Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1924, THIS AND THAT THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Merming Edition. WASHINGTORN, D. C. ,.WEDNESDAY. . .October 29, 1924 . Editor The Evening Star Newxpaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 1 z Chicago Office: Tower Building. Buropeun Office: 16 Regent _THEODORE W. NOYES. with the Sunday morning S The Evening edition, is delivered Sity &t 80 cents per cents per month: Nunday only, 20 cenis per month. Orders may be xent by mail or tele- Dhone Main 5000 " Collection is made by car- riers at the end of each month, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1d Sunday.1yr., $8.40:1 mo., only .1 ¥r., $6.00;1 mo., ay only .....1yr, $2.40:1 mo., i0c 50¢ 204 All Other States. Iy and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00;1 mo Iy only 1yr, $7.00:1 mo., ¥ onl 1yr. $3.00:1 mo., 8¢ 69c 25¢ Member of the Awvociated Press. The As<ocinted Pros< is exelusively entitled to the for_republication of all news d patches credited 10 it or not otherwise credited o this paper und also local news pub- hed et All rights of publication of vcial dispateles herein are also reserved. Wanted: Pedestrian Co-Operation. Some days ago a prudent alteration wis made the practice of traffic regulation which, if it was to be effec tive alled for the sincere ration of trafiic offi- d pedestria ers and doing their best to car of the “warning val” regulation. And their efforts are, in a measure, being frus- trated by the thoughtlessness or selfish indifference of many local pedestrians to the interests of the community as a whole, The purpose of the new system of traflic control is to expedite and render safe both vehicular and foot traffic on the streets of Washington. Under it a histle is blown as a warning that the of out to be it a street intersection. This is followed by an interval of bt permit < and pedestrians to get out of the way Dbefore the actual shi made. i Under this system it becomes the ligation of the pedestrian to move only with the flow of vehicular traffic at street intersections, and to stay out of the path of motors which the warn- inz whistle has notified “get ready to move forward : sidewalks in in bettering conditions, co-op cers, motorists a lay traflic L rule s. motorists spirit new direction traffic is changed moving are isively the thoroughfares cf pedes- Washington exe trians. Th next House of Commons they will have scored a great success, and will probably be eble to maintain the gov- ernment in the absence of a sufficient- ly large vote in opposition directly controlled by either the Conservatives or Liberals. In the lately dissolved house the Conservatives had 250 seats, the Laborites 193 and the Liberals 158, with 5 independents. For the Con- servatives to gain an absolute ma- jority they must elect 308, a gain of 50 seats, while the Laborites to reach the same point, which is not to be ex: pected, must gain 115. In the election last December the Conservatives polled 4,709,770 votes, Labor polled 3,859,409 and the Liberals 3,554,470. It is estimated that there were about 4,700,000 votes not cast. In the cam- paign closing today the effort of all the parties has been to get this “silent vote” to the polls, just as in this coun- try a vigorous movement has becn conducted to arouse the non-voters. There is no expectation of a Libe plurality of seats in the Commons, but if the Conservatives and Laborites make a fairly even race the Liberal party, lately headed by Lloyd George, will hold the balance of power, being in a position either to keep the Labor ministry in power or to join the Con- servatives to force out the govern- ment. In the latter event a coalition ministry may be formed. —————— To Test the Law. Attorney General Stone nounced his purpose to has an bring as Motorists have long since been warned of the necessity of full venti- lation of garages to prevent carbon monoxid poisoning, and it is believed that all who use gasoline as a motor fuel are aware of this peril. The in- troduction of a new compound, how- ever, has the disadvantage of strange- ness, and it is certainly due to all possible users that it should be freed from any question on the score of safety. Announcement is made that the manufacture has been suspended and doubtless scrupulous care will be taken in research to determine the | possibility of evil effects, either in the making or in the use of this acces- sory fuel. ——— Unanimous Confidence. Mr. Coolidge has joined the other two major presidential candidates with an expression of confidence in his election. Mr. La Follette and Mr. Davis have already gone on record with predictions of their own success. Mr. Coolidge makes his announce- ment in the course of a personal talk with callers at the White House, to the effect that after carefully consid- ering all reports that have come to him he feels very confident of the re- sult, and is therefore making all his plans on the basis of victory. Mr. Coolidge makes his announce- ment in characteristic manner. It does not come as a specific claim in the course of a public speech but in- cidentally in cxposition of his plans, In quickly as possible a test case to ob-inone of his public utterances has he tain a judicial interpretation of the ““publicity” sections of the revenue act, concerning which there is now so much confusion. As the case stands, it will be obviously impossible referred tc In none has he proclaimed himself as a sure win: ner. Now, “in the course of conversa. tion,” he allows it to be known that the chances. | he has no doubt of the result of next to prosecute all of the newspapers|Tyesday's bailoting. which have published the income tax returns, as such a proceeding would entail the institution of theusands of suits throughout the country, choking the court calendars and leading prob. ably to a confusion of differing deci- sions in the lower courts. Upon single case, therefore, the issue may