Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......October 31, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor Whe Evening Star Newspaper Company Buainess Office, 11th St. ivanta Ave w York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Oftice: Tower Building. Marepean Oftice: 16 Regent St.,London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the ety ai 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 eents per month: Sunday only, month. Orders be sent by photie Main 5000 Collection is made by car- riers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $8.40;1 mo,, 70c Daily only ......1yr,$6.00;1 mo., 50c Sunday only .....1yr, $2.40;1 mo, 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00;1 mo., 85¢ Daily only ......1yr, $7.00;1 mo., 60c Sunday only ....1yr, $3.00;1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub. Tished All rights of publication of patches Lerein are also reserved. A Revolt Against Radicalism. The Conservative victory in Great Britain was so tremendous that it must rank as a revolution. Only once before since 1832 has there been so large a majority in the House of Com- mons for any party as that which was returned by the British electorate on Wednesday. That was in 1900, when the Liberal-Unionists were allied with the Conservatives. This present cam- paign was between three parties, but it has resulted in virtual elimination of one of them, as far as the parlia- mentary situation of the immediate future is concerned. Whether the Lib- erals, who will have only about 40 ts in the next House of Commons as against 400 Conservatives and 150 Laborites, approximately, will rally hereafter is one of the interesting questions left by Wednesday's land- slide. . In the campaign that just closed the Conservative party of Great Brit- ain assumed the offensive against con- tinued Labor government. They had abundant material, particularly in the between the London ministry Moscow Soviet. They found the country quickly and warmly re- sponsive to the appeal to cease ex- rting with radicalism. The Lib- e other hand, with no def- and handicapped by the occupied a midway posi between conservatism and radi 1d not make this appeal ef- hey found no response on the part of the electors. Even their onetime chief, Asquith, lost his Pa eat which he had occupied for many years Yet Lloyd George scouts the idea that the Li party has been de- stroyed. He points to the fact that it has polled 3,000,000 votes in the elcc- tion out of a total of about 16,000,000. The Conservatives, according to pres- ent approximations, polled 7,500,000 votes and the Laborites 5,500,000. This, however, does not suggest that a Liberal-Labor combination could have been effected to give an anti-Conserva- tive majority either in the gross vote or in the number of parliamentary seats. For it would be probably impos- sible to make a combination that would “deliver” all of the 3,000,000 Liberal-supporters to the Labor side. Undoubtedly the Liberal party was punished on Wednesday for having by its virtual coalition in Commons kept the Labor government in power. Ap- parently in the public mind it was rated as MacDonald's ally, and it suf- fered accordingly. There are hopes that the result of this election will be a return to the definite two-party alignment in Great Britain with a clear-cut division of principles. The three-party system has never worked well there, permitting a division of responsibility just as has occurred in this country recently with a virtual three-party condition in Con- gress. The great Conservative victory in Great Britain, therefore, is ground for hope that here also will result from the election on Tuesday a distinct two- party situation, with one of the parties clearly in control without the need of reliance ypon a bloc or a faction for action. —_— r——— With every opportunity to do so, Gov. Charles Bryan has not succeeded in demonstrating that he is anything like as great an orator as his brother. —_— A national campaign which is not 00 boisterous affords a needed period of rest between senatorial investiga- tions. The Assoc relation: and the on t inite ob, fact tion cansm, fectively. —r——————— America lost a great and valuable element of political influence when Lady Astor transferred her attention to England. A Chance for a Stadium. Proponents of the idea of the pos- session by the District government of a municipal athletic stadium are de- lighted with the plan of turning into such the Brigthwood Reservoir, at Six- teenth and Kenngdy streets northwest, to be abandoned upon the completion of the new water system, which is ex- nected in a few years. There, already in existence, is a structure which, with alterations, could undoubtedly be changed into a lendid bowl-like stadium, It is firmly omilt. It is located on a wide boule- vard, and within two blocks of a main eet car line. To the north, south <4 west spread beautiful fields and &°ately trees, largely land belonging to Fock Creek Park. There are ample reces to park motor cars. . . > Engineering experts may find to the centrary, but it appears to the ordi- ery patron of stadia that this struc- could with comparative ease be 80 altered that it would give ample room for a foot ball field at the bot- tom and yet permit of the side siope that would seat a great number of spectators to advantage. A foot ball field is 360 by 160 feet over all. This allows for the necessary space behind “ha goal posts. The present length of tae concrete-lined double basin at the bottom is 820 feet. This could accom- modate & foot ball gridiron with 460 feet left over which might be filled with stands. There would, moreover, be ample space for a sizable ouing g0s fer worm-weather use {of them by j enlistments of the pupils in literary one end, or perhaps a smaller pool each end. As regards width the dimensions are not so favorable. The present width at the bottom is 287 feet. A foot ball fleld must be 160 feet wide, but there should be a 30-foot strip on either side between each side line and the front seats of the stand. That leaves but 67 feet, and to gain the proper angle might necessitate cutting back instead of building