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The Associated Press i exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not ofherwise credited 2 this paper and also the local news pub A1) rights of publication of pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Harrison's Keynote. Senator Harrison, keynoting at the Democratic convention in New York vesterday, detracted no whit from the | reputation for oratorical ability which attaches to his name. The choosing of the comparatively youthful son of Mississippi for the decidedly important job of temporary chairman was a sig- nal evidence of the high estimate his | party places upon his abilities, and he met his responsibilities in a most | :apable fashion. There was a fire in his heart as he stood before the vast, sweltering audie in the famo garden that the printed word and the mysterious voice carried upon the ether waves to millions of radio re- ceiving sets could not catch, and the fervor of ™ »n lent much of dignity and persuasion to the content o his uddress. But in the final anal- wvsis it is upon what id, rather than upon how he said it, that the attention of the nation must center as t sceks to est the lines upon | which the approaching Democratic campaign is to be cons So viewed, Senator Harrison's speech stmmers down to little of startling im- ace. If the keynote has indeed | been struck it becomes apparent that the Democratic artillery load in the coming b is to be the charge of cor- ruption against the Republican admin- | istration: that an audacious flank at- Zack is to be made with a view to cap- turing for Demoeratic use such strength as tax reduction, the budget system, the disarmament conference, owered nmental expenditures, etc., have brought to the administra- tion which put them into effect; that the tariff, the world court, the un- nappy predicament of certain of our agricultural interests are to constitute the light ammunition for the frontal attack, and that the leaguc of nations igsue is to be withdrawn under a care- fully laid down smoke screen. So analyzed, it becomes apparent that much of the Democratic “scheme of campaign” has been thrust upon his he nate por .them by their opponents. The fervor s«tested in the ‘with whieh the scandal investigations were protracted and exaggerated until the nation first yawned and then pro- onsciousness that, with g0od job completed, the Democratic medicos were too obviously eager to continue probing perfectly healthy t sue, hecomes readily explicable. The league was unavoidable as an issue. The raid upon the ammunitiod sup- pHes of the Republicans, wherein re- -~ posed popular credit for valuable legis- »%ation and wise st esmanship, might successful. The charge of srruption was alone sure- and about the deplorable ot prove scandal and Iy availabl ““petrayal of a cabinet officer here and a lesser public servant there of the confidence imposed in them by their party and their nation the structure of D»mwmf- hopes for office must necessarily be built. The Keynote sounded vesterday in New York does not bind itself to the support of any hope that the approaching campaign *Ys to be marked by conspicuous dig- o - nity. For it announced, in effect, that the Democratic barrage is to be of mud balls. can the Democrats be blamed for taking the urgently needed advantage placed in their hands by corrupt Republicans, however few in number, however condemned and loathed by the party which they have betrayed. In the light of the keynote revela- tions it becomes clear that the out- rome of the presidential struggle will depend in a preponderant. measure upon the ability or inability of the Democratic campaigners to shake the “recognized confidence of the nation in the individual honesty and honor of Calvin Coolidge, and that will be a task as difficult as it is distasteful for those who have it in hand. —e—————— A number of delegates had to find | hotel space in Newark. This may tempt New Jersey to undertake a little tavorite-son agitation on its own ac- Tount. OO —— There is always the possibility that a man may thrt with @ boom and fin- ish with mention as among those present. —— e Prophets. This is the time of the prophets He lourishe: as a conventional man ‘might “like a green bay tree,” but a less elegant writer might say that #he flourishes ‘ds ragweed, dogfennel sand pusle: Prophecy ‘has always “heen held in higher or lower regard, ““and prophets, though not always honored in their own country, have been a busy tribe. In the “good old times,” which seem to have been two Zor three thousand years ago, or farther back than that, there were official prophets called oracles, and their office was one of responsibility. An efficient and hard-boiled oracle could make a | son when the home team won & will listen to him. If he makes one right guess out of four the three fail- ures are pushed into forgetfulness, and the one right guess is magnified and harped on. The prophet keeps it before us by saying, more times than can be set down in one of these col- wmns, “I told you so,” or “As I pre- dicted,” or “You remember with what fidelity I foretold.” The political prophet is in full stride. He had very little to do in connection with the Cleveland convention except in naming the nominee for the office of Vice President, but this New York convention, in language which Cicero did not use, “is his meat.” There is something to prophesy about. But there are reckless prophets and safe prophets. Some of them are so safe that they seem to have sat at the feet of the older oracle at Dodona or the younger oracle at Delphi and learned how to make a sure-thing prophecy. They make their prophecy wide enough to catch enything, no matter which way the cat jumps. Most of these conservative proph- ecies it analyzed can be reduced to this: “The chances are Mac will be nominated, but there are also chances that Al will get the plum—or lemon— nd there are also chances that both heroes will be ditched and that a dark horse (though his real color is never named) will win the race, and if that happens