set in order that with the least of time and the greatest of securing a final judi as a cer tainty il ruling the question can be submitted. | pre There are three conflic the revenue act a reenactment of the prohibition against publication. Another is the stipulation that while income tax re turns constitute public records they in shall be open to inspection only upon { appreciates the fact of rules and the President regulations prescribed the etary and approved President. The third is the pro under by the sion prder and Sec ng sections | One of them is| e { | This makes it unanimous. to clarify the situation. the candidates in the same category. It gives none of them the advantage over the others. It insures that what eer happens next Tuesday there will be two who must be disqualified as forecasters, 1t ought e D — Careful study of the election proph ectes creates a slightly confused on that in a number of States a im- andicate is sure to win, un the other two candidates ures enough votes to prevent it. particular s one of e e While not being in any sense a gam- . Robert M. La Follette that the odds never show so reliably how the r: turn out that there bler for money is going t use runn It puts all | | down the vou BY CHARLES E. He who looks upon a book as merely something from which he can get a certaln kind of information or entertainment in time of need is in danger of missing a great deal, be- cause he has never known the pleas- ure to be derived from a book as a thing. A ook as a thing, you know, 1s diffafent from a book as a book. As a book, any vo'ume may be read. studied, enjoyved, put to practical use, placed on a shelf, thrown into a waste basket, yet the reader may never once have any real love for books as such. he true book lover, . has a fondness things. To him a I un entity as a rose, or the Washing- Monument, or a ton of coul, or other visible, tangible thing men in contact with daily. too, gets a'l the possible use and enjoyment out of a book, but he ures an additional pleasure be- cause to him books are things to be treasured in themrelves. Like the handsome cat one bids welcome in the house because of its glossy . not just because it catches mice, he Ereets every new book that enters his library as if it had a personality utterly aside from that which the author gave it. Indeed, that is just what any book has, no matter how mean or worn its exterior is, or how sumptuous or bright its cover may be. Every book for itself and in itself, is a person- ality in the great republic of books, and he who is 8o careless or indiffer- ent a4s not to recognize it as such is nuch. in danger of being a lLiterary 3 ok ok ok © those who love books as things the meanest volume in the of letters has something about it. something that mukes it unlike any other book, something that calls the receptive mind to con- templation and repose We get no good By being ungeuerons. even to a book. A exlCulnting Pt e saueh ek il forward, headiong, Tnto & Bouk's peetinad passioned for its heauts and salt of trutir Itis then we get the right good from a book. He, who so regards books, would no more think of breaking the back of one of them than he would of throwing any of his 3 steps. Yet think of the thoughtiess in dignities heaped upon books by who have yet to grow into the stat. ure of 1iking books as things' Have you ever had a t volumeé, one whose inside and side precious to you, a book hap "D Lo you as a present, has an added Sentimental value, yet which in itself is such a fine ex- ample of the bookmaker's art, and has in it such treasure of worth that Would not part with it for any- thing whatever? There it lies upon a table, one of your prized possessions. You have handled it with extreme care, as be- in for some de- books ax k is as mueh BT dignified sured out- per- that republic | other friends| those | TRACEWELL. place careleks Willlam opened it too violently. How could you remon- strate with him? He would call you the worst wort of crank, biand you as “finicky,” whatever (hat means, and secretely despise you-into the bargain, This wort of munhandler of bookx has & cousin in the person who used & wetted thumb to turn the leaves of a nico new volume. Many real gen- tlemen and gentle en do this, so no one can call w crime in any sense of the word, It simply happens that they are not fond of books as things. To them book i something to be read, to be used, to be enjoyed. If a wetted thumb solves the difficulty of close clinging pages, why. how fortun: that Nature made the thumb so handy and saliva so plentiful, Yet it gives us a start to see some Kindly old person whom we would not | offend for the world, thus giving one of our favorite volumes a page by page baptism. It is not that the practice is insan- ftary, although it certainly Is all of that. ‘The point is that It is entirely unnecessary. There ought to be a | school started to teach these well | meaning souls how to handle books, | much as they teach schoolgirls now | adays the proper way to hold a baby | It i just as easy to separate pages | with dry fingers as wetted thumbs, once a falr trial has been made of th method, and the wear and tear on the 1 book much less, to say nothing of [ the irritation saved to the nerves of | the man who loves books ax | things. % Wordsworth * loved his hooks | too. und yet he cut the pages with a buttered knife that had just done duty on the toast. How could he do |it2 " He, a poet such a trick | that! The Now, do as only answer is that Words- sreat poet though he was, love his books as things. Any man who can butter his toast with his knife, then use the same knife {o cut the pages of a book Is lack- ing in a great clemental something One would expect a man like that to look at his hostess’ new dress and blurt out: “No, I don't like it.” Un- doubtedly, he would eat peas with his knife, as well as cut the pages of a book with it He might be able to compose an ex- ode on immortality, vet we not invite