Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Surday Mornizg Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. May 29, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness O Ivanin Ave 110 nd St Chicazo Office: Tower Building. Enropean Ofice: 16 Regent St., London, Kugland Evening ¥ ar, with the Sunday morning Aelive by emrriers within the b daily only. 47 fv. 20 cents” per went by mail or fele fon is made by ntls conts o month h Fiers at the end of Rate by Mail—Puayable in Advance, Maryland and Virginis Daily and Sunday. 1 yr., $8.40 Draily only 1yl s600 Sunday only 1yr, $2.40 T 1 21 mo. All Other States, 1 Sunday. 1 yr. $10.00 Ly, 3700 1yr. $3.00 T 1 mo Member of the Associated Press. T At n this ahed i speial dis: berin nre sl St e e b Give Us a Full Inquiry! The having voted to adopt the amendment to the appropria- stand 40 per the bill, weasure t form. In will be the of discussion Its exact ch it altogether The House $5.000.000, increased 1o than the established 1 is both atio, Senate committen District bill federal making the oo funds lieu the named at S14.000,000 gent” of the will <ot m, meani in sums in the nference in th cepted that clause w is debate limp sium will be in of which ate ¥ which of S14.000.000, is mor ra Y e prop » sum a fixed con expectations Tooked for a ratio plan. wits the hopes and District, which eturn to the the Whet the con ratio written into Bill by the House appropriations it was thowzht and be that there would be no controversy over matter the to su-calied Holman rule of advanced he House the [ fump-sum plan was 1 a ins of reducing the f federal dopted, hastily of unt the api W by a mers mewl » legislative 1 o No been held sub- had 1t and sufficieney The District was opriation handful ae pon h had je No into the amon on the inquiry been made uf the taxes. helpless “railroaded” into an a The atter sured increase of taxation has ¢ the provision n npromised by the strange pestin what circumstances only for a and ratio. Nobody knows n e seem to lu is definite and cquitable. ther pted in lieu of both H and enactments a fixed contribution by th Stat at 40 with the agreement of 19 with pr vision d committee of in. quiry, which will have the power to k. by a thorough trict tax burden it ds and the contribution, | proportion of fo meet the justice. jus it entails. the it would proper upon the con provision 1 ) atio which he ad Senate a nited rdance together for a sitin recess and seo into the Di end resources and equities of government th an at . funds ments of fiscal Much Rarding Crities tain i Tocal t of nance, inquiry ne such a 1l s will require- form v misi the d prevails tax point s as proof that the average yer is escaping a fair share cost of community mainte- Other which are > demonstration, re- burden. to District the District cer- the figures, susceptible of compl indicate that the Washing. ed today other nian as American municipality « Whenever ferred of inquiry the this matter been re- | by Congress to a commission | District has been en- abled 1o demonstrate that it not | undertaxed. 1t is only when the mat- ter is discussed in the cour of legis- sions, when ther no time for the preparation of a full showing of defensive material, that the Dis- trict is made to appear in the light of a tax-dodger. 1f this question referved to a joint com- mittee would be a chance for o District to show its hooks, to point to the comparisons and to clear itself of the charge that it is profiting from federal contributions in excess of equity were once moy there Congress is the legislature District. 1t contains no dir sentative of the of the ct repre- xed community. Tt is pr much the repre. sentative of Washington as of the United States. Will it not now act thus the defender of the local rights and give to this matter the full, careful and exhaustive considera- tion wh quired? sumably as i is SO does not approve of divore for her own people, but permits Paris 16 offer facilities for those who desire to forget thelr matrimonial as well as ather cares. Gern figu ¥ a short ny's reversion to old political es a fear that Berlin ge of reliable political talent. r—on—s Raze the Patent Office? The proposal made by Representa- tive Bloom of New York that the patent office building be razed, that Sth street be continued through its site and that F and G between Tth and 9th streets be made straight and wider will probably arouse considera- ble discussion. There would be an advantage to traffic and perhaps to business if Sth street ran straight from Pennsylvania avenue to K street, and (here would freer movement of traffic on F and OJ streets but for the patent office tuilding. But there does not seem he much disposition on the part of the main body of our citizens to make over the city for the con- venience of traffic, but, rather, a sen- timent that traffic should, conform to the city. If 8th street should be cut & o \-(Ii When by | voteless and | of | that it be extended over the site of the Washington Public Library. The question might wrise that 4% street should be cut through Judiciary Square and that 9th, 10th and 11th streets should be cut through the Mall, 10th golng through the New | National Museum and the Smith- | sorian. A suggestion has been made | that 16th street should be cut through Lafayette Square from H street to Pennsylvaul avenue, and it might rried across the site of the White the greater convenience of automobilists. The course of Penn sylvania avenue is broken by the Treasury and the White House and much congestion on 15th street is due | to this. The Capitol and Library of | Congress stand on the line of Penn- nue and traffic has to find ways 1o get around those structures. | For a long time there has been agi to extend 14th str through o Walter Reed He important street ex- authorized be ¢ House for sylvania av tation the grounds | pital, but this tension has not by Congress. The government is loath to give up old buildings and Congress is loath to appropriate money for new buildings. The patent office is fine architecture. built to stand for ages. and has be- come a landmark. Any