Davis, Glass, Ralston or one of a dozen others may win a silver- | plated cup. But I predict that there is a hot time at ‘little o' Noo York, especially under the roof of the Gar- den.” That is careful prophecy, and is the work of a wise prophet. The prophet who stakes his reputation on one guess and is willing to eat his hat that he is right is taking a big risk . At the Top. Well, it may be for only a day, but a day of base ball league leadership a good deal in the life of the Wash- ington fan. For many years he has dreamed of the possibility of a pen- nant for the Capital City. On two oc- casions he rejoiced when the local ag- gregation reached and to the finish held second place. He had visions of u pennant back in that distant sea- ven- teen games in a streteh, a notable streak that was broken by a fence crowning hit by the now departed Baker of home-run fame. Season after season has opened with promise that has faded. And season after season has closed with assurances that “‘next vear's team” would surely make the goal as a result of changes and in- crements of strength. Now comes a team that has not been loudly her- alded, a sort of patchwork, as players have been picked and tried and some discarded and some kept. A winning ombination, it would seem, has been made. Just how those winning com- binations come about is one of the muysteries of base ball. Sometimes it is a physical union of capable play- ers; again, a psychic change that is effected. Just at this present moment it would seem that a certain new player of intensely active tempera- ment has contributed a winning spirit to the team. Pennants are not won in June or July, but in September. There are many ganies vét to be played. Slumps are to be looked for, since they are the inévitable accompaniments of all base ball progress. Hard hitters wili go into hitless periods and pitchers will lose their cunning and fielders their precision and speed. Sometimes these things all happen at once and the team stops winning. Again a psychic condition. But there is also something inspiring to the players in the prospect of the big victory. What are known as the “breaks” of the game, favorable and unfavor- able, may come to any team. Balls take bad bounds, or players slip on the grass, and apparently sure outs become hits and .runs. There is, of course, a great deal of luck in base ball. Those who have followed the game closely for a long time know that luck runs with winners. Whether they are winners because of this luck or whether the law of chances favors the slightly better combination, the fact remains that the winning team gets most of the “breaks.” Just so vesterday, a sacrifice bunt became a two-base hit. Alse a hit that was or- dinarily a single safety to the outfield by a freak bounce went over the field- er's shoulder and rolled for a home run. Both of these happened to the winning team, and both were es- sential to the victory. To*put it mildly, Washington is jn- terested in the possibility of a cham- | pionship. Tried and true followers of the game feel rewarded for their faith- ful _patronage. Many who have slumped in their attefidance and in- terest find themselves once more en- thusiasts. Even if this present honor of league leadership is but short- lived—for the immediate period—it nevertheless causes an unwonted thrill in Wgphington's, breast. o Manhattan barbers have been in- structed to maintain the greatest pos- sible neatness. Very few of the dele- gates wear whiskers, but several may want their batr bobbed. — e There will ba-moments when envy must arise concerning the eool, order- ly convention that was conducted in Cleveland. —_——————— It may surprise the white light area to observe how many men have be- come famous without being Broadway comedians. ———————————— The persuasions of the thermometer may do more than any other form of argument to avert the danger of a prolonged deadlock. Two-Thirds Rule Stands. When the Democratic committee on convention rules met yesterday to frame the code of procedure for the ~-prophecy in such a way that no mat- | big quadrennial meeting the move to S right. &e ter what happened his prophecy was Oracles were born, not made. Perhaps there was an anclent system for examining and licensing oracles, but at this time they go about un- licensed and unmuzzled. = Any man may set himself up as a prophet, and if his netghbors are kind- hegrted persons or easy merks they set aside the time-honored two-thirds rule for nomination flivvered com- pletely. When the question was put only three votes were cast in favor of the majority rule, and the proponent of that method, the Texas member of the committee, announced that the fight would not be carried to the floor. Thus, unless an unexpected change of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1924 program occurs, passes the attempt to change the Democratic tradition. 1t is noteworthy that the talk about changing the rule died out toa whisper when Mr. McAdoo reached New York to take personal charge of the cam- paign for the nomination. The report is that he learned on arrival that any effort to this end would be resisted, and that he would probably be unable to command his own full strength in a floor fight for amendment. To lose out on the first skirmish, and especial- 1y by the defection of his own follow- ers, would be too severe a blow to his prestige, and it would eppear that he passed the word to “lay off” the anti- two-thirds fight. Whatever the cause the fact stands that the two-thirds rule remains the determining principle of the Demo- cratic convention. It will probably so stand for an indefinite period. For each time the question comes up the same consideration obtains, that a change should not be made after the delegates have been chosen and the convention is about to assemble. A proposition made, say, four years in advance, would stand but little chance, inasmuch as nobody knows at such a time who is going later to need the protection of the two-thirds rule. It would seem that the Democracy, hav- ing once adopted this