Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING - With Sunday .\lornin:_Ed ion. Bl = WASHINGTON, D. C. gkmu'.‘.. ;T The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 1180 SC New York s 110 East 420d Tower Bu'liins. with the Sun The Bvening Sta: edition. 1s deliversd i city ai 60 cents per mouth ccuts per month: Sunday v, month. Orders mar be seat 1 vhcoe Muim 5000 Coliection s made by riers at tbe eud of each mouth. Rate by Muil—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily awl Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Duily only .. Lyr., £6.00; 1 mo, 500 Sunday only 2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr.. $10.00: 1 mo., Daily only 1¥r. $7.00:1n.0. 60c Sunday only ..l.1yr. $3.00%1mo., e Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclumively entitled to the Bee for repablication of ail news dix- | patehes credited fo it or not oiherwise credited in this paper and also the lo 1shed hersiu. " All rights special disna‘ches lerein Washington to Fight On. Once more the District has T denied at 4 national convention an ex pression of wish or demand in a party platform for the enfranchisemen its citizens. In New York. ag m Clev land, the platform makers have turned # deaf ear to the petition of Dis vitizens for a plunk favoring the Aners icanization of the people of Washing be ton. There was some difference of opin ion as to phraseclogy of t part of the the precise proposed plank on the District's delegations to the conven e tion. All, however, were for the prin- ciple of suffrag believed. as all Washingtonians believe, that national representation .is the gaal toward which the District should aim. HBut these diffcrences did not. it woul <m, prejudice the case at New York The platform committee rejected the plea in general "hese two fuil New ¥ eland and do not discourage the Dis Party platforms are not deter minative. They do not viose the case Ly stlence. The work will 30 on by the citizens of W hinz2tun. who will ap- peal to Congress and seek the adoption of a joint resolution that proposes an amendmer to the ation enabling Conzre: t wnt national representation to the District The D L appeals to the country Q! large on this subject. It dors not now present its case in the es vrganized campaign of edu, cation. It may do so. It has no lack encourazenent on the s of the oy tal's sad and denial of Lewna & and txin is hearinz fro ventions of people the country meet tor t n in s symy of the ponple distr partivipation plisht off bisemen it mstantly When from parts of here. and the situa the states, iion is explained—stranzely enough it kas to be explained to many who do not know the facts—there fs an immni- ifwte and hearty veaction in faver of the District's plea for enfranchise ment A presentation of the District's de mand tor national representation o the people of the country would no doubteveke powerfal responss which Congress necessarily beed While it would N @atifving to have eit or ot the partie bie to the o the We more ssions of that zalions of untry al Cor must tuke the first step in the 1 i c——— Thrift. discussed varicus organica ey f the f the Nativnal Edu- Th many ) present the claims of thrift at this mecting. Tk t is an Thr rey e thuifi committee ca ix esentatives today by ‘ us meating auspi n Associatio © are cualitied speakers fm tant subject, and perhaps along with goud scheoling it should e rared ws basie. Thrift is desivable, but for MOSt persons it i not eas < prace tice vequires what many of us call self-denfal. and many selr: called for. because thrift must be ps ticed in little thi is hard for the reuson that temptations fte spend money beset u: late OF more extravagant people put forth bad examples. The line between ihrift and stinginess is hard for some of us to draw. A mwan who calls him 8cif a thrifty man may be what others cull ®ets is considered a bad one. There is extravagance due to carelessness and rivairy, and there is what might be called emotional extrav: . A man will save persistently for a period and ihen in an outburst of spending part with his little hoard. He will resume Lis habit of thrift till aaother little fortune is got together and zo spend- ing mad again. Educaticn in the art of thrift would be good fur many of us and some worthwhile things are being said at the thrift conference, ———— The decision to tear Madison Square Garden down was timely. 1t is an old building and the wear and tear to which it is new subjected is no small consideration. and more for, Zanc ——— Organized Convention Clamor. When “‘the tumult and the shouting dies” the Democratic convention in New York will get down to work on the two important matters that await it. The first is the adoption of a plat- form, and the second is the naming of a presidential ticket. Until they have been accomplished the noise and clamor in favor of this or that aspirant for the nomination will be as nothing. ‘Wednesday was McAdoo day in the noise line. Yesterday was Smith day. ‘This sequence results from the alpha- Tetic-geographic order of things. Cali- fornia’s voice was heard ahead of that of New York. Naturally, New York, being the host of the convention, had more voice than California. The Smith demonstration exceeded that for Me- Adoo by a number of minutes and by a great volume of sound. STAR ...June 27. 1924 'HEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor political | « tightwad. and the example he | adults, do not make votes on roll call or at the polls. The Smith demonstra- tion, it i« said by those on the scene, was overdone. It was wonderfully siage managed, but it was not a dem- onstration strictly of the delegates, whose votes will nominate. The doors of the hall were flung open to mar- shaled cohorts with music and stand- ards, woo surged into the already | crowded avena. The galleriés had becn well supplied with “cheering sections.’ These demonstrations are of doubt- ful utility, especially, when they pre- | cede the balloting by many hours, | with important business certain to be sandwiched in between. Iu this pres ent case the convention is working | “off schedule.” Tt has put the numinat- | ing speeckes ahead of the plaiform. If it were to go to bailoting immnedi- ately after the demonstrations it might Le influenced by the shouts and the music and the marching. Today Gov. Smith | New Yogk whose judgment is not af- fected by their intense partisanship are doubtful of the ultimate velue of vesterday's tremendous, voodiveak- adherents in | | ing clamor. True, in a so-calisd vote between the MecAduo end anti- ! McAdoo torces on a motion (o adjourn But 335 | votes cannot nominate @ . on ihe | other hand, neither can 313 One fairly certain ves n to _\.mi terday’s turmoll adison Square | Garden is that New Yook wi Le favored a8 & convention ity f |4 tong time. it there is a “favosite son |in evidence. Neutral ground iz m | likely to be sought for the nominating | meeting=. Indeed. in the final analysis of the cace, a “faverite son” is apt te he stronger on another fisld than his | | cwn. owing 1o the resentment that is | the overdoinz of the noise- caused by | bis organized cohorts on | making by | the ground. | e cheer good plays and to do that pecul- far thing that is known in base ball parlance as “rooting” for victory. The President of the United States and his family were present to give the occa- slon ofticial significance. The Chief ecutive tossed out the ball for the second game, and thus gave a sort of “opening day” savor to the scene. All that was lacking from a perfect day was the absence of a couple of runs in the second game. The home team slipped in its mathematics. It wasted some runs and hits in the first contest that might have been more effectively used in the second. But that is the way in Lase ball. There no such thing as certainty of re- sults. That is why the game appeals 0 strongly to the public interest. So the ning streak was broken. but, say the enthusiasts, only inter- rupted. The spirit that commands a new start is the pennant-winning spirit. and that Washington hopes has now enthused its bull-tossers. S The arts of the “song plugger” fail to force modern tunes into the places tomarily occupied by “Dixie” and ankee Doodle.” The words may vary greatly. but the effective music of a convention remains the same. —— One of the hardest worked men at the convention is the radio announcer, who has been obliged to learn on short notice @ number of new names hitherto unfamiliar in the reaims of popular entertainment. ———— . poliiician who prided ability to sidestep an. vid-style foon b e 18 finding conditions growing more uncongenial with each, carn- paign. St ———— Anybody who desires to vote for Oscar Underwood may as well under- The N. E. A, The National Education is whout to open its annual session in ssociation Uibis city. It will be a great con vention. and reports of its d | cussions will g0 to every city and| [hamlet in the lund. This is an old Et tior. and this will be the sixty- second annual Imeeting. but assocla { tion historians seem to count rhe! { Madison aeeting of I¥X4, the first held in the middic wesi. s “the be ginning of the greal movement that | has today resulted in the fa ng nationu! organization veprescnting every phase and division of the edu cational service. and divecied with in sreasing « iveness toward the im- provement of Amevican education.” The earlier meetings “had been at-! tended by smail numbers of leaders. chiefly feom the northeastern and middle stutes.” and the Madison mect “more than ans previous one wag | both national in scope and representa ve in charact One of the features of the coming fconvention. and a fegture which no ther city could provide so well as| Washington, will journeys to in- teresting places which i1 the prog are called “historic z Tournal of the Nut Sducation Assaciation. which las its executive | and editoria] ofti at Wasiing'on. | says in ite Juue issu From to Julv 4 will be one ricl after another. ending with the triotic pilgrimages shirines every teacher b eazer to visit. Each | inage will be in charge of a { chairman. who. on arcival at the| chosen shrine. will conduet a brief | service. Including an appropriate ad- | s There will be patriotic pil- fgeimazes to Mount Vernon Monti- cello, Gettysburg baitleficid, the tomb | of the Unknown at Arlington. & fehem Chapel of the Washington Ca- i Lincoln Memo! Memio- tal Hall. Amevican Red arters and cother places. | these Juurneys will lLe ne to the home of Frederick Dou lass. on Cedar il Anae an indication that ihe f at | great negro ZrOWs as vears pass that (the Nativnal Education Association ahould include his heme awmons the | historic shrines to which the assock | tion or sections of it will make a p grimage. i Washington will give it | tion to the vepresentatives of tie m of public education America 1e citizens regret that cannot yet show as fine school s and best recep- 5 the: 1ildin ample plurgrounds as in other | cities. but there reasons for our! Hack of leudership in such things be- {yond control of the people of Wash- | | ington. But Washington believes that | it will show to the association as fine | | children and as able teachers as can | be found elsewhere. Wasnington not ;nn\) helieves this: it knows it. | — e == ! | J. Maury Dove. 1 1. Maury Dove. whose death in this city yesterday closed a long illness. | was one of the most active of the | business men of Washington. A na tive of this city. he had heen identi- fied with its commercial interests! practically all his adult life. His en-| ergy, his high integrity and his com- | prehensive conception of high busi ness ethics established him in a sub- | stantial success which was well de- served and which was put to helpful | | civic uses. Mr. Dove was the type of | man whom Washington is proud to number among its citizens. He was keen in his partisanship for Wash. ington. He was. on his part, proud | of his citizenship. He was always quick to aid in any enterprise making for its advancement and development. It is a wmatter of the keenest regret that illness should have seized him at an age when in the natural expecta- tion of life he would have been given a goud many years more of active service. Yet his career stands as an example for the younger Washingto- nians in point of industry and honor. e — Arkansas is confident that Senator