serious effort in Cyngress to destroy it would prob- ably ise a roar of protest and. even if it should be removed, there would probably be a strong popular demand that itx site he held as a government reservation and park, vet heen S e La Follette's Objective. Speculation regarding the o se of tender for the presidency on an in dependent ticket, stimulated by his somewhat eryptic utterance. is not complete without consideration of the effect of his denunciation of the rad- icals, whise proposed meeting at S Paul the 17th of June he repu diates. He deliberately turns his back upon the communists and others that ilk. He will have nothing to do with them or their meeting. whom. th will appeal ild enter the lists? is hard to we how called the St. Paul tion and those who may it and those represented by at- | tendance can logically follow the Wis | consin candidate, if his formally offe 10 the country. at the Cleveland meeting of La Follette savs he is not for them. They hardly be for him. If they are bent upon putting up a candidate the campaign they will have elsewhere. Does this prospective separation of the radicals from the La Follette fol- lowing materially weaken him as a candidate? That is the question moment. Of course. nobody looks to | see him carry enough siates. if any, the He has no or ion. He must create sort of “bull 1t is frankiy . perhaps the sc La Follette « on he if he | sh It | have those who conven- attend such name is ed say July 4. | for 1o {10 win election. ganiz new party. a 1924 affair, that the maj pose of the would be to prevent 4 lectoral college and throw choice of President nto the Representatives, which deadlocked in a vote by The total electoral 3 which 266 will be necessary to elect It has been computed that Coolidge, who will be the Republican n carry New England, ew Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Ohio, Indiana, [linois, Michigan, lowa, Kansas and Cali- fornia, he will have just 266 votes. precisely enough to win. This reck oning does not, it will be noted, in clude any of the northwestern states. where La Follette is supposed to bhe particularly strong. It does not in- clude Minnesota, Wisconsin, either of the Dakotas. Oregon, Washington, Montana. Tdaho. Wyoming. Utah, Ne- braska or Colorado. The only states west of the Mississippi in the reck oning are Kansas, Towa and Cali- fornia. Apart from other considerations, therefore, the question with regard to La Follette is whether he would have enough strength In such states as Maryland, Indiana, Towa, Kansas and California to win one of them or to reduce the Republican vote to the point of permitting the Democratic nominee to take them. If he throws any of them into the Democratic column and Mr. Coolidge carries no state beyond those indicated he elects a Democrat President. He now de- clares both parties to be unworthy of confidence. If the radicals whom My, La Fol- lette denounces as dangerous fail to follow him as a third-party leader, the discontented elements in the west will thus be brought to face the ques- tion of whether to support him with- out any possibility of his election—in other words, to waste their votes—in order to bring about the election of a Democratic President, or to cause a deadlock In the electoral college and in the House of Representatives, with results that cannot possibly be fore- seen. n recognized the of be to House would states is 331, of vote nominer, New 'K, ——e—s Adherents of Gov. Al Smith, In dis- cussing nomination prospects, show a disposition to regard the presidential primary demonstration as a closed in- cident. ———— The G. O. P. has demonstrated a su- periority of system over the Democ- racy when it comes to making work easy for the delegates. — Modesty may forbid Col. Bryan to venture any hints to the effect that convention oratory is not what it used to be. —————— The German Political Situation. Moves are in progress at Berlin for the organization of a ministry headed by Dr. Marx and comprising a com- bination of Nationalists, Centrists, Democrats and members of the Peo- ple's party. This alignment would leave the Socialists and Communists in opposition. Judging from the dem- onstration on Tuesday &t the opening of the Reichstag, when the National- ists and the Communists engaged in a violent demonstration of mutual rancor, this opposition will be bitter. through the patent office site there would perhaps be raised the question of extending it south from the Avenue through the market lot and thr the Smithsonian grounds, and The question. of moment, however, is ‘whether it will affect the chances of adoption of the Dawes report, which will require three-fourths majority. Senator La Follette as a possible con- | of To | of | - | ot decision in the | l Inclusion of the Nationalists in the projected ministry is due, it is re- ported, to the influence of Gustave Stresemann, former chancellor and foreign minister of the retiring Marx cabinet. But Stresemann himself will not be Included, it would now appear., owing to the demands of certain of the Nationalists for four portfolios— foreign affairs. interior, national econ- omy and food. This is a singular mix-up and may lead to later compe- tition. . The ministry, whatever its complexion, must assume the respon- sibility for securing adoption of the Dawes report. A move to that effect must be one of the first items on the program. U'ntil that is effected inter- national concern In the German po- litical situation will be keen. When it is accomplished there will be a di position merely to watch with inte est the development of partisunship in the reichstag. The alignment of parties then will be of no concern outside of German as the do mestic issues may touch the perforn of the Berlin government in carrying out the reparations plan. new save ances ———— - Keeping Up the Navy. Every believer in the necessity of maintaining an adequate Navy as the surest guarantee of peace will be gratificd by the prompt response of the House to the appeal of the naval | authorities for strengthening the I Navy and maintaining the treaty ratio of 5-5-3. The vote by which the appropriation was passed vester- day shows that this principle is well intrenched in the House and will falways be recognized when the proper | appeal is presented. The House is not frightened by any bogey-man of “militarism” conjured {up by well meaning but mistaken il!u'lfi!l-" The world has not reached | the stage vet when the United States, lovers of peace as its citizens are, will be content to vest its safety in 4|hr- hands of others. The vessels added to the Navy vesterday and the im | provements to ships already con ! structed will make for the peace of the world by discouraging possible ag- gressions upon this country. 1t is predicted that the Senate will | promptly ratity the action of the House and that with the beginning of the new fiscal vear, which is not far off. the work of construction and improvement will start The Ameri- can people are proud of their Navy and majority in is re- sponsive to that sentiment a Congress ———— German scientists credited with an invention to utilize the radio prin- ciple in destructive warfare. Under the circumstances this ought 1o be one of clined 1o boast about - Wall street is often depicted as bold | and uncompiomising. The nervous stock ticker response to a rumor does [ out this estimate Seashore resorts are comp! | the depressing effects of wet wed : The raincoat is no pleasurable substi- tute for a bathing suit. ———— SHOOTING STARS. it Mr. | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON A Fashion Conference. We're studyin' the fashions down to Pohick on the Crick. We're lookin® at the pictures that por- tray the stylish trick. Each year our wives an' daughters to their sorrow an' surprise Are patienty reminded that they must economize. We're studyin’ the fashions: an’ we're honestly afraid i That our frugal exhortations have been rather overplaved. In a deferential spirit which we can not but admire They're hpeomin® matter of attire. too heroic in the Materialy are scant which now they feel compelled to choose. The pictures show ‘em dancin’ with- out stockings. skirts or shoes. due consideration, our mature conclusions are In callin' for economy, it too far. a gentlemen's agreement proper thing. we guess, To advocate a rule of buyin’ more in- stead of less, Not carin’ for expenses, even though they gather thick. We want more liberal fashion down to Pohick on the Crick. After we've carried | .i is the No Shrinking Violet. “Aren’t you afraid of seeming over- anxious to hold high office?™ “No, sir!" exclaimed Senator Sor- ghum. “There's one thing this great republic demands, and that is that its high offices shall be filled by men who prove their energy and determination in the way they go after them. Jud Tunkins says he notices that the jazz bands have to play louder and louder as the dancers seem to look sleepler and sleepier. Elevation. An’ orator so gifted Exclaimed, “Let all rejoice! Humanity's uplifted Every time I raise my voice!" Enchanting Distances. “Foreigners are always fascinat- ing." “Always,” assented Miss Cayvenne. “Even our sedate scientista are haughty toward their immediate ne.gh- bors and simply crazy to be on speak- Ing terms with people in Mars.” Utopian. Since governmental claims relax Let's hasten to reduce each tax Until it gets extremely small— And then let's have no tax at all! Quietude. “There used to be a lot of hard drinkere in Crimson Gulch.' ““We still have a few,” confided Cac- tus Joe; “only the bootleg stuff floors 'em 8o quick they don't have time to get out in the wide world an’ show “Anybody kin find fault,” said Uncle Eben; “an’ yet some of us keep as busy at it as if dar was @ fered.” the last things Germany would be in- | & WASHINGTON, D. C. 1L BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. Special Dispateh to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924, ROME, May 39.—“What is your feel- ing about the war debts?” Sig. Mus- solini was asked in the course of my interview with the famous Italian statesman. “That said, are they should be paid,” he “Debts must be pald. If debts not pald, there is an end of credit. and It is much better to give up money than to give up eredit Credit is the bedrock of civilization; your Alexander Hamilton was quite right ab that. ltaly will pay. She pay immediately. She must have time to effect her na- tional nomlc and financial con- solidation. She must have time to work and save’ “You solini > “Yes, tn the s cannot are an ldealist, Sig. Mus- idealist who belie ic and quick sion of ideals into bettered conditions uman 1ife" How can statesmanship and jour- nalism best serve each other and humanity By an aggressive and tireless as- sertion of mental and moral energ: By uttering only the truth. By fear- ing nothing but infidelity to the truth. By constunt readiness to sac- rifice themsely for their fellow men." “What for pub! “Fascis would be men and w 10" s— Duty.’ “All the time vou upon the moralities? “There bs nothing else for one to -self upon. This is the first tenet of fascismo—moral character is primary. From the first Fascisti have understood that there could be no political rebirth without a moral re- birth. Physical force, as I have said. sometimes is necessary--Abraham Lincoin. I repeat. found it ne —to Impose a superior princ order, above all, ought to be defend- ed In' the consciences of the citizens. Modern states can rest_upon nothing but a general sense of duty to the tatherland. v this the moral heaith of a people indissolubly with t tunes of the country smo's immediate task. after breaking the resistance of the caste of politicians that opposed the rebirth of ltal was 1o organize the new Stat scismo’s ultimate and much gr task is to deepen and solidity country’s civic morality. Hence our parole de jour. “Duty.”” “What do you s tore?” “That, for us. is the basis of every | true eivie education. 