principle, must hold to it indefinitely. The Greatest Show on Earth. Yesterday when the Democratic party, in the persons of its delegated representatives, together with several thousand interested partisans and out- siders, settled down for the opening session of the national convention, Madison Square Garden was & scene of vivid gayety. It was also hot. Close- Iy packed humanity could not keep cool, despite the waving of fans, de- spite the wear of the lightest clothes. It was simply, unalterably, inescapa- bly hot. Then faintly, subtly came a new element into the atmosphere, at first a strange reaction of the olfac- tories, then sfowly identifying itself. Just who it was that first recognized this aroma in the political arena will never be known. But presently men began to speak to one another about it, and then in a little while the whole crowd knew that the convention was being treated to the efMuvium of the circus, which every spring occupies Madison Square Garden for the be- ginning of the season for several weeks. There is something very definitely individual about a circus smell. It is a combination of humans and animals, wild and tame. It is @ scent of saw- dust or tanbark, of ropes and canvas. Of course, in the “Garden’ there is no canvas, but all the other elements were there yesterday, thut strange com- pound that every American boy knows and most American parents remem- ber. Sensitive persons may object to the presentation of a Democratic platform and Democratic candidates in a circus atmosphere. But why not? This great American game of politics is not So far different from the great Ameriean institution, the circus, after all. —————————— Radicals doubt whether a La Fol- lette party can be e success if its leader intends to go on being so ex- clusive in his ideas of eligibility to membership. If the bellhop had any influence the “dry" forces would find new elements of opposition. Oratory is making vigorous protest against inaudible as well as invisible government. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Zoo. The Donkey gravely shook his head. “To beat that Elephant,” he said, “TI'll have to get some friends in line. The task should not be only mine. “Friend Camel, you must be on hand And for cold water make a stand. Sir Rooster, hasten with your crow To call the light of long ago. “You, Mister Possum, strive to teach The cunning arts within your reach, While Monk and Parrot both draw nigh . To make the fur and feathers fly.” Machinery. “Have you a plank to offer for,the platform?” . “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “In my opinion whaf this convention needs is @ steam roller; not a eaw mill.” The Railway Crossing. The same sad tale we tell again. The last is like the first of it. The auto still attacks a train And always gets the worst of it. Interesting Distinction. “Are you a ‘wet’ or a ‘dry'?" “It all depends,” confided Uncle Bill Bottletop, “on whether you are allud- ing to political sentiment or personal custom.” The Dark Horse. In making a selection & political com- plexion Is a matter that the world must not forget. Says the Dark Horse unobtrusive, “Blondes are fickle and ‘elusive. They will show their sense by choos- ing a brunette.” Sense of Delicacy. “If T were you I should wear the same’ kind of a bathing suit your grandmother thought proper. “I shouldn't think of it protested Miss Cayenne. “It, would be highly embarrassing to go to the beach 'and render myself o conspicuous.” 6o as You Please, Hear the solemn keynote sound! 1Its reverberation Brings a sentiment profound To the listening nation. Hear the keynote—but the tune g Thus announced so sweetly ¢ 1s converted pretty soon Into jazz completely. “Everybody,” said Uncle Eben, "is entitled to his own opinion, which is "bout de only thing you kin possess without payin’-taxes on #." IN TODAY’S How does it feel to be a world hero like Lieut. Russell L. Maughan? What were his thoughts as he sailed above the clouds of the commonplace, and with a leap from New York in the early dawng rose above the Alleghen- ies ere the reddened east had lost its glory, soared over the plains before the afternoon was spent, topped the mighty Rockies even on the very trail of the sunset, and descended in San Francisco in time for supper? There is something indisputably stunning in ®ch a feat, especially when it is unprecedented. Millions of ‘potential heroes” followed the pion- ver In imagination and envy, and fancied that they were like him in spirit. If only the opportunity had come to them! Equally provocative of laudation and envy is tNe feat of the world circumnavigatgrs through the r, which is now progress. Admiration is inspired by the bravery of the heroes of battle—the Hobsons of our Spanish var, the Sergt. Yorks of the world war and the specially brave of all otner wars, who have risked— or even surrendered—thelr lives at the cannon's mouth for the “bauble reputation;” or, still nobler, with no thought of glory in the stimulation of excitement, determined to per- form the duty that they find before them. Yet there is often even greater bravery in the calm acts of self sacrifice that are not blazoned upon the marble of a hero. The difference between bravery in the pgrformance of duty, and mere foolhardiness in the hope of cheap applause, is as wide as the range from pole to pole. When a feat of courage is performed the first test is as to its motive, and whether its success is worth while to humanity. Vain glory is not bravery, and genu- ine bravery never poses. * kX * Wanted: Heroes for service—men or women, well qualified, duly prepared and properly vouched for. Steady employment, with long hours and hard work. Reward, irregular and never dependable. Apply at any hour. “The heights by great men reached and kept < ‘Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, . Were tolling upward in the night!" Lieut. Maughan did not suddenly emerge from inaction when he per- formed his great flight. Preparation had come through hard drill—phys- ical, mental and, above all, spiritual. His feat was not that of a circus trapeze performer, but was the dem- onstration of a great service to hu- manity, especially to_ the nation whose soldier he Is. He has cry tallized an idea which had been dis- putable. He has opened the way. just as all pathfinders do—for others to follow, with improved methods, due to his obstacles. Lieut. Maughan worked for a big fdea, and only that kind of work is humanity service. * % ok X Similar heroism is open to others besides aviators and soldiers. “Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” Also peace has her he- roes, her martyrs, and humanity profits by the price they pay. The United States bureau of standards lost four such heroes when a spark of static electricity mixed with a combination of air and gasoline. An- other went down when testing im- ortant chemicals. These were not ‘accidents,” unless every battle ca ualty from the enemy's shells or gas is an “accident” The victims knew the peril, just as scores of others still “at the front” in laboratories and experiment stations throughout the country know full well the haz- ards of science—yet never waver. A few years ago Dr. J. Harvey Wiley, then chief chemist of the De- NEW YORK, June 25.—John Hessin Clarke, former assoclate justice of the United States Supreme Court, cut the figure of a noble Roman when he opened the argument for a league of nations plank before the resolution committee. Conviction and sincerity rang out with his every word. His speech was a model of brevity. With- in ten minuteg he covered effectively the two points he desired to stress— righteousness of the league idea, from the standpoint of international idealism. and its expediency, viewed as a purely Democratic party meas- ure. He warned the committee that the Democrats would lose the votes of “thousands of important republi- cans” in plvoggl states if it dodged the league is Then, in an impres- sive peroration, Clarke reminded his brother Democrats that neither of the two presidential victories the party won during the present gener- ation was achieved “by finesse, ch canery or maneuvering.” The Ohican took " his seat amid applause that suggested mild reservations. * % % % Senator Pat Harrison set off the best kind of fireworks with his fight- ing keynote speech. The gigantic and sweltering crowd was with him from _the start. They liked his bel- ligerent broadsides at the Republican party and administration and con- tinually called for more. “Hit ‘em hard,” “Hit 'em again,” were the sal- lies that hurled in Pat's direction from all over the frenzied convention floor. Delegates and spectators alike reveled in the Mississippian’s pungent sentences and witty epigrams. They screamed with delight over this one: how this administration an oil well and it will show you a foreign polis _ The high-water mark of Harrison's keynote was the demon- stration which followed the first mention of Woodrow Wilson's name. The ensuing fifteen minute carnival of parading, singing and cheering was an impressive tribute to the leader who has gone on. * x %k & Madison Square Garden is a barn compared to the magnificent civic auditorium in which the Republicans held forth in Cleveland. The New York Democrats have made a valiant attempt to smother the garden's ugliness by swathing it from top to bottom, and from end to end, in a bewlldering medley of flags and bunt- ing. But newspapermen and others who were at Cleveland agree that no amount of decorative effects could convert any building in America into so ideal a convention hall as the one in which Coolidge and Dawes were nominated. ¥ % x % ' Why must national heroes be the subjects of atrocious chromos at conventions? In Cleveland incredit- ably awful portraits of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Harding were con- spicuously on view. From the flag- canopied roof of Madison Square Garden some terrifying apparjtions in ofl of Jefferson, Jackson, eve- 1and and Wilson are suspended. * k * X / Pat Harrison and Calvin Coolidge have long been good friends, and probably will remain so, despite the slings and arrows which the key- noter sent in the President's direc- tion. -~ A convention wit, discussing thi paratively restrained {a° which the offcial scold of the [ SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS partment of Agriculture, determined to test the effect of commercial adulterants in foods by feeding them to men and watching the poiscns. He called for voluntcers among the young scientists and explained that he would feed them poisons whose nature science had never fully tested. They might be permanently ruined in health—they might dic, in spite of all alertness of care. 'Not once was his “poifon squad” lacking in volunteers. The “victims" received nelther great pay nor great glory; they were eager to advance knowl- edge which would be useful in saving human life. ter Reed similarly called for volunteers who would consent to be shut up with yellow fever mos- guitoes and be poisonously bitten The result is the practical annihila- tion of yellow fever from the world. Was ever a cannon hero braver than those who unarmed faced the deadly mosquito? Dr. Plateay, a Belglan physician, some years ago in studying the pow- er of the human eye gazed for twenty seconds at the sun. His eyesight was burned out. In his blindness, with the aid of his family, he con- tinued his tests, which proved of great value to oculists and through the sclentists to all humanity. He discovered the persistence upon the retina of what it sees. Out of that study was evolved the first prin- ciples of the motion picture. Progress of clvilization comes through sacrifice. Anti-vivisection- ists devote wasted pity upon ghinea, pigs, dogs and rats which are anaes- thetized and operated upon experi- mentally—they forget the amount of human suffering that is thereby pre- vented or cured. Through such ex- periments surgery-has learned liter- ally to rebuild a human body, re- place not only diseased glands but diseased organs. A human kidney worn out can now be replaced with an animal kidney, as also may blind