forward. A foot ball field should run north and south; this one would. At any rate the proposal is worth consideration. If not utilized the place when abandoned would become an eye- sore, and would have to be filled up, an expensive proceeding. Without doubt the gridiron, inclosed in a quar- ter cinder path for track athletes, is the best possible use to which the arid excavation could be devoted. Al- ready visions of holding the Army- Navy foot ball classic and other great service contests here in the National Capital, where they should be staged, are flitting through the minds of thou- sands of Washingtonians. There would scarcely be a day during the foot ball season when some sort of contest would not be scheduled within the great sloping earthwork. It would become a sporting mecca ranking with the Yale Bowl, the Palmer Stadium, Franklin Field and the Baltimore Stadium. The idea is that of J. S. Gar- land, superintendent of the District ‘Water Department. It is far too good to be wasted. — Getting “Mamma” to the Polls. A bit of excitement has been created in New York, where the campaign has been more than usually dull this vear, by the discovery of an attempt to circularize the public school chil- dren of a certain district in the inter- est of the Demasratic candidate for Congress. The circurme that have been distributed among the children offer money prizes to those who will give “the best answer to Why my mother is going to vote for Sol Bloom.” Prizes are mentioned as $5, $3 and $2. This reference to money, it is claimed, is being interpreted by some of the foreign-born mothers of the school children as a scale of vote prices, and the district is a-buzz with discussions in more or less Anglicized speech on the variation from the lower to the higher price. Meanwhile, the school authorities are highly indignant and are investigating, while, of course, the Republican campaign managers are talking about prosecutions under the corrupt practices act. The circu- lars have been distributed both inside of the school buildings and outside men who have handed them to the children. This is carrying the school essay propaganda business pretty far. It has been used for all sorts of pur- poses, some good and some question- able. Mainly, the objects of these endeavor have been entirely whole- some; in fact, have made for better education and better citizenship. But there is a limit, and it would seem that this enterprise of the friends and supporters of the Hon. Sol Bloom have passed it in this endeavor to put him across. — German Bonds Eagerly Taken. Italy's share of the German repara- tions loan has been oversubscribed twenty times. This follows the pace set first in the United States and then in England, France and Sweden. On the last day for making subscriptions the banks of Italy were literally be- sieged by would-be investors. The eagerness of the people of va- rious countries to invest in these honds is the surest sign of confidence in the soundness of the plan adopted for the making of reparations and the rehabilitation of Germany. Every- where has been displayed the same manifestation on the part of people of small holdings. As a rule, the small investor is timid. He stakes his cash with apprehension. Of course, he may be lured by attractive proposi- tions glowingly spread before him as op- portunities to get rich quick. But there is no big winning in the bond issue of a foreign government. Such securi- ties offer only a reasonable rate of interest, and their attractiveness mainly lies in the soundness of the security. Thus it is the more reassur- ing to find the German loan so uni- versally favored by investors of dif- ferent countries. ——ra——————— Americans have made many im- provements in mah-jong. China in- vented the game centuries ago, but has yet to learn all its possibilities. The same thing applies to the dis- covery of gunpowder and things per- taining to the art of war. — e The moral leadership of the world by the U. S. A. Is, as John W. Davis points out, an object well worth striv- ing for. While it is in contemplation Americans might be persuaded from going to Deauville and the Lido for their costumes and pastimes. — e .Frum:e recognizes Russia, but does not consent entirely to forget the financial past. It is commonly agreed among na- tions that peace must prevail, but Asia has not yet heard the news. Dogwood needs protection that it may be left to grow in peace, to bear its flowers in Spring, change its leaves to rose and cardinal in Fall and bring forth its scarlet, cherry-colored ber- ries, so that the dogwood tribe may multiply and that banquets may be set before the birds. The beauty of the dogwood is its undoing. It has what some novelists have called a fatal beauty. Men and women are tempted, and bear off dogwood to their homes and gloat over their dead captives. A woman wrote a letter to The Star in behalf of dogwood which was pub- lished Wednesday. In part, she said: ‘When strolling through Autumn ‘woods, where brown leaves crunch un- der foot and bright colors greet us on every side, it is the dogwood we find the most interesting of all shrubs. For not only 18 it a thing of beauty in the Spring- time, when its beautiful blossoms make gay every woodland vista, fence line and doorway, but in October its beauty calls us to worship at its feet. The first 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 five to nine. Last Spring a prodogwood cam- paign was conducted, and many dog- wood trees were spared the harm that would have come to them. The plan worked well, and when Spring comes again the crusaders will put on cuirass and buckler for the salvation of flower- ing dogwood. But the Autumn-leaf vandal is afoot, and he is almost as hard on dogwood as the Spring-flower vandal, and again it is necessary to beseech all who have real regard for beauty in trees to stand in adoration of the crimsoned leaves and ruby deco- rations of the dogwood, but to commit no trespass. o Nick and Fauntleroy. Two American authors, each famed for a hero personifying diametrically opposite schools of literature, died Wednesday. They were Frances Hodgson Burnett, creator