1 do not wish 10 #ppeAr to express a principle of universal validity, but I believe that, it the classic culture Is for us indis- pensible to our self-consclousness, it is for every people one of the most powerful instruments of civiliza- tion.” “What “Music commu tecture vour crs? atchword ract Dasis of All base vourself base one of classic cul- ix_your favorite art.” ecause L is the most cable. Next 1 like archi- poetry, sculpture, painting. Art Promine of America. “What do you think of Materfinck’s dictum that ‘America has the cruelest commer: the world ever has known? “This Belgian is a t poet. 1 doubt if any of his cotemporaries equal him as a psychic analyist. But only a lack of imagination can blind one to the stuvendous art promise of the United States. P i« still mainly promise, to be sure, for Americans | have been busy over other things. But one day it will dazzle the world. One day the Americans will lead civiliza- tion in the fine arts, dimming even | the greatest glories of the past. It all is sleeping in their destiny. In- tense and mighty in material things falism 3 Although the “Irish hyphen” has largely vanished from American poli- tics, which it long influenced, politi- cians have not forgotten there is still an Irish vote. The neatest plece of Irish-American politics played for many a day is the recent acceptance by John W. Davis of tiie legal repre sentation of the Irish Free State this country. The appointment is all the more piquant, considering that Davis was once American ambassadot to Great Britain, and. in that ca- pacity, was duly and usefullx Anglo- phile on occasion. He never slopped over in London on the Fourth of July or other oratorical occasions, so there is nothing in his spellbinding past | that prevented Dublin’s engaging Davis as _its American attorney. When the West Virginian's name is mentioned for the Democratic presi- dential nomination 1is “British rec- ord” often is cited against him. Davi new clients in Erin evidently don consider it an objection. * ok ok There aren’t many-men in public life today ‘with a family war record like Postmaster General Harry S. ew. His great-grandfather, Jethro fought in Washington's Conti- nental Army. His grandfather, John D. New, fought under Capt. Zachary Taylor in the war of 1812, and the Postmaster General himseif was a captain in_ the Spanish-American war. The News have inhabited In- diana soil since the days it was a wilderness. The master of our mails modestly, ~but proudly. cites his house's milltary record when people me to him and talk of more modern 00 per cent Americanism Once upon a time the Postmaster General was a private in the crack militia company of the country—the old In- dianapolls Light Infantry, which con- sistently drilled off the field every other organization that ever coveted its laurels. * % * % Edward G. Lowry, well known scribe, who held the fort at the Ger- man embassy in London, when, still neutral, the United States looked aft- er the kaiser's diplomatic interests in England, had all his conceit taken out of him one day this week. Lowry lives in Washington. His telephone bell rang late at night. The city ed! tor of a local paper reported a di patch from Boston announcing that Lowry, jr., had just been made chair- man of the students' advisory coun- cil at Harvaul. “Well,” said the proud father, “I can tell you a lot about the boy.” Quoth the city editor: “We know all about your boy. What we want to know Is, who are you?" * k X % George White, Democratic national committeeman from Ohlo, and na- tional chairman in 1920, aspires to re-enter Congress, where he sat in the House for three terms until bowl- ed over in 1918 by the present repre- sentative of the district, C. Ellis Moore. White thinks 1924 is a Demo- cratic year around about Marletta, and in the Buckeye land generally, If he can win the nomination in the August primaries, he thinks he will make the grade in November. Mean- time, White's troubles are associated exclusively with the Democratic na- tional convention in New York. He has_been appointed sergeant-at-arms Madison Square Gard: The_co! vention hall seats 12,000 and Whi has had applications for 14,500 posl: Rescue of Nation From “Caste” of Politicians Reviewed— World Views. they undoubtedly are. Why? Be- cause of youth, simplicity, boundless energy. These qualities in’due course will turn from industry, commerce, englneering, mechanics, to artistic literary effiorescence. Material Amer- ica we know; artistic America we are yet to see Sig. Mussolini is a great student of history. He examines all phases of human development from the stand- point of historical criticism. “Three cities made history,” he says. If you ask “What three?’ he replies: “No matter. Cities always make history: villages endure it Rome, it goes without saying, is one of the three cities of Mussolint's meaning. Hear him on the Eternal Clty: “Rome is today, as it ever has been, as it ever will ‘be, the living heart of our race. It is the imperishable symbol of our vitality as a people. Who holds Rome, holds the nation.” State Above All Classes. Thus he felt when, in the closing days of October, 1¢%* he marched at the head of 50,000 olue-shirted Na- tlonalists and black-shirted Fascisti to tuke possession of the capital—a peaceful, disciplined, soldierly host, entering a city equally peaceful, and a city that smothered the marchers with flowers. “What iy fascisme's attitude to the classes?" “None of us has ever thought of denying the historical function of the social classes. Olass struggles are a reality of history. But, precisely be- use they are, they are not to b isolated from the other realities that form the Lissu of history. Class struggles for example, cannot be ab- stracted from the reality of the na- tion. Fascismo rejects the concep- tlon—as a matter of fact, it has been outgrown in modern sclentific thought—that history can be reduced to the struggle of the classes. This conception fascismo rejects In favor of the more organic idea that the clusses act within the state according to their several interests, while the state, representing the historical unity of the life of a people, is necessarily above these interests and these strug- gles. States have, with regard to the classes, a superfor aim to attain, a higher task to serve. They dare not permit the struggle of the classes to assume supremacy in the national the lips of Mussolini have burst many expressions. which, taken alone, would mislead the world con cerning his temper and views. For example. he eried out 1o a great audi- ence on one occasion: “It is blood that moves the wheels of history!” This crimson figure of speech would sug- gest that the present head of the Ttaltan state belfeves In war for its own sake. Peace Neceanary to the World. 