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their high-powered cars, thelr codes ot communication, virtually their pri-| vate telephone lines, their system of espionage, their strategists and com- manders. They are, of course, not all under a single banner or command. There are many gangs, some large and some. small. As a rule these gangs are allied. Cccasionally a small gang crosses the lines of a larger one and then trouble ensues. The establishment of a “dead line” would seem like'an admission that the police are well acquainted with the professional criminals, and allow them | the freedom of the city save in par- ticular areas. If a man is a known crook, recognized as a professional, why should he be allowed at large at all? If he is so well known that he can be recognized and arrested when he goes inside the prohibited area why should he not be taken up wher- ever he may be found as a precaution and a preventive? If the courts will not hold these men when arrested on general principles wherever they may be, it would seem that they would hardly have warrant for holding them because they have crossed a certain imaginary line into a prohibited dis- trict. There is no crime in crossing a particular street. Can the definition of a zone by the police constitute it a crime? Whate THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY. .. .November 8, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, New Y ct 110 East 42nd St. ower' Tuilding London. ngland. morning The Evening Star, with the Sunda I 1 the edition, is delivered by carriers with city ut 60 cents per month eents per month: Sunduy only month, (¢ miay be sent by mail or t Phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car- Tiers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 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Yesterday for er past were 1 the Stock Exchange, when 2 of 506 separate is traded. the legal questions in- volved, this spectacle of the New York ‘dead line,” with the accompanying preparations for war against crime there, is impressive as a sign of the time record: fiv New York 6,160 shares w s was of the and the | It was | were no oken in ues of The volume of busine the more remarkable becaus wide ranse of the activity steady upward trend of pric a “boom market.” there particularly sensational movemer The demand for stocks of man ok s e The Smith and Davis Votes. When the Madison Square Garden convention adjourned, with Davis and Ry » WY | nominees. Gov. Alfred E. Smith was This movement of the standarq | UFESd bY party leaders to stand again stocks is plainly the result of the elec: | [0 Office at Altany as a means of flon, with its clear Indieation of o |PClPing the mational ticket. Heavy nation-wide repudiation of radicalism, | PTeSSUre was brought to bear upon The possibility of adoption of policies | i to that end. He was reluctant e e dor. | #nd at first refused, preferring to re- S e tire at the end of his present term and “Wall Street.” which is the general | 4€vote himself to private term whereby the financial nerve cen.|On the eve of the State convention | B e he was persuaded and was nominated | A ey by acclamation. The argument which | established conditions, It reacts quick. | brought about his change of mind is | B0 il e b institu- | believed to have been that of party | tions upon which the Government exig The national ticket needed | established. In this reeent campaign | the aid of his own candidacy. He | it was rather more watchful than vielded and ran against a popular tually alarmed. The danger publican. whom he has just beaten by esteemed to he great, yet it was evi-|a large majority. Now that the figures dent. Confidence was felt that it|of the balloting are available, Demo- would be averted, yet it could not be | cratic leaders are wondering whether altogether discounted. The Giov. Smith’s candidacy was any help | quence was that during the « {at all to that of Mr. Dav he Da there was little of vote was nearly 16,000 in Richmond. investment, The ority than 58,000 Queen Wwho had means to usc in this manner | than $0.000 in the Bronx, near! waited to make ire of the ult {600 in Bre klyn and more than 182,000 ; The market was “slow” and some-| iy Manhattan. mith carried all what disposcd sag as the fRHo Richmond were compelled to part with securities e in order to raise funds Giiin gbiestions joftered fonis e 314,000, and in Man- | > scn e the sloction of B, €061 ) e meanty S06/000. She Basis wote | dge and the Republican House and Sl S { Benate was definitely assured a buy. | 7 Greater New York was 405,777 and | Iative character, hut of an investment | "3T1Y twice as much. e it Ut e i New York has the double-ballot sys- gan suddenly active, Railroad shares | tém- There is one ballot for national | thet had shown particular jand congressional offices and a | et o ot D arate one for State offices. Thus it is Beiaceiof nossible Governiment possible for a voter to “split” his ership was regarded as. pas ballot without difficulty or danger. i Oy | That many thousands of votes were price levels up thus split is evident from the fig- | edded enormous ures. Had the New York ballot been | ket value a single sheet, the Smith vote would | mated that at probably have had the effect of added to the creasing the Davis vote. But even so, | railway no likelihood that it would | fng—was not inspired by speculative | have overcome the Coolidge margin. interests. It was a natural result of | Now that the governor has vielded the public reaction of confidence and |to party pressure and run again and | & release of the p ure of hoarded | been re-elected, he is in a position to | mean accumulated during the |ask further favors. He has done his | months of uncertainty and seeking in- | hest at a sacrifice to himself. That | vestment outlets. his sacrifice was not availing is not No surer indication could be given (1o be charged against him. Further- of