of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Eugene T. Sawyer, .one of the collaborators on the famous and never-ending Nick Carter serfes. Many a two-fisted, bull-necked man, today in his “roaring 40s,” when a treckled tad wore velvet knickers and a lace collar. The same lad thrilled surreptitiously to the violent deeds and forceful, although pure, language of Young Nick. His mother doted on the little lord and tried to make her son resemble him. The boy adored Nick, whose blood-curdling experiences were numerous enough to have made adventurous the lives of a hundred youths. The boy probably loathed not only his clothes but the character who made them popular. There is no doubt that Nick was flawless in his way, but who if he rereads the story on which Mrs. Burnett's fame is largely founded can fail to admit that Cedric, too, was a regular guy and that his mother, like most mothers, was a good scout? Foot Ball in Silence. Tomorrow's foot ball game at Ithaca between Cornell and Columbia will be one of the strangest contests ever played on the gridiron. It will be vir- tually @ game in silence. Out of re- spect for the memory of the late coach of the Columbia team, Percy Haugh- ton, the Columbia students have voted to abstain from cheering, and the Cornell students have in courtesy and ympathy followed suit, so that there will be no organized cheers for the rival teams. Possibly the spectators may so far react to the emotional ex- citement of the contest as to let loose a few yells, but even this is doubtful. A silent foot ball game will be, in- deed, a novelty, just as would a silent base ball game. It is practically im- possible to imagine, for instance, one of the world series contests recently played in this city conducted from start to finish without any more noise than the calls of the umpires and the coaches. Yet if the Cornell-Columbia game is played according to present plans it will present virtually that same spectacle of silent struggle. ————e—— Advocates of Government owner- ship who point to the postal service as an example of what can be done will not Inspire any great enthusiasm among wage earners, who are familiar with Uncle Sam'’s scales of compensa- tion. —————— The gentlemen who underwrite Ger- man bonds have a better credit and collection system than those who speculated in German marks. In this and other respects the two- proposi- tions are entirely unrelated. ———— When plasterers receive $16 a day the whitecollar man wishes his par- ents had not insisted on checking his natural bent when they found him making mud pies. —————————— Like a fair-minded man the Prince of Wales stayed far enough away from the British elections to prove that he was intruding no personal in- fluence whatever. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Halloween. On Halloween & goblin crew Goes forth to terrify. They seem as they slip into view Familiar to the eye. We mortals weary of ourselves And harmlessly deceive. We know that all these threatening elves Are only make believe. Not only on the witching night, But through the busy year, In mood fantastic we delight To simulate a fear. Yet, as the days go drifting by, . For long we do not grieve. Most of the things that terrify Are only make believe. Judicious Restraint. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 19%4. g THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO A : f , / son; when the October sunlight plays THIS AND THAT BY C. E. TRACEWELL. Doing things in a half-way fashion is such a common trick that ordi- narily it does not attract any particu- lar attention. All of us arefthe vic- tims of it, at some time: or other, and all of us are the perpetrators of it. It we do not do a thing half-way, then we do it six-sevenths of seven- elghths of the way to completeness, often feeling as proud of our accom- plishment as if we had made a 100 per cent job of it, when actually we ought to be somewhat ashamed of ourselves, and of the kink in human nature which makes it possible for us to be 8o easily satisfied. What a bright new world this would be if every man, woman and child would resolve to complete every worth-while thing in a whole- hearted, worth-while way! Then en- ployers could take out the time clock, that inhumane invention of the efficiency devil, and employes wouid stop “watching the clock,” too. Not only would the work of the world be done as it should be, promptly, completely, but a spirit of satisfaction beyond anything known today would descend upon business and ‘private life, because every one would feel at last that he had actual- ly done his best, and when he has done his best, nobody else can ask him to do any more. ‘I have done my best,” the angels sing, they flash through heaven, wing and wing; 1 have done 1y best, and even Th 2 0 Lord, can ask no more of me now." * ok In the home the beans are put on to cook—and, in 9 cases out of 10, end up by being burned. Just why the best housewives insist on let- ting the beans burn is beyond ex- planation, unless one remembers that mankind seems to prefer to do most things half-way. “Now, I must remember those beans,” says the busy wife, sitting down to draw a few threads of em- broidery. (I believe you draw threads.) She has had this experience before. = As a matter of fact, there is probably no housewife in the world who has not allowed beans to burn. So she sits there, embroldering away, when she ought to be watching the beans, and the first thing she knows a peculiarly acrid odor begins to trickle through the atmosphere. “Something is burning,” you cas- ually remark. “Oh, those beans!" she screams, jumping up, and away, but it is too late; the beans, if- not spilled, are burned bevond recognition, and the house is full of a bitter smell; the fat is not exactly in the fire, the fire is in the beans, that is all. Little Susie comes home school. Will you take the broom, little Susie, and go sweep the leaves off the front walk,” says her mother. Little Susie, whose mind is on other things, seizes the broom as if it were a hot poker, and stogily ambles out the front door. Over the brow of the hill the western breeze sends the Autumn leaves, brown and golden, shot through