Robinson teed off most auspiciously at the New York convention. — vt Cleveland, Ohio, is still admired by politiclans as: one of the most quiet and orderly towns on the map. o ee— Mid-Season Opening Day. Washington gave a royal welcome to its leading base ball team yesterday, But brass bands and screaming|a crowd that completely filled the cohorts and waving banners and cos- | srandstand and partly filled the new wmed partisans, juvenile as well as concrete “bleachers” assembled to | it gets o profitable stand at the outset th to do so without a fiery disgulse t he will have cross or a Now and then the Klan publishes a memorandum of receipts from in- tiations by way of intimating that it is able to turn uny Kind of publicity unt. e The Ku Kiux Klan experiences the 2y difficulty maintaining its red status as a purely social and nthropic organizatic es in ph 1t is difti could pr for a P ) alt to nt any thorouzh t convention sec how a new party thrashing out in the An effort politics bas to introduce religion into the immediate effect of induving strictly irreligious dewaon- strations. - v . Many Democrats are frankly re- gretful of the fact that Alabama did not see fit to retain the Ku Klux question as a local issue. = — The convention may last long enough to make the delegutes wish they had Largained with the hotels for weekiy rates. e - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON More and More, The crime waves go on spiasiinz and | the grafter’s nerve is dashin There are moments when we hesi- tate to say. With a smile so beatific, in the fac cific. gelting better every fact really day Yet it's plain we have more teac more philosuphers and preachers Tha: we possessed a vear or soago: But we also have more sinners to dis- courage good beginne is on whom you chance A Lot depe 10 know There is move inventive talent, there is more endeaver gallant more disdain of com- There is mon toil. hiz economy anid alas. more scheming good in- tent to spoil. You are governed in decision by your present range of vision. When our evildcers agitate the mind You must pause and figger that the country’s growing big- There is more reliance on And simply ger And we're getting mnore and more of every kind. Modest Admission, “I understand the audience cheered you for half an hour.” ““To be candid.” replied Senator Sor- ghum. “they weren't really cheering me. They were cheering the person- age 1 was talking about. If T had put my own name at the close of my nom- inating speech I wouldn't have gotten @ rippi Delegates’ Duties. We cultivate confusion as we cheer. And sometimes march to pass the time away While leaders in seclusion persevere To tell us when to vote and what to say. Jud Tunkins says you've got to ad- mire nerve, but you have to watch it to keep it from turning to impudence. Wasted Energy. He waved his hands aloft and shook his head, With gestures most emphatic and profuse. Most people said And couldn't see him; so what was the use? listened-in”’ on what he Sufficient. “Do you think ladies ought to attend prize fights?" “Not prize fights,” said Miss Cay- enne. “We are going quite far enough when as a political duty we attend a convention where there may be a mix- up any minute.” Memories. “‘Doesn’t an old-fashioned garden revive pleasant memories’ “Yes," agreed Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Especially the mint patch. “Don’t git fault-findin’ on a hot day,” said Uncle Eben. ‘“Remember de other folks ain’ no more 'sponsible foh de weather dan you is.” deas not scheduted | IN. TODAY’S Less than a quarter of a century ago there was a great hue and cry because Congre:s was authorizing a billion dollars a year to run the federal government. Many members of the first “billion-dollar Congress” were rebuked by their constituents by non-election for the succeeding term. It was declared that the country could not stand a “billion- dollar governmen Next week the National Capital will be visited by 20,000 to 30,000 mem- bers of the National Kducation As- sociation, an organization number- ing more than 150,000 teachers, de- voted (o wctivities 60 per cent more costly than the entire government Wwas in any year prior to the twen- tieth century. In 1895 the elementary and high schools of (he TUnited States $175.809.279, in 1920 they cost $1,036,- 151,209 Two years later the cost was $1.580,671,296. The two-year fn- crease alone amounted to more than three times the totul cost prior to this century. One of the highest officials of the bureau of education remarked re- cently that the growth of uttendance T high schools had jumped in thirty | Years from 200,000 up to 2,000,000-— 11,000 per cent—but he was even then | two years behind the records, which | $how that while the attendince in | was 2, 9. in 1922 {1 was | 272.009—a “growth in two years of per cent. In 1895 it cost $18.41 | per yeur per child rfor his schouling [in 1920 $64.16. and in 1822 $85.75 America used to pay teachers an av- erage sulary of $I86;,in 1920 thay | were paid the generous’ sum of $871,- and in 192 the teuchers became “pass- ing rich™ on $1,166 a year. age taxpayer is assessed five times as much to puy for our schools now as he paild twenty vears ago, and it makes mo' difference whether he. has any children, or is simply paying to educate the alleged “frivolous rising generation” belonging (o his neigh- ors The uver- | Wiy has the nution so “run wild” on education? Why are boys and | girls so ‘eager to attend high school in spite of their well recognized “lack of dizcipline” like that which devel- oped the present mateure generation? The commissioner of education, Dr. Tigert, is authority for the statement eption of today's educational meth- | 0dx and ideals. Pestalozzi introduced | new principles of tewching 150 years | ago. and his disciples declare that the miost modern teaching is along his lines. which it has fuoken « dozen | decades to reach appreciation in America. * ¥ ¥ * | One of the most outstanding re- | forms i cducation is tn of the idea t {should be trained by Leing taught something difficult- like mathematics or Latin or trick words in spelling— | | simply for the sake of achieving mental agility or mental “discipline.” | =0 that it will be capable of learning | something else. Today the pupil is | taught what is in itself in line to be | of actual service 1o him in pursuit of [ nis” life activ Such @ heresy as | selective studies would have shocked | the teacher of the lust generation. | {but that is the best explanation in a | nutshell of the multiplication of at- | tendance throuszh high school. 