Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1924. THE EVENING STAR “_ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY....September 29, 1924 ‘THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Lusiness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 420d St. Chicago Ofiice: Tower Buiiding. Huropean Oflice: 16 Regent St.,London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning delivered by carriers within the cents per month: daily only, 45 ts per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per | month. Orders may be ent by mail or tele- shone Main 5000. Collection is made by car- riers at the ond of each mouth. Rate by Wail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. unday.1yr, $8.40:1 mo., J1yr., $6.00:1 mo., 151, $2.40;1 mo,, 70c 50¢ 20¢ aily and aily only Sunday only . All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00:1 mo., $5¢ Daily only . $7.00:1 mo., 60c Sunday only . $3.00;1 mo., 25¢ Member of the Amxociated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 0 the use for republication of all news dis- nratehes eredited to it or not otherwise credited o this paper and also the local news pub. berein. Al rights of publication of dispatehes b o reserved. Japan's Amendment. Japan’s proposed amendment to the | league of Nations protocol of arbitra. | tion and security has precipitated a | crisis at Geneva, which in the lan- of dispatches from there isi viewed as grave and as threatening a Ureach in the international alignment. Specifically, Japan demands such a phrasing of the protocol as would pre- | vent the naming of that country as “n aggressor if it should “take steps defend her legitimate interests According to her interpretation of the protocol the state which refused supremacy to international justice would be protected, and the state which only demands impartial appli- cation of that justice would be con- | Gemned. The whole question complex and difficult of understand ing, save upon the assumption that Japan refuses to be held to arbitration cn matters which she considers to be of a strictly domestic character, and | in this she includes questions ar «ut of foreign relations such as immi- | gration restrictions and other diserim inations. In other words, Japan de- clines to be placed in a category that | would rate her as an aggressor nation if she should move to protect her na tional rights Hercin lies the whole issue League of Nations membership and cbligation. The league is an agency to prevent war by holding its mem. | bers to strict accountability for ob-| servance of the principle of arbitra- | tion. There is no form of compulsion. | nly a moral force prevails. Japan is | seeking now to weaken that moral | force by proposing, with a very dis- tinet hint of refusal to remain in league membership if the protocol is not modified in accordance with her requirement. It does not follow that Japan con- | emplates reprisals against the United | tes for the recent restriction placed upon Japanese immigration into this | country. Indeed, her representative at Geneva indicated that there was a | ireater cause of national resentment | in British Columbin and in Australia than in the United States, and a mem- Ler of the Japanese delegution, ex- plaining the cbjection to the arbitral protocol, is quoted as saying: “When you consider how the Japanese are istreated in South Africa, we are treated very well in the United States s a nation.” But whether this pres- ent objection is intended to relieve Japan of liability under league and | world court jurisdiction in case she should elect to settle her differences >y military means, or is merely an ncademic protest against the limita- tion of national initiative, it stands as an example of the weakness of the or- nization, which can function for world security only with the unani- mous consent of all member nations. Secession is always possible under provocation. Japan proposes an amendment in due form, but she proposes it with plain signs of determination to abide by the decision only if it should be favorable to her. Should she sub- scribe to the protocol in a form un- satisfactory to her she presumably | vields her point, but without guaran- tee of future accession to an unsatis- {actory arrangement. suage is extremely S of ! ————————— Every assurance has been gived Gov. Charles Bryan that however admirable an attitude of retiring modesty may be under some circum- stances it is not expected from him oy fellow Democrats in this campaign. —~e— andshaking is proceeded with by John W. Davis with the evident sonfidence of a man who feels that ae may as well get into training for the New Year receptions at the White House. e The League of Nations calls atten- tion to the possibility of a line of listinction between two classes of governments, the members and the @on-members. P Civic Association Ileeting. There will be useful discussion of plans for the benefit of Washington at the sessions™ >f the American Civic Association which will begin its annual meeting ia this city October 7. The American Institute of Park Executives and the American Park "Society will meet jointly with the American Civic Association. In the membership of these asseciations one finds the names of many jersons who have been prominent advocates of makmg Washington the greatest Capital. The creation of the Capital Park Commission by Congress was due in part to the influence and in- (erest of the American Civic Associa- tion, and it is the Capital Park Com- mission which will aid greatly toward extending the park area of Washing- ton and preserving for park uses de- sirable tracts of land in Maryland and Virginia adjacent to Washington. A number of important things are in prospect. There is sentiment for acquisition by the public of lands along the Potomac River between Key Bridge and Great Falls, as it is Sei @t this scenic section hlnfi tional asset which should be held in perpetuity for the benefit of the Capital. Acquisition of the upper valley of Rock Creek and the vales of some of its important tributaries is on the program, not particularly for the extension