1 asked him Peace at any cost is as absurd as war #t any cost. Neither Italy nor the United States, fortunately fo both and for all, followed the pea at-any-cost doctrine in the late war. One’s country Imperiled means that one must fight. One cannot Ignore country more than the tree can ixnore its sustaining soil 1 reject with equal energy the doc- trine that war can be the major in- terest of the world “And. If you want to know some- thing else, namely, my opinion with reference 1o the world's interests in at this moment, 1 reply, sin- and in full consciousness, that ace ix necessary to Europe today: and that I, for my part. have directed Italian foreign policy in this sense, solving two of its most essential problems—our relations with Jugo- slavia and our relations with Russia. Ttaly is non-aggressive. Italy wants respect and friendship and is ready to reciprocate them. Italy isx abso- lutely for clear treaty relations with other powers, and for the strictest honoring of such treaties at what- ever cost.” Do you?" one’s any The final installment Mussolini's interview will tomorrow’s Star. of Signor appear In WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. tions as as: to say nothing keepers, ant xergeant-at-arms, f 4,500 or * x ¥ % Stearns’ success ax a Warwick has induced a rival Bos- ton merchant, Edward A. Filene, to become a President-maker. Mr. Fi- lene, it aspires to accom- plish for Gov. William E. Sweet, Democrat, of Colorado, what Stearns achieved for Calvin Coolldge. Gov. Sweet recently visited New England under Filene's auspices. At Boston the Coloradan was introduced to leading Democrats from the sur- rounding Yankee country. Filene thinks Sweet is_presidential timber of tall stature. The governor is re- ported to have made a favorable im- pression on the New England Demo- crats who gave him the “once over.” * x % x Exactly 100 years ago the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington's gallant young French lieutenant, made his first visit to the United States “after the revolutionary war. The Daughters of the American Rev- olution want to commemorate the centenary.! Senator Copeland of New York has read into the Congressional Record some interesting data on the subject. Lafayette in 1824 toured twenty-four states—all there were in the Union at that time. The pro- posal is that a commemoration, to be- gin in New York on August 16, the date of his landing, should be held in all of the twenty-four states he visited a century ago. The Portland (Me.) Historical Society and the In- ternational Longfellow Society have joined the D. A. R. in boosting the Lafayette centenary. * ¥ X X Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor Adonis from Minnesota, says the country is in the midst of the quad- rennial season when everybody loves the farmer. The dentist-senator— who has considerably grown in po- litical stature and dignity since he came to Washington a vear ago—la- ments that the bucolic brother is be- friended, usually, only before election and seldom afterward. If “Bob” La Follette ever became President Hen- rik Shipstead would be close to the throne. The Minnesotan is young enough to be La Follette's grandson, and they are very fond of each other. (Copyright, 1924.) Liberal Memorial Day Tributes Are Suggested To the Editor of The Star: May I, as one of a Unionlist family, three members of which served that cause In the civil war, suggest as liberal contributions for the purpose of decorating the graves of the Con- federate dead as those of the Federal army? Divided here, those hosts are, we belleve, in goodly fellowship on the eternal camping grounds. May we not say of Memorial or Decoration day, when 8o oft the showers of heaven baptize alike the mounds of the opposing legion: inwove with gray Are, blest with memory tears this ‘:I'INM' s, " lIlle!——‘ we ! we for ey, 'L SHOPE. Frank W. But | THE EVENING STAR THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1924. ————————fl——————————_———fi_*————*‘———'_—___‘——’—_—;—_—————*— Mussolini Depicts Italy’s Rebirth The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN At a small, invited gathering of art lovers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Myers recently, Phyllis Ackerman, wko fs an authority on the decorative arts, speaking on the sub- ject of tapestries, said, “Great art de- velops early and dies young.” Of the art of tapestry thls seems to be pecu- liarly true, for the greatest works in this medium were undoubtedly pro- duced In the centurles preceding the renalssance, rather than during that brilliant period when the art of paint- ing attained its greatest helght. These early tapestries were primarily deco- rations, and the weavers, who something than copyists skilled eraftsmen, were allowed measure of freedom in expression was when the tapestry manufacturers began to Imitate paintings that th art of tapestry began to deteriorate until today comparatively few, if any Ereat works are rendercd in this me dium. But this s true in all hranches of Art. As s00m as an art becomes imi- tative it loses Its value. A water slor which looks like a pastel is far <5 Interesting than one which takes advantage of the peculiar qualities and recognizes the speclal limitations of that medium. An etching which suggests a Hthograph—if that we possible—would have no value at Insincerity terial has gone a long way the building arts There was @ one time, for in stance, for using on houses of moder- ate cost. supposedly as arnamentation, imitation stone cornices made out of tin, painted: doors were grained (o look like other woods than what they were; all sorts of deceptions wers practiced, with the result that the fi fshed work did