the fundamental soundn ot e oTe e ey eoendeanel oriniall American industrial and financial con- | vote over that of the presidential can- ditions than this prompt reaction in| gigqate becomes an asset for future terms of stock purc breaking uses. records for the past five years, It isa fitting accompaniment, in fact a logi- cal consequence, of the millions of votes in majority given against radi- ealism. vet has been busin country is indicated, to stability of the vl ne i was not | conse mpaign for g s i buy stocks of peopl ma more | more in re to se | these boroughs, polling in | | nearly 000, in Queen MeeL] 112,000, in the Bronx nearly Brooklyn nearly them no movi g The | own- i which sent points and ¥ to the present mar- of securities—it esti- least $100,000,000 was value of the vstem during th several in- American | there e day's trad is <s ases ——— The daughter of Jack London, the famous fiction writer, is asking a divorce because her husband objects to her using her maiden name in literary work. If she has the ability to write she can create a name for herself without bothering over one that is ready-made. ———————— B The New York theater is much per- turbed by objections to the assump- tion that “art” implies the right to| Tequire vounz women to undress themselves in publ ——— Hitherto Calvin Coolidge has been distinguished as a silent man. Every effort has now been made to assure him that he is among friends and can speak frecly. Coffee costs more than ever before. So do cream and sugar. And for the matter of that, there is no telling when the water tax will go up. The gentleman who wrote “Drink to me only with thine eyes” was an econ- | omist. B New York Declares War. War has been declared. Military transport has been provided and is in readiness. Guns are cleaned and oiled and loaded. The army is drilled and ready for action. ! The war is between the New York City police and the criminals, who have begun their Winter campaign of marauding with a series of hold-ups and window robberies. The first move of the law-and-order force is the set- ting of a new “dead line,” beyond which no known criminal may pass without being arrested. This sur- rounds a zone between Fourth and Sixtieth streets and Third and Seventh avenues, It includes the hotel, shop- ping and theatrical districts, where immense numbers of people congre- gate daily and nightly and where vast values are concentrated. A uniformed policeman is to be stationed every two blocks on Fifth avenue, Broadway and Seventh avenue within the zone. The plain-clothes force will be in- creased. Detectives will patrol Fifth avenue and the side streets day and night in fast motor cars to be in readi- mess to take up the pursuit of rob- bers escaping from the scene of a hold-up in machines. A special pick- pocket squad will mingle with the shopping crowd. Members of six spe- clal squads—bomb, radical, safe, loft, truck and auto—will be assigned to duty in the area so that expert knowl- edge of the personnel of specialized erime gangs will be available quickly in emergency. All thése preparations betoken a —————————— The election should not disconcert Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. A defeat now and then in no wise discouraged his illustrious father. — et One of the slogans that helped to sway the election was that of Henry Ford, “Coolidge is a safe man.” e Maryland Forest Fires. Forest fires of magnitude are rag- ing in the hills and mountains west of Washington, and although men and women by thousands are doing what they can to check the flames, it is said in a message from Hagers- town that “conscription of men to fight five huge mountain fires which are sweeping along the slopes of South Mountain may be ordered to- day to save several small towns which are in the path of the flames.” Not only have thousands of acres of timber been destroyed, but scores of settlements in the hills are in danger of being reduced to ashes;and perhaps news will come at any time of the burning of one ‘or more of these vil- lages. Yesterday the indications were that rain would fall in this section today, but the chance seems to have been passed, and the morning weather bul- letin says: “Cloudy and colder today; tomorrow fair and colder; moderate to fresh northwest winds.” A good rain would save the situation. Wide stretches of near and distant wood- land are swept by fire every year, but perious condition in the big city.|in & dry autumn, when dead leaves Crime is organized there just as the |and brush are like tinder, the loss is police are organized. It is open war-|far greater than in other seasons. . fare. The criminals are as xl'rbo causes of most, if not all, of the . equipped as the police. They nearby woodland fires are matches, { the same app THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C., SATURDAY NOV'EMBER 8, 1924 e e My e e e e —— ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. cigarettes, pipes and campfires of careless trampers and hunters. With the experience of the past few years it is probable that people in the wooded sections and those persons who own large woodland tracts will adopt measures for the better protec- tion of the woods. ———— France Faces a Crisis. France is feeling the effects of the ! British and American elections, which resulted in both countries in pro- nounced conservative victories. En- couragement is felt by the French republicans, who believe that if an election could be brought about in that country soon the antiradical spirit of England and America would spread to France, A republican league has been formed under the direction of former President Mil- lerand which it is hoped to develop to include a mobilization of French youth in a manner analagous to the fascisti movement in Ttaly. The par- ticular purpose of this development is to fight communism. At the last ele tion out of 9,000,000 voters 870,000 supported a straightout Communist ticket, A move