of Rock Creek Park but primarily for tha presarvacusn of Rock Creek and the protection e ce of the great features of the park. North- east of the city are large tracts of land which may be added to the park system of the city. The land is no doubt cheaper now than it will ever be again, and the growth of the Capital is understood by every one. It is said that at this joint meeting of representatives of city betterment “not only will the activities in the parks of Washington be discussed but the aims and purposes of the Capital Park Commission will be presented.” There is a marked tendency to make parks attractive for other purposes than walking and driving. They are becoming play places in the modern sense of the term. While an increas- ing number of people are joining country clubs where golf and tennis are the principal sports, an increas- ing number of our people are play- ing golf, tennis and other games in public parks, and the authorities find difficulty in keeping pace with the recreational demands of the public. P Coming to Grips in New York. This week will witness the opening of a fight between the Democrats and Republicans in New York over the national and State tickets. New York prefers a short campaign, but a lively one, and there is every indication of the impending campaign over the presidency and governorship being lively enough to suit the most exact- ing. Col. Roosevelt, the Republican candidate for governor, is to be noti- fied of his nomination next Wednes- day night at his home at Sagamore Hill, and in his speech of acceptance he is expected to outline the issues upon which he will make his cam- paign. Next Thursday night the Demo- crats will fire their opening gun at a monster gathering in Madison Square Garden, which will be addressed by John W. Davis, the presidential can- didate, and Gov. Alfred Smith, gubernatorial candidate. October 15 ccretary of State Hughes will lead off for the Republicans on both na- tional and State issues. It is understood to be the strategy of the Democrats to make their main ssue in the State campaign a com- parison between the record of Gov. Smith in his two terms as executive of the State of New York with what they will assert is the inexperience in State affairs, and national affairs as well, of the Republican candidate. They also threaten to seek to hold Col. Roosevelt in some measure re sponsible for the oil land ieas The Democrats contend that they i1l make a showing on Gov. Smith's re ord in office which by contrast will put Col. Roosevelt at a serious disad- vantage. It is evident from the disclosure of the Demccratic proposed line of | strategy that the colonel will be put upon his mettle to convince the voters of New York that they are warranted in governor. Politicians realize that it is quite within the range of pos ties that New York may go for Cool- idge for the presidency and at the same time retain the present execu- tive at the head of the State. ibili Budget and Estimates. Officials of the Budget Bureau arc making an investigation of the needs of the city as set forth in the supple- mental estimates of the Commission. ers, and they will have direct, per- sonal knowledge of the matters for which provision would be made in those estimates. Many of the items which the Commissioners were forced to strike from the original tentative estimates because of the reduction in the whole sum ordered by the budget are covered by the supplemental esti- mates, and this is proof that the Com- missioners, knowing the needs of the city and the sentiment of the people, consider them of high importance. It is well that the director of the budget shall have reports on these matters from his assistants. There is no disposition on the part of the local authorities or the citizens to exag- gerate the city’s needs. Generally a city need is not sharply stressed by the authorities until the popular de- mand for meeting it becomes very strong. An important part of the sup- plemental estimates has to do with the schools. The people are greatly disturbed on the subject of insufficient school room, and their first thought is that public school facilities in Washington shall be brought in line with the needs of the school popula- tion. ————————— According to expert students of air craft and submarines, the old- fashioned battleship would be chiefly important as a something to shoot at by way of a signal that another war had begun. ——————— Means may yet be found for re- minding bootleg motorists that there is no excuse for the employment of smoke screens in time of peace. Mrs. La Follette and Mrs. Shaver. This present presidential campaign is presenting several novelties. Take. for example, the appearance on the stump of the wife of one of the presi- dential candidates speaking in his be- half. This is the first time such a thing has happened in this country. Women have spoken for their hus- bands on the English hustings in par- liamentary campaigns, and perhaps wives have addressed meetings here for husband-candidates for Congress. Down in Texas recently a woman was nominated for the office of governor of the State as proxy for her husband, who was debarred from candidacy by an impeachment. But Mrs. La Fol- lette is, so far as known, the first woman who has directly campaigned for her husband in a presidential race. She spoke at Mountain Lake Park last night, and rendered a very good accoynt of herself as a speaker. The major burden of Mrs. La Fol- lette’s speech, it would appear, was pacifism. She attacked Defense day making a change in the office of | and all other tion for national protection against aggressive enemies. This raises an in- teresting question. Why should not Mrs. La Follette debate with Mrs. Shaver, wife of the Democratic na- tional chairman, who recently caused a considerable stir by writing a letter condemning the attitude of Gov. Bryan of Nebraska on the Defense day proposition? Mrs, Shaver's letter wes written, it would seem, without the knowledge and consent of her hus- band, Mr. Davis’ campaign manager, and therefore Gov. Bryan’s campaign manager. Such an encounter would be ex- tremely interesting. Nothing is known as to Mrs. Shaver's powers of speech. Those of Mrs. La Follette are now amply attested. Perhaps Mrs. Shaver is better as a letter writer than as a speechmaker. Certainly she caused a sensation with one epistle, and she ought to be able to take care of her- self in a joint debate. The suggestion is offered in the interest of enlivening the campaign. Admission to Moscow. An Associate Press dispatch says: “Visitors to Moscow will hereafter be obliged to pay from $50 to $150 for the privilege. The money will go toward building homes for the work- ing people. It is not yet clear whether the new regulations will apply to Americans and other foreigners visit- ing Russia. Ame: wills rece this im portant message with m. If the Soviet government should make the charge $130, on $30. or two bits for | entering Moscow few of us would but an eyelid. Not many Americans are inclined to spend money that wau Moscow may be a very interesting city. In any firstclass encyclopedia | i ins old town and that a number of prom- inent persons have lived there and some have been assassinated in the same place. All that is necessary to be known about Moscow and Leningrad, formerly Petrograd, orig- inally St. Petersburg, can be learned without paying an admission fee. Not many of our people would plan trips to Moscow, even if the Soviet bosses should send them engraved passes to erick, Hagerstown, Harpers Ferry Leonardtown, Benedict, Occoquan, Fredericksburg and Leesburs are per- fectly satisfactory. Nobody in Wash- ington is getting a sore throat from | shouting “On to Moscow _————— The attitude of Gov. Al Smith toward young Mr. Roosevelt is trifie patronizing. has never disdained a little war paint and tom-tom as a preliminary dem onstration with a view to striking terror. a - = When a man announces with great publicity how he is going to vote, he should refraln from dolng so in a manner that indicates an impression in his mind that he is a hero or martyr. ——e——— It might be considered a shade uppish in Uncle Sam if he were to abstain from joining an association of of whose | ready owe him conside a | nations some -able sums. = o According to several China’s present war is only a training bout for future contests in the arena of nations. R RY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Listening In. For old-time orators I sigh! Although these words are fair, 1 want to see the glittering eve And watch them paw the air. I want to see them halt and think As in the days of yore, And from a pitcher take a drink Of water—nothing more. Their hair I went to see them toss Back from a lofty brow. There is today a sense of loss Truth moves me to avow. The phrases which resound in space Are forcible and neat; And yet, without athletic grace, The style is incomplete. Disputation. “Did you convince your audience “Not exactly,” admitted Senator Sorghum. “It looked as if my re marks had started an argument among the folks that hadn’t been de- cided when it was time for my train to pull out.” The Two Big Words. The lexicon with words is filled With which our minds are often thrilled. The two that count are “Yes” or “No.” Jud Tunkins says they're gettin’ him so excited over politics that some- times he almost doesn’t care who wins the base ball pennant. The Let Alone Policy. “Let well enough alone.” “That's what 1 was meanin’ to do,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “But the whole barrel of cider turned hard and entirely illegal. The Tireless Legislator. Our Congressman today we view With an increasing pride, For there is always something new He's called on to decide. He counts the cash that he'll allow To run our Government, And maybe next he'll tell us how To choose a President. Sympathy. “Of course you have a great deal of sympathy—" “Can’t use it,” interrupted Farmer Corntossel. “If sympathy could be crated or baled and sent to market, I'd have had the mortgage paid off years ago.” “Good advice,” said Uncle Eben, “mostly don't git near de respectful attention dat's showed to mos' any old kind of a hoss race tip.* . a man can read that it is quite an| the town. Our Sunday trips to Fred- | Tammany warfare | members al- | economists, Yet, when decision we would show, | seed. Like some of the F. F. V.s who have come to Washington to run’ boarding houses and put on airs, it has sesn better days. Some years ago Dupont Circle was fresh and green, with benches sprin- kled through the park. Then chil- dren ran at will over the thick green- sward, frisked around the big statue of Rear Admiral Dupont and had a good time in general. Today all that is changed. Now the park is dirty looking, its tone set by the circular race track around the circumference, along which all the benches are grouped, facing inward, looking at the wired-off grass plots and children’s sand piles. 1 suppose it Is all for the better. The Dupont memorial fountain, with its falling water, certainly is an im- provement over the old wooden- bronze statue. The placement of the benches allows mothers and nurse- maids to watch their charges easily. Those who remember the park of the old days, however, will wonder at the forms progress takes, and sigh for the return of the old, unprogres- sive, beautiful days. ok ok % Standinz at the famous intersection of Massachusetts, pnnecticut and w Hampshire avenues, Dupont Circle mothered many generations of ’rhfldvln Beneath its hospitab trees {still_walk men and women. many of | thems famous, who once toddled along these paths or ran and played across srass was greener in ¥s! Then the Schneider block. |between 17th and 13th streets on Q |street. was new. Two solid rows, and very long rows at that, of brick and istone houses, of somewhat varied ap- ys! | pearance, this biocl {of its kind in Washingion The entire neighborhood was resi- dential. Dupont Circle w: the natura! lcenter of the entire n. with its | beautiful erntran wn the avenues |or the other intersccting streets, Of | these gatewavs none was—or is—so lovely as that aleng New |avenue from the north i In Summer New Hampshire avenue. | 100king down from Q