2 | "Memorizing ix reduced to the mini- |mum. The tricky spelling book has |been simplified and standardized so that when a pupil has mastered 1,000 |words of an ordinary standard vo- | cabulary. such 25 found in th | newspapirs and muagazines. he has “reached the end o' larnin S0 far as the speliing class is concerned. | Later, in connection with his life vo- | Cation. he will add technical words as he needs them, or if he tends to much reading of literature he will donment the mind BY PAUL V. COLLINS cost | that one who graduated ten years | ago and has failed to keep in touch with schools since then has no con- total aban- | | and SPOTLIGHT make ready reference to the dic- tionary for rare words not found in hix_1,000-word vocubulary. No longer is a child made to copy the copperplate writing lesson, slav- Ishly drawing its letters. It Is found that in Lusiness nobody writes cop- perplate chirography, but speed and legibllity are the principal requisites. 8o writing becomes practical and not punishment. Reading is bused upon expression and comprehension, and ‘comma-semi-tone” and “period-fall- of-voice” ure forgotten rule: . Instead of a fixed course—"cut and dried"—the progressive school has projects” given for the cluss to work out in its own way, through research and discusston, while the teacher looks on and s only the court of last resort for guidance. Initiative, per: sistence, interest, self-confidence The class is thus soclalized and s acting. Many clasaes upe whnost wholly self-governed, mdking their own laws and enforcing them as a miniature democracy. Freedom, with 4 wense of obligation to others, | through respecting order and the rights of ull, is thus developed. * K X % Does i pay as a financial invest- ment? Some years ago (he bureau of education published tables show- ing that uneducateed laborers in forty years eurned, at $500 a year, a t!umdl of sco“ouu,‘ while high ~school raduates in forty years earned $40,000. . b That excess of $20,000 earned by the graduate was credited to his edu- | cation gained in twelve years of | #chool. 180 duys a year. Therefore, it | | Was iound that each day had paid the pupil $5.02.° As wages are now much higher than they were when the fizures were compliled, the j result would be higher, but in the same proportion. | * ¥ ok X The bureau of education is now compiling stutistics of states, up to date, showing the profitableness of the modern expenditures and energy in education. It is demonstrated that states which are the most liberal in | sehool support are thosc which ten | years later have the greatest incomes | per capita. |~ South Carclina, in 1900, spent for schouls only 50 cents per per ear. und her wealth was per | capita. In 1921-22 she spent $8.33 and her accumulated wealth at that time was $1.4 per capita. fornia. in 1900, spent for sup- port of her schools $4.65 and her Wealth was $: per capita. In 1921- spent % per capita, and her wealth was $4,007 per capita—the high- | est cost In school support, and 50 | per cent .aore wealth per capita than the average of the United States. The bureau reasons that the school sup rost thus affects the wealth, since the connection is evident in all ¢ * E of Columbi 1 contains the National Capital. is expccted to have ideal schools, does not justify that expectation, so % * which, District The as | far us financial support goes, but it i< 10 be remembered that local senti- ment is modified by congressional control of the finances. The schools rank in suppori. as compured with support in other siates s follows: In 1906, No. 11: in 1910, No. 31 in 1920, No. 28; in 1 <o. =8 Thus in 1 | there ere t nty ven states giv- ing better hool support per capita than Congress permits in the { tional Capital. Yet in wealth per cipita Washingtonians have stood rank of thé states as No. 2 in 1302, No. % in 1912 and No. 5 in 1 While the Untted States us @ whole | the cent per increased its school support in decude ending 1910 by 7 per for the last decade Ly 118 cent, the District of Columbia sup- port increused for the first decade 114 per cent and for the last decade only 48 per cent. The District is not keeplng pace with the nation (Copsright, 1924, by Panl V. Coil CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE | i CONVENTION HALL. NEW YORK, 27.—When the lid of Vesuvius | blows off, it must b something like| | Madigon Square Garden when Al | Smith was pluced in nomination. Of course, it was a scientifically | organized and staged demonstration. | All convention demonstrations are pre- turranged. But certainly not since the | (e ago Coliseum went insane over| | “Teddy” Roosevelt in 1904 have dele- gates and leries at & party con- | clave ever joined in a more joyous.| | spontuneous and nerve-racking out- burst than the bedlam unloosed in| |Smith's honor The crowd could | bardly wait for Franklin Roosevelt to |end his uncommonly fine and dignified | June | speech. Printed copies were in cir- | culation among persons pluced stra- | tegically throughuvut the Garden. They were able to signal that the moment for the din was at hand. Then “Hell *weoke loose,” as Als pals put it ! ¢here's no use denying that the | governor is the idol of his people. | For the first time in convention his- {tory, Democratic leaders suy, the gal- leries were allowed to pour onto the floor and join in the procession of standards. Criticism of the Smith crowd was general and bitter on that It was assafled as unsports- score. manlike and as taking unfair ad- vantage of candidates who have mot the populace of a city of six millions to draw on for demonstration pur- poses. Above the speaker's platform Smith rooters let down from the top- most baleony 4 huge sign ready: “Al Smith Always Wins.” There it| seems likely to remain for the rest of the