has already been made in the Chamber of Deputies, where the Right has opened fire on the budget proposals of the Herriot ministry. Herriot, however, won the first round by securing an indefinite adjournment of an interpellation regarding a levy on capital. The adjournment was voted by 393 against 117. In the course of a discussion in answer to a challenge that the government could not find the money to balance the budget, the premier retorted, “We will take the money where it is." This was regarded as foreshadowing a apital levy, which is a most ad- vanced position and calculated to cause a shock to the pocket nerve of France, Recognition of the Soviet govern- ment by Herriot has contributed to the feeling ‘of anxiety that has mani fested itself in the formation of the new republican league. A capital levy would undoubtedly precipitate a s which would make a realign- ment of parliamentary parties inevita- ble. It is obviously Millerand’s pur- pose to hold his sroup as the eri own nucleus of an increasing opposition | founded upon antiradical principles and aiming at the early defeat of the ministry. France may the scene of a furious political contlict. soon be emoe It may as well be politice does not at present exert al to popular interest as art. The Bryan brothers have not nearly the hold on public attention that the Duncan sisters enjoy. B Congress be relied effectual support for anything or any- Dbody unless it can conquer that tend- ency to split up into blocs —————— As matters turned out, Mr. William G. MecAdoo was not placed in a posi- tion where he might be expected to congratulate anybody. R That remark by P. T. Barnum, The public loves to be humbugged,” s encouraged an appalling number of crude amateurs. cannot When discussing slogans that in- fluenced the election, people should not overlook the good old line, “‘Safe- ty first.” ——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The 01d Joke. I heard a joke, a dear old joke, A joke of long ago. The youthful entertainer spoke The words distinct and slow, And while a few were truly glad That gentle jest to hear, It moved me in a moment sad To shed a silent tear. That good old joke—in days gone by T heard it on the scene ‘Where cherished friends would deftly e ‘The bones or tambourine. I heard it in the “‘operette” And in the “revue” gay. With memories it haunts me yet Of friends now far away. The theories by statesmen framed Have faded from our view, Old fashions that were once ac- claimed Have yielded to the new. Our laws and customs are bereft Of might that once was vast, And only that old joke is left To bind us to the past. A Deserving Public. “The country is prosperous and happy. “It is,” said Senator Sorghum, “‘and so far as my State is concerned it de- serves to be. The home folks showed the good sense to send me back to ‘Washington with a handsome ma- Jority.” Paradox. In paradox the voting goes, And we have just discovered that It took a “landslide” to disclose The fact that we are ‘standing pat.” Jud Tunkins says amateur actors are a heap better than some of the professionals he has met when it came to payin’ board bills. . Starting Over, The past has made a sorry show We fear. The question is, “Where do we go From here?” An Economic Theory. “What do you suppose is making the price of beef so high?” “Competition,” answered Cactus Joe. “All the cowboys is figurin’ that they ought to get just as high salaries on a ranch as they do in a motion picture studio.” Pos-i-tively Unpatriotic! Home industry we should protect And to that end we struggle, Yet plain corn licker men neglect And buy the stuff they smuggle! “You's gineter git along all right, son,” said Uncle Eben, “if you is as sensible when you spends yoh money as you was when you was workin’ for it" B o admitted that on for i | | tion may be opened and carried through THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES EDWARD TRACEWELL. Faithful followers of this column, from the age of 11 to 91 vears, will notice that the full and unabridged name of the author is signed thereto for the first time. This is done in no spirit of egotism, believe me, but simply to satisfy Smith D. Fry, historian of the Capi- tol, who has written to me protesting the simple use of initials. Mr. Fry, who knows more about the great Capitol than any man liv- ing, or who ever did live, insinuates that those who use only initials are ashamed of, or seem afraid to use, | “the names given to them by their sponsors in baptism.” He says: “This may be a sugges- tion worth while to you, personall if you've slept well, read vour paper in bed and had the coffee Which scems to be necessary to your enjoyment of iife. “Or, it may be a suggestion for an- other topic interestingly elaborated and portrayed, characteristically in- formative. too. “Or, it may be inopportune, 1y or lacking efficient clarity pression. “Conclusions, friendships and enmi- ties grow not wholly in the brain. They are affected largely by the sweetness or_acidity of the stomach, at the crucial flash of time “Who is H. G. Wells? Who Melntyre? Who is C. E. Tracewell? What have either one of those co- lumnists and literary ebullitions done to be ashamed of? Why do they hide their real identity under initials? “There must be countless fellows whose names would rant the ini- tials H. G. for Wells. There must be other descendants of honest people who came from the land ‘where the River Shannon flows’ who would be entitled to make use of the initials O. O. to designate which Melntyre Also, there may be Hoosiers a-plenty with baptismal excuses for the use of the initials C. E. introductory to the word Tracewell. “How can toiling bread-earners of the future give proper classification in the future ‘Who's Who' to the lit- erary geniuses, or near-geniuses, who are ashamed of, or seem to be afraid to use, the names given to them by ‘their sponsors in baptism?’ “As Mutt says to Jeff, and as Jeff says to Mutt, ