, and in the process 1o economize In the use of our sources | of power. to organize production. and | to provide the nece sary safeguards the producer and the consume | one of the major problems we hefore us. | Days of Hand Labor. | The story of the application of | power to labor goes back to the time when everything was done by hand | the convenlences and comforts every wers determined by | | the amount of goods that part of the | rommunity ed in labor could turn out. It is fundamental that the prosperity of a community or of a country as a whole is in direct pre | nortion to its productivencs: where vreduction is restricted a few pro | while the people as a whole suffer perpower will multinly this ecovn- | try's productiveness and the people | whole must inevitahly henefit. | There will be increased opportuni- | ties for emplovment. but better than that the Inboring man will opportunity to do more work, for which he will recetve a | | hiener averaza of pay, whils the prices of necessities, such as foodand clothing. will be reduced on account jof the greater volume produced workman's family today atisficd by 4 { ny one in | Remember it is only about since we turned from purely | ft to mechanical power. Many | rned “Tom eur T rsonal ollection | the days when all weaving done by hond loom | homes,” and it was not until w power that it was poasible to brin those looms together into factories. More Goods Produced. | ana have an | important | r of he woas s in the Individual So ame chan | the | that of the fi the dev cal power w wunt of one with st lopment benefits that of me- | increase in | —the goods could be 1 up among the | people. It is not ny means cer- tain that the condition of labor was | terially changed at the start be- | the laborer went from the cot- the crowded condition of the has_expanded | been inize o d. The| improvement of conditions under| { which labor is performed and th amount of product labor gets nstantly inereasing and is bound in proj n to the extent power in industry as a sub- | stitute for pure mechanical labor. | Superpower will conserve human | {labor. it will enable one man to do the work that previously required from two to twenty men, and to.do it bett The kind of manual labor | that being superseded by super- power is thit which is the wearing on the person who does he sheer brute force 1 labor is ng stitution of labor-saving machi ery and devices and the skill with { which the Americ workman has been able to t more and better n product aivi tag factory 3 ind labor has industry use Senator Hiram Johnson's hopes as o | presidential candidate can hardly survive such disasters as he has met in the primaries in Michigan, Mlinois and Nebraska. That is the opinion of | editors throughout the country. Ed- fto agree further that the results attest the strength and popularity of “ulvin Coolidg: In the opinion of the Minneapolis | Tribune (Republican), “voters in | these presidential primaries have { been voting for somebody, and not | particularly against anybody, and | that somebody is Pre ent Coolidge. Johnson happened to be the goat be- cause he was the only man who had the hardihood or the vanity or what- ever it was to enter the party tour- ney against Coolidge.” Aside from Johnson's persomal failure. the Springfield Republican (independent) believes “there is no reason to doubt that the Republican party has almost reached unanimity in the belief that President Coolidge’s candidacy offers the chief hope of a successful out- come of the coming campaign.” To which the Springfield Union (Repub- lican) adds: “It shows that the Re- publican _voters of the couniry, whother formerly of the progressive type or not, are putting their faith in the character and good intention of Calvin Coolldge. The result, ac- cording to the St. Paul Dispatch’ (in- dependent), also “suggests that the campaign of muckraking in Wash- ington has gone too far—far enough, at_ least, to disgust a good many voters, and that the people generally have a good deal of confidence in Mr. Coolidge.” The Topcka State Journal (independent Republican) agrees that “it should serve to con- vince Congress that the people i dorse Mr. Coolidge and his polictes. The Lincoln Star (independent) ad- mits “the. triumph of Coolidge over Johnson was impressive, but was ex- Pected.” EE Since Johnson had plenty of elbow room for his campaign, and nobody took the trouble to reply to his stump speeches, the Seattle Times (independent Republican) says “there 1s but one conclusion permissible in viewing the pre-convention campaign as a whole, and that is, not since the days of McKinley has the Reépublican party been so solidly behind an ad- ministration as at present.” The sig- nificance of the results in these sta.c: the Portland Express (Republican) maintains, “is not that it makes more secure the nomination of Mr. Coolidge. That has been discounted weeks ago. There has been no reasonable doubt of the President’s nomination for sev- eral months” The Kalamazoo Ga- zette (Republican) and the Philadel- phia Bulletin (independent ~ Repub- lican) also believe the overwhelming desire of the Republican party is for the nomination of President Coolidze. In any event, the Cincinnati Time Star (Republican) holds “it all over but the shouting, ‘so far Coolidge's nomination is concerned This is also the opinion of the Wichl- ta Eagle (independent) and the Nashville Banner (independent). Al things considered, the San s lal!o a Bulletin nt) fe biessing that the isyue has been thus' No. 4—What Superpower Means to the Laboring Man worl | certain favorable points, Coolidge Popularity Is Seen | Proven by Primary Results C; THUR A NEW ERA KENNEDY product in the operation of these ma- chines has kept him in advance of the luropean luborer, improving his standard of living, relleving him from the drudgery und safeguarding him against hazards, Brain Instead of Muscle. The use of superpower will still further raise the laborer from the status of a machine himself to the | status of the man who operates the machine. He becomes a director in stead of a performer. He uses his brain in-a greater degree as a sub- stitute for the use of his hands. He operates the levers on a steam shovel instead of doing the shoveling him- self. ~ The difference between the man and the brute is largely that of in- intellectual activity. The more you take away from the man the per- formance of mere brute labor and re- e his mind and employ him in ac i t will develop his intel- lectual facultics Instead of his brute strength the more you raise the | standard of humanity in general. | The use of superpower-driven ma- | chinery will make it possibe to turn | out a great many more products at | the same cost. The more produc there are to be divided the mo: ker gets himself. That illustrated by untion of the United States with the laboring man in any other country in the world The more power, or superpower, we use in industry the hicher will the standard of labor be raised The use of power per capita in the various countries is a very. fair index of the relative condition of the | people and particularly the workers those countries. ihoring man Industry to Spread Out. | Centralization' of power develop- ment and distribution through super- power systems will make possible de centralization of industry. When our industrics are operated by direct power and thelr energy re- quirements are supplied in the form | of coal they must locate near es- tablished transportation lines. They tend, therefore, to concentrate thus creat- n conditions and steam ing our crowded urk our congested terminals. When the energy can be supplied in the form of cetricity and delivered over a wi nd when the supply is cqually avail- able in country and city, there will no longer be orcasion for the crowd- The gencral availability of power everywhere within the limits of the superpower systems will afford for the first time'a definite opportunity for such decentralizat Manufac- turing plants will rally we Into localities close to suppiie of raw materials and where rents or building sites are ch aper. Farewell to Clty Slums. With thefr work thus bringing them out into the country the peop will bid good-bye to inms and crowded quarters in ities. In the country current will bring them the same rec- reational and educational advantages a the same labor ne devices i housekeeping that would have in the city. The future of this country children. — Every looking forward condition of hi them opportuniti which generally he did not have hi elf. The workman drawn into the ecity.from the farm is always regret- | ful that his children eannot grow up | strong in the country. Superpower | carrying our industries into the coun- | try and the people out into the open ces will open a new future for the | hildren of the laboring man in ti era just dawning. The children will | by taken uway from the hot and dir streets out into th esh air under | the tre on real grass and with| flowers about them where they can play with new health in God's own | sunshine. the the the superpower clectric they is In its | workingman s to impro: the fldren, and to give for improvement early decided greater stabilit should be more it scems certain SRyesics As It should make for | in business. There | confidence now that | that Coolidge will be | the Reading Tribune (independ ) puts it, “Senator Johnson. S residential possibilil is dead: the | need for him, which he felt so strong- Iy, existed only in_his imagination. His record in Washington did an thing but recommend him; a sur | showed him as a reactionary instead | of a progressive, and his extremist | view toward the league of nation: and the world court did the re The Lansing State Journal (inde- Pendent) points out, further, that “his campaien has been onl de- structive, criticizing the administ tion and the party of which h sought the leadership. He has had nothing constructive to offer, no new stions." vthing was wrong or corrupt continues th Detroit Free Press (in dependent), “except Hiram Johnson, who modestly intimated that he the one Moses, the one big man capa ble of leading the Republican party and the country generally Into paths of safety and honor. Under almost any condition such an _exhibition would have tickled the funny bone of the country, but under’ existing ecircumstances it seemed ghastly. -He was his own worst enem: The Sioux City Journal (Republican) in- sists “it {s plain as the noonday sun that he has no chance whatever to make the fizht on the convention even interesting,” for “he has only a handful of delegates, and he would be like a man at the mardi gras with just a pinch of confetti, or a boy trying to celebrate the Fourth of July with one small firecracker.” * k % X The Roanoke Times (Democratic) suggests, further, that “there is no certainty now that Johnson can carry even his own state of California, and even if he did succeed in accomplish- ing- that he would enter the Cleve- land convention with only two states, California_and South Dakota, in his column.” His present plight reminds the Miami News-Metropolis (Demo- cratic) of “the scared boy who whistled as loud as he could while passing a graveyard.” The Kansas City Jour- nal (Republican) feels that “it is for him to decide whether he will retire with dignity before the convention or be snowed under in Cleveland.” The Springfield News (Democratic) de- clares, however, that “he will storm and fuss around for a couple of weeks —he always is expected to act up— and then quietly go back to the amen corner and remain silent in his dis- pleasure.” But the Grand Rapids Herald (Republican) thinks “he should retire in good order and good spirit. There is no use in staging a futile shindy at Cleveland,” The Providence Journal (indepnedént) as- sents ‘“the honorable Hiram would now. do well to return to Washington and assist in the business of the Sen- ate, from whi¢h his campaigning In SDAY, APRIL ™ | thanks to | eu | called behalf of his forlorn hope has kept him altogether too long.” This view is heartily indorsed by the New York Evening Post (Independent). Since the balloting in Michigan, Iliinois and Nebraska was unusually heay: Buffalo News (Republican) reaches the conclusion “in view of the r. there is no more chance for a than for Hiram Johnson.” Lhon 17, 1924, The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN It was Sir Alfred East, the distin- &uished WBritisk. landscape painter, who once said: “The first impression we receive upon entering a city of its culture, power and dignity is de’ rived from its outer aspect, its public buildings, parks and streets; we must remain to visit its art galleriés and to meet its.people.” Thus he empha- sized the importance and value of civic art, putting It even above the art of painting, But there is less difference than many suppose between the art,of the sallery and the art of the city. The city builder who is an artist employs different kinds of materials, different mediums, that is all, for he is obliged to observe the same principles. The average citizen looks for art In a painting, but does not expect to find | it in a house, public monument or an arrangement of grass and trees. And if it s not there in equal measure, it i the more unfortunate Emphasis was laid _on especially with the mecting American Civie Association and the tice of One Hundred held here last w. Among the speakers at the dinner which coneluded the meet- ing were Frederic A. Delano, man of the Washington Committe ¢ Federal © i J. Horace Mec tand, president of' the American Civic Association; Secretary Hoover, Judge John Buarton Payne, Senator Ball and Senator Pepper, all of whom vigo.- vusly stressed the importance of a orderly plan of development, and al<o the necessity of ping befo the people of the country the fact that Washington is our Cupital City, and 50 the concern of every citizen rather than any one group, * X ¥ % Washington was most fortuna its original plan this phase reference s in Maj. L'Enfant, the pirench engineer who laid out the | city, in consultation with Washington and Jeflerson, was not only gifted but p ed rare foresizht, and the plan that he made has not only proved peculiarly availuble and satisfactor: but was found equally meritoriou nd adaptable by the leading art e perts who gave it century after it was orig g The cardinal features of this plan are a gridiron of streets cro: by radial avenues, facilitating traffic and ffording at the intersections inter- ting vistas; also certain important xial relations between notable mon- uments—as, for instance, the Capitol the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. * x % % many ar exists today Undoubtedly that the i for t ington, which s ‘gra into effeet. It wa pletely during those decades in the last century when » mansard roof and Queen Anne front were in vogue and the tide of art ebbed but enator McMillan, who se- appointment of the so- am Art Commission, which w. smposed of the great Chi cago architeet, D. H. Burn m, the xponent of the sical in Charles F. Gaudens, nd Frederic Law mong Americar the plan was and revi nd never formally uthorized ress, it has been fairly followed in the vements during the ur years. To be sure, there are those in Con- gress and out who do not recognize yet the value of expert advice in mat- ters pertaining to art; who have not the confidence or the vision to trust to the report, once rendered, of such men of prof ional high standing, and who continually need to be persuaded to do the right thing, or dizsuade from & the wrong thing, which at the It engages attention. As the Chief Justice once remarked, it was necessary for some years to slip this great plan of Washington on at some times and in at others, in order to se- its folfillment. ' But sufficient s now bLeen done, it would seem. demonstrate to all the value of development, the importance ng ahead and of holding to a tion once made and well made. ** % % Some years ago a group of far-see- ing public-spirited citizens in Chi- cago secured a plan for the artistic development of that great, City of the Lak from Danie! H. Burnham—a plan so colossal that it scemed a ma- gleian's dream. But the dream has come true—and why? Because the not awars this working development of Was dualiy being put forghtten low a the Bu s by and grad- atter of im- twenty- | peonle of Chicago have made it their own. It has been taught in the pub- lic schools; every child is familiar with It. To disregard it now or to obstruct its development would be practically impossible, public senti- pent is so strongly in its favor. A ar widespread knowledge of the shington plan is what is essential to the safeguarding of the beauty of our National Capital. Our city has grown in the last few ye: with amazing speed, and in Ccertain sections without regard to preservation of beauty. There is ruth- less destruction going on in many quarters, not through malicious in- tent, but through iznorance, with the result of incaleu abie loss not only to the peorle of Washington today, but to the Washington of the future. It is the opinion of many that few cities in the world compare with ours in the beauty of nataral environment and present development. With the r at our feet and the encircling « we have an unequaled oppor- tunity. The views of \Fashington from MeMillan Park and ffom Cathe- dral Heizhts equal the famous view of Rome; our gFeat avenue: rival the boulevards of P: behooves us all who are lovers of art and find_joy in the city picture to safeguard not only what beauty we have, but the potentialities of beauty in the future. Surely at no time are these potentialities brought so strong. ly home to us as at this season of the year when Washington at every turn presents pictorial vistas of sur- passing loveliness. * ¥ ¥ % In this connection mention should be made of the excellent service that has been rendered since its organiza- tion by the National Commission of Fine Arts, a body of experts of na- tional and in many instances inter- national reputation, who give their services, without compensation, in advising the government in matters pertaining to civic art and so safe- guard against error. This commis- sion was originally appointed by President Taft and is under authority from Congress Its powers, however, are merely advisory. The public, furthermore, only knows of those works which it approves. The re- joeted projects which are passed upon Dby this commission are not, as a rule, made public, therefore the people have little chance of realizing how great a service Is rendered. The. chairman of this commission is Charles Moore, who was secretary of the McMilian Park Commission and who wrote that commission’s report, which has proved epoch-marking in the matter of city planning, reviving an interest in city planning as an art not only in the United States, but in all parts of the world. Mr. Moore also assisted Mr. Burnham in getting out the Chicago plan report, and for the past twenty-four years he has given his time almost entirely to the subject of city planning and to an effort to secure the adoption of an orderly plan for the development of the city of Washington. . It is So easy to make mistakes, it is so ajfficult to_ hold fast to an ideal and there are so many who ‘are always eager to try something new that but for a commission of fine arts such i6_now in existence: there would be small hope of realizing for ‘ashi our civic ideal. F | of the com- AN Q. Do they have reguldr painters detuilzd to paint the White House?— A AW | A. Three men are ‘employed regu- | larly and when the building iz to be gone over entirely ten or twelve men are taken on. Q. When is Mothers' day?—J. P. &. A. The sccond Sunday in May was Iflx4-d as Mothers' day by praslamatior | issued by President Wilson in May, 1914, This year it will fall on May 11 Q. Have all the newspaper men dicd who reported the Republican na- tional convention which nominated | Lincoln?—C. B. H. A. John L. Waite, editor of the Burlington (lowa) Hawkeye, who died | recently, was the last remaining re- porter who in 1860 sat in the press !gallery "at the Chicago convention which” nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency of the United States. | Q. Has a sequel been written to | “The Merchant of Venice”?—H. S. A | St. John Ervine has written a drama called “The L Belmont."” | It _begins ten years a the end of “The Merchant of Venice” and deals with the after-lives of Portia, Bas- | = . Jessic: lorenzo and t Shylock is the central figure and | FPortia is made to in the last act “Oh, sir, you've vour pound of | filesh.” 1 Q. What is the rast tense of the word “taboo’?—B. 23 A. The form is always the Taboo” is the Anglicized form {the Polynesian Its e is not merely ”; the means ing to the Q. Did a group of southe {1sts attempt to get Mu | fore Henry F paign’—E. A. A. In 1903 | Congress zivi F. Thompson, of southerners. | vetoed this bill Q. How does the number of phono- graphs in the United States compare with the number of radio set . ;l“, Y. | A. Approximately 8000000 phono- graph have been sold in this coun try, while it is estimated that there | are about 3,000,000 radio receiving sets. Q. Ts paper used to make wheels?— C. J.C. | A. Paper is successtully used for | making fiber abrasive wheels, pulley wheels and skate wheels ay won a .. of W representing a gro: President Roosevelt en did women first use ha L. P. Hairpins have been used en of all ages, and even by » fashion is supposed to hav sia. The prim | consisted of a sing namental head. T {ish Museum a gold back to the Homeric cighth e B probably assumed its when the fashion | close to the head came by me orig about the hairpin sent form aring curls in. age, Th SWERS TO QUE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN | imported it from 1 | fined lc | were 1ONS Q. Did George Washington import the sideboard at Mount Vernon?—cC sideboard was ree, Washington from George William Fai Fairfax undoubted] gland, neighbor, ax, in 1741 Q. How | stroyed in th. pie plant in The ny buildings were dec explosion in the Gille 19187 o nt at Morgan 25 the largest of 1. Of the 700 the plant, 2 s of e between doliars. was not Gillespie regarded in the iyed b e [ The ‘cause explosion determined. Q. What what a giant” A. Con dwarf is attain th full Wwhos Q. What fore a fire them?—1J. P. A. For ru 1 head Tatus can re ing Eoud powerful pump. All ing substances act by property of exeluding fire. This is the only makes water put out blanket ca shevs effective son where fire is tion. ntio n fpeaking, a ual who does not r feet when ndividuals even feet stature exce is hest M 1 fire ay hef ch when there fs re the fire ap them, there i hrowr a fire v xtin o same T the words maps meant by which Q. What I map ¥, ing concern sa under th uthorized di otficial neer, the eological survey, o Dased upon information sup such authorities, though | )m an independent source, tfully termed an official mar director map Will steel rust more easily thas iron and steel is and takes températures is under some con- ant than steel to on_account of the tallic fiber characteristic t ordina wrought ire more res tly 2 by th of wrou; 1usions terror_the fen of Nan- ind placed o bottams. These River Loira, 5 2 the bottoms ned persons into the water. and want an- srmation . Director, The only cents in WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FR Although it | | Senator Carter Glass' speech in the Senate in rebuke of President Cool- | idze’s message on the Mellon inquiry was acclaimed by politi }foe as a splendid performance. style and in delivery, |read from a manuseript, even the speech |ate’s finest oratorical traditions. | When it was o tor-statesman fervid congratulations Democrats. Republicans had {their tribute by listening in I nu th unflazging | tion. her acc | not alwavs agreeable sou prevents his beins r. But with his of senatorial rights he scaled lofty heights. In a way, the speech was Senator Glass' kevnote for his Democratic presidential aspirations. * ok x When *Tom" Heflin bares his va- the recipien from | just | orato fens torial gaze and girds himself for one |of his volcanic political speeches, ! floor and press gallery usually | cleared automaticalls. Heflin is al- most a one-speech spellbinder. Whether he's discussing Muscle | Shoals, the federal reserve the iniquities of the Republican par the yellow peril, the bis noise from Alabama alwavs takes his 1y on the Constitution in the imperishable St One day this week, wh < the G. O. P. with accustomed Heflin slipped a cos ' and Thomas o the the Republican that have been kn. statesman his career. * ¥ ¥ % The Daughters of the Revolution have been animated tendants at sessions of Hou Senate during their annua nental congress” in Washington | These recurring conclaves to the National Capital patrio fcan women who have in cases never been here hefore throng the show places with more than the usual fervor which inspires the garden variety of and sightseers, When discussions at Capitol brouxht forth references prohibition, “I leries in large nu act, or assailing vigor, as founder of party. Breaks like wi to cost a Dixie con bring nbers were observed shaking their heads approvingly a! every pro-enforcement remark made on the floor. The women's insistence on rigid execution of the dry laws one of the things emphasized at every feminist convention that assembles in Washington. * ok k% Advertising truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, too. In fromt of a Washington restaurant there is a huge manhole, through which sup- plies are delivered. As it is often ajar for that purpose, the proprietor utilizés the iron lids for publicity purposes. As they stand gaping, ex- posing a crater ten feet long and four foet wide, passersby are greeted with the legend: “Drop in.” * ¥ ¥ ¥ “W. W.* Is the quaint title of a booklet by Robert J. Bender, who sub- titles the volume the “Scattered Im- pressions of a Reporter Who for Eight Years 'Covered’ the Activities of Woodrow Wilson.” Bender, who is now chasing the nimble jtem on Man- hattan Island, was throughout the larger part of the Wilson administra- tion ome of Washington's accom- plished news sleuths. He accompa- nied President Wilson's party to Paris and reported the peace confer- ence for one of the country’s great news agencies. Bender w: as close to “W. W.” as any newspaper man of his generation. FHis sixty-odd pages of memoirs revel in absorbing “hu- man interest” stuff. * ok k% There was a gallant little figure in, the press gallery of the United States Senate on April 14 and 15, when Japan ‘was the topic of heated and sometimes hysterical discussion. He was the lone son of Nippon on Capitol Hill—a sort of Japanese Daniel in the American lions' den. His name is L Fukuda, who represents in the United States, with headquarters at New though | | rose at times to the level of the Sen- large | nilla ice cream waistcoat to the sena- | are | American | ERIC WILLIAM WILE AR an with the American president of the Ohio f Co mbia, , the Virginia edi- | ored on ons, At ating the or had just i-hur n the { the & | other submitted npr port wi { vestigat A member ‘twere cruel | an ora te : t-throbbing | n t tion bill and { Amer et | | Writer Tells of Opposition to Use of Plaza Grounds. or of The Ster: | like to set forth to the i pu well as to the members of | stto why the Stanton | Association and other and indivic have suance of a permit for 2 circus, earni or dog and pony show on the Union Station Plaza. Our organization past striven assiduousiy tinerant shows fror | Station Plaza wur protésts regard anizations sponso he inces, and our opposition f ent propo our p: the ark Citizens' reanizations opposed the i in t prevent the h: these Union to usir and we what or- tie pre tent with upon ac is 1 ations t experience d and that them are un- e from standpoint. earniy usually carry anim » keeping ith, bad odors, with them ith lies, etc., W say the least, highly obje 3. These show and undoubte | the cause of br |of the city a ment of the population of W ton, to say hing of the ur | element which travels with the Gambling devices, thinly ish around or within such £, The proposcd show | diate juxtaposition to tr | ground. where daily hu children play, and we that it wouid exert a moral influence in 5. From an e: | show or circus of the Union d within the shadow of the ¢ sbjectionable not only to thu st to it, but to all who have t t of the eity at heart. It cannot be too that we are oppos't we have opposed those and as we shall oppose future who seek 1 | Station_ Plaza or th as a showground. objectionable to and offensive in every way, If the courts shall set aside the refusal of the Commission- ers to issue this permit, and this car. nival shall inject itself into eur sec- tion, over the united protests of the Stanton Park Cisizens’ the Central Citizens' Association, the Northeast Citizens' Association, school officials-and many individuals, we feel that it will be mecessary after the show has ceased to function to fumi- gate and deedor'ze our community. We stand unitedly opposed to the issuance of 'a license to any organiza- tion whatever to bring upon the Union Station Plaza a ‘carnival, éircus, show, fair or any other loud, insani- tary, unsightly,” immoral or unde- sirable attraction. HARRY N. STULL, Pt Secretary Stanton Park Citizens’. As- soclation. have in the past. very undesirabl shing- iroa show. 1, flour- WS n imme- e plaza play- dreds of our are convinced very harmful uch a_position, standpoint, a cly in front strongly stressed this show as in the past all in_the the Union layground thero They are highly P