him—willingly—to our library. He would turn 4 veritahie bear in a china pig in the living room, a tur- le in a thin glass tumbler. We would rather have him out .on | the veranda, and tell him Al Jolson's |latest turtle joke, speaking of turtles | "Two frogs” were talking together, {when one asked the other to go get him some headache medicine. The |second frow, refusing. a turtle that | happened to be there, volunteered to | nd disappeared over the wall of the pool. The sick frog and his com- panion waited and waited. Months had this headache went by. “I have for two months now,” complained the | quisite | would inspect |out to 1 | shop, | with Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Coming to a close now Is a mem- orable presidential campalgn, re- plete with features which had not figured In some other contests for the presidency. In my judgment, as a long-time observer of and com- mentator upon politics, its most nota- ble feature is the fact that for the first time there Is a clear-cut issue between the extreme radical thought of the country and the mild to ultra- conservative thought. For the first time there {8 assembled under one party, indeed, It might be said, one candidacy and , ersonality the believ- ru in radicalism, the victims of un- rest and general disgruntlement, the sincere advocates in the name of progress of change, all of the ex- ponents of the various gradations of resistance to the order of things down to those who would change by violence. They are all under one leadership, and now, on next Tues- day, we can take census of them. Praise be. Let's find out how many of them there are, 8o that the country can set ity house in order. * We huve had varlous census tak- ings in the past on other questions among the voters; un the class Issue 0% agrarianism, as expressed in the fight with the populists; on green- backism, and on sound money, in the epochal and decisive action of 1846 when once for all the people set their disapproval upon free silver coinage. ow we are facing a showdown on allsm and on the subtle effort to mine the basic institutions of our form of Government. Speed the {ssue to a determination ¥ ek The other questicon on trial before the voters next Tuesday is a de sion over the economic differences b tween the Democratic and Republican parties and their policies, scores of vears old and frequently battled over before, yielding vietory first to one party and then the other as the people’s moods and judgment changed. But these differences are get aside from the issues raised by the third party. Repubilcans and Democrats alike can believe in their respective parties’ economic policies and yet hold the radicalism of the third party para- mount. Now let them go to it and eXpress the paramount issue, stand up and be counted, S0, it is to be an illuminative show- ing, partially marred, it is true, by the conspiracy which is believed to be working out between certain Democrats and third party meg to | throw the election into Congress. But a Democrat who would be a party to that must be a radical of sorts, after All. and not unwilling to be the radicals, so located. his status is * o x % After the noise and the shouting has died away and the victorious co- horts withdraw into the distance it will be interesting to look back and consider some of the antecedents of the campaign and the springs which moved the action of events. One of the most be the collapse of the MeAdoo hoom for the Democratic nomination, the counted | interesting to ponder will | Q. How did the term horse” originate?—F. W. A. “My Thirty Years in Base Ball’ by John J. McGraw, says: “The words ‘charley_ horse’ originated from the old name given to the famlily horse, “charley legs some way. were called Charley horses. So, when ball players got tied up in the mus- cles of their legs they were referred to as Charley horses In time this name was applied to the allment it- self.” mon adult house fly?—W. A. The ordinary adult weights about .1 grain extent does a radi antenna afford protectic again lightning? Does a proper] installed lightning rod system protect a house Iul{nun«l strokes of lightning—W. i A. The Bureau of Standards state that a radio antenna, if grounded, or provided with a lightning arrester, has some of the properties of a light- ning rod, but, as commonly installed has thes properties in such limited degrees that it is not to be regarded as effective protection against light- ning. On the other hand, on account of its relatively small size, it does not appreciably increase the possi- bility of » direct stroke A modern lightning rod system, however, de- signed and installed with a view of protecting against direct strokes, and when this is proper! done, a high degree of protection is obtained Many lightning rods in actual use are not properly installed nd it is to these that isolated cases of dam- age to rodded build usually i traced. Q. Will sitting i person a cold.—. ( A. The Fublic Hes sitting in a draft cold, but the ch which the draft produces lowers powers of resistance, Germs hitherto were harmless then their disastrous effects ‘Q. Is there a law or ruling that goods manufactured here must be stamped “Made in the United States ? —C. D A. This is not a domestic require- ment. Its use by manufacturers is usually the result of requiren the part of certain countries merchandise imported should some mark of the country Q Wi, house Ay Q. To what a draft give a th Serv does not produce ling of the b the which product i i bear of origin What product place of money | when there was money?