strect, is a per- ifect bower, the great trees forming a | complete arch over the wide thorough- |fare. 1f those who advocate destruction {of Washington's unique feature, her trees, would only stand for a while on New Hampshire avenu surely their esthetic sense would be stirred I do { not believ one © darn practical that he would be willing these |trees cut down. And if not here, why el ko is like much Grass t Too | good for it When the little ones were allowed to {run at will on the grass in Dupont Circle, the sward was fresh and green. lThA-It‘ was more green in the whale cirele. Perhaps coddling is not the grass is growi Certainly it is bare and worn-out looking, carefully fenced off, every single plot of it, by wire stretched on iron stakes. Even the play spaces, technically known as sand piles, are wired off Little feet are no longer welcome on |the grass. Dupont Circle is old and | staia. Or ‘shall we say it is simply growing up? Men and women lose their fresh- |ness ‘and charm when they grow {older, why may not a park suffer in the same way? This green circle | stands at the peak of a great change. | Connecticut avenue already is giving iway to commerce. Who knows but | Massachusetts avenue, even g old There is a case pending in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court, and to be car- upreme Court, to determine whether .a Filipino is eligible to become a | citizen of the United States. i * ¥ ¥ ¥ A young Filipino who has resided in the United States for several vears registered as available for service in the United States Army in the World War, but, not being drafted, he served {in a munition factory At that time he took out his first papers, indicating |a desire to become a citizen. Now jthat he applies for his ithe Department of Labor, by its { naturalization bureau, intervenes an | objection—or rather, two objections ! This voung man, Ambrosius Javier, lis a Filipino by birth, therefore, he |is not a “free white" person, accord- {ing’ to the law. Section 2189 (R {1 Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 1 i “The provisions of this title shall !apply to aliens being free white per- | sons; and to aliens of African na- tivity and to persons of African de- scent.” i According to this law, if this ap- plicant had been born in the Sudan, in Morocco or in darkest Africa, or { even if his parents had been so born. [ he could, unquestionably, claim the iright to acquire American citizen- | ship; but, as a Filipino, his right is { disputed. T | The law defining tho rules of naturalization in the act of 1806, { creating the Department of Labor, { provides in section 4, clause 7: That a Filipino of the age of 21 vears and | over, who has served three vears in the Army, Navy or Marines, and* has resided three vears in the United States, may file his petition for natu- ralization. That rule does not apply to the case in dispute, because Javier was not drafted nor did he volunteer, he only |in a munition factory throughout the war. | "&ection 30 of the same law vides: “That all the applicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States shall apply to and be held to authorize the admission to citizenship of all persons not citizens who owe permanent allegiance to the United States, and who may become resident of any State or organized territory of the United States.” Does nationality in the Philippines constitute “permanent allegiance” to the United States? Under the Jones law organizing the government of the Philippines, after we took them from Spain, it was stated in the preamble that some day, when this Government sees fit, we are to set the island free. The question now arises for the court to consider whether that pledge in the Jones' law does not throw a doubt on_ the “permanent allegiance” of all Fili- pinos to the United States. * % ¥ % True, the Jones law does not in- dicate when we shall release the is- lands from allegiance to this coun- try. It will be when Congress and the Executive of the United States judge that such an act is expedient and to the best interests of both the Filipinos and the Americans. Many generations may pass before that al- legiance will be broken; but, it is argued, since it may be broken some day, can anybody say it is, legally, pro- 4 | ! ried, ultimately, to the United States| final papers | bureau's reading of the| registered for draft and then worked | was one of the first Hampshire | | proaching | | | BY C. E. TRACEWELL Dupont Circle is a park gone to|Hampshire avenue, will go the same way? * % %% Sand and dirt mix in Dupont Circle, being tracked out of the play spaces on to the race track around the cir- cumference. The fntroduction of this circle, 15 feat wide, marked the pass- ing of the old park. It has never been the same since. The old charm of walking through the circle and dropping down on a bench almost anywhere disappeared overnight with the new arrangemtnt of seats. Now you sit around the track or you stand. The track fe: ture really reduces the park to its own dimensions. Whereas formerly residents had the use of the entire park. now all they use is the rim. Children may skate on the other walks, of course, and their elders may walk through, but the walks are cracked and in bad condition, 50 that roller skating on them fis not good. Walkers find nothing to look at in- side, except the memorial and beds of roses. This park is a good demonstration of the tendency, in late years, to cut down and reduce privileges once granted. With success seems to come a withdrawal of old privileges. 