Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Kd'tion WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY April 26, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor Svening Star Newspaper Company ol Pennsylvan’ st 42nd with the Snnday morning [ within the daily only, 43 ts per month 20 cents’ pe: ionfh. Orders may be sent yhone Main 5000, Coll riers at the end of e uade by car Rate by Mail—] in Advance, Maryland and Virginis. 1 y1., 38405 L mo. 1yt 0051 mo., 3¢ 1§ i 1mo, 20¢ D: H Member of the Associaied Press. The Aswociated Pross s exel to the uss fur republication of n aicbes viodited 10 it or nol oiner this puper and @i the shed heretu, Al swvial dispa W1 news din credited news pub. Park Extension Commission. The bill of smmission parziound Capi favorable District tien in this Uill heve been long and carnestly dis- cussed, and it obvious that the rc has much influential support nd out of Congress. Its aim is to e to the Capital adequate park and yground space, to bring it in line American cities in this re- tracts and to m and forest near Wash- t matters would a commission to consist of the Secretary of War, Secre- of the Treasury, chairmen of the louse and Senate committees on pub- and the Engineer Commi sivner of the Distriet of Columbia. Per- haps in the legislative course of the v added 1o the « ment a vort Hons te prog spoet, to preser onserve stre o grou ot e mmission. indorsers of this [ d one of those hav- fug had much to do with its drafting and presentation to Congress, is the Association, That as- d the sentimg of ' it said ngton has lost wany areas Among the many nmission b tion express ¢ number of people wi Wus! t park system because Con- gress has been slow to act or has not id that 1to park that one plo ta at all,” 3 cumivey “ted v much eir- d a single system it i after her has been put to private uses tion is requir to th remarkable e its owner.” efforts to securc park extension piccemeal way the people of gton and their friends in Con- zress have worked hard for years. It e recalled much time and effort were required to secure Meridian Hill, or the unimproved section of that hill. as public land, and how long and painful bas been the work of trans- forming the tract into park. 0 the expericnee we bave had in the mpt to get authorization from Con- ss for the purchase of Kiingle, Patterson and Piney Branch cts. Though the parkway plan to the Zoo and Potomac Park rd soon after the tablishment of the Zoo at its present , and while Potomac Park was in the making, not all the land required for the parkway has yet been ac- uired. v The bill for the creation of the park- extension commission provides an an- nual appropriation of $1.000,000, and among the objects aimed at are the ~quisition of Rock Creek Valley from the District to some point near its ree in northern Montgomery Coun- . with the v of various strcams that feed the creek ition of the natural park lands on both sides of the or between Washington and Great Fails: acquisition of the deep and ace portions of Sligo Valley; de- velopment of park boulevards along the west bank of the Potomac between Washington and Mount Vernen; pres- ation of the ruins of civil war forts and sites of such forts, and icvement of other plans for the improvement of the Capital which Washingtonians have striven for dur- many years. The program whi wonld be carried out under this bill hould it become a law would go far ward bringing to reaiization the tireater Capital of the United States, — e . ‘s enthusiasm over debt can- 1 stops abruptly at the German boundary line. will how the @ ing ————— e many another carcfully wor idea, the Dawes repor: will to conversational delays. . Charles F. Murphy. Charles F. Murphy was a typical Tammany man, a typical Tamman leader. He rose from obscurity, through humble cccupatione, with scant education, to the position of the uncrowned king of the largest Ameri- can municipality. His career was simi- ar to that of Croker, who preceded him in the office or position of leader of the dominant political organization of New York. As a vigorous, physical- 15 powertul young man he acquired a eadership over a group of youths in his neighborhood. Ile became a ward leader. Ho then became a district leader. When Croker passed, in conse- cuence of the revelations of an nvesti- sating committee, and the “chair” at Tammany Hall was vacated, Murphy was promoted to it. He had all the qualifications for the place, @ strong Jwill, a keen knowledge of the people, a discriminating judgment as to the «ualifications of men for public office, as considered from the etandpoint of a volitical organization, and, above all, taciturnity. For it is a notable fact that the most successful of American “bosses” have been men of silence, lit- tle given to expression, in public. ¥or twenty-five years Murphy has ruled Tammany, and for the better part of that time he has ruled Greater New York, and for a considerable period he has ruled the state, when- over the state balance has been in favor of his party. To some extent he has had a potent influence upon na- tlonal affairs. Time was when ed » sub- _|as leader fis influence has extended ia Ave. | maii or e, | 15 entitled | come | ernment ofticers may be | There is | the small | “Tiger" was powerful only “below the Bronx." But dufing Murphy's regime | throughout the state. The capitol at Allany has been an annex to the wig- war on 14th street, whenever Demo- | cratle votes prevatled in the state, Was Murphy a public influence | tor good? In New York that question is heing anewered emphatically in the afiirmative, with small dissent. In the puntry at large it is being answered | muinly i the negative. To the New or in the minority partisan | ranks. Tar v 1= rated as a worthy orgunization, and its leader is con- stdered as worthy of praise. To others outside of the metropolitan boundaries, perhaps outside of the state, Tammany 1 us a selfish political machine, on the usufruct of “practical” 1 fts leader as the chief Tt is largely a matter of geography. Tammany's leaders have all become very rich men, from humble begin- nings. Yet no salary attaches to the oflice. This fact is of plain significance. Occasionally these leaders have in the course of their upward progression | held remunerated public places. but of- | fice holding has been only incidental and casual. Richard Croker, ques. oned on the witness stand in