eyes be renewed with good eyes, 80 that they will thrive and perhaps in a short time may even make the blind Yo see. Such achievement is not yet accomplished—nor did Lteut. Maughan succeed in crossing the ontinent in a day the first or the second time he tried. * ok k% Dr. Pasteur had scarcely completed .hig first tests of his preventive of hydrophobta, through inoculating rab- bits, before a child which had been mangled by a mad dog was brought to him, and the sacrifices of rabbits and guinea plgs saved the child from horrible death, and since then have saved hundreds of thousands of hydrophobla victims. At Walter Reed Hospital there is today a young man whose face was blown away by a powder explosion— his lower 1ip, his nose and one ear gone and all skin and much flesh of the face mangled horribly. Be- cause of previous martyrs (o skin grafting and plastic surgery, this young man has a new lip, nose and ear, with complete new facial skin. * x % x There has never been a great for- ward step in any science which has not been assoclated with great sacri- fice and suffering. ‘What ‘“village Hampden” has ever rebuked tyranny without a penalty? What Florence Nightingale has ever left luxury to found nursing of wounded and sick soldiers of battle without bearing greater burdens than did “Tommy Atkins” himself? What Palissy has molded clay without sacrifice? What Galileo has marked the heavens with- out martyrdom? Damien gave his life for abandoned lepers. Living- stone let light into Africa, John Brown freed the slaves. But they are “Imitated” daily by every man or woman who seizes an opportunity to help a fellow man, whether by show- ing_him how to fly above mountains or by helping him to rise above dis- couragement. Heroes! hervines! (Copyright, 1924, by Paol V. Collins.) CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Democrats handled Mr. Coolidge, sai that Just before Pat took tne miatterm he received a telegram from the White House, reading: “Have 2 heart, Patsy.” * % ok % The wives of the two principal rivals for the presidential nomina- tion had boxes close to each other and immediately opposite the speak- ers’ stand—Mrs. William Gibbs Mc- Adoo and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith. Each was accompanied by a party of friends. In front of “Al's Missus” stood a staturesque New York police- man on bodyguard duty. The Man- hattan police force, by the way, is the cynosure and the admiration of all convention visitors. TIts parade down 5th avenue on Monday was a fine spectacle. Democrats who have not been to the big town for many years remarked the rejuvenation of ‘the finest,’ distinguished from the older giants who gave the force its fame a generation ago. In those times the entering age for a New York patrolmar was anywhere be- tween twenty-nine and forty. To- day the age Iimit is between twenty- two and twenty-nine. Mayor Hy- lan's cops for the most part are a legion of Greek gods. Richard Hooker, editor for the Springfield Repudlican, observing the riot of red, white and blue in the garden, says the local committee on decorations reminds him of t. lady who was buying a dress. want nothing loud, lad: monstrated with the clerk. something in red and yaller. The ancient and honorable Union League Club of New York, intrepid citatel of grand old partyism, is almost the only Republican oasis in the Democratic desert. Across the front of its venerable brownstone clubhouse at 5th avenue and 33th street it has strung a legend that breathes a note of real defiance. It reads: “Coolidge and Dawes. First and foremost, loyalty to our coun- try.” At night these words flame out in’ electric 1ights, with an fllumi- nated Stars and Stripes surmounting them. * * x % The eighth wonder of the world has been uncovered at the comvention— something in New York that can be had for nothing. It takes the form of delicious food, served in' unlimited quantities, without charge and even without tips. The workers of this miracle ars the New York World and the Baltimore Sun, which jointly or- ganized for the benefit of conven- tion correspondents the “newspaper club” in Madison Square Garden. It is established in the bakement ad- jacent to the telegraph _batteries. Newspapermen are invited to steal into the club as often as they please, day or night, and eat to their hearts content, Tobacco and soft drinks are on tap on the same generous terms. Membership in the newspaper club is_automatically forfeited by any scribe who attempts to get rid of money on its premises. In a Few Words. A reformer ig usually a moderat. ecrank, but the crank ru lnu:ll;r.l; immoderate feformer. —LORD RIDDELL. The business man golfer should never have ambitions to become a good golfer. It {8 going to interfere with his business sooner or later. He ought to shoot for 100 and just trust to luck. ,—HARRY CROSS. The trouble with the modernists is that they are trying to change hell into an ice box. —BILLY SUNDAY. Bad as our urban conditions are, there is not a slum in the country which has a third of the Infantile death rate of the royal m in _the ANE, mjddle ages, —J. B. & The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN Following closely on the announce- ment of the gift of John D. Rocke- feller, jr. of a million dollars for the restoration of Rheims Cathedral and the repair of the palac:s and fountains at Fon:alnebleau and Ver- sailles, hgs come the news of his gift of $500,000 to Harvard Uni- versity toward the erection of a new building for the Fogs Museum of Art and its endowment, the latter, like the former, calculated to benefit, not only thdse of today, but succeeding generations. The Fogg Museum Is in the best sense of the word a laboratory for the fine arts, permitting the students who are taking courses in art with the object of becoming museum di- rectors or workers, writers and lec- turers on art, opportunity of study of representative examples of the best works at first hand. This is as it should be, for, though a knowledge of art can be had from books, love of art can only be en- gendered by