convention. The way in which the galleries broke into Smith frenzy has gone fur toward convincing the mnon- Smith contingent that Madison Square Garden, after all, has been effectually packed in the governor's interest. Quite evidently, his leaders think the convention can be stampeded. ¥ % % % Although by no means as noisy or as lengthy as the Smith joy-ride, the dem- onstrators for Ralston of Indiana and Ritchie of Maryland were picturesque and impressive. The Hoosier senator's nominator instantly caught the fancy of the speech-wearied throng by announc- ing that he would confine his remarks to the single sheet of paper he held before him. And he kept his word. Then, while Indiana delegation, plentifully sup- e ea it the galieries, was cheering for Ralston, beauteous Anna Case, Metro- politan star, led the congregation in Indiana's state anthem, “On the Banks of the Wabash."” There was that homespun touch about the episode that seemed to typify the statesman waiting “back home” for something to turn up in Manhattan this week. * k k¥ The miniature tumuit which the Mary- landers fomented in honor of their hand- some governor, “Bert” Ritchie, was en- livened by the most delightful patch of color the convention has yet enjoyed. No sooner had Ritchie been named than the Maryland delegation broke into a sea of | two houses | of six™ adjacent to the Calvert cros prophetic symbol. It is known in Mary land as the Calvert cross, and the ban | ner {2 the family flag of Lord Baltimore, who martied into the Calvert family and colors of the The Square eventual'y combined the into a coat-of-arms. fags that fluttered in Madison GGarden showed a combination of and-black squares, the so-called red on a sea of white. Right gallantly waving banners, voices joined Maryland * while them in thousands “Marriand, of *ox % % The convention is beginning to en- jor itself. Comparizons with deadly dullness of Cleveland force *hemselves into the thoughts of 2very one who attended the Coolidge ratification meeting. This New York affair is fire and action and drama every minute. The air teems with ex- sitement. Men and women with no direct interests in the convention are infused with its spirit of battle and enthusiasm. What it will be like when balloting begins. or if the Klan issue develops into an_ honest-to- goodness struggle on the floor. nobody can imagine. There is a limit to thrills even a convention mob can stand. Iivery promise is at hand that the limit will be reached before the Democrats have chosen their 194 standard bearers and principles. * ok ok x The belle of the is a former Washington girl and daughter of a venerated Democratic ieftain. Mrs. James Thompson of New Orleans She is still known to her admirers as Genevieve Clark. Her father was Champ Clark. Mrs. Thompson seems as eternally youth- ful and vivacious as when she was a debutants during her father's spoak. ership and celebrated fight for the presidency. She is now the wife of 4 Louisiana newspaper publisher. Mra Thompson inherits the paternal flair for politics. She is as immersed in the politics of the convention as George Brennan or Tom Taggart him. self. * ok k% Ralston’s proposer is the first con- rention spellbinder to draw upon the radio for political metaphors. He said that if the Hoosier statesman is sent | to the presidency the country will no longer have a White House “that is turned into a broadcasting station of silence,” and will get “dynamie, not from the Executive Mansion, ¥ £ % % At least six wives of presidential aspirants are on the scene to watch and wait for things to happen to their hopeful husbands. They Include Mrs. McAdoo, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Copeland, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gardner, the last named being the wife of a former Governor of Mis- souri. Several wives of vice presi- dential aspirants are here, too, among them Mrs. Huston Thompeon of Colo- rado, whose husband, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission at Washing- ton, looms bigger from hour to heur. Thompson once was a foot ball coach in Texas after leaving Princeton. A giant from Texas ran into him at Madison Square Garden for the first time in twenty years. The reunion resulted in one Twone Star vote for Thompson for Vice President. * ¥ % % When Gov. Sweet of Colorado be- ociety ‘waving flags of vivid orange and black. Then Dr. Hugh Young, world-famed Baitimore surgeon, hoisted an imposing edition of the flag, surmounted by a shining cross of gold—perhaps a gan to second McAdod's nomination at the opening of Thursday's session, he was the target of jeers and ‘“boos” from the fes: of “How about oil?" also were hurled at him. in school | ¢id the Marrlanders parade with their | My | the | Q. How is the name of the motion picture “Cytherea” pronounced?—V. E M A. “Cytherew,” a surname of Aph- rodite, famed in mythology, is pro- nounced as if spelled “'sith-er-ee-u,” with the accent on the “ee.” The name is sometimes spelled “Cithera,” where- upon the accent is on the syllable “er,” and the “‘¢” is long. Q. Was Convention Hall Market ever known as Northern Liberty Mar- ket?—E. E. H. A. It was called Northern Liberty Market at one time. The name was changed to Convention Hall Market about ten vears ago. it President President Wilson who Vice President to meetings?—W, 8. C. A. President Wilson established the custom of inviting the Vice Presi- ?am to be present at cabinet meet- ngs. Harding or invited the attend cabinet Q. What railroad has the stretch electrified™—R. N. P. A. The Chicago, Milwaukec and St. Paul, which hax 649 miles of electrically operated road, has by far the longest stretch. It begins at Har- lowtowsn, Mont, and ends at Avery. Idaho. begins again at Othello, end- ing at Tacoma, Wash. Q. How many birds last year’—A. R. P, A. The biological survey says that 050 birds were Lunded during the longest were banded fiscal sear which ended June 320, 1923, and that up to and including 15 of the nresent fiscal year 1,500 have been banded. As many as 600 have been bunded in a month by a single operator, and recently a man. working on a colony of terns in Michigan, banded 500 in one day About 900 people co-operate with the biological survey in these bird migra- tion studies, their interest in the work being shown by the fact that their services are purely voluntary. Q. What was the word that was applied to the movement during the war toward giving practical inex- pensive Christmas presents’—F. E. B. A The name given to persons who | during the war agreed to dispense | with useless Christmas gifts was | spugs, meaning for the Pre- | vention of Useless Giving." | @ How man, s1< are there ‘ln foreign Parliaments”—B. R A. While Great Britain has the most Socialist members. 