the view intent u course of an investigation, acknowl- | edged that as leader of Tammany he | had heen “working for his own pocket | all the time.” Nobody has ever isely lenrned the formula. That is ona of the secrets of the wigwam. Imagina- | tion has playved upon the matter, how- ever. and the deduction is simple. Charles F. Murphy died at the height of his power. Had he lived a few months longer he would perhaps have played an important, possibly a deter- mining, part in the national political situation. Jle is deeply and sincerely mourned by a multitude. e passes with the high praises of those over whom he ruled as Jeader. He is sancti- fied by his associates. He was doubt- less & good man according to his lights. But in the final analysis his leadership did not make for American advancement. pre Mediation in Honduras. An invitation by the United States to participate in & conference at Amapala, Honduras, for mediation be- | tween the warring factions in that| country has been accepted by Salva- dor, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Costa Rica, it is expected. will also accept, and thus there is a prospect of a five- power intervention which should be | effective in restoring order. This is a wise method of settling a conflict. Direct intervention by the United States has not been considered suit- | able. This government does not wish | to appear to side between factions in such a case as that which has de- veloped in Honduras. Tt is not desir- able that it alone should bear' this responsibility. The neighbors of Hon- duras arc intimately concerned in the preéservation of peace. It is a matter for their welfare rather than that of the United States: but no ond of them, and no group of them, could inter- vene effectively and without creating serious animosities unless the United States joined. Stafes maintained & somewhat dif- ferent position. The revolt in the direct concern to this country. Its welfare was menaced. Experience in the preceding Mexican revolutionary troubles had been costly to the United States, heavy losses had been suffered by American citizens, the international boundary had been violated, and there was reason to expect a recurrence of these encroachments in case the re- volt continued and spread in area. In those circumstances it was consid- ered by the governnient as warranted that the request of the Mexican gov- ernment for permission to purchase In the case of Mexico, the United | neighboring republic was a matter of | arms should be granted. Only to that extent did the United States inter- vene, though it was undoubtedly a considerable factor in the suppression of the revolt. In Honduras, to protect American interests, American marines have been landed, and in the course of disorders at the capital two of them have been killed. This tragedy, however, prob- ably will not militate against an ef- fective prosecution of the peace- making effort in conjunction with the four South American states. A dis- position has been evinced by the revo- Jutionary chiefs of Ilonduras to ac- cept the mediation of the United States. et A motion picture artist's divorce an- nouncement is for some reason con- sidered incomplete unless it includes explicit reference to the next film in which she will appear. —— e —e———— While preparing his own vindication Harry Daugherty is not averse to giv- ing precedence to others «who may have explanations to make. ———————— Underworld fiction writers should not neglect the study of the Congres- ozal Record for plot suggestions. A great detective may be a good hand at collecting evidence, but a poor one at holding on to it. Speed in the Senate. The situation in the Benats has changed. The scens of activity has shifted from the investigating com- mittee rooms to the Senate chamber. The upper branch of Congress is get- ting down to work and speeding up at a rate that promises a completion of the legislative program by the first week of June. Less than six weeks remain of the allotted time, and un- less somebody starts obstructive tac- tics the gavels may fall for a sine of the big political conventions. Much time was lost in the early part of the session in the investiga- tions that were the order of the day. Dalily sessions of the Senate, of course, were held while the committee sat, but little work was done. The greater part of the time was taken up in speechmaking on subjects prompted by the committee disclosures. Bverybody knows the Senate can gvork fast when it is 50 disposed. Bven on a complex matter like a tariff bill, or a revenue revision measure, it can along rapialy. It made 8 die adjournment in time for the first | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. _'APRIL' 26, 1924, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE tively short work of the bonus bill, and at the present rate it will send the tax bill to conference in almost record time. Nobody has yet sug- gested night sessions seriously, but if final adjournment is to be made b fore June 7, which ix the date of the first of the bLig conventivns, a length- ening of the working hours will prob- ably be necessary. Meanwhile the investigations are | dragging on. but they are not at-| tracting the altention of the public | or distracting the attention of the law- | makers as a few wecks ago. They | have become rather commonplace in | their revelations. The manufacture of campaign materinl has slackened. Perhaps there is an oversupply in the market. e Effect of Murphy's Death. The first thought that occurs upon harles F. Murphy's death is, What will be the effect of his passing upon the Democratic presidentiul nomina- | tion contest, particularly upon the ef fort to nominate Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, and upon the combina- tion which had been formed by | Murphy, Taggart and Brennun to| “head off” Willlam G. McAdoo? Mr. | Murphy was the dominating figure in | that syndicate of would-be MeAdoo | wrackers, | Their community of interest did not 20 to the point of agrecment upon any candidate. Thelr sole object was “stop” MeAdoo and give them tin to look about fur sume candidate upon whom they might possibly agree. Mr Taggart gincerely wanted to nomina Senator Ralston, while Mr. Murphy thought to have cherished the hope, even, if he was not convinced that it could be done, that Gov. Smith could be nominatéd. Mr. Brennan is not un- derstood as being tied to either