with tints of red, scurrying along the street and sidewalk as if all the devils of the arbors of the world were after them. It is a grand chance petite Susan has, to display, in little, a quality which in after life would leave her a shining example of complofene: thoroughness, doing the thing cle: through. Little Susle, the angels of thy bet- ter nature are watching thee, as thou taketh up the broom and maketh it to sweep down upon the playful leaves, tossing and tumbling them around thy little feet! Disappoint not, I pray thee, those good angels of that better nature of thine, O Susanne! “Shucks,” mutters Susy, watching her mother ou{ of the corner of her eves. “I knew I would have to sweep these old leaves off just the minute 1 got home.” The innocent leaves swirl under vicious strokes of the broom. For every eight leaves swept along two are left behind. But mother, stand- from ing In the doorway, thinks that is all right, because, you see, she herself would leave three out of every ten behind. * x % ¥ Down at the office members of the janitorial force bring in a rug to be put down for the Winter. It has been In storage during the dusty Summer days. But now that the shouting and tumult—of the. world series—has dled, and the captains and kings of base ball have quickly de- parted, the time for rugs is here again. With much ado about something the long rug, in its neat roll, is brought in, and deposited at one side of the room. So part of the job is done. The inmates wait for the remainder of it to be completed, but, like many things, including Christmas, it Is a long time coming, Days go by, still the rug rests like & gigantic mummy at the side of the room. The thing was only done half-way. There will be many angry telephone calls, and any amount of blah-blah, before the rugs finally get rolled out into place. In countless homes, now that the furnaces are going, there will be complaints of poor coal, and growling at the draft, and censure of the fur- nace itself, and imprecations at the necessity for fires in general. The whole trouble, however, will lie in the least suspected place of all, in the brain of the old man of the house. That gentleman, you know— although he does not—only does things in a half-way fashion. He allows the ashes to pile up in the ash pit, and at that fails to shake the furnace enough. “Just shake it until a few glowing coals fall through,” he says. No, shake it until the whole ash pit glows with lizht! That is the 100 per cent way to shake a furnace. The thorough way to clean out the ash pit is to do it twice a day, keeping the pit absolutely clean of ashes. Not half full, not one-quarter full, not one-eighth or even one-tenth full, but not even so much as an ounce of ashes. Does this seem too much? Well, maybe so, but the results are worth it. * X ¥ ¥ Stores often bore us with the minis- trations of clerks who wait upon us in a half-way fashion, when they deign to notice us at all. Yonder handsome youth -is so enamored of his own good looks that he fails to see our somewhat un- gainly beauty, When he finally con- descends to wait upon us, he does it with an air or: “I pray you, why did you have to bother me just as I was adjusting my rawther clever cravat?” As a matter of cold fact, he is gi ing us a half-way service, and his employer a worse raw deal, because we simply will not go back to that store any more. When we want to et snobbed, we prefer to be snubbed by a real, first-class snubber, thank ot ¥Gee yonder street car, bawling along on a rainy night on the tracks of the traction company whose combi- nation of first initials has allowed facetious gentlemen to poke fun at the corporation The car stops at a loading plat- form, the crowd is huddled within. The conductor makes ready to close up his doors, when an old, gray- haired woman runs through the rain to get aboard. She passes the motor- man, who looks directly at her. No thought of his own mother feems to strike him,_ He gives no signal to the conductor. By this time the lady is at the door, still open, but the conductor does not signal the motor- man to stay. Instead, he deliberately closes the doors in the face of the old woman, and the car pulls out, leaving her standing there in the rain. That is what I call doing a thing in a half-way fashion. When you clean oft the walk, get every leaf. When you wait on a customer, give him the best you have, both in goods and =ervice. It is no easy thing to do. doing things 100 per cent, but all of us can do better by thinking about it. Jury Trial in Contempt Cases Seen as Blow to Injunctions A knockout blow to injunctions as a weapon against strikers is seen by some editors in the United States Su- preme Court decision upholding the right of trial by jury in contempt cases. This important decision, grow- ing out of the railroad shopmen’s strike of two years ago, also is re- garded quite generally as an effective answer to those who would curtail the powers of the highest court on the ground that it is interested in property rights to the prejudice of the rights of man. “The decision of the United States Supreme Court to the effect that striking workers do not, by going out on strike, cease to be employes, and that, when enjoined by a court they are entitled, under the Clayton act, to a trial by jury,” declares the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “is a notable in- stance of the exercise of power by our highest court for the protection of the people against encroachments on their rights by the judiciary,” and “must be hailed as a great triumph for constitutional guarantees.” It probably strikes the injunction as a weapon of strike prevention a blow from which it never will re- cover, according to the Cleveland Plain’ Dealer, which maintains that “government by injunction and the use of the courts in ways never con- templated when they were created constitute no small portion 6f the foundation upon which the popula: discontent of the last decade rests, therefore “it is a hopeful sign that the highest court of the land is more jealous of the right of the individual than it is of judicial prerogative. * K K X * The Des Moines Tribune finds the decision as satisfactory as it can be, for “labor has won a great victory, “I understand you have not made @s | and it is a victory for our most cher- many speeches as you intended. “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Things appear to be going my way. ‘Why risk disturbing them.” Yes! There’s Prosperity! AIY the farmers now are bringing A tune that’s new and neat. Of bananas we've quit singing And we're caroling of wheat, Jud Tunkins says maybe his objec- tion to bobbed hair is due t0 its re- | John W. Davis as much ished civil rights.” Furthermore, the Lansing State Jougnal thinks “it should queer much of the general criticism of labor injunctions.” For it crowns with triumph, gddé the Roanoke World-News, “a warfare Which labor has béen waging against the unrestricted use of the injunction in industrial disputes since the strike of the shoemakers in Massachusetts in the latter part of the 80s/ In fact, the Milwaukee Journal con- siders “the way has been opened to prevent® the abuse of the power of thod proposed by injunction—the me proneaed by semblance to the haircuts his mother | bor than to make Congress all pow- used to give him. The Overhanging Roof. *“T like the kind of man who always looks you squarely in the eyes.” “How can a man ook us squarely in the eyes,” rejoined Miss Cayenne,|removes & cau: “with the kind of hats we are wear-|on the part of ing?” Election Returns. hear the figures once again night, as we have heard of yore— | Court,” and t! At 1 ‘we'll skip the long refrain Of Alabama, Twenty-four. “If a man must gamble,” said Uncle Eben, “bettin’ on an election will at least keep his mind on ' pa- ‘erful and risk getting a Congress un- control of powerful employ- s gratifying to the Lynch- burg News, too, “to know that from the nation’s court of last resort has now proceeded a finding which up- holds the view of the Clayton act as d by John W. Davis, and P oves s cause for just complaint large and vlvon.ny t of the American people.” u:fi:‘mint the Boston Transcript is sure this decision accomplishes “is to spike the guns of thci L: ml;:;r:::; agalns ple in their war ot -d‘dn s of the labor organizations E::“numy ought to be glad that the court has not yet been curbed, for, as a matter of fact, the decision proves that the Supreme Court 1§ now, as ever, handing out even and exact jus- e o A s Herald 1s confident considering this a mere political movement designed to offset the sen- timent Senator La Follette persist- ently has been endeavoring to create against the Supreme Court, because labor knows the Supreme. Court is not concerned with politics and is be- yond any influence whatsoever save that of the Constitution; the law and the evidence.” * x % X The Pittsburgh _Gazette - Times agrees “scnsible people will not be so deluded, for they will recognize here is another demonstration of the high- est court’s impartial functioning for the common people.” This paper goes on to say ‘Labor won, as it has won whenever it was entitied to decision. It did not win because the appellants were workers. The other side did not lose because it was a railroad com- pany. The Supreme Court simply de- clared the law. And the decision will stand protedtive of all who may at any time be (in need of it.” Labor, the Springfield Union thinks, “now has excellent proof of the wis- dom in giving to the Supreme Court power to interpret and to pass upon congressional acts, and he is not lke- 1y carelessly to cast aside the priv- ileges that he enjoys under such a system.” The United States court, adds the Minneapolis Tribune, “is not responsive to wealth or the forces of selfish reaction, but it is sometimes hard to make & citizen belleve that is true when the|court renders a deci- sion contrary to his personal wish and interes In this decision, how- ever, the Spokane Spokesman-Re- view asserts “the public has an addi- tional remindef that occaslonal ju- dicial error can be corrected, the con- stitutional rights of citizens main- tained and jusfice be carrfed on in an orderly manner, without the Na tion’s resorting to the violent radical remedy of overturning the long-es- tablished and tried institutions of the country.” Banker Makes Charge . Againit Taxi. Stand “To the Editor of The 8} »r: Will you be 34 good as to allow space for us to that there exists south of us on CRlumbia road what 1s, in reality, & t&:i stand, of which tenants in the Rdjoining building have complained The standing about of the chaufurs causes people fot to enter their B aces of business. Just as soon as e or two taxis move away, others3 me up and take their places, makin® it, in reality, a taxf stand. = The consequence @ it all ts that it depreciates the vallll of our property and interferes with ¥R v business. ‘Would you or 8o 'ne be so good as to tell us wherefR o fault is, or whether a taxi com@lly has a right to make a taxi standlb it of a place fmmediately in fson@lt your build- ing, from where aln il the -geo- ple enter the buildi » FRANCISIN SAVAGE, President, Northwes@il.ving Bank. Almost everythin gested except licensi; money to fight has been sug- saloons to get otleggers—Du- 'FLOWERS For the Living Ceorg_e Ade I BY BOOTH TARKINGTON. Certain poems of Francois Villon are what we rather roughly, call classics, meaning that they have be- come a part of the general body of the literature preserved by one na- tion after another for so long a time that we speak of the authors who wrote it as immortal. Thus Villon was an immortal poet, and some of his Immortal poems were written in slang; for Villon (a university man, like George Ade) was a master of the slang of his day. But here we refrain from pressing for further similarities—Villon's career, except A8 a paet, was not exemplary, whereas Mr. Ade, -during his own lifetime, has had a town named for him by peoble who knew him in- timately. Future historians will thank him for his preservations of the common talk of the common people of the American town and_ countryside ot his day. He had illustrious fore- runners, even before Villon, but none, I think, with an ear so sensitively true as his own; and he has used the common talk in slang fables to ex- press a wisdom