192, this is hardly 30 per cent of the total mem- bership of the lower house. Sweden. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN | Q. Where was the first balloon as- cension made?—W. O. H. A. The balloon ascension by the Montgolfier brothers on June 5, 1783, was made at Annonay, France. Q. When did the British take Hongkong?—R. 8. 1. A. Hongkong was ceded to_the ’British in 1842 by the treaty of Nun- king. Q. How much does t mond weigh now?—E. ¥ A. It is said to weigh 44% carats This large blue stone weixhed 1121 carats in the rough and 67% after the first cutting. Tt is the proy erty of Mrs. E. B. McLean of Wash- ington, who purchased it in 1909. he Hope dia- Q. Can radium in ore be seen under | a microscope?—H. R. R. A. The geological survey says ra- dium is found in such small quan- tities that the examination of ma- terial under a microscope will not r veal its presence. Ordinarily radium ore carries only a small fraction of a grain of radium to the ton. It is formed by the slow decay of uranium, and decays itself and changes to other elements so rapidly that it doex not accumulate in an amount that is visible. Q. Has any change occurred in the representation of Christ in connection with the crucifix?—M. H. A. On crucifixes wrought as late as the cleventh century, Christ is rep- resented as alive. Since this time He has been represented as dead. The first example of Christ being repre- sented as dead is furnished by a manuscript in the Laurentian Library in Florence, belonging to about the year 1059, Q. Please tell me how fast a clam can travel—IE% H A. The bureau fisheries says that clams do not travel much and it is difficult to determine their speed However. u special record. which is on file in that bureau, shows thut a clam traveled four inches in twernty- nine minutes Q' What relation was the de Les- seps ‘who built the Suez Canal to the one who was in the French company that started the Panama Canal’— I W E A. Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps. who promoted and constructed the Suez Canal, was the same de Lesseps Who later was president of the com- pany which bought the Wyse conces sion and starting the Luilding of the Panama Canal. past seventy-five years of age. Q. Which is the legal code?—R. §. S earliest known A. The code of Hammurapl, formu- | Iated by the Rabylonian king of that He was at this time | | | | f ‘\ carats | betore [ S CAPTOL REPHS T0 COST 2500 Work Required to Put Plant in Condition for Next Con- gress Session. Something like $325,000 spent this summer to put t ited States Capitol plant in condition for @ session of hard work when Con gress returns in December. Inciden- tally, it is costing the government more than $1,100,000 this year for maintenance and repairs for the Capitol. And when Congress Lack on the job there will be turned back into the f deral Treasury some $360.000, a balance ieft trom $375.000 appropri- ated in 1910 for renovation of the House of Representatives, the plan being to carry the cnamber to the outer wall for direct ventilation. But when the Democrats came into con- trol under the speakership of Champ Clark. this expenditure wus stepped 0N as part of an economy program. In the meantime, 1 pending which provides neive aiteration of huth the and chambers, principally with a » getting better veutilutior uld require an exp £1.500, Ventilation Plans Up. When the Senate reasscmibles December the president pro tempo will have before him a report from the architect of the Capitol. David Lynn, in response to & resolution by 4 Senator Copeland of New Y ass- ed on the closing day of the session This resolution direcied the arciite of the Capitol, under direction of the Senate rules ommittee, to consult With architects of repute and expert in ve ion and acoustics, with a view to improving condittions in Senatc chamber. ane instructing him 1o give atiention to rearTangement and reconstruction. including a plan to place the chamber in dircct co tact with cuter walls of the buildinz. Architect Lynn has the original plans for the Capitol, drawn in 1851 by Thomas U. Wal who built the 1wo wings and the (s and those provide for carrving our just such a scheme for both the Ho nd Se:- with only 23 Soecialist members, tors ma. mgre than 2.000 years » o the list, as this brings her precent. | Chrisi, is the oldest legal code known. | fathered i 1810 o & House age to about 40 Italy and France|The law of Hammurapi is engraved | Mittee composed of MeCall (M have a small percentage of Social.|0n @ block of bluck diorite nearly | Chusetts). Mann (lilinois) and | many. with 133, riees io about 35|PAragraphs. The law is divided pa liott Woods, then architec T s ticularly under the heads of pertons hose origifial plans show that it - {and properts. tended to huve the legislative | Q. How many bathirs could be ac- - ; 5 putenwails) and | commodated in the Baths of Diocle-| Q Whatlis the purpose of the Cor- ding wus | tanrose 6. negie hero fund?—R. Rt carricd up to the ‘first floor in wy A. Probably more than 2.000. Dur.