Gov. Smith or Senator Ralston. He is| thought to favor Senator Underwood But the primary objective of the trio was to prevent Mr. McAdoo getting the nomination. ! If Mr. Murphy bad lived through | the convention he would undoubtedly have wielded great power in its sele tion of a candidate. Tt was he- who exerted the deciding influence in the selection of Gov. Cox at 8an Francisco in 1920. He probably would have re- peated in 1924, There does not seem to be any other leader in sight with such | power behind him as Was furnished by the Tammany organization. The or- manization still lives, it is true, but it will miss Mr. Murphy’s political skill, his dogged determination. his courage and his guidance Some Democrats may think this will Dbe a boon to the party by way of re- lief from czarship. _— The old Volcano Mauna Lea is| threatening to contribute to the neigh borhood disturbance by unusual demon- stration. The man who named it the | Pacific Oceen was no prophet. —eon—s One of the dutics of the new Attor- | ney Genoral will be to devise codes that bave not become familiar popular literature. —————————— President Coolidge does not say a great deal. As affairs now pro- gressing there is no reason why he should feel obliged to. as i B — The only thing that may delay either national party convention the chance that the vice presidential can- didate will be a dark horse. SHOOTING STARS. 8Y PHILANDER JOHNSON Deep Stuff. He was the idol of my youth, { The hero of my dreaming, i That silent, surreptitious sieuth With deep, deductive scheming! I heard of things that he had said In self-delineation: “All burglars look on me with dread. Their grief is my elation. By footprints I am never balked, However frint and narrow. Just show me where a sparrow walked, And I'll produce the sparrow.” I chanced to meet, the other day. This marvelous detective. He was the picture of dismay While muttering fierce invective. “I'd like to get the guy,” said he, “Who framed such funny capers. With orders forged he mizzled me And copped my secret papers. How should I know that by a erock S0 boldly I'd be bitten? His stuff had an official look: Besides, it was typewritten. He worked with roughness sad to sce Angd all he said was ‘Gimme”” He took my bedge away from me, My code book and my jimmy! I smiled and made no show of strife— I'm first among preténders— And so, by cunning, saved my life, My pants and my suspenders. But now I must be on my way, { So devious and so stealthy. | A green goods man 1 met today Is going to make me wealthy.” Kind reader, in my eye. forsooth A teardrop now is gleaming. This was the idol of my vouth: The hero of my dreaming! Matter of Duty. “Are you not taking a rather gioomy view of affairs?” “Only in the course of my regular duty,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I've got to convince my constituents that the country is in a.bad way, and they'd better keep me on the job to help it out.” . Jud Tunkins says a man who never makes mistakes always has to let his wife add up the grocery bill. The Result. ‘The public rises to demand Reduced taxation. The one result 1s to expand The conversation. On Rent Day. “Who wrote the poem, ‘Lest We Forget'?" “I dunno,” tenan lord.’ answered the weary ; “but it sounds ilkke my land- ““Tain’ no use havin’ people 'pologizin’ foh you,” sald Uncle Eben, “by sayin’ yoh heart's in de right plage. Folks ain’ got time to use de X-ray in order to 'preciate you." B | elephant | 1918 Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASK! Q. What kind of collar should be worn with a Tuxedo?—J. I, A. The Correct Dress Chart of the Haberdasher says that a wing col- ar may be worn. A sultable tie is a wide black bow. Q. When cherry blossoms is the testival of the| held in Japan?— | R, N. | A. The festival of the cherry bloi £oms is u notable event each year. This fete is celebrated during the wecond or third week In April, when the cherry trees are at the height of thetr xeason. Inaugurated in the ninth century, the emperor's garden party is famed throughout the world for its floral splendor, and as a soclal function it brings about the most brilliant assemblage soen at the royal palace during the entire round of the | four seasous. To the Japanese the | cherry blossom has a symbolism akin to that of the biuebird in other coun- tries, and they speak of it as “Sakurd —symbol of happiness.” Q. What s meant by bullet-proof Blavs?— 1. ¥, | The burean of standards says bullet-proof glass has a layer of celluloid or simllar product Ce- mented betwcen two layers of glass. Q. Wihen Benjamin Franklin was in ‘Epgland as un agent of the col- onies about 1760 he put In trust £100 to be invested with accumula- ticns for not less than 150 years, after which the income was to be- me avaiiable as prizes for the most valuable contributions to the seien of curative medicine. Tave such awards been made?—It. S A. The trustees bave made the firsl awards. One goes to a Jupanese, Fusakichi Omori, for & surgical trea tis¢; one posthumously to Dr. Charlex P_ Steinmetz for his studies on the nervous system as a conducto electrical energy, and on son W. Banning for his work on| mental and spiritual healing. | | Q. What N.B. P. A. The oyster plant is also known as vegetable ovster, salsify and pur- ple goat's beard. ' Its cooked root tastes somewhat like oysters. Q. T find formation Ohio_canal. W. W. A A. The Chesapeake & originated in a project formed by Washington as early ax 1774 to make the Potomac navigable from tidewater | to Cumberland, and to connect it by | common roads and portages with the Ohio. The war of the Revolu postponed the scheme, but it was taken up again in 1784, and the company incorporated. O this company Wax ington was presiden: until his election as Prosident of the United States. The project encountered many and in 1820 was abandoned practicable. A new company W organized which constructed 1o ¢ | berland, completing it in 1850. The | whole length of the canal is 184 miles; its depth, six feet; its width to Har per's Ferry, sixty feet at the surface and forty-two feet at the bottom. By means of seventy-four locks an eleva- tion of 609 feet ix galned. The cost of the work was over $11,000,000. Q. « the Mother's sociation, A 2031 delphia, Jarvis. is an oyster plant?— difficult to obtain in-| the Chesapeake and Can you assist me’— | d Ohio canal it on | Please give me thoe address of Day International As- Phila- Anna North 12th street. Pa. The president Q. Do elephants breed in captivity? L. A A. The National Zoological Park says that clephants do breed in cap- tivite. In fact. Princess Alice, an | n the city park at Salt Lake | ave birth 1o a baby clephant in Within recent years several | elephants have been born in_ Cope hagen. Denmark. The period of gestation is twenty-two months. Was Hugo Stinnes a Jew?—J. | LR l German fina His father was pure German, | mother French, of Huguenot descent. Q. How can cup mobiles be made?—( A. Cup grease for automobiles is made from petroleum, which is erude vaseilne. If vou wish the grease to adhere, combine the vaseline with wax. If you do not want it to adhere, combine the vaseline with paraffin, Q. How fast does the fastest train | travel in the United States?—H. C. L.| A. The fastest regularly scheduled short distance run is that of the Board- k Fiyer. 'hiladelphia and Reading | ilway, from Philadelphia to Atlanti¢ City, which makes 61.8 miles per hour. groase for auto- W. S, Q. What is the origin of the term “sourdough’ - o . A. The word “sourdough” is applied | to one who has spent one or more | winters in Alaska. The word is ap- plied in allusion to the use of a piece of sour dough for reising bread baked during the winter. Q. What can be done to keep crows from eating corn after it is sown?— D.C. H. A. The Department of Agriculture says that if corm is dipped into tar | pitch before_sowifig the crows will not eat it. You should allow a pint of tar to one-half a bushel of corn. Put the corn in a measure, pour in the tar and stir until every Kkernel has come in contact with the tar. Q. How can sound waves be neu- tralized?—D. H. D. A. The burean of standards saye that there are two methods, namely, | Ly interference and absorption. | 1n neutralizing sound waves by inter- ference two waves are combined in such way as to produce silence. It i necessary in doing this to .ave both sources of sound coupled in some | way. This method, however, could not be used to neutralize a sound the | source of which is not under con- trol. The other method of neutraliz- ing sound waves by absorption is simply a question of interposing suit- 2ble screens of sound-absorbing mate- rial. Halr felt is the best sound-dead- ener 8o far discovered. (Any reader can get the answer to Gny question by writing The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haakin, Director, 1220 North Capitol street, Washington, D. C."This offer appiies striotiy to information. The burean cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt (o settle domestic troubles nor to undertake cxhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and riefly. Give full name and address and inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sewt direct to the inguirer.) MacDonald on Clothes. From the New York Evening World. Seldom has an English prime min- ister furnished the world so much food for thought on non-political mat- tors as Ramsay MacDonald. He has just given us his views on dress, and coming from the spokesman of the laboring classes they are calculated to make the cheap demagogue and politician revise his notions of the best approach to the confidence and respect of the workers. The tradi- tional method has been to don dirty linen, trousers that bag at the knees and a tattered hat. It has been as- sumed that the men of the mines and shops would be attracted to slovenly garb. The fact that this assumption has not been complimentary to the intelligence or taste of men who toil has not occurred to the demagoguc. Now comes MacDonald with the ob- servation that he has known "persons who showed their vanity by the clum« siness of their clothes.” Tlaving shown that a labor premier may speak the language of literature and follow the methods of polite so- clety, he now implies that a leader of labor may obscrve good taste in dress without compromising his principles. American demagogues may have to revise their methods of approach to “the great un! o | the spirit in which free people being denied b; Lnusmu- Senator Borah's anti-bonus speech in the Senate on April 21 was one of the most scholarly and eloquent orations heard on Capitol Hill in many a day. It was the silver-tongued Idahoan at his best. Borah s always in top form when crusading for an ideal that com- bines public morals with high politics. His opposition to the honus springs from exactly that kind of a combination, as he views the adjusted compensation project. Authorities often speculate as to the mark Borah will leave upon con- gresstonal history, when posterity comes to scan it. We wometimes don't ap- praise cotempornries at the value that the perspective of time awards them. Most of Borah's admirers ure confident his speeches in the Senate will rank, for eloquence and for Linglish. with those of Wabster, Calhoun. Clay and the other giants who once bestrode the floors of Congress. *x % Undismayed by political critics who think his ll-starred fight for the cash bonue has hurt his presidential ambi- tions, Senator Royal §. Copeland las gone west on a speechmaking tour. He is billed for a full week's program in his native Michigan, including the uni sity efty of Ann Arbor, of which Cope- land wus mayor (wenty-two years ago. | | Anuther point on his Welverine itine r;.ry“ is Fiint, one of Michigan's great auto- nioblla communitles. Senator Copeland’s friends by no means bonux project, which the ate d, has damaged him politically. one thing, they assert, it hus given h nation-wide advertisement. It is un deniable that the statesman-physician’s | | name crops up incessantly in ratic conversation whenever the talk Is of dark horses. Sometimes is aver- red that it 1s the vice presidential nomi- nation that Copeland really wants and bopes to achieve. * k% x Capt. Walter R. Gherardi, whom Sec- retary Wilhtr has selected as his chief aide, 18 a diplomat as well as a gallant saflor. FBw officers of the American Navy, even of admiral's rank, have had 80 varled an international expericnce as Gherardi. He was naval attache at Berlin when the world war broko out and served at Ambassador Gerard's right hand throughout the two anf half tortuous years of our neutralit Demo- After a period of excallent serviee as an | officer of & transport, the De Kalb. Capt. Gherardi was assigned (o special Jut in connection with adjustment of naiva peace_problems with the