1 in- | tend to take this up later in another article in this column, as its extent 1s surprisingly large. The memorial fountain is a pretty thing. a vast improvement over the old statue. The figures, in bas-relief, aTe a good example of how the nude mav be used in America without af- front 1o uny The lady, for in- stance, i not decidedly without clothes s the faun girl of the Da lington memorial in Courthouse Square. “For Children stuek in the s Only,” says a nd pile. Ore wonders if this is a warning to mothers to let their kids play unmolested, or a gentle hint to grown boys and girls to stick to the benches. Over in the piles, now leveled by use over months, small children dig methodically, in the painful w y some children have of enjoying themselves. Tired mothers and harassed maids make themselves comfortable on the benches. As white dog, gleaming as if Just from a bath in flea soap. runs into the ark under the wires, halts on the poor grass. Man-made regulations and inhibitions are not for him. ‘all shrubs and bushes are placed behind the Lenches, so that the circle is somewhat shut off from the ap- streets. Men, women and ome along, now and then, all directions. Where do the people come from, and where are they going? They come from the 90,000 homes of the city, and they are going to some of the other homes, or some ehildren the grass was greener in those | Of (he thousands of stores or theaters ehildren in one | OF other places of amusement. “They are on their way.” that one can say. It is life in a big city, that is all * % %4 1 see a way to help solve the traffic problem, sitting here on comfortable benches placed out the sidewalk, facing the Mount Pleas- and and Georgetown car lines. It is to mahke street car riding pleasant, Such an easy thing—but I'll_bet that all the official solvers of Washington thought of it! This is one of the few places in Washington where the waiters for street cars are given benches where- on to rest themselve: If every car stop had its bench, if every car was only comfortably full, if there were more cars, if conductors and motormen were alwaxs courteous and polite, if people would start ing a ride on a street s they once did, wouldn't that New help solve the traflic problem? IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. “permanent allegiance,” entitling the the living generation to acquire the | right of franchise so precious to na- tives and Africans that 48 per cent of them still actually exercise it. The law describing the limitations of qualified citizens of the United States was adopted in 1790, revised and extended in 1570, and revised as to errors and omissions in 1875. In the original act of 1790, the lan- guage referred to “free white” per- sons; not because at that time there were white slaves, but because in the earlier times, when our fore- fathers came as immigrants, some were too poor to advance their pas- sage money, and bonded themselves to work it out after arrival; they were not “free” until they had di charged that service. No Filipino is |2 bonded servant nor a slave. Is a Filipino “white?” What con- stitutes a “white” man? That is the question for the Supreme Court to decide. It is not his complexion alone, for there are many Spaniards and other Mediterranean peoples who are darker than many negroes., but they are “white,” and no negro is “white.” Many CI ese are lighter than many Italians or Greeks. But, Spaniards, Italians and Greeks be- long to the white, or Caucasian race Ethnologists recognize an early race upon the Mediterranean as “dark whites.” The term *“Caucasian” 1y misunderstood. dia Britannica va: “The ill-chosen name of Caucasian invented by Blumenbach, in allusion to a South Caucasian skull of special- ly typical proportions, and applied by him to the so-called white race is still current; it brings into one race peoples such as Arabs and Swedes, although these are scarcely less dif- ferent than the Americans and Ma- lays who are set down as two dis- tinct races.” is popular- The Encyclopae- (eleventh edition) k% ¥ In the October term, 1922, the Su- preme Court rendered an adverse opinion in the case of Bhagat Singh Thind, a Hindu. Two questions were involved 1. Is a high caste Hindu of full Indian blood, * * * a white person within the meaning of section 2169, Revised Statutes? 2. Does the act of February 5. 1917 (39 Stat. L. 875, section 3) dis- qualify from naturalization as eciti- zens those Hindus, now barred by that act, who had lawfully entered the United States prior to the pas- sage of said act? In the decision ruling against the Hindu, the court said concerning the law of 1790, now known as section 2169 R. S. “The provision is not that any par- ticular class of persons shall be ex- cluded, but it is, in effect, that only white persons shall be included with- in the privilege of the statute. The intention was to confer the privilege of citizenship upon that class of per- sons whom the fathers knew as white {and to deny it to all who could not be so classified. It is not enough to say that the framers did not have in mind the brown or yellow races of Asia. It is necessary to go farther and be dble to say that had these particular races been suggested the language of the act would have been iso varied as to include them within its privileges.” * x * % It is far beyond the province of a layman to trace the genealogy of the Filipinos, with all the intermingling through the centuries, of the origi- gn ! one of the | on | traflic problem never | car for| b | | | i | containing a larger or better select- e oy e of the | indomitable | (Copyright, 1 | that For the Living Mrs. Roosevelt BY Jl;l‘i;.V-STI\-EET ‘When Mrs. Roosevelt was mistress at the White House the newspaper men were requested not to write about her and the photographers were requested not to take her pic- ture. = The limelight, in which she should have shown to such advan- tage, has always been distasteful to her, and always—on her travels, at Sagamore Hill and in the White House—she sought to avoid it Wherefore I venture in this case to offer an unauthorized bouquet. Were 1 to ask permission I fear that it might be refused. The refusal would come in a little note so tactful as to leave me feel- ing not at all rebuffed, but very friendly with myself—more so than 1 shall feel when, having dispatched this little nosegay, I face the fact that I have failed entirely to make it worthy of her. Once, long ago, when I was writing of Theodore Roosevelt and his life at Sagamore Hill, I was asked if I might mention her, and after plead- ing, was allowed a meager para- graph. Yet every one who in those days visited Sugamore Hill must have perceived that Mrs. Roosevelt with her dignity and graciousness, her infallible tact, her faculty for in- teresting herself in others instead of expecting others to be interested in | her. the gentle humor reflected in her | quick, beautiful smile, and, above ali, that wisdom always €0 much heeded by her husband, was no whit less a personage than the master of the | house. Nor was there any one who | zave her greater deference than he | did. No less than her husband Mrs Roosevelt has been a companion to her children and to her children's children, and a participant in their multifarious interests and activities. To have seen them all together is to have seen American family life at its best. Into the household books pour- ed in a steady stream, and they con- tinue to pour in, forcing their way by the pressure of their numbers through the library, up the stairs into halls and bedrooms, and on the third floor. 