always on the side of modesty, of accomplishment, and of generosity. For this he might well be voted the laurel, but to my mind the finest bouquet we should offer him would represent our ap- preciation of him as the author of books written in taintless English— books of the type of that priceless light masterplece of his “Doc Horne.” Twenty-five years ago the most authoritative critic of our day pro- claimed Ade a realist. To this critic’s way of thinking, Ade was one of the greatest of living realists, and an artist of the first importance. Moreover, to the hour of that wise and good critic’s death, Ade re- mained his best and favorite read author. Ade has always been a realist. His comedies rocked the country with the merriest laughter because of their realism, their salient observa- tion of the character of familiar American types. But his realism has never been the heavy and imported thing that often goes by that name. Natively he had the gift of the “light touch” in writing; and more, he had his native kindliness. For there is no sneer of jeer in the whole life and writing of George Ade. The sneering and jeering writer’s inner thought is his own superiority, which is what he really intends to illuminate; but Ade has always sought to illuminate life. He has succeeded, and, not only in his writings, but out of his own illumina- tions, he has brightened the lives of a great many people. It is significant of his character that nobody in the world wondered why his neighbors named a town for him. (Copyright, 1824, Calls Self-Styled Son Of Ex-President Fraud To the Editor of The St For a number of years the news- papers of the country have published from time to time as a news item a story of a man living in Jackson- ville, Fla, named Edward James Monroe, who states that he is 109 yoars old, and that he is the son of President James Monroe. It is ap- parently a story that appeals to the sympathies of a patriotic public, ‘and recently in New York City a sum of money has been raised by a great patriotic society to help this man, who also claims to be a pauper, on the ground that a son of Monroe should not be allowed to suffer. About a year ago a society was formed in Washington, D. C., which was named “The Society of the De- scendants of James Monroe.” I was elected its first president, and my cousin, Minor Fairfax Heiskell Gou- verneur of Baltimore, is its first vice president. The object of the organ- ization is to perpetuate Monroe's name name and fame. I regret to say that, although every descendant of Monroe is envolled, our society barely numbers 20 members. ® It has been aptly said that people enjoy being fooled. Admitting this fact, however, I am unwilling to have history falsified in connection with the life and character of James Monroe. He lies buried beneath a beautiful mausoleum in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., erected by his own 'natiVe State, in token of gratitude and appreciation of his long and faithful services. It will be remembered that a pilgrimage was made to his grave by pewmons from all over the country only last De- cember, on the occasion of the an- niversary of 100 years of the Monroe Doctrine. James Monroe cannot rise and defend himself, consequently his descendants must speak for him and keep sacred and green his memory. In plain, unvarnished language, the man, Edward James Monroe of Florida, is either a conscioys or un- conscious impostor. The facts of the case are as follows: Monroe married in early life Elizabeth Kortright of New York, and she died one year in advance of him, in 1830. This man in Flotida named Monroe has stated in print that he is Monroe's son by his third wife, and he has also stated his mother’s maiden name. It can be readily seen that Monroe, who was at the time an old man, broken in. health, could not possibly have married twice in one year, and in such a limited space of time had a child born by a third wife. But to get right down to the more practical facts of the case, I have positive proof in my possession that James Monroe never had a son. Both of his children were daughters. His older daughter, Eliza, married Judge George Hay of Virginia, and she has left but few descendants. His younger daughter, Maria Hester, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. . What is the size of thy smallest Bible on the market?—R. K. A. The Bible Institute of Washing- ton says that the smallest Bible for distribution is 1% inches by 1% inches. It is known as the mite Bible, and a magnifying glass comes with the book. Q. When an officer has been cash- fered has he been disgraced?—C. H. E. A. Cashier, which, by the way, is not an official term in the United States, is commonly construed among military men at having a more dis- graceful significance than dismissal, although there is no analogy or prec- edent in the use of the word by {leading English authors to support this construction. Q. Who said “Old Glory should not only come first but no other flag should come second.” A. Theodore Roosevelt, in “Ameri- can Ideals,” says: “This immigrant must revere only one flag—'0ld Glory' —not only must it come first, but no other flag should come second.” Q. When were the Chicago White Stockings first called the Cubs?—R. S. A. The Chicago club acquired the name of Cubs in 1890, when nearly all Anson’s players left him and went over to the Players’ (Brotherhood) League. Anson then surrounded him- self with youngsters, who were styled “Cubs,” “Colts,” “Babies.” The name “Cubs” stuck to the team. Q. For whom is Murrays Island in Racquet Lake, named?—L. I. A. This small island near the mouth of the Marion River is named for the great sportsman and nature lover, popularly called “Adirondack Murray.” His permanent camp was pitched there for many years, Q. How is “Apach CFPrWw A. When used as the name of an Indian tribe the word is pronounced “a-pach-ee.” When applied to a man of the Paris underworld, “a-pash.” pronounced?— Q. Which is the longest street in the world>—W. S, L, A. The Lincoln Highway is the longest in the world. It starts at Times Square, Forty-second street and Broadway, New York City, and the terminus is at Lincoln Park, San Francisco. The road is marked by red, white and blue markers, bearing @ blue “L” on the central white field. A 1?’