central pow- ers. No officer in our fleet has i hetter conception of the high spots of Euro- pean affairs, For the past (wo vears Gherardi hus specialized in naval avia- tion and commanded the air Scouting squadron of the Atlantic fleet £ % % ¥ Third party leaders wili tell their cundidate for Vice year ix going to be as you that President this big a national Since the plebiscite has resulted in the overwhelming adop- tion of a republic American editors ure discussing the wisdom of the step. Opinis seoms to be very doubtful in Greece 1if the Greeks are prepared for free government If they are prepared, weli and good. but if they are not. it ix certain the government will shortly a dictatorship, many editors the world will hope ts from thiz latest experiment. but a majority of those familiar with conditions in the country will have their misgiv- ings and their doubts,” according to the Portland Express, which goes on 1o say “wige and conservat leader- ship'may preserve Greece at this time and change chaos. into order, but it will bo the wisdom of the few and not of the many that will prove her salvation if she succeeds.” Its chances of success, the New York points out. “will Le proportioned to it is undertaken, the extent to which its sponsors avoid actual tyranny under the empty forms of free government.” The political, cconomic and xocial conditions in the country are not healthy, the Charles- ton Post suggosts, vel “the people seem to be in earmest in their new undertaking, and good leadership may develop under the new order” If the_people had listened to the voice of Venizelos, the Columbus Dispatch is confident the same result would bave been reached, but a little more slowly and with greater deference to regular constitutional methods. Dispatch admits “the grave question now {g will the same heads get too hot to be controlled if the new repub- ic shall fail immediately to fulfill their cxpectations?” B It is not improbable, the Louisville Courier-Journal holds, that “the re- public, at the start, will be another government by dictatorship”; never- theless, “the experiment will spur on the evolutionary process toward pop- ular government in Greece” Sug- gesting that the success at the be- ginning will depend upon the quality of leadership, the Fargo Forum main- tains “If that leadership is sincere, Greece may advance more rapidly under a republic than under a dynasty. but the establishment of a republ and the preparation of a people to rule themselves requires hard work.” The Boston Transcript calls attention to the factious nature of the Greek people and their lack of determina- tion to hang together, and the fur- ther handicap of the country in hav- ing on its hands a great population of Heilenic refugees from Turkish territory, who are unsuited to demo- cratic seif-rule; hence, “the prospects of the new republic cannot be re- garded as very promising.” This view is also held by the Springfield Unlon, which doubts “whether such a_ spirit may be bent to accept the obligations of _democratic self-rule,” even though “the Greeks have shown themsclves to be an energatic, a patri- otic and a practical nation.” “The steadying hand of Venizelos is miss- ing,” continues the Springfiekdd News; therefore, “Greece prepares for a transformation in its administrative aftairs, almost wholly devoid of a level-headed administrator,” and, “the result probably will be that things will not run smoothly for a long time.” The Miami News agrees “the soil has not properly been prepared and cannot be until an educational campaign has been in progress bear- ing upon the questions involved in greater liberty.” * ¥ ok ¥ The fact that the government has barred for five years formal discus- sions of the change in the form of administration, the Indianapolis News says, “reveals a suspicion that 2s much as the people may believe now that they want a republic they could be easily swayed into thinking they wanted something elee.” The Birmingham News, however, claims this “is purely and simply a sate- guard against loose thinking and ir- responsible utterances by a noisy minority.” But the Providence Jour- nal insists “it is hard to_imagine a Al World | The | any su- have indorsed peivilege| figure as their presidential nominee. No nonentities, it is announced, need apply. A ticket now quletly being mentioned is La Follette and Stone, the latter being Warren 8. Stone, the able grand chief of the International Brotherhood of Leco- motive Kngineers. Stone is a native of lowa, and was sixty-four years old last February. He has never aspired to pub- lic office. having been {dentifled exclu- siveiy with the raflroad labor movement for the past forty years. He began “rallroading” as a fireman on the Rock Island system in 1879 and was promoted engineer In 1884, EE Gen. Pershing's terse and uncompro- mising refusal to be considered a Ree publican vice presidential candidate is reminiscent of a simitar rebuff admin- istered by “Old Tecumseh” Sherman to friends who wanted to make him Presi- dent. N other coy aspirant for high of- fice hag ever had the courages or the brevity with which Gen. Sherman said no. His rejection was a model of con- citeness and finulity. He said: “I will not accept If nominated or serve if elect- ed.” Nowadays men with an eye cocked in the direction of the White House usually content themselves with the subtle admission that they are in the hands of their friends. X * % % Warren arlan Jis Martin, who continues with - Stone in the capacity of tant to the Attorney u which served Harry Daugherty a graduate of the Philander €. Knox echool of politics Throughout Knox's senatorial career Martin was his confidential recretary. 