not ring true, and in the long run failed to satlsfy cven the uninitiated were and a It more 1 * o ok * Along these lines improvement in tas B twenty years, due undoubtedly to the effort of the teachers of art in the public schools, the missionaries of art in the women's clubs, and the organ- ized work of the various art associa- tions, which have carried on an ac tive propaganda in this field. How widespread this movement nd how there has been e in the last direction comparatively aware. Take. for ex house service bureaun o Institute of Architects is com 1 po 1 of ten or a dozen practicing architects, and has as its purpose th bettermen't in '« extremely modest cost. The first step s the making of design the next, RBetting these designs hefore the pub- lic. An intere account of the development work was given 5 of the | W Institite | Architects, held in this city last week | The result is a widely syndicated newspaper publicity service which is taking the matecial—both and: descriptive text—into the and the homes of not thousands hundreds of thousands of newspa ters throughhout the and an upgrowth of =8, mostly of good design, and of . a type which is unpretentious, liv and essentially Americ speaker at the Amer, of Arts’ fift nth an aptly put it, is “art g tion.” | * Bul we are to man's statement that great art de velops early and dies voung, and | %0, what have we to look forward to? To an extent she seems to The art of tapestry, as w few are mple, the <mall f ands but Federation onve, ting into ac- Dt Miss Acker- in the early days of its development The art of painting s not today what it was at the time of the renaissance: some say not what it was at the time of our early American portrait paint- ers, save in certaln pha The art of sculpture has made no great progress since the golden days of Greece, or at 1 t it seems %0 to us now, th ichelangelo and Rodin and a | lof others less bril thy works in this m | of their times But in the art of architecture the spirit seems to have been repeatedly reborn, each great period giving the art new life. Here in America in our own time such rebirth seems to have taken place, and it has been occ: sioned by 4 requirement of cotem- porary and the use of new mate- rials—steel and concrete. In our great commerelal buildings, our sky scrapers, the architects have found new expression, and the art of archi- tecture has taken a new lease of life *oxox % Whether art—great art—dies young or not, the spirit of art is immortal and if we do not scem at all tim to attain to the height which those who went hefore reached. need not despair, for great art will come again in the ripeness of time, and, feeble as is our effort, we ourselves may be hastening that time, though we little dream it. And all along the way, so long as we are sincere and susceptible, <o long as we hold fast to the best, we shall find great enjoy- ment. Otto H. Kahn, the well known New York banker, said in an after-dinner speech not long ago that art is a veri- tabie fountain of outh, ter- preting the old saying thai “whom the Gods love die young” as meaning that they who love art never grow old. There are, as he truly =said, many millions of the plain people— the “silent multitude”—in all parts of this great land of ours, “whose souls are hungry, whose ears are open the call of Art in music. whose ey light up at her approach in painting and sculpture, whose voices welcome her with enthusiastic gladness™—he- rolc men and women, who “in meet- ing the tasks of the work-a-day world,” as . Kahn said. “practice the brave and simple philosophy of righteous living, contributing to the common cause daily acts of self-dis- cipline and self-denial, of honor and of duty and of faith.” Tt is to these people. apparently, that are in these United States Is beginning to have a definite meaning and to take a spe- cial message. T John Cotten Dana, the director of the Newark Art Museum and libra- rian of the Newark Public Library, one of the most original thinkers and capable executives that we have in this country today, has just returned from some months abroad, during which he has made a special study of the art museum problem. Watching the crowds at the British Museum or any of the other great museums, par- ticularly on holidays, he has come to the conclusion that “the majority simply gaze, learn little, think little, and are in no way making what they e merge with what they already know into an Interesting and enliven- ing whole.” Therefore he concludes that museums following the methods used by these great old world insti- tutions cannot possibly give more than the tiniest return for their orig- inal cost and their, upkeep. The rem- edy that he would apply is constantly changing exhibits, an unlimited num- ber of museum branches, and elaborate system of loans. y that it is futile for an American city today, no matter how wealthy it is, or how willing to spend money, to try to collect museum pieces that can com- pare with those in the great collec- tions abroad, and therefore he con- cludes that it is wiser for us to try to collect the art of our own country and our own time which has bheen bearing on our present-day problem; ‘But poseibly Mr. Dana does not real- ize how much of the great art of the world has in the last fifteen or twenty years found itd way to America. There ‘e 80 many original works of Greek and Roman sculpture here now that Prof. Chase of Harvard University has lately been able to illustrate a com- plete history of this subject, with ex- amples chiefly in American public col- lections. ‘There was heid in a dealers gallery in New Yerk this month dium as a record we tion | ugh | on | nt have left wor-, much effort is being expended in this | T€1% lis what is | River, drawings | ¢ r | phuric_acid, ble | compounds, forming substance: f|ash, time, be right. | have seen, | has fallen far below the standard set | | mile to take part | st | empty into the Ohio™— ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Is there to be a Jewish uni- versity established in Europe?