. Ho‘; [many millions make one illion an8@ how many - plllonann y make one mil A. A milliard is a thousand mil- lions, called in French and American usage billlon. According to the French and American method of enu- meration a billion is a thousand mil- lons. According to the English and German method of enumeration a bil- lion is a million millions. The Frenzh and American method of enumeration Is more universally used over the world than the English and German method. “Q» Arhe there any race horses now VINg that are related to Hambleton- ian 10°—D. H. b A. There is not a present-day trot. ter or pacer of any importance that does not trace to Hambletonian 10, as no less than 138 of his sons have be- come producers of sreed, as have over 100 of his daughters, IN TODAY'S Q. When was the Federal Rese:ve system placed in operation?—P. M. J, A. The Federal Reserve system was placed in operation on November 16, 1914, when the 12 Federal Reserve Banks were declared formally open, The Federal Reserve act was ap. proved December 23, 1913. Q. How much sugar should be al- lowed a child each day?—K. A. D. A. An ounce of sugar a day, or its equivalent in honey, sirup, candy or some other sweet, is sufficient for ths child. This allowance should include the sugar used in cooking and also that added to foods at the table. Q. What does the hame “Sweeney mean?—L. R. D. A. It is an Irish name meaning “peaceful” or “man of peace.” Q. What is the cost of a trip to Hawaii?’—V. G. F. A. Tourist bureaus advertise that the round trip from any one of five Pacific ports to Hawall can be made in three or ifour weeks at a tot cost of $300 to $400 for all necessary expense, this allowing for one to two weeks in the islands. Q. How old must a person be to get. a driver’s license in the District— H. B. G. A. At 16 a child may get a permit to drive his parents’ car and at 18 he may get a permit to drive any car. The applicant is required to demon- strate his ability to handle a car and his knowledge of traffic regulations to the satisfaction of a traffic polic: man. Q. Was the cotton fabric used In the outer fabric of the Shenandoah made in the United States?—A. C. A. It is a domestic product, madg by a firm in New York City. Q. How many Japanese are there in California?—C. M.'R. A. There are estimated to be 70,000 Japanese in the State of €alifornis, including American-born children of Japanese parents. Q. Please give a little space to the description of German police dogs ene A. The police dogs are not a distinct breed, but are shepherd dogs police trained. The German police dog should stand 22 to 26 inches at the shoulder and show in every line ths qualities which he s supposed to possess—intelligence, alertness, loy- alty, gentleness, courage, obedlence, willingness and devotion. While tha standard allows great range of color, those most often seen in this coun. try are of the so-called “wolf” colors, dark tipping of hair over a tawny or buff ground. The muzzle (unlike that of a wolf) is usually blackish. Both the German and Belgian dogs may be divided into three general types— namely, rough-haired, wire-haired and smooth-haired. By their erect ears and general expression they be- tray their pear relationship to the wolf. - Q. What does the word “maru” mea: on Japanese merchant ships—B. A. A. The Japanese embassy says that “maru” means “ship.” (If you have a question you want answered send it to The Star Informa- tion Bureaw, Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Twenty-first and C streets north- west. The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. For the first time since William Penn traded gewgaws with the In- dians for Pennsylvania, the so-called “savages’ en masse have risen to the status of full American citizenship. This comes through the passage by the last Congress of H. R. 6355, ap- proved June 2, 1924, by the President. This law provides' that every non- citizen Indian born within the terri- torial limits of the United States is a citizen of the United States and of the State wherein he resides. It is provided that the law shall mot re- move restrictions on Indian lands now under Government guardianship. Nor does it qualify the Indian citizen to vote, unless the respective State laws, as already on the statute books, or when so placed by the Legislatures, can be construed to extend the fran- chise by reason of the Indian's meet- ing all the restrictions thereon that white citizens must meet—such as property limitations or literacy tests, Nevertheless, the Indians largely do qualify in both property and educa- tion, So that, under existing laws, thousands will vote next Tuesday who never voted before. * ¥ ok x The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution appears to the average layman to be all-sufficient in recog- nizing the rights of Indians, as well as of negroes and whites, to the full franchise, vet it seems to have failed to cover many thousands of the red men. It reads All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall deprive any person of life, lib- erty or property without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws. Just how the provisions of that amendment have left outside the ranks of citizenship any Indian born in the United States may be a mooted question. _Filipinos born and residing in the United States are denied citizenship, although they are clearly “subject to the jurisdiction thereof. It is explained that if ever the Philip- pines are given their independence, the inhabitants thereof will cease to married Samuel L. Gouverneur of New York, and she, by the way, was nearly 20 years younger than Mrs. Hay. After Monroe's death in 1831 a certain sum of money was due his estate from the United States Gov- ernment, and Samuel L. Gouverneur, who was his nephew by marriage, his son-in-law, private secretary and finally his executor, made an affidavit, of which I have a copy, in which he states under oath that Monroe’s only children were the two daughters which I have named. I also have in my possession a copy of Monroe's