1 Gen- he abiy of politics ix at Martin's finger-tips. He is & Penneylvanian. Nearly all of the men who have been conspicuous in na- tional affairs for the past twenty vears are his personal fricnde. He can use a | dictaphone, answer telephone calls and | be courteous to & caller in one and the | same operation. ¥ x % x When is it prudent for a President to call off handshaking bees at the White House? Secretary Bascom Slemp's bud- dies are having a quiet smile at his ex- ense in connection with his recenmt ukase that President Coolidge's right |palm needs conscrvation. The decree happened to be jssued about the very hour that “Jimmy" Reynolds was of- ficially announcing that “Cal” was over |the ton, as far as national convention delegates are concerned. In other words, when it became certain that Mr. Cool magie Cloveland majority in hand. and then =ome. the powers that be decided that patriots and other tourists must curb thelr am- bition to grasp the presidential hand. Mr. Coolidge, when Governor of Massa- | chusetts, used to find it comfortable to | tie up some of his fingers in adhesive | tape un the eve of handshaking orgies. | (Copyright, 1924.) ‘American Editors Are Dubious Of Success of Greek Republic ng about their Constitution.” reeks may discover that they have to reckon with elements among themselves quite as obstructive as the king they have dismissed.” With A great many menacing problems confronting it. the Kalamazoo zette is convinced the republic “carly footsteps must. of necesnity, bo weak and halting.” The Reno Gazette believes “if tho Greeks pos- mise, respect for the law even when the Jaw {s unpopular, and the indiv ual spirit of seif-sacrifice their re- public will stand and prosper.” The | Newark News admits “the Greek Re- publicans have not lacked determi- n." and “in such hands the pros that _the new be safely stocred between the Seylla of monarchist wrath and the Charybdis of Republican esperience are good.” The _Cincinnati Times-Star sug- ®ests “perhaps the spirit of ancient Athens, the cradle of democracy, will react across the millennia and touch modern Greeks with its inspiration.” The Lynchburg News does not doubt that “out of confusion order will | finally emerge, and to her changed | political station the new republic will adjust itself in a way to conform to a government both free and wise" certainly, “this will be so if sufficiant intelligence and patriotism inhera in the Grecian people to sensa the perils by which their nation is beset.” The Brooklyn Eagle adds its opinion that “the people should be able to settle down and realize the British sol- dler-poet’s century-old dream she ‘might still be free’'” The Jer- oy Journal attaches significance to the fact that during the transition from the monarchy to the republic the people have carefully avoided any disorder and confined their cele- brations to orderly demonstrations, because it “gives rise to belief that they have finally decided that law, order and co-operation are the only means by which they can gain the goals of the national ambitions.” At any rate, the Cleveland Plain Dealer concludes, “the Greek people have spoken, the democracies of the world will will welcome Greece into tho steadily increasing company of frec repub- Hes. California Will Not Demand Amendment To the Editor of The Star: Nothwithstanding my disclaimer, Frederic William Wile declares in the Star, April 25, that I announced in triendly debate with Dr. Sidney Gu- lick at New York the intention of California to press immediately a constitutional amendment which would deny hereafter the privilege of cltizenship to children born iIn this country to aliens ineligible to citi- zenship. The authority quoted by Mr. Wile ie New York correspondence of the Christian Science Monitor published April 18, A denlal was sent to the Monitor when the statement first came to nfy notice, April 24. Not- withstanding Mr. Wile's apparent be- lef to the contrary, it is possible that the Monitor correspondent misunder- stood my statement. As a newspa- per man, I know such things occur at times with the most reliable re- porters. Permit me to reiterate that neither on my part nor on the part of any organization or interest which T rep- resent, or of which I have knowledge, has there been declaration, or is there intent to press at this time, or in the immediate future, such a campaign as mentioned. 1 would not have made the state- ment credited to me, because it is not true. Sufficient proof hould be found in the fact that the four Cal- ifornia organizations represented by ex-Senator Phelan and myself in the hearing before the Senate immigra- tion committee—American Legion, State Federation of Labor, State Grange and Native Sons of the Gold- en West—made direct request of the members of the California congres- sional delegation not to introduce a measure of this character at the pres- ent session. Bimilar measures have been Introduced at each session for five or more years past, and it is true that the four organizations named he policy Involved. V. & m What is worth knowing in the diplomacy | sess the inherent qualities of compro- | Greek republic | that | commend their judgment and | The Library Table BY THE BOOKLOVER At last the bock about the city of Washington for which the Booklover has long been waiting. “Your Wash- ington and Mine,” Miss Louise Payson Latimer, just published, we meets a long recognized need for book that should tain wmuch de- sired information about the Capital City, but should in- terpret that inform properly to place Washington in_the American scheme. In her title Mises Latimer has furnished a slogan and expresses the attitude that all Amer cans should hold toward the National Capital. She then proceeds to Justify her title by painting the pieture of the Capital City that is now cher- ished by all Americans, but that merlts 4 more intelligent devotion in order to make it worthy of the na- tion whosc responstbility it is * X ¥ ¥ Thare are already a number of ade- quats Washington guide books. There are also several valuabls histories of Washington, most of them covering certain periods of our annals. Then there are books on certain phases of Washington affairs or objects of in terest, such as the government, the social lifc and the art treasures. Miss Latimer's book will not take the place of the useful guide book for the Washington visitor and will not | make unnecesczary the more elaborate and speelalized bouks in the case of those who wish to make a minute study of certain phases of Washi ton affairs. but for the person wihe wishex to =upplement the guide hook facts and stop short of more 1 studies, “Your Washington urnishes (he desired in nterpretation, intelligently and ade- quately. ) The first and second sections of “Your Wdshington and Mine" are de- voted to the earlier and later history of the Cupital, beginning with the Indians and the first white settlere | and proceeding ith the choiee and | acquisition of the site of tho Capital. | the transfer of the government Lo the | banks of the Potomac, earls transportag tion, newspapers and theaters. the burn- ng of the public buildings