1 do not know of any house ed library, nor one more constantly | used, nor do I know any one more | widely read and of more delicate and sure appreciation than Mrs. Roose- velt. Last year the widow of a soldier showed me a note of condolence Mrs. Roosevelt had written her, each line freighted with the Roosevelt cour- age. “We must take it, standing.,” she wrote—"Afterwards we can live | without memories.” One can rejoice, now, that she has for companions her children, her grandchildren, her books, her memo- long and happy life of that extraordinarily congenial and | united family. These and her own spirit—a very special pirit, a kind of luminosity. elusive, | ndescribable. which somehow sug- | gests to me a globe or crystal, clear and cool, glowing with lovely lights and image: 4. by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.) | Tomorrow: Herbert Hoover. s the World to Explode? Dr. John Jolly of Dublin University, fellow of the Royal Society of Eng- land, says that every hundred million | vears or so the earth is due for a blow-up, during which period the rocks on the surface are melted, the oceans turned into steam and every- thing made to seethe and boil like unto present conditions on the planet Jupiter of our solar system. He figures that the next blow-up may not be the last; that others may fol- low a few hundred million years after. This is a_disturbing theory Dr. Jolly advances. yet he ma right. Scientists sometimes are. don’t worry. You'll not be here tol participate, let it be either a cata- clysm of fire or water. Nor are the figures given by the distinguished Dublin scientist. of a hundred mil- lion vears, so cxereme after all, for there are other scientists who say the earth, in some form, has existed from five billion to ten bil- lion years. If the latter be true, and Dr. Jolly's figures are not at fault, there have been quite a number of blow-ups of the earth in the past, each of them perhaps destroying civ- ilizations as advanced and variegated w5 our own.—Omaha World-Herald. v Looking Over Our Courts A Japanese comm country to study our system of trial by jury. It appears that Japan has had nothing in court practice re- sembling the jury trial, and steps are being taken toward institfting the system there. Advisedly, the com mission will make an exhaustive study of the subject all over the world in order that some of the evils which attend the practice of the sy tem may be avoided. Theoreticaily, the jury system is ideal, but we have found at times it does not work so well in practice. This may not be the fault of the system so much as of the jurors. Certainly there is no demand in this country for abolishing the jury system. but there is that the quality of jurors be improved. We have gone to the uttermost extreme in provid- ing. especially in murder trials, for he interests of the accused in select- inz jurors and giving no considera- | tion to the interests of society as rep- | resented in the prosecution, If Japan| can work out a system of jury trials| which® eliminates the weaknesses as| we have experienced them, vet pre- serves the principle, we may learn gsomethifig from them in the way ot benefit to us.—Pittsburgh Gazette- ‘Times. on is in the querors.: While unquestionably a pure Spanjard is classed as a “white man” and an Asiatic or Malaysian is not a “white man,” at what degree of intermixture does the descendant cease to be within the limitation of our law admitting only “white men and Africans?’ A “white man” is one belonging to the Aryan race, according to early authorities: ethnologists now point out that the Aryans were not one race but that the term referrred to all peoples of prehistoric times who spoke a similar language. * %k ok If now the court decides that a Filipino is not eligible to citizenship in the United States, some interesting questions will arise for the State De- partment to handle. Is a Filipino an alien? To what nationality must he be credited in managing passports and In deciding as to immigration quotas? He remains a citizen of the Philippine Islands, but they do not constitute a nation. The im- mediate question has nothing to do, directly with immigration. for it ap- plies only to naturalization, but out of a decision what new complications will develop? o The good favor in which the Fili- pinos are held by the public was manifested by the hearty applause of the thousands of spectators of the Defense day parade as the contingent of dark-skinned, alert _soldiers marched by, and by that march pledged patriotic support of this Gov- ernment in case of war. nal natives with (‘I:: Spanish com- (Oopyright, 1934, by Paal V. Colline.) f. FratE [ THIS AND THAT ||| FLOWERS ||| ANswERs 10 questions | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Are the French Masons athe- ists?—A. ¥. A. At the present time the Grnndl Orient of France, which is the title of the Masonic organization of that country, is not officially recognized by Masonic bodies because it excludes the afirmation of the belief in the divinity of God. Q. In judging the merit of a col- lege or university, what facts should :Lo taken into consideration?