| A This fund of $5.000.000 was set|Cordance with this plan g the dans ar”tne “empire six o7 |aside by Andrew Carncgic in 1804 1o Meign Recommended Changen. e s el aid firancially persons who huve been ¥ direction of President ¥rani o traeiea injured in heroic efforts to save| . . X 8 . human life. or to aid the relatives of | Pierce. Jefierson Dav then Secre- Q. What was the name of the au- | PEreons losing their lives in attempts | tary of War, designated Capt. M. | thor wiio wrote under the pseudons m ; to save their fellow men Meigs of the Engineer Corps to tal r”f\‘h:l"“-'l‘l**»‘f 3 "‘-‘ -‘1-’ u | quiBove you a_question you wart an-| general supervision of the cor | A Mis. Margaret Wolfe Hunger- | swered? Semd it to The Star Informa- c S r Inquiring ford used this name. She was born | ton Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Di- | imte arrensements tor teapinatiring {in Ireland about 1855 and died in 1837, | rector. st and C streets northwcest. | lating and the. aconstic moopestie | She published- abou: thirty volumes | The only charge for fhis service is 2| for speaking and . hearing. - Cocom. of xhort stories and novels i cents in stamps for veturn postage.y Hughes’ Note to Japan Lauded by American Press The note dispatched Ly Secretary Hughes 1o the government of Japan is regarded by the American press as an able and complete answer to the Japanese protest against the exclu- sion provision of the immigration Regardless of their opinions as to the | act of Congress. editors agree that the Hughes note is courteous und friendly. and all that could have been desired. Particular applause comes from the far west. where editors fecl thai this will bring about an amicable settlement of the whole affair. Some | of the eastern editors. however. feel that it may not produce §uch a com- Dpletely satisfactory resuit. The attitude of the far west pressed by the Spokane Spokesman Revlew tindependent Republican). which says: “The reply is firm as welll as tactful and strong in law and| ogic. Tt is =0 obviously true as {Secretary Hughes reminds the Japa- | nese government in conclusion. that ‘recognition of the right of ealh go\- ernment to legislate in control of immigration should not derogate in any degree from the mutual good will and cordial friendship which have always characterized the rela- tions of the two countries'—that it would be surprising if Japan per- sisted in protesting against the exer- cise of our clearly established and undisputed rights under international law.” The Hughes note should close the incident, the Portland Oregon Journal (independent) agrees. bT~ cause “it places the whole issue in its correct light—a matter of Ameri- can sovereignty”; cerfainly “‘the Jap- apese government will not question that, and certainly the American gov- ernment could not afford to relin- quish " is ex- | * ¥ ok % ““The explicit manner in which Mr Hughes has put the case leaves little room for argument.” in the opinion of the Oakland Tribune (independent Republican), which declares “there can be no denying that this country is wholly within its rights.” The San Francisco Bulletin (independent) sees “nothing in his message to which am| ultra-exclusionist could take excep- tion.” Mr. Hughes has manifested a ! spirit, according to the San Jose Mercury-Herald, “which it would be well for the general public to adopt, an attitude that combines cordiality with' firmness and a desire for ami- cable relations with a determination to enforce American rights”” The El Paso Herald (independent) char- acterizes the Hughes note as “warmly friendly, quite unylelding, logical as mathematics and invulnerable to at tack.” In faet, the Chicago Daily News (independent) believes “all that | can be said with truth and tact about the exclusion clauses of the new im- migration act is sald by Secretary Hughes.” . “The reply is clear, unmistakable and admits no further ground for de bate,” continues the Lansing State Journal (independent), which insists “it merely says in brief that we are friends of Japan and want to con- tinue so, and that we have done what we had a right to do, and that Japan has the same privilege: The Duluth Herald (independent) feels “it 1s an admirable document, espe- cially under the circumstances,” be- cause “Secretary Hughes was charged with the disagreeable duty of justify- ing, to the government affected, a legislative act with which neither 'he, the President nor the American peo: ple agree" owever, ‘it is a soft answer. and it ought to turn away wrath.” After all, the situation, the Kansas City Journal (Republican) claims, “could mot have been closed, Without brusqueness, in the absence of this_comprehensive presentation.” Secretaty Hughes, the St. Paul Dis- patch (independent) considers. “is to be cengratulated upon the skill with Which be has handled a most delicate subject.” * ¥ *x ¥ nment mended annot be too highly com- or its friendlinass and frank- ness. He is firm enough in the asser- tion of the right of this country to control its immigration through leg- islation, and. in announcing the mination of the ‘gentlemen's agree- ment,” le bestows unstinted praise upon the Japanese for their co-opera- tion in ifs observance. The contro- versy has been resolved into an in- terpretation of legal points—which is seldom dangerous’ The fact that there is a recoznition of the broad pemnci- ples involved, an both sides, greatly simplifies the problem. The friendly reception of the note in Tokio denotes the absence of the bitterness of con- troversy which was< feared. Under these conditions there is no danger of a clash uniess irresponsible and dem- agogic papers and agiators fan the ter- popular passions with misrepresenta- tions and Insults.” Publication in_Japan of the Hughes note, the New York Tim:s (independ. ent Democratic) is confident, “should do much to quiet their anti-American feeling,” for “the frank and friendly 1 on of Mr. Hughes, following the declaration of President (oolidge and the utterances of a large number of American newspapers, will make it clear to the Japanese that the im- migration act is not inspired by un- friendiiness’™ As the Charleston Post (independent Democratic) puts it. the note “is a complete and satis- factory statement of the position of the United States and should make an end of the discussion over this - ter.” In fact, the Cleveland Piain Dealer (independent Democratic) is convineed that “it scarcely leaves room for a Japanese rejoinder.” * % 3 Some papers take the poeition of the Springfield Republican (independ- ent), which argues that “while the calm and friendly note of Mr. Hughes may close the issue so far as its legal phase is concerned, it is not to be supposed that the controversy is