in the war of 1812, the effect of the civil war ou the the Shepherd development, the ¢ Washington as u world Capital and the effect of the world war |on the Capital. The third part is de- Voted to the public buildings and historic places. the romantic stories of the Capi- tol. the White House and the Monu- | ment, the travels and vicissitudes of the government when at times it was home- less, and interesting non-governmental | public_bulldings, historic houses and | other building, cccupied by government {or by famous or infamous charucters The recent impetus given to the develop- | ment_ of the city plan make parts four | ana five, devoted. respectivels. to strects. parks, monuments and city_pianning and |to the Potomac River. of unusual in- | teresi. Section seven is concerned with Mount Vernon, Arlington and George town. | x % The Booklover confesses to have been most interested in Miss Latimer's part six, devoted to municipal affairs, sub- jects neglected in most books | Washington, but here treated ! standingly and convineingly. 1t is hoped that this book will be widely read | throughout the country, that coples will be carried away by visitors who come to Washingten in ever-increasing numbers, | espectally at this season of the year. and that all such will not overlook these chapters on the form of the local | government, the method of support and | the political disabilities of the resid of the District of Columbia. If they ar widely read there will be fewer peopic who think we pay no taxes whatever and more who will know that wi no vote. This section also contains ex- cellent chapters on our municipal ins utions, our public schoois and libra | our playgrounds. courts, police and fire | departments and non-governmental educational inetitutions and our ind [Xres, including our chief industries, the federal and local governments. Among the abundant and well selected ustra- tions are included many unusual pictures of points of interest not often shown The character and dialect of the | Kentucky mountainer are the | framework of Percy MacKaye's new | play. “This Fine, Pretty World.” Mr. | MacKaye lived among these moun- | taineers for a time and studied their | habits and language, which he re- lcorded in several typewritten vol- umes. In his preface to the play he s that his intention is to write series of plays which shall preserve regional characteristics of vari- dd corners of the United States ‘ankee Fantasies” a volume of in under- . he treated parts of New Eng- |land. What his next venture will b is a subject for interested guessing. The nlot of the pr nt play Is some- what melodramatic, and an impor- tant episode is a situation in which a baby sacking bag is mistaken for a shoat. Possibly this was sug- ed to the author by a well known ode in the early English play known as “The Second Shepherd Play,” in which a sheep stealer, Mak, conceals a stolen sheep in his wife's bed. where it plays the part of a new- born child until its bleats reveal the trick to the pursuing shepherds who have been robbed. * % ¥ Bven though Washingtonian cept those who happen to have residence elsewhere, cannot ticipato in the primaries, tions and the balloting of a presi- ntial election year, they are vi affected by the results of th events and so are interested in the processes. An informal and intimal account of the everyday facts abo politics, politicians. politi ¥ ines ‘and candidates and their ways will be found in “The Great Game of Polit by Frank R. Kent. The author states that “the country is really run by the politic chines, and_the political bosse in the confines of their own munities, our most influentia! sct of citizens. ' Incomparably they havc more power than any group among us” This book is an attempt to zive accurate information about these ma- chines and the people who run them e begins with the smallest politicai unit, the precinct, and the smallest machine cog, the precinct cxecutive and gives the practical and human side of the political machine from bottom to top. The author, who is distinctly not opposed to woman suf- frage, claims that thus far at least woman suffrage has helped machinz control. Women vote less generally than men, but without exception all tho female relatives of the ofiice hold- ers and other members of the ma- chine do vote in the primaries and at the elections. Perhaps Washin tonians will be most interested in the chapter on the “Monday Lunch Club,” wherein is given a four-page list of the members, all described as the leg- islative agents of special interests and groups and as having vast politi- cal_influence at the Capital. The author says that “they wield an enor- mous power. They are in a class by themselves—and they have their feet on the ground all the time.” SR The readers of Les Maitres de la Plume, one of the newer French mag- asines, have been polled for their opinfons as to the greatest French author of the present day, with the result that Anatole France led by a decided majority. Paul Bourget came next, followed by Maurice Barres, Mmc. Collette Yver and Mme. de Noailles, par- are, com- * % “Washington is a most beautiful place—the Capitol a really glorious building that any nation might be proud of, and the shining White House, with its graceful pillare front, 'among its flowering trees and shrubs, makes me think with shame of that black aborton, Buckingham Palace.—Mre. Huniphrey Ward in a lgl\uu letter dated 1903 (from Mrs. elyan's Life of Mrs. Ward, 1923.) about | sne-act plays published several years | s|clared that organiz | conven- | CITY PLANNING and Transportation City planning and civic developmeant | cannot kecp abreast of the rapid de velopments i transportation in onr Ereat metropolitan centers unless city planners Voo's far abead and map out thelr rograms of development witl fnowledi. of he changes that are bound o come in the wake of im proved aud inereased transportation facilitics. The great cities of the na tion and the nation itself suffer from verconcentration, increasing length of passenger haul creating many other colluteral problems, Mere big "85 18 becoming a liability rather 1 an asset and American cities st £pread out laterally instead of horizontally 1f congested conditions In our great centers of population are 1o be inereased to tho r busin suffocation. e the conclusions reached nd Bibbins, consulting en- gineer of Washington, who has just concluded a