contact, and knowledge without love Is but a popr, dry thing, with little life-giving quality in ftself. As Morris Gray, president of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, hag sald, though perhaps not in these wo knowledge of art is not dn- common, but love of art is a rare possession and one which richly en- dows the possessor. To be sure, knowledge does engender love, though not invariably] but love always induces a desire for greater knowledge. In his classes at Hamil- ton College, Prof. Edward Root shows his students works of art which he, himself, finds enchanting, and shares with them his own enthusiasm be- fore he attempts to tell them about the work of the artists who pro- duced it. * k X % No one can fully enter into the joy of a great musical composition by reading about it; none can really re- spond to the beauty of a work of art by learning facts concerning it; the work, in each Instance, must speak for itself. But it is all-important that we should have trained guldes who, hav- ing found this path to enjoyment, can ledd us to comprehension, interpret- ing for us much which we might not discern for ourselves. Such is the function of the museum director to some extent, and altogether that of the lecturer and writer. Museums of art ave multiplying rapidly here in America. Several new ones have been opened in different parts of the country in the last year, and many more are in prospect. It is not an absurdity to anticipate the day when a city without & museum of art will be as uncommon as is one now which has no,public library. There is great need of trained museum directors, and Harvard, looking to the future, is planning to undertake to supply this derrand. What is more, we want American directors for our American museums, for though we may learn much from those abroad, it is not boasting to maintain that we in America can best serve the cause of art if we now undertake to interpret in our own way our own art ideals. * * ¥ ¥ For many years there has been a vogue in this country for things for- eign; we have gone abroad for our fashions, our decorative art products and our art ideals. But surely the time has now come when, if we will, we ourselves can assume leadership. The» Am@rican exhibition at the in- ternational exposition In Venice this summer has been pronounced by Ital- fan critics one of the chief features in this great display, and has awakened interest and called forth admiration because of its individuality, virflity and sincerity. It is an exhibition of seventy-five paintings representing the best current work pictures, every one of which manifests on the part of the psinter a desire to interpret beauty. Unfortunately of much of the paint- ing today in Europe, and to some ex- tent in America, this cannot be said. The pendulum has swung far to the side of vulgatity and realism, and so accus- tomed have our eyes become to some of the monstrosities of yesterday that we accept them as a matter of course, and mildly wonder what the painters mean. To be eccentric, to be horrible, is in some quarters to be heralded as a prophet. To express one's self is the cry of the eccentric, without thought or con- sideration aé fo whether, in the first place, that self is worthy of expression, and, ‘second, without apparent realiza- tion of the fact that none of us can well do_aught else, try as we may. The woret feature of the new art cult is the bludgeon which it swings if any one dares express a difference of opinion. Instantly all the blunders which all the critics in the past have ever made are marshaled in rank and paraded by way of awful warning. But let us not be dismayed by these ghosts, for de- spite gross blunders, great art has al- ways in due course gained recognition, and only that which is beautiful has sur- vived the ages. “Billikens” had his day, but it was a brief one. The “Victory of Samothrace,” headless, armless, will never go out of style. * ¥ *x ¥ Some of this enduring quality of worth found its way into the furniture and other articles of utility made by some of our early American craftsmen. Farly in the autumn the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open a new wing devoted ex- clustvely to such examples of American art. These will be set forth, not to be copled, but to serve as inspiration and as a measure of merit for future produc- tion. Such a witness to the merit of American production in the past, and a standard, should prove exceedingly valuable just at this time, when the tendency in Europe ie to disregard tradi- tion for the sake of so-called originality of expression. Before we accept the dic- tum of Austria and Germany, as has France, alas! in matters of industrial design, we ehould compare the new prod- uct with the best of the old, and if it is not better, discapd it. The Pennsylvania Museum of Art is likewise collecting examples of early American furnitare, in which field, by the way, the Rhode Island Museum at Providence was a pioneer. Little did the makers of this furni- ture think that they were producing museum _exhibits, but how well it will be if we are able in this day and generation to create works which a hundred_years hence will be no le cherished because of their artis merit, their sheer beauty. * K Kk The Freer Gallery of Art announces two recent acquisitions, one a stone slab, a part of a frieze, bearing upon its face ‘n high relief figures forming part of a Buddhistic procession—a gancer followed by three mausicians; thé second a stone lunette covered with delicate relief showing three seated figures, a Taoist triad, placed within floral scrolls; both Chinese works of about the elghth century, | the middle of the T'ang period. This announcement is_especially welcome because it brin, to mind the fact that Mr. Freer left a fund for the purpose of adding to the col- lection, and of the indication which it gives that the collection is not static. * k * ¥ e .of the world seems to be sailing for Europe this summer, but the_other balf which remains at home.! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Ts the increased use of radio the reason for so much cloudy and rainy weather?—D. H. E. A. Ths bureau of standards says that the wireless broadcasting waves have no influence on the weather, or on plant or animal Iife. Q. What is meant feast?— M. J. K. A. A feast the date of which varies from year to year is d & mova- ble feast. by a movable Q. Do horses have rheumatism’— R. A. The bureau of animal industry | says that horses do suffer from rheu- matism. Q. Of what is the cock symbolic’— A LS, A. The vigilance. as an emblem by Originally her ene emblem to France. Q. Is it_true that a statue of the Prince of Wales has been modeled in butter for the exposition at We bley?—D. F. A. A. Such a statue has been made by G. D. Kent and Beauchamp Hawkins The background is an accurate T production of his_royal ranch at Alberta. Two tons of Canadian butter were u for it, and a spocial refrigeratin plant keeps the work in condition. Q. Will you please tell me how to get rid of toadstools in the garden? A. Toadstools usually indicate that the soil is too acid. They sometimes appear after a very rainy season and disappear again as soon as dry weath. er comes. The most effective remedy is liming the soil. Q. Is there any basis for the use of the adjective “Veterinary” in the place of the noun “veterinarian?'— F.MC A. When the word used as a substantive. it is correctly used, inasmuch as veterinary is both a noun and an adjective. Q. What is meant by neurosis?— D. L F. A. Neurosis iz the medical term describing a morbid state, either fun- tional or organic. Neuroses are classed as disorders of emotion, nu- trition, heat, perception, circulation, and as sensory disorders. N. cock is the emblem of 1t was officially ado Pranch in “veterinary” is Q. Do birds which go south for the winter raise a brood of young chil- dren while there?—D. B. 5. A. The Biological Survey says that as a general rule birds do not raise young while in the south during the winter. Most birds breed during the | summer. Some species more than one brood during this t Q. What will clean a marble bust? —F. T. A. To clean marble, wash the sur- face with a mixture of finely pow- dered pumice stone and vinegar and | leave it for several hours; then brush it hard, and wash it clean When dry, rub with whiting and chamois leather. Q. Are prairie dogs found in much of the farming land in this country? —M. L D. A. The Department of Agriculture says that not less than 1060.000.000 acres of range and agricultural Jands are infested by prairie dogs. These animals sometimes change tha most productive valleys into devastated barrens. Q. Is a person suffering from de- lirfum tremens insane?—J. T. F. A. Delirium tremens is a form of acuie insanity due to alcoholic poi- soning. Q. How many churches have New | York City, Philadelphia and Chicago? —E. N. A. At the time of the last religious census New York City had 36 churches, Philadelphia, 9 cago, 899. Q. Which fruits contain sugar and which are acid?—H. N. E. A. Fruits are chiefly valuable for St. Paul Conven Ible to cone | nas a right their sugar, acids and salts Banan dat. s, prunes and grapes, ow! to their lirge amount of sugar, ara the most nutritious. Apples. lemon and oranges are valuable for th potash salts, and oranges and lemc especially “are valuaable for ther cltric acid. Some fruits cont: or more h as str raspberrle 5. Thes nd nialie Q. but 8. C. A fr £ go ries fruits contain ids. it made When was r could discovered f The process of milk was kn At that time it a medicine tha: quently rubbed on are hotheds mes used?7—K. K. C. A bed heated from the bottom of pipes, flues or ferment- matter is used for seed plant growing. It vegctables ¥ order An un- rry half- ter for planting hen only slight Q. When used - wi Q. Who appo! the Chief Justice of the United-States and for how long a term?—H. V A. The Chief Justice of the United N urt is appointed for behavior”) by the cd States. life (“during £oo President of the U Q. Please tell me whather La Paz or Sucre is the capital of Boliv R S A. The capital of Bolivia. in so far las the seat of government | cerned, is La Paz. capital of the country h of government is carried Paz because this city is m accessible. Q Where was jasmi —3 A A Jasmine is a native of Persia and was brought to En d abou 1500 A. D. The « from England in 1656 first known” Q. Is it possible t lege work at home toward a college dex: A. The bureau o that practicall 1 of th versities and colleges have what is known as “extension courses.” where part of the work toward a collego de- gree can be taken by correspondence Q. Has ever been proved possi- trate the sun’s ra e extent of using them for fuel? the the Dr. ithson: world's foremost sun, recently cooking range Charl Abbot af . probably thority on the onstructed a solar which he intended to broil steaks and bake bread b concentra: sunlight. Apparen the range was working well—a ther mometer test showed a temperature of about 350 degrees within its oven— when some oil was spilled and stove was destroyed by fire. Dr. bot is rebuilding the range. pects to demonstrate sbon can be cooked without coal, Wor or the other fuels commoniy u Q. How can hyposulphite be u for poison ivy?