—H. J H. A. A plan was submitted to the league of nations to establish a Jew- ish university in Danzig. The intel- lectual commissioner of the league has not yet approved the plan. There is a proposal before it to accept Spain's offer to turn one of her uni- versities Into an international uni- versity, and the commission is pre- paring another plan which proposes the regulation of existing conditions in the national universities. Q. win be possible to go on walking fours from Banff this sum- mer’—F. W, A. Arrangements are being made, similar to those In effect during the last three years, for six-day round- trip walking and riding tours, start- ing from Banff twice a week during July, August and September. The main route includes Spray Lakes, Marvel Lak ake ( Sunburst Lake, Ceru Lake, of the Rocks, Golden Valley, Sunshine Valley. Healy Cry ow River. A pack train op, connection with the tours. ge and providing riding ponies. Wiio is wrote 0. M *Onward, Christian s were written by Bar Gould, and r Arthur Sullivan eration of Music this hymn was written in a hasty emerg children's processiona) Gould's Mission, at The children had the the The Clubs originally cy for a hymn Horbury B to march over a in what is dear 10 art of every child. “a school Owing to the distance an early rt was necessary and marching in procession. with ~hanners waving, colors flving and a cross preceding them, the children sang lustily all the way. It was for these proces sions “Onward, Christian Soldiers was written bine by tional says that the fest.” Q. I have caught a squirrel which pure white. Ts it a freak or is there a distinct breed of white squir- V. ¢ A. The biological survey says that the squirrel is a freak of nature, a ommonly Known as a bino. Albines appear in all for nimal life, but are very rare Q. Does the Chicago Sanitary Canal T, . W 1t empties into the Iilinois which_in turn flows into the Mississippi. The Ohio River empties the Mississippt about 200 miles farther south A How i Kerosene. 1in 1 deodor] treatm Q is coal ofl made odorless? —E A as first produced from < found to be capable tion and decolorization with concentrated sul- and this is the general process in use atithe larger refineries. The d r = upon the unsaturated compounds, sulphur and nitrogenous which cid. Shrink- by t dissolve largely in the 2o of the oil treated may vary from almost nothing up to 10 per cent ore, depending on the oil being re ned. After treatment with acid, thorough washing and neutralization with caustic soda I8 always neces- sary. Other substances for neutr ine the acid sulphonates are sod. ate of soda and sodium plumbite. Tabb’s Poetry. Writer Surprised at Reference By Priest in Lecture. Praises . Ta tie Editor of The Star A tew days ago Catholie Universit ington on tled my professor of the lectured in Wash- Lanier and star- by saying that d Tabb ‘outranked Poe ignorance v these two surpas merican poets; that he all our eastern poets.” 1 had forgotten the fact, ev heard of Tabb: but when 1 mentioned m to our Caroline Gil- tinan (Mrs. Harlow) she said he was the first poet she ever read, or words to such an effect 1 speedily hunted him up, and per- aps some readers of The Star. which 4 news item about the lecture above mentioned. have the same curi- ty to know about him irginia claims him He was a Jesuit priest; lived long, but died long years ago. Like Caroline Gilti- man, he wrote chiefly in auatrains. He has fervent lines in praise of Poe and Shelley, the latter since placed on the index of books Catholics are not . 1 believe. I a few lines dom from his poems: God seed thee. setting sun: Thy heams for me Lave spun of life today A memary hat one Alone could bring and none can fake awas. The Water Lijs. Wience, O perfect form of light, Hast thou drifted thro' the night, Kwanlike o a leafs nest " On'the restless wases to rest? Na. methinks the maiden moon When the darlight et eating from the hath 1o N T lier garments in the tide Regret. What pleading passion or Hath left the morrow She listenx an if 1 had taken at ran- encircled sphiere. Whose solit ird Outpours for love's awakening What noon hath never heard’ Father Tabb reminds one, and doubtless reminded himself, of Pas tor Herrick CHARLES WELLS RUSSELL. e Con;g;ess. Is Attacked For Retirement Delay To tlie Editor of The Star There seems to be no way of reach- ing Congress, except through the public press. 1t has been in session now seven months, and is deaf to the wails of distress coming from the retired government employes. To pass or enmact the Lelhbach bill increasing annuities does not require an appropriation from the Treasury, they have a fund of their own, now amounting to about $45,000,000, draw- ing interest, from which this increase is to be paid, but Congress takes no action. When a quorum is needed to transact public business, for which they were elected, under a call of the House, they are found at the movies or sporting somewhere, and the people are suffering. o wit: House rent, $55 per month: coal, $16.50 per tén: eggs, in cold weather, 70 cents per dozen: sugar, 10 cents per pound; butter. 70 cents per pound, with other common necessaries of life correspondingly high. the most expert mathematician cannot tell how to do this on $60 per month. When . these unfortunate faithful old government employes were forced out of their positions by the retire- ment law they could have done their work acceptably for years yet to come. If Congress had an eve to business, they would make this increase retro- active, and pass it through both houses in twenty minutes. A. SMITH. enr lection of twenty-four early Italian paintings—primitives—owned by Amer- ican private collectors, paintings which vied with some of the best in the Euro- pean collections. It is true that when every city and town in the United States has its art museum there will not be enough masterpieces to go around, but perhaps then another great period will have dawned and we shall be producing masterpieces ourselves. Let us remem- ber, however, that masterpieces of art are never _produced primarily :as mu- Q. What.dc . the ter galow” mean which ries of India?