—A. K. A. Generally speaking, a school may be judged by the number of professors who devote all of their time to the school, by the courses of- fered, by the number of absences ai- lowed each pupil in his courses, by the number of subjects in which a student is allowed to fail without being required to repeat the entire year's course. Entrance requirements and endowments also figure in the ranking of the schools. Q. Why does a feather fall as fast as lead in a vacuum?—T. B. K. A. The principle of gravity applies equally to all objects irrespective of weight. The resistance of air is the force which varies the velocity of a falling body. Q. Are two words ever synonyms? —W. R T A. Strictly speaking, there are no perfect synonyms, that is, no two words which exactly agree in sense and use. There are. however, many words in English which have mean- ings so closely akin that they are carcless'y used without discrimina- tion. | Q Who is entitled to hospitaliza- tion from the Government under the law governing the granting of bene- fits to disabled veterans’—R. G. B. A. All disabled veterans of the late war who are in need of hospi- talization for their disabilities, and in addition any honorably discharg- #d veteran of ‘the Spanish-American War; The Philippine Insurrection: The Boxer Rebellion; or the World War who is suffering from neuro- psychiatric or tubercular ailments or diseases; paralysis agitans, sleep- ing sickness or amoebic dysentery or the loss of sight of both eyes, whether such ailments or diseases are due to military service or otherwise. The Veterans' Bureau is authorized, so far as facilities will permit, to fur- nish hospitalization to veterans of any military occupation or military | expedition since 1887, not dishonor- ably discharged, regardiess of the origin of their disabilities. Q. Can the screeching of a pea- cock be stopped by any simple opera- tion on its wind pipe or vocal cords? —F. W. C. A. The Superintendent of the Na- tional Zoological Park says that fioth- ing ean be done to keep peacocks from screeching. An operation upon the vocal cords or wind pipe would be dangerous. and it is doubtful if the bird would survive. Q. Were wrist watches worn be- fore the World War?—F. D, . Wrist watches were worn b travelers some 30 years ago. The were incased in heavy leather brace- lets. Q. Please explain briefly the Mag- na Charta?—A. K. J A. In 1215 the English barens rose against the authority of King John of England and compelled him | sign a charter called the Magna | Charta, guaranteeing to Englishmen cert. rights and liberties which have been held by the Englich people | since that day. The charter was signed at Runneymede June 15. Q. Please name some plants that catch and eat insects—R. K. J A. The teasel, sarracenia, nepen- thes, and the Venus fiytrap are some of the plants that do this Q. Please inform me how salmon manage to jump up a fall or like ob- struction in a river—W. E. P. ) A The Bureau of Fisheries sars that | at the bottom of a fall there is usually | a vers deep well. The salmon swim to the extreme bottom of this well, and if they have sufficient depth of water to | give force to get the power to jump, ' Editors’ Politics On Secretary Secretary Wilbur's suddén “recall from California causes widespread comment in editorial circles. Various interpretations are made, based to some extent, in each case, upon the politics of ' the paper. = Although President Coolidge denies the report that the Secretary wus recalled be- cause of indiscreet utterances on the stump, Democratic papers are quick to point out that his Somewhat nu- merous speeches have been a bit out of tune with the administration's attitude, while the Republican press for the most part accepts the ex- planation from Washington that Mr. Wilbur's presence was desired to dis- cuss with the budget directors the question of naval appropriations. “This explanation fell rather flat,” in the opinion of the New Orleans Times Picayune (independent Democratic) which believes ‘‘differences over the Navy budget might very well have awaited settlement after completion of the Secretary’s California engagements. The next congressional session is still some months ahead. There no need for such desperate haste.” Such *stu- died explanations,” also do not have a convineing ring to the Baltimore Sun (independent), which contends that “a stronz and silent, calm and collected man like Mr. Coolidge (to take him at his admirers’ estimate) should surely have seen these naval problems rising long ago and not have left them until the eve of his adviser's Denver speech for settle- ment.” Tn this speech he was to have followed a line of argument. continues the Dayton News (inde- pendent Democratic), “which only pre- viously he has suggested that the peace | of the world in the future is wrapped up with the Leazue of Nations and that the United States sooner or later will have to take this route if it is go- ing to be of any help to the subject of world-wide amity. That, of course, was a terrible thing for a Republican cabi- net member to say.” Having closed that issue, adds the Cleveland Plain | Dealer (independent Democratic) “the President now closes the Secretary's mouth, for any one who mentions the league except to condemn American membership affronts the administra- tion.” * % % % Echoes of his speeches frem the Pacific coast, declares the Milwaukee Journal (independent), “indicate that it is most fortunate this budget prob- lem became so suddenly acute,” be- cause “Toklo cannot be blamed for not being pleased by the Secretary's statements that ‘marching hosts of two civilizations stand face to face across the Pacific,’ and ‘there’s noth- | ing so cooling as a piece of cold steel.” " 1f it is also true “that Secre- tary Wilbur criticized the way in which the Republican administration is enforcing prohibition,” the Hart- | ford Times (independent Democratic) | is sure “he earned the right to a| quick trip to Washington on another account,” for “the Secretary ought to have known what his chief would think about any further attention to holes in the Republican mantle of righteousness.” But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent) thinks | person for whom it was intended | have been | hension on the part of the ! to a liquid upon the application of |and lord mayor of London | dark | stirring thoroughly | Democratic) claims jout t they do so by swimming very fast and rushing out. This force mechanicalir causes them to jump the falls. Q. How is fig leather made?