at an end: in one way or another it is bound to affect the relations of Japan and the Cnited States for a long time to come, and the statesmen of both countries will need good will and practical good sense to minimize the resulting irritation and Promote the return of cordial unity.” If presently the “ideal shall penetrate that frank ness is con tent with friendlines: the Milwaukee Journal (independent) concludes, “‘our ‘relations with Japan may rest on a firmer basis than be. fore.” At any rate. the Albany News (independent " Republican) feels -the note makes the best of a bad business and the Japanese government will un. derstand fully the general i America about it © Skt Here We Are Again. German Nationalists have found a new and highly scientific scheme for regeneration of the nation and res. toration and rehabilitation of the monarchy. They are going to base their new superstate of supermen on "h:;md and race purity and unity.” nder pseudo-scientific auspi Dromoters of the new and. relyenr nated empire propose to adopt the blood test system to create their Ger- manlc utopia. Nobody whose vital stream contains evidence of any rain of Alpine, Levantine, Asiati African, Australasian, Polynesian, Aslan, Indian or anything but purest s to be blood-brothernood, . od 0 this . The idea is typically “scientific” discovery. It would b: funny if the world had not had such a costly experience of the Deutsch- land ueber alles delusion. As it is, the possibility of a nation boasting descent from the Livonian brethren or Knights of the Sword. and making stated pilgrimages to the mecca of the Iron Crose set up for Teutonic fanatics by the Kaiser Franz. is not especially “alluring. Excessive hybridity may produce e Democratic papers generally express much the same view as that of the New York Evening World, which maintains: “The note of Sec- el Hughes to the Japanese gov- degeneracy of raclal traits, But ex- cessiye Inbreeding is worse. Tt cre- ates a sort of national dementia prae- eox, predisposing to delusions of per- secuted Bulletin, mended the changes which, approve by & commission. wers carried ou This made the chambers inside rooms ¢ and provided for mechanical ventilu- tion, hitect Lynn will present his r POrt in response to the oiution after conferr: with same New York architects who wers 2 the consulted by his predecessor, Elliott Woods, regarding the similar altera- tiens proposed for the House cham- er. At the time that $275,000 was propriated for making the in the House chamber it templated to reduce the ap- changes as con- £ the | room from 113 by 67 feet to 90 Ly 60 feet, a8 at that time it was thought that the membership of the House would also be reduced and becaus space was saved by removing the ol desks and benches. replacing thend with individual ehairs. New Complication T.ooms. _The fact that under any reappor tionment plan which will probab be acted upon in the next sesvion there will undoubtedly be a cons erable increuse in the number of House members adds another compl caticn. The $360.000 fund will t turned back into the Treasury be-f cause in any ent it would L n sufficient because the work now would cost three times that su The Senate chamber is now 11 feet by 83.11, whereas in tI sina Walter plans the = ting space was to have been 60 by 65 fes th the salleries supported on col &t ing considerable corrider cu side the seats. If under the Copeland resolution the Senate chamber is pushed out the outside walls it will mean destruction of one of t tiful parts of the Cu the marble lobby bac ou chamber. where the / confer with special guests. and the ' President's and Vice President's rooms, which are one of the show places visited by tourist During the session just closed @ study was made by public health of- ficers under the direction of a sub- committee of the House rules cum- mittee of the ventilation In the House, and an extensive report hus been filed with Representative Frank D. Scott of Michigan, chairman of that subcommittee. Further Discussion in Prospect. So the question of whether the Sen- ate and House chambers will be shoved to the outer walls to rect ventilation is still The prospect is that it done, at least until ilie been’ thoroughly discus viewpoints. One of the big jobs beinz dene this summer to put 1 plant in will matter has from all shape for the n s the lay ing of a thirty-six-inch water ma from the power plant to the Potomacs river, from which the Capitol Rets its water direct. For this work $1 000 has DLecn made available after July 1. S The Capitol grounds will also De rewired, starting_on July 1, fo cost approximately $35,000. Work has already been started on the installation of a complete water feed boiler treatment plant, to cost NS have alwo been asked for re- placing the old hydraulic elevators which have been in_service in the Library of Congress for about thirty vears and which are in very peor condition, with electric clevators. There aro three passenger clevators and three booklifts. It is expected that this work will cost $50,000. Funds Lost By Filibaster. this vear's appropriation there ishxloz,ono for renewal work on the heating coils for the Capitol and there is an appropriation of 330,000 for improving the ventilating sys- tem. When bids were called for it was found that the cos: would far the appropriation, and in o: o mplete the job satistactorily and put the heating and ventilating system in good working condition an additional appropriation of $38,000 was asked. That was allowed by both the House and Senate, but was in the deficiency appropriation bill, which failed through a one-man filibwater on a reclamation item. Under another appropriation the| stonework on the House oftice build- ing is being “pointed up.” New sidewalks are to be laid through the Capitol grounds with an appropriation of $15,000 specifically for this work. This does not incluge replacement of the xlate steps n the west front of the Capltol buil ing, which are very badiy scaled ani to which - condition * Representati Andrew J. Montague of Virginia call- ed the attention of the House in superiority. — Philadelphia | vigorous speech during the closing] days of the last session.