will, in which he states he has but two children. The old man in Florida, therefore, cannot be a legal son of President James Monroe. ROSE GOUVERNEUR HOES, President of the Society of the Descendants of James Monroe. Praises Proficiency Of Primary Teachers Bditor of The Star: T reats afe beginning to delve into ‘matters educational, All credit is due the non-complain- ing, diligent, primary-grade teacher who takes a dosen or two of dull pu- pils and makes them proficient through patient, efficient teaching. Nothing commendable from an edu- cational viewpoint has been accom- plished by the teacher who is tareful to surround herself only with bright pupils. Not much teaching effort or ability is required to make a bright child bright. An old Jewish teacher and rabbi be under American jurisdiction, there- fore they are not now under our “per- manent” jurisdiction, and are conse- quently not eligible to citizenship. But no party has ever proposed to cede back to the Indian tribes any of thelr ancient independent holdings. They are unquestionably under our “permanent jurisdiction.” What has kept them from the privileges and immunities of the fourteenth amend- ment all the years? * k k¥ Our total Indian population is about 390,000, of which 150,000 have been recognized as citizens, for, as stated by the Secretary of the Indian Bu- reau, “there have been a dozen doors by which they could achieve citizen- ship.” Of these citizens only 29,738 have had the right of franchise. It is the disgrace of white citizens that less than half of whites who are eligible to vote exercise their fran- chise; how large a percentage of Indians do so cannot bs estimated, but under the new law all aduks may now vote provided they qualify as to property and literacy in such States as apply such restrictions upon all voters, “regardless of race or pre- vious condition of servitude”—or un- civilization This new status of the Government wards is not inconsistent with their continuance of tribal relations, nor does it interfere with Government guardianship of their property, in the case of so-called “restricted Indians.” A “restricted Indian” is one whose property is safeguarded for his own protection by the ‘Government against the overreaching white or educated red man, who would rob him, in his ignorance and childlike trust. It refers only to his property as being “restricted”—not his person. No Indian i» held within his resarva- tion, unlesa lie o @ prison, p for crime. He requires no passport, and is as free to come and go as is any white citizen. Es It is the settled policy of the Gov- ernment to encourage self-responsi- bility among the Indians, although long-continued wardship, with doles and with no compelling fncentive to work, weakens the self-reliance of the generations. When can the guardianship be safely and honorably | withdrawn is one of the most seri- ous problems of officials, no less than of philanthropists. Statistics show that 226,348 Indians have recelved individual allotments of land, in lieu of tribal, communistic holdings. These allotments aggre- gate 37,158,655 acres. There remains 35,501,661 acres to be alloted to 125, 000 Indians still on tribal rolls. Yet, | even atter allotment, the Government ’provides supervision to prevent the | holders from being cheated into sell- ing their farms at unreasonable prices. ¥ o ke The question is dominant as to why the Indians should continue, Eeneration after generation, to be wards of the Government, instead of being compulsorily educated and |then thrown upon their own re- sources, unprotected except by the | general laws of the land. Why must the Government recognize 240,000 In- dians and their descendants as per- petual wards any more than an equal number of negroes or white morons? The history of the Indians traces back to their claim of ownership of the continent when Columbus dis- covered it. Throughout the centuries negotiations and treaties have recog- nized and established rights of the “original Americans,” until today exist, as the framework of our obli- gations to the Indians, 370 treaties and over 2,000 specific laws. These cannot be arbitrarily abrogated simply because the Indians are no longer to be feared. The Government of this civ- lized Nation must protect existing rights, even against the greed of “civilization.” * ¥ X ¥ Prior to the establishment of a Department of the Interior in 1849, the Indian affairs were in the charge of the War Department, for they usually were handled only through martial campaigns. With the pioneer and “Injun fighters” the “only good Indian was a dead ome.” Under the Department of the Interior the In- dian population has increased so that today it is thought to exceed the number here in pre-revolutionary days. But problem of civilizing and educating the Nation's wards is not simple. They are still divided in 200 tribes, speaking 58 languages or dialects, and living under diverse conditions, from the Osage Indians, with a greater per capita wealth than any people in the world, to others who still live lives of nomads and dance wild and immoral savage rites. Secretary Hubert Work of the De- partment of the Interior, recogmiz- ing the complexity of the problems, has called to his aid an advisory council, consisting of a hundred of the most prominent citizens of the country who are Interested in study- ing the best methods of handling the Indian situation. These councllors. meet at their own expense—for they receive neither salary nor expense funds—and study the many prob- lems together. It is not desired to destroy tribal traditions or customs, unless considerations of public morals demand the suppression of certain of the old immoral dances. The matter of schooling is held to be most press- ing, and_ especially the mingling of Indian children with white children in the local schools, in order that racial prejudices may be broken down, and the Indlans may,learn what the white man's civilization really means. That is believed to be even more important than the education gained in strictly Indian schools. e % (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. 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