—¥ R. A. A. Very ripe figs are used for fix leather. Wash and mash them to a fine pulp, spread on platters and dr: in the sun or in the oven. Whan dry, dust with powdered sugar and roll up like jelly cake. Cut in suit able pieces and pack away in jare Q. What becomes of ters?™—P. O. S. A. A postmaster keeps a letter twn weeks in order to try to identify tha “dead lct Ve then sends it to the Dead Letter fice. where it is opened. 1f ident cation of addressee or sender is silil impossible, the letter is destroyed In the case of valuables, the articles are kept for a year, and, if not iden- tified, sold, the receipts going to the Post Office Department. What shrubs grow well shaded Jocations>—D. S. W. A. The snowberry, coral berry, sweet-scented shrub, dogwood and viburnum are well suited to shady situations. Q. Q. Is it true that froge and toads found in freshly broken marble or granite’—R. R. A. Such tales are not credited by scientists. They originate in delib- erate misrepresentation or misappre rigina observer. Q. At what temperature do we grt liquid air?—G. A, C. A. Air is liquefied by pressure, but cannot be liquefied by any pressure long as its temperature is aboue degrees I. below zero (—140 () but if it first be cooled to a tempera ture slightly below this it condensecs pressure of 39 atmospheres. Q. What are the colors of the mos: important planets’—A. L. B A The color of the planets are Mercury, pale ash: Venus, brilliant straw; Mars, reddish ochre: Jupiter bright silver; Saturn, dull vellow Uranus, pale green; Neptune, ti same. Q What do dentists use for filling teeth?—D. C. A Dentists _use most frequent's amaigamated alloy for filling teeth. This alloy made by meiting and casti Iver, tin, copper and sometioes is mercury and solid mass. Q. What doss the expression “Tu n, Whittington,” refer to”—E. J A. The reference to Whittington is to Richard better known as Dicl Whittington, an English merchant Accord- ing to popular romance, Whittington as a lad went to London and o tained work as a scullion Growinz tired of ill-usage, he started to leays the city when the Bow Bells seemed to say to him “Turn again. Whitting- ton, Lord Mayor of London.” H-, therefore, wemt back and eventuall rose to the prophesied position. Q. How can shoes be proof at home—N. D. A. The Department of Agricultur: savs that either of these formulas i~ good: Natural wool grease, § ounce. petrolatum, 4 ounc paraffii wax, 4 ounces; or tallow, 12 ounc cod oil, 4 ounces. The ingredients cither mixture should be melted tc gether, warming them carefully and Better penet tion obtained if applied while warm, but the grease should not be hotter than the hand can bear. made wate (The Star invites its readers to use this information service freely. 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Twenty-first and C northwest.) stree Govern Views Wilbur’s Reeall “it was a pity to interrupt o adm able a discussion of the issues of the ~-well, there were rea sons why' Judge Wilbur had to be in shington right away." 1f Secretary Wilbur's day head of the Navy Department numbered, the Springfield Repub lican (independent) insist “they should be.” for “whatever may have been the cause of his recall from Cal fornia by the President, the fact tha he has been recalled is a blessing his uncurbe. continuance on the stump would have been a national misfortune.” The Waterbury Republi- can holds a similar opinion, while the Worc er ‘Telegram (Republican) confident that “even a casual read- er of newspapers must have been im- pressed by the fact that Mr. Wilbur has done a good deal bf talking, much of it not remotely concerned with the navy ® & s° He doesn't seem to have lived quite up to the Coolidge idea of steady quiet deve tion to the allotted task But, thern the Knoxville Sentinel (independ it is a risk to such men as Mr. Wilbur or Gen. Dawes speak for the administration,” b - cause “these men are not politicians They re fundamentally henest and are apt to speak out what they think and anybody who really thinks about the administration’s record an other things as they are can oniy think in terms of dynamite and dam- nation for the administration.” * ¥ * % The real facts about Wilbur's re- call, the Des Moines Register (inde- pendent Republican) is inclined to feel are due to the efforts to keep Mr. Coolidge out of the feud now being fought out between Hiram Johnson and Gov. Richardson, because “it easy to belleve that until Senator Johnson indicates his attitude to- ward the ticket the less administr: tion leaders vy in California the bet- ter, for what California did in 1916 is not forgotten.” Although the Boston Transcript (independent Republican) admits the circumstances of the recall may seem to the unsuspecting puonc somewhat extraordinary, it says =our confidence in the common sense and honesty of purpose of his people’s head servant in the White House com- pels us to believe that his summo! to Secretary Wilbur is the outward and visible ‘sign that President Cool- idge meant what he said in his ac- coptance address” In this comnec- tion, the Chicago Tribune (independent Republican) explains “Budget Director Lord has cut 20 per cent from the mini- mum estimates for a Navy already op- erating on a curtailed schedule. Avia- tion will be cut by $10,000,000. It will reduce the total Navy budget to less than $300,000,000,” therefore “it is evident the Navy needs saving.' For this reason, the Detroit ¥ Press (independent) concludes “suffi- cient explanation can be found in tho simple fact that the President wants to consult the Secretary at the earliest pos- sible moment with regard to the avi- ation estimates in the naval budget In any year, except a presidential election year, this would be consid- ered a quite adequate reason for the message.” at ths are not |