—M. H. O A A “dak bungalow™ house) Is a shelter for the dation of travelers at a st dak . route. The Anglo-In, “dak” or “dawk" means a posi transport by relays of men or horse for carrying mails, etc, or passingers in palanquins.” Q. What is meant by “Dutch cour- age?"—H. B A. The phrase “Dutch means artificial courage inspired by Intoxicating spirits. 7 he sturdier fighters than th s history shows ‘Dutch however, is an expression ix used in opprobrium or . rision, It arose from the enmity | which existed between the Enslish and the Dutch during the seventeenth century. ‘dak bun- appears in sto- or boldness 5 which Q. Please Inform me concerning the trimming and topping of the Bolea na poplar tree—D. F. R A. The Boleanna poplar is a | cultural form of the white poplar and can be trimmed and topped se verel. as one wishes. This treated as a hedge would he difference “natural tred Q. What is th e 4 citi “den and —H. W. In the United States there between the two ¥nonymousl signifies one -n let his rights beirg confe a n zen A distinction terms bel England “denizen has become a citi ent from the crown from the time of The rights of a ™ {are granted by retroactive, and give status as if he were a natura citizen A “denizen” is under ¢ political disqualifications as t ini office and is subject to taxe which others are exempt. Tis pies a middle position betwe alien and u naturalized or nat born citizen. Q. W boxer?—T. Th n o was the first champ R first ring champion being recognized as he English champion in 1719. He held the title for eleven years. f the Bibla D the J se 0f the Fifty-first this name. At one in holy orders could fr. punishment benefit extended What_vers verse?—W. Psalm was given time person claim exemption for certain crin clergy” was afterw w1 who could read. the Bible handed the culprit for a test could read a verse from the Pslams particularly Psaims 51:1, his penalt was light 4t is, he “saved h neck Q making tiful?- rd frov What do fireflies do aside e i our summer evenings E | have : | v % devour | - of insects. no particn snails and - made of?—1 as that Tumino bhody of un- itself surrounded ¢ gases Pro- What is a A A candie, velope hurned by an duced by consists en- surrounding vapor and invisible laver the burnin a leter to Fred ask our Infc on_of fact This (Did you ever write ric J. Haskin? You car | mation Bureau any que get the answer in a personal lette is a part of that best purpose of newspaper—SERVICE. ~ Th is charae except two cents in stamps fo return postage. Address Fredeii | Haskin, director. The Star Informat | Bureaw, 1220 North Capitol Strect Lauds Mount Rainier. Writer Opposes Proposal 1o Change Name of Peak. son of the state not but be aroused udiced To the As a Washington when | learn that certain pre, organizations and individ tempting to influence Congress change the name of Mount that commercial intere: lone city. Tocoma, Mount Rainier, known more the greatest scenic pride Washingtonians. Nature all parts of the nation throng its | each vear, to gaze upward wit we at its beauteous (God-give treasures, Situated the mountain i within the confir one of the leading national parks of the U'nited States amid gigantic red firs of a great national forest, Mou Rainier towers majestically more than 14,000 feet = the 1 1 t aboard: its ap_overlooks on Puget Sound Truly, this possession of we Ficans common grant of If members of Congress to believe the claim that posed change of names is minute importance and anted without injuring the fany persons except those of Seatile hey will commit a grevious or Commercial clubs, chambers commeree, civie and frate zations in practically ever and hamlet in the State ington outside of the centering about acoma sands of individuals not have announced themseives the proposed attempt to Rainier by the name sugs the organized business int one moderately The thousand: san of men and wo tates who have at one time other visited Mount Rainiv Park and Mount | Forest now the mou same name and have such throughout the leng breadth of the land. To fu establishing this historic in the minds of the pleasure of the world. transcontinenti roads, community organizati the great private concern which ¢ ates the most beautiful the tional playgrounds have xper thousands of doll for ry « céivabe form of advertising to hriv visitors to the mountain resort. 5 this valuable publicity go to na President Coolidge onl recen proclaimed the need of encouraging all the people of the nation 1o give more of their time to enjoymeni of recreation out of doors. hose wha seek to follow his worthy advice o who desire to carry out their inclinations in this respect have to constlt the countless atlas ficial charts, maps, scientific and even literature of civilized tions to discover the established of Mount Rainier Wh ange @'l the recognized guides for the i ist? " In speaking of the move Mount Rainier, Mount Tacoma Hart Merriam, chairman of the hoard of geographic names, who opposes (he Dill_resolution_has said “The nmame Mount Rainier of the most firmly established & graphic_names on the face of ihe earth. To change it would be a blow to the stability of geographic ind historic nomenclature and a reflection on the intelligence of the American people.” Representing, as he ganization expressly the authority on all volving geography. Dr. Merriam's opinion =should carry more weisht than the suggestions of selfish bus ness men of political demagagues. In_conclusion 1 will ‘say that [ am in no degree prejudiced because of former residence in portions of the state particularly adverse to the) change in names. I was born and reared and still hope to make my future home in the easternmost part of the state—quite far removed from| the mountain. My faith in the falg] ness of thinking men and women gen erally will be shaken if disappoint.| ment is carried back to me and te the majority of those directly inter ested in this needless problem —th. populace of Washington and of th far west. Very sincerely, CAMERON SHERWOOD, tor of native 1 e s0 as has heer for than i all loyal lovers from the and 11 ami - ed M seekers wme does, the or- recognized Aas questions in-