—L. H. F A. Tobacco of the nies was the product most employ {in the place of coined money several years nearly all the business of that colony, both domestic and foreign, was carried on by means of tobacco, until the enormous produc- tion of the plant made restriction on its use a® money necessary. Fow- der and bullets were also used money throughout the colonies some of which the legal te was used in the colonial times scarcity of southerr, in usually lame or broken down in the | Those family horses | Q. What is the weight of a com- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. onies generally, grain, fish and furs were in common use as means of exchange. Q. Where were grown”—Ww. W. P, A. It is believed that potatoes wera first grown in South America, |that the Spaniards took them {to Europe when they overran P | Potatoes were later introduced to taly, France, England, Ireland and 2 North America, in the order named firet potatoes | @ When s ja v A. Soap cleansing ancients har. mans Gallic to yup cam ma lieve such wa p firet made?— both agent Pliny s a medicinal known to ks of two kir wa and He the \ for g hair. It to the R rou ashes th puri ar of p ving nts Kkinds of soap en made of goat's carly as the century, however, a factory ing soap from ed at Marsei troduced next century tall Is ther. where drugs free A. The Washingt buy drugs charg Q which 'Q plaste How be prepar The Bureau at least remove heavy glue not casy | @ Has our base a pennant before A. This vears n be to enter w int?—M. M | How old must boy missio Academy of Fnow where informatio ) Boswel «To true knowledge | itself haps ing on a th think. tions to Freds cross walks at street in { fits its worth, both as a book ana The bullets in payments was @ thing. In comes kindly old B a small number. In New t and 2-cent stamp con- as| first frog. to ingland col- it i | that lists of names and addresses and | United States Treasury ins and motorists hace a cor. | AMOUNtS Of tax shall be made avail- | fund continues to receive re- “I knew that turtle never would come back.” Just then the tur- tle stuck head up over the wall most carefully planned and long con sidered enterprise of political propa- ganda the annals record. It was straet a <t. The cross wa flow of teaflic in time part of the pedestrian | : | until the of! which | the motior sounding whistle, and motorists At-hand turn across si-h | must bear that fact in mind. h motor | moving by direction of a traf the time part of the | reughfares, and pedestrians, | that fact mind, venture them at their peril. The cross h the officer’s warn- | s walks across wh er are for motor th bearing upon walk across wh in Ing whistle announces he is about to | h w ing of that thoroughf: comes from the sound part of the motor | { | ares, and pedestrians ay on or venture on them at their peril. If those who walk in Washington | eannct by admonition and warning lwI brought of their re- sponsibilitics to communi interests; o they st in selfish disre- & rights of others to impede of traffic, regulations or laws should be promulzated which | will render them as liable to legal dis the local st. But | h regulation should be wholly un- | Necessary. d today re- ss or failure effort to improve ns rests squarely oulders of a class of our the weakest, the “ted, the most liable to seri- in a collision. have long better traflic condi They confidently be ex- to cooperate heartily and v in self-protection as well as mmunity interest to make a ‘ess of this practical plan of traf- fic conditions betterment to a realization ty should per: ard of the smooth flow line as is moto As matters sta sponsibility for a fair and wisc local traffic upon the s izens pre injury demanding the suec of condit whao, being Teas ous been tions, a ma r———————— Japan may vet feel it necessary to send troops to China to re- organize the country and render its resources helpful in an emergency., ————. Russian sovietists, as they seek diplomatic relations, get further every year from the policies they originally advocated. enough o Even the novelty of a campaign wears off, and several Senators are yearning to be back at the old investi- gation grind. ———rae— There is not any encouragement for mud throwing, although there is an inclination to stir up the slush. ———————— The British Election. Today the British electors go to the polls to vote for members of Parlia- ment after an intensive campaign of about three weeks. The Laborite gov- ernment precipitated the contest by @ppealing to the King for prorogation after the House of Commons had given an adverse vote on-a motion to investigate the case of a Communist editor whose prosecution for sedition had been abandoned by the ministry. ““This was chosen as the Labor party’s chief issue in the campaign. But it has been only one of several questions which have been brought to the atten- tion of the electorate. The attitude of the ministry toward the Russian So- viet government has proved to be the chief matter of debate, climaxing in a mysterious letter alleged to have been wsont by Zinovieff ut Moscow. Concern- Ing this letter, which was produced in | rusion | in advance of a specific | torney lot it the last hours of the campuign, a vio- lent dispute has arisen. Premier Mac- Donald has denounced it us & plot. The Hoviet authorities have declared it is w forgery, but It has given the Con: servatives, who have waged the more active campaign of the two oppositon parties, w fghting point which has un. doubtedly hwd considerable Influence able to public inspection in the offic of the collector of cach district. “The presence of these three provi sions in the same law causes the con mpels the for judicial submis decis and ¢ matter on of the The courts would not have entertained | 4 moot question to interpret the law | leged vic tion. If it was the intention of Con gress to throw the lists open to wid publi it certainly bungled in the enactment by leaving in the carlier clauses. If it was not the intention that publicity should be had. cqual certainty blundered in adopting the provision last cited above. Those who proposed and supported the pub- licity clause have since the publication )f the lists, which began last week, declared emphatically that newspaper publicity was the chief purpose of the clause. In any case, this stands as an in stance of bad legislation, bad