comprehensive study of transportation in modern cities and the many co-relating clements that enter into the transportation of great numbers of people with direct reln- | tion to the planning of urban centers 80 that the population may be trans ported without discomfort or great 1058 of time Reckon With Transportation. In proper city bins insists that portation agencies, rail, water, motor, road anc rolley, must be reckoned with in ans transportation nlan worthy of the name. This broad conception fs stil in its infancy, he declared. Most citt are extremely deficient in adjuct themselves 1o the first elemant af ro plan—an adequate thoroughfars sy with ntific clussification for the traflic the Mokt pressi 2 need o Washington has not withstanding its wid » ample facilitics, in the development of jis transportition possibilitio, Mr | Bibbins say Washington stopped | ng with respect to traneporta Lundred years ago, although is a Wil approxi- dents and 100,000 Istered motors The xecond clement of city plan vith respect to transportation rding to Mr. Bibbins, deals with transportation, routing and | operation by various means, inelud Ing the motor coach auxiliary and | Euburban service with all the agen | cles sted (o the combined need of the chmmunity, with tho prineiple ever set before the city planners that maximum speed and convenience are esséntiul to adequate wervice and | that the public deseryes and will sup- port the Lest servies it can secure | TraMe System and Control A syetem of traffic organization anc | con cally ~worked out leshaws after these majo; | points of thoroughfares and transit | have been thought out, the enginee: points cut. Although temporary meas ures often . an_clabo | rate » control system ghould fol loe r than precede the oth. At it the point of final { adjustmeni-—the lust resource. One of the essentials of the wel planned transportation units in = {modern city is proper developmen: of railroad and terminals, as com mercial freight trucking, Mr. Bib bi vs, has become a larke par of downtown congestion. Thix prob lem cannot be worked out by itsels he savs. adding that port termina und waterway developments arc ex tremely important parts of the city terminal problem and intexral witl not separate from, railrouds, ware housing and city truckine. Scientit | cartage “controi has barely begus Mr. Bibbins claims. and what ha happened in rail terminals will e duplicated in air transport unles. efficient unification planned ane sxceuted 1 these oncludes —r. el the enginer i, trolley, rupic ransit and air transport—must be thought cut together and properd ndapted to the city and metropoli plan and the eneral public welfa that development work may be in ipracticable st and adjusted to the purchasing power of the city for pul. e improvem in line with th |increasi revenues from ypropert | taxation. ! Detalls to Be Decided. A v important details have ro et been worked out by city planners { Mr. Bibbins says, such as segregating ity traflic horizontally and vertic doveloping higher cfficiency of trafic signals, determination of a ing time needed, the ece o desigy |of traftic readways, more convenient {man transfers between n lines and | feeders, with prepayment loading ter- | minals at heavy points; ventilation of { double-deck the economic possibilities of night delivery and col lection to reli | the daytime and the dev the arcade plan of roadw Turning to railroads, he emphasized the offtrack type of freight stations | with motor deliveries and fuller de | velopment of terminal air rights i |the downtown districts, terminal re cession, both passenger as well freight, and the econom location « belt and switching lines with respec to the city plan and residential areas As to the steps necessary to work out ail these factors, Mr. Bibbins de ct-finding is {the only proper basis of analysis, de sign and action. Technical surveys traflic transit and terminal movemen® Iby road. rail and water arc essentiai | for proper planning, he sald. The | problem of transportation is large! one of financing peak loading. n only for the but for the busines of the nation. To the Colors, Men! om the Albany Knickerbocker Pr Purple clothing for men is sug- gested in London, und London sup- posedly is the dictator of fashions for men. There's 3 movement to get | away from the somberness of mascu- line attire and to brighten the sex and consequently the world, with colors. Why not? A little or ought to make life brighter. 1t is too drab anyway. The only opportunity man has to indulge his col: sense Is in his neckties and his shirts, and there are still some sticklers for white shirts, some who insist that there should be no color whatever in a shirt. Away with them! A London designer of men's cloth- | tng, the Paquin of the male sex, is leading the fashlon toward color. Ho suggests that at least a subdued pur- ple for evening clothes would be ef- fective, and lounge suits, he thinks, should be brighter in color. More- over, he would take away the present soft ‘collar or the starched collar and give the freedom of the old Byronic collar. Some of the old boys may protest The movement may have to rest en- tirely with the young men, but it is @ gooud idea. 1f purple evening clothes are to be the rule, some of the older men who are still donning, on occa- sion, the dress suits of coileke da; will have to get new ones. That {s good. There ought tobbe a general substitution of evening clothes that fit the plumper stomachs of forty in- stead of those old ones built for the lines of the twenties. If purplo eve- ning clothes can bring that reform let purple clothes be compulsory. Perhaps women will object to cois ored clothing for men. Perhaps they | won't_shine so attractively if men too, are dressed in bright colors that enhance the beauty of their com- plexions, Wil woman be jealous then? Well, let her. Hasn't she been trying at times to wear the habili- ments of man? Turn about is fair lay. P may take more courage for the average man to appear the first time in a bright-colored suit than it did for him to don long trousers, but he'll get over that shyness. He has dared | to appear publicly in knickers. He { can bolster his courage to wear pur- ple or Alice blue or pink or mauve or green. Perhaps some day in the mu- sical comedy they'll be singing about “My Alice Bluc Trouscrs.” Life needs more color. Hurrah fer it. Let us to the royal purple. 1|