—S. A. Add two teaspoonfuls of hy phite of soda (photographers solution), to a cup of water and a ply to infected skin on clean mu keeping the dressing moist. The fected area should be washed with strong soap and water. hat a ma Q. Did Napoleon say own Tife? to take h H. F. A. He said that a man had a right to sulcide if “his death will do n harm to anybody, and life is a to ment to himself. (Let The Star answer your questions The onlu charge is 2 cenis in stamps for return_postage. Address The Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Hoskin Director, 21st and C streets northiwr. tion Helped (Clear the Political Atmosphere The so-called Farmer-Labor Pro-| gressive convention at St. Paul seems to have contributed a bit toward clearing the political atmosphere. Tts frankly communistic control and its results were quite satisfactory to the American press generally. Editors, Republican, Democratic and inde- | pendent, agree that the gathering | will have no material effect upon the campaign, but most of them think it at least has served the purpose of demonstgating the futility of commu- nistic endeavor In the United States. “Ot all the failures of communism of the Moscow reds to gain & foot- hold in the United States the latest and most barefaced fiasco at St. Paul is probably the most satisfactory to America,” in the opinion of the Al- bany Knickerbocker Press (inde- pendent Republican), which says: “In the name of the honest man at the bench and the home-maker at the plow, the element representing the red intrnationale at Moscow and all that goes with it attempted to launch a political party in America. The movement has fafled. La Foilette, the wily, saw its import and knew he could not afford to be aligned with it; the real farm-labor leaders shun- ned the convention and all its works; the reds moved too fast and waved the blood flag too quickly.” The St Paul convention was a novelty in only one respect. the Cincinnati Times-Star (Repubiican) claims, b cause leaders of other “red” conve tions have been ‘‘on their own,’ while those who controlled this con- vention are “openly agents of Mos- cow,” however, “the support of a for- eign government may give the ‘red’ program of 1924 greater financial res sources than similar movements have possessed, but it is not apt to make it a matter of real significance in American politics.” * % *x % “The St. Paul convention will not affect America's destinies” In the opinion of the Seattle Times (inde- pendent Republican), which declares “the American people are funda- mentally sound; they want no ex- periment in bolshevism or European radicalism, and it is unthinkable that the groups represented at St. Panl would ever have a large following in this country.” Characterizing it as “an amusing side show” which “means very little,” the Springfield Union (Republican) feels “whatever strength a third party will have in the next election may not be fore- may enjoy some of the delights of European travel through a study of the booké and pictures free to all in the Library of Congress, the National Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery. Dr. Edward Robinson, director of the Metropolitan Musgeum of Art, once called attention to the vast amount of pleasure that one could get in one’s own snug library by studying the art of a given period as set forth by the leading writers and critics. Furthermore, today illustration has been brought to such a high state of perfection and reproductions of works by the masters can be had at such trifling cost that one can well have a foretaste of what may awalt them later. In this way a vacation can become a real holiday, yielding new vistas, added knowledge and in- creased power of enjoyment, until Senator La Follette calls_the ‘second Cleveland conven- tion in July.” As the New York Her- ald-Tribune (Republican) sees it “the labor union leaders, who will be all- powerful at Cleveland, are more at 0dds with Foster's program than they are with the programs of the major parties.” because “Foster is trying to bolshevize American labor unionism and is the Gompers school's most dangerous enemy.’ therefore “the Cleveland gathering is not likely to compromise with Foster.” “It is not the numerical representa- tion of the Communists at St. Paul that tells the real story, but tha dominant part that they have played the ageressive leadership they have according to the New 14, which, however, believes “altogether, these radical radicals do not present a very formidable appearance or seem likely to cut any great figure in the coming campaign now that they are condemned to sail under their true cofors.” furthermore, Sena tor La Follette «in so effectively dis- socfating himself from them reduced their political power to a minimun for all practical purposes.” * x % % The Anaconda Standard (Dew cratic) insists “no genuine American however peculiar or eccentric ma be his views, however unique h political panacea for the ills from which we perennially suffer, will make common cause with the bob- tailed aggregation holding forth in St. Paul under the guise cf an em- bryo political organization.” The net result of the St. Paul conven- tion, the Milwaukee Journal (inde- pendent) maintains “is that the Fos- ter and Rathenbers outfit has blown off steam and captured a nominal party, but it has not won a follow- ing,” for “what the real farmers and the real workers have to say will be expressed through other channels The Chicago Daily News (independ- ent) holds that the convention “is re markable chiefly for jts futility and demoralization,” for “the delegates represent neither farmers nor wage workers,” and though the convention is “more absurd than menacing it serves a useful purpose by directing attention to the stratagems of the Moscow reds and_ their allics and tools throughout the world.” *E xR The Detroit Free Press (independ- ent) regards the convention as “Sro- tesque and outlandish, but happily . not dangerous,” because “the very eftrontery of Foster and his fellows robs them -of the chance of really getting anywhere with their schemes.” The Baltimore Sun (in- dependent) points out that “Again and agaln they have carried out the tactics of seizing control which Mos- cow orders, and again their control extends only over a heap of ruins. What the Communists did to the So- cialist party when the latter first showed signs of strength after the war they have now done to the ef- fort to launch a national Farmer- Labor party. They have in no way increased their own strength thereby. They have shown the amateur pro- gressive politicians at St. Paul that the ‘capitalist press’ has not judsed Communist maneuverings unfairl Since organized labor and La Fol- crowd, the New shadowed lette deserted the York Evening Post (independent) is confident “its only significance Nuw is the demonstration that there are not enough Communists in the con try to trouble any good two-fisted ward boss.”