in its purport and in its procedure of en- actment. It is now the duty of the At General to learn from the the precise scope and effect The newspapers of the coun- try have in publishing the income tax lists rendered a public service in bringing to a point of decision at a risk to themselves this important question of whether Congress has definitely commanded publicity on the one hand and; finally, whether pub- courts | licity of income tax returns is right- ful or desirable. U There are European conditions that even war has not changed. France is sending out fashion announcements and Germany is preparing to supply a large demand for Christmas toys. o Election day is near enough to pre- vent any orator from expecting that results can be changed by his remar] The oratory goes on in deference to custom. ———————— Theories regarding a possible elec- tion deadlock indicate a belief in Nebraska that no statesman was ever in line for such rapid promotion as may come to Gov. Bryan. e R No forecaster is able to state con- fidently whether the feeling in certain territory is one of apathy or silent suspense. It is seldom that a political discus- sion has been 80 successful in making statistics thoroughly interesting. A Doubtful Quantity. Three men have died and upward of a score of others have been made violently ill as a result of their work in a laboratory in New Jersey where 2 compound is manufactured for the purpose of adding to the “kick” of gasoline in motor combustion. This particular compound has been on the market for some months and has been extensively used by motorists. It is now declared to be highly dangerous, not only in the process of manufac- ture, but in the actual use of it. A conflict of opinion exists, however, re- garding the possibility of deleterious effects in the use of it by motorists, although it is stated that attendants at fllling stations have warned consum- ers of the need of great care In han- dling it, and particularly that they must be careful not to allow any of the liquid to get on their hands. ‘The most careful examination should be made of the substance to determine its potentialitien for 11l Anything that enters Into motor ume in of such uni versal consumption that it s In the 1ast degree lmportant that no question it with | but in nothing like the amounts that might be expected from tax-dodging bootleggers. —e— onomists of various nations fe to set Germany up in business as a com petitor without some reliable system of price fixing. are now wondering whether it is s The of of legislation are not always foreseen. No one suspected that the tax uld result in so much entertaining ———— ultimate effects a piece e income w material for the village gossip. ———— It is admitted by many critics that Broadway cal comedies are in fe to those of London. But as a tactful guest, Lord Renfrew would hardly dare say mus ior e — Feminine succes in American politics may suggest to Lady Astor that she might have found as interest ing a field for her talents if she had remained over here ———r——— The number of once fluent speakers who have adopted the idea of silent statesmanship is remarkable. ———— Pride of wealth ceases when income tax publicity is seriously suggested. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. In Moderation. I like the little jazzy tune That ripples through the air. 1 like the mammy songs that croon Their measures everywhere. I like the pretty revue show, 'en though its talk is rough; I like them all. And yet I know «When I have had enough. In striving for a temperate life Our joys we must curtail. I like the busy campaign strife Where words can never fail. I like statistics as they flow Through problems rather tough; Yet Slumber calls me—for T know ‘When I Have Had Enough! Right With Him, “Was your audience with you ” “Strictly,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “A number of my hearers were so profoundly moved that they fol- lowed me with threatening gestures clear to the train.” Jud Tunkins says he belongs to so many societies that stayin’ home once seems like a night off. ‘The Wilderness. “A lodge in some vast wilderness! A poet warbled sadly. And maybe after all, his guess ‘Will not turn out so badly. ‘With housing problems under way That spot he mentions sweetly, Perhaps he'll subdivide some day And clean up rather neatly. 3 Early Indication. “Do you think your boy Josh has the making of an agriculturist?” “Shouldn’t be surprised,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “He's already be- ginning to expect continuous sym- pathy on account of financial short- age.” Patlence! To speeches 1 listen each day. 1 yawn, but T don't go away, For he keeps going With sentences flowing, He'll surely find something to say. | | i | vour surd |b | crimson; Jones, who admires books in the .n.,) “Pretty book,” he savs, grabbing the unsuspecting volume from the table in a grip of iron. You shudder. You know what is going to happen You have seen this book murde practiced before. Always vou have felt the same way about it, vet in- variably you have acted in the same cowardly fashion. “Let k0 that book, you strangler!” oul would ery out. Yet the ab- conventions of polite society angle t words on your lips, all that issues forth is a weak Yes, a_pretty book.” Bill scizes the front cover in his left hand, the back in his right. You close vour eves. The other jerks the book open violently, there comes a crack, and the back of the poor book is broken forever. Bill, however, not caring for books as = things, se nothing wrong at all, but goes on, leaving behind him a split that time will never heal. Ever thereafter You will shiver every time you pick up that book, which falls open automatically at the Plea for Dogwood. st se Writer Also Urges Conservation of Holly. To the Editor of The Star It is not only in the Spring we should plead for the glorious dog- wood, but in the Fall as well, when it holds a large place in the beauty of Autumn landscapes, and each twig is covered with velvety buds, which hold next vear's leaves and flowers already wrapped and ready for Spring delivery. When strolling through woods, where brown leaves under foot and bright colors Autumn crunch greet us | from every side, it is the dogwood | we find the most shrubs. interesting For not only is it a of all thing | of beauty in the Springtime, when its utiful’ blossoms make gay every wdodland vista, fence line and door- way, but in October its beauty calls us to worship at its feet. The first frosts paint the leaves a brilliant when the October sunlight plays on them, every shade of red may be seen, from a yellow-red to the deepest rose. As these leaves fall the tree Is found to be laden with bright, red oblong berries, in clusters of five to nine. Close obser- vation of the twigs brings the great thrill, for they are covered with artistic leaf scars anq_not only mext year's leaf buds among the berries, but large gray flat top flower buds all wrapped in their Winter furs, to protect them through the _icy months, ready to cast them off at | the first signs of Spring, and to blos- | som out and fill the world with their fairy loveliness again. How broken the dogwood shrubs are around our beautiful city, when thoughtless beauty seekers crowd our woods and fields and try to carry away the loveliness they find there. 1 feel the public is realizing more and more to pick flowers is to destroy them, not only them, but their kind. They are realizing the greater beauty of the wud flowers and shrubs in tneir nauncs. The flower in its na- tive haunt is a part of nature’s land- scape, a tint on nature's palette, not to be heedlessly removed. If we can- not touch them without their shrink- ing from us, as in the case of the dogwood blossoms, is it not best we leave them where they Erow? If dogwood is as recklessly broken in the future as in the past, it will eoon be as scarce as the American holly—one of the glories of Winter woods. In forests everywhere holly grew plentifully, but it has been broken and cut down without discrimination, stripped of its. branches and the trunk left to rot for so many years and used for decorations at Christ- mas that it seriously threatens the supply. For no methods are being used for its protection or renewal. It is the rarest thing to come upon @ fresh green holly tree full of bright red berries, everi in the densest thickets, that. is not broken and nearly destroyed. How seldom we eee the vine of the bittersweet that used to fllumi- nate the wayside thicket with the vivid coloring of its frult aevery Autumn. It has been s0 recklessly tol rried saway tha It, too, will seon be a beauty of the '.l.‘t make this a holly-less Christ- wive the holly tres & chance, de meadows and iN L BRIGOK Just for that Tl not go and get vour old medicine,” he said B s There is one warning that ougzht to be issued to those who like books as things, who treasure a particular volume for itself and in itself, who | would rather have that one book { than all the other copies that mikht | be printed | The danger is ing become an |1 do not mean in letting this feel- obsession. By this to reflact upon the | collector of old and rare books. He is the king of all those who love books for themselves. Rather, I mean those who have a certain fussy | rezard for their books, who are | afraid to loan them lest one bend a | single p&ge, or hesitate to take them it for a walk because a drop of ain might «pill upon them. Between this extreme and that of cutting -the pages with a buttered knife. there is but one choice: Spread the butter on thick, cut that fair new volume with avi It is bet- ter to have loved and lost than never ! to have loved at all Charity Saves Many. Magnitude of U. S. Relief Work in Russian Armenia. To the Editor of The Star: My visit to Russian Armenia has confirmed my previous impres- sion of the magnitude and importance | of American relief work in that corner of the world. Our charity there has not on'y saved thousands of lives; it is actually building a new type of na- tional life The traveler need but compare an old Armenian village with a Near East | Relief orphanage. In the former iife | is found in its primitive form; there is no home life, no idea of order, cleanli- ness, sanitation, conveniences; the whole life for centuries has been stunted by constant menace of war and massacre: there has been no incentive to progress, the people are not touched by modern ideas. In the American orphanages is security, order, cleanli- ness, new and better methods of keep- ing house and tilling soil; above all, the irit of co-operation. friendliness service is making a profound impres- sion upon thousands of children. fldren trained in these agricul- tural and industrial orphanage schools, when absorbed in the national life, will be builders of a new Armenia. They have seen not only the outer comforts of life; they have been touched by a new spirit; life has a new meaning for them. ‘The spirit of service is the driving power among the American workers. They are a fine lot of men and women, whole-souled, devoted, jolly and happy |10 their work. This American attitude | of service is a puzzle to all the peoples | of that part of the world, Turks, Rus- | sians, Tartars and the rest. They see | the hard work Americans are doing; they see also our good cheer and happiness. They know that behind our little band of workers stand millions of Americans giving freely of their money. Why? What do we want? ‘What are we after? For the first time in the history of these nations, they see representatives of another nation working, spending, facing difficulties with a smile—not to exploit a weaker nation but to help it get stronger and better. For no ulterior motive, but in a spirit of un- selfish service, America throughout the Near East is giving an object lesson in the spirit of the Golden Rule, in religious broad-mindedness and co- | operation. It seems incomprehensible to people used to religioys bigotry, narrowness, hatreds, national selfish- ness and enmity. But it is bound to be the most potent factor in their future development. JOHN L. NEULSEN. —————— Whether an idea Is a good one often depends upon the boss' golf Scores on the previous afternoon.— Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. Rufe Hoskins says some people enjoy their leisure, but others insist on taking a kodak on their trip.— Oklahoma City Times. Decision by beauty specialists that mental vigor makes hair luxuriant should set bald-headed men to think- ing.—Rochester Herald. wise young doctor who set- down near a rallroad crossing.— Illinols State Journal Our memory goes back to the time when, If there were boys in the fam- \y one was ever around ‘he ‘pard—Ohle. Biate work four years careful nursing. And in a day, indeed in an hour, it “went blooey.” When Democratic politicians at the Capital emerged from the committe room after hearing the testimony of Mr. McAdoo's employment as counsel for the oil interest ment was “Good-bye.” And good-bye it proved, despite a gallant and heart- breaking fight And yet, with this discrimination against him, he had to witness the nomination of John W, Davis, counsel of “interests” of more far-reaching magnitude than those with which he was connected, though\to be sure, not attainted with charges oft corruption. His defeat was a great blow to Mr. McAdoo, as was to have been expec ed It fell out that he was not al- lowed to take the stump for his suc- cessful rival, a surgical operation in- tervening, but it is wondered if some of the pains of surgery were not alle- viated by this relief from a duty that necessarily must have been grind- ing. The question is frequently asked by Politicians as they review the inci- dents of the nominating campaign it circumstances would have faller out differently had Mr. McAdoo been the nominee of tle party instead of Mr. Davis. Particularly would have Senator La Follette sought the radi cal nomination with Mr. McAdoo the regular Democratic candidate? Prob- ably not, many Democrats say. With Mr. McAdoo not in the field Senator La Follette saw and improved the op. portunity to gather unto himself the great railroad vote and the sup- port of the council of the Federation of Labor, tremendous assets to the radical campaign. Mr. McAdoo's un- doing was the making of La Follette. While La Follette entered the field before the Democratic convention chose a candidate, the defeat of Mc- Adoo was forseen and the Senator could cut his cloth accordingly. * ok % ok Une of the most interesting studies of the whole campaign was the pre- nominating campaign of President Coolidge. It was phenomenal in the history of American politics. After the death of President Harding there was reasonable possibility of a spirit- ed contest for the Republican presi- dential nomination and some of the would-be kingmakers set about to groom candidates. But a significant thing happened. There blazed up in the space of a very few days a won- derful support of President Coolidge. He had caught the imagination of the people in a wonderful way, not in hysterical enthusiasm, but in a sober realization of his character and pur- pose. A tide of approval of him set in to which there was no slack and no ebb. It seemed to be a spontaneous movement. Soon the men who had been men- tioned as possible rivals got “cold feet.” When approached they would shy violently. Secretary Hoover would not have it. Secretary Hughes “not on your life.” Gov. Lowden, “beat it.” Senator Jim Watson sniffed at it and passed it up. All saw the handwriting jon the wall calling for Coolidge e cept Senator Johnson of California, and a few rounds of the primaries revealed it to him. President Coolidge was the demand of the united Repub- licans of the country and many saw in the unanimity of the call what they thought expressed the demand of the country. B ¥ ok ok % A striking feature of the campaign for election as it proceeded was the apparent failure of the oil scandals to attract attention as a vital lssue as they were expected by the Demo- crats to arouse. They were duly played up, but the trouble was they had been overplay- ed by the time the game opened and the people failed to respond. The Republicans had much better luck with one made for them by Senator La Follette, the attack on the Supreme Court. The voters fell upon that with avidity and seemed to understand it. The Republican campaigners handled it and the vote next Tuesday will show whether it was understood or not. For thelr part, the Republicans ex- pected that John W. Davis' previous employment by the Morgan iInterests would be a handicap to him, but no- body paid much attention to it so as you could notice it. Is not that a good sign of popular poise and sane I puardian ange! Ll | w to dencr - :o d| devoted land will only ocon beneticent overlordship and oa building up and| the general com- | N TODAY’S There is speculation as to who will be appointed Secretary of Agriculture to fill the unexpired term of the late Secretary Henry C. Wallace. As sistant Secretary _Gore, now acting Secretary, is the Republican for Governor of W Virginia, it elected. would cease to serve in h present Federal capacity What does the Department of Agri- culture really accomplish? What are its aims and its functions? One the urgent recommendations of Fresi ldent George Washington was | Congress should make provisior | the encouragement of agriculture, I {nothing was done in that {until 18 At that time an agricul tural division was established in the Patent Office, which was under the Department of the Interior. Three years later Congress appropriated $1.000 with which to seeds, make agricultural [tions and compile farm statistics.” {A thousand dollars! The only | tivity that reaily functioned was t | fre tribution of seeds—30.000 packets a year, reached by 1841, This |grew in palitical importance until three vears ago, when it was discon- tinued by order of Congress; the aver {age distribution then amounted 1100,000 per congressman. No Secre- tary of Agriculture ever recommend- ed the free distribution of common garden seed. No farm paper, nor real farm organization ever supported it e In 1862 Congress authorized a com- missioner of agriculture. Isaac New- ton, a New Jersey farmer, was ap- pointed and served until 1867. Con- gress also established an experimen- tal farm on the land which now con- titutes the main grounds of the de- | partment buildings. Under the ad- ministration of Commissioner New ton scientific research began. with the appointment of a chemist and an entomologist. Commissioners Capron Watts, LeDuc. Loring and Colman covered the period up to 1888, when the Department of Agriculture was created, and Cdmmissioner Colman was appointed Secretary of Agricul- ture by President Cleveland only six weeks before the expiration of Mr. Cleveland's term. . Secretary Jeremiah Rusk (1889- 1593) began the issuing of farmers bulletins, to convey to farmers what the department was finding out about farming. Secretary J. Sterling Mo ton (1%93-1397) who originated Ar- bor day, reorganized the work of scientists and added new branches search. O an oame the administration of | yames Wilson (1897-1913) the longest term ever served by any cabinct of- ficial. His administration began with an appropriation of $2,000,000 and grew to an annual allowance of 0,000. B tary Houston (1813-1919), the war-time incumbent, devoted special attention to increasing yields of food for war needs, regardless of farmers profits. In fact, the law put maxi- mum limitations on food prices. Se retary Meredith *(1919-1921) followed in similar lines encouraging produc- ion. Yhe term of Secretary Wallace be- gan March 4, 1921, with President Harding's term. His outstanding achievement has been the study of farm economics and practical co-op- eration in farm marketing. No pred- ecessor surpassed him in farm e perience, scientific training and ini- th("n‘d@r Secretary Wallace's admin- istration, while productive research was continued, it has been recognized that netgprofits to the farmers were of greater importance in maintaining a permanent agriculture, hence that marketing, based on intelligent mar- ket conditions, was the foundation of success. Under previous administrations in- formation had been sent out to the farmers by mail and, later, by radi from day to day, showing daily mar- ket prices, but Mr. Wallace recog- nized that that was too late to guid for investiza day not avert a catastrophe by the giving of a clear-out decision in the electoral oolloge, we can look back with better grace to the many in sting phases of the campalen. 1f there will b 8o much trouble for future that no one will give & BY PAUL V. candidate | direction | “distribute | to| SPOTLIGHT COLLINS. the n pl or their stock breedin the farmers a w needed to know before sow at Hence he est: cure from co hroughout the world such i | tion as to crop and supply condit six months conditions a data were land time t farmers and b farm economics studicd slished systems to forn = eeders have co-operation of the interdey With other enterprises. be nd a recogni f ul £ % x the | 1n addition t ady known the depar: | number | America competition | For exan | portant crop, e cecur Cnit has added to SR produce many with their nati le, has pecially in rops in lands cheap labor of Ch ted absolutely forbidding | production of rice in rica. yet b | American crop now | value $100.000,000 By | of our machinery methods of | rigating, one American | to 300 Chinamen in rice | now r. ore ¢ | the Chinese. from is e an grass for forage Africa. | nually to the South brouzght from Ru | thousands of acres in t | where the other wheats. The seven-year aver: corn for the period end Was § per cent greater ending in 1885 Potatoes in or increases are equally Within the last department has demonstrated light—the length of daylight—r temperature, accounts for the m tion of birds from North to and in the blooming and fruiting {plants. T enables gardeners | produce fruit or flowers at any t of vear, by regulating the hours light 1 | The now ntrodu is worth millions Purum w e Nort limate is » dry vield in 17 than for t W show ere Other th years personncl of the department numbers 20,000, of which 4,00 are emploved in Washington. It by far the greatest agricultural or- ganization in the world, and is leader agricultural science | practical farm methods While yie per acre is greater in some countr than in the United States, that is d only to the greater labor. Nowhere the yield, per man, comparable that of the American farmers. * What are the problems of the im- mediate future which confront tin department? According to a scientist who has been connected with tha department for 40 years—at one time as Assistant Secretary—the chief thing is to convince the farmers that legislation will not overcome their difficulties, but that they must work out their own salvation, by bettcr farming, and particularly by beticr co-operation in. marketing, with recognition of the interdependence of agriculture with other interests «nd groups. A department symposium of farmer< own ideas of what ails agriculturs brought unswers as follows Forty-seven per cent attributed their troubles to low prices on farm products. Seventeen per cent cost of farm labor. Eleven per cent claimed high freight= Ten per cent blamed high rates of interest. Ten per cent blamed their own | reckless expenditur during the war inflation of prices—expenditures for farm machinery and land, especiall Five per cent blamed the trouble on o much credit, enticing ' farmers to go Into unn. de Apparently few farm " with some of thelr political | that what they need in more | the co all of the ub their distress » clearly o be met sconomically, Tegtolatively. AUoprright AWM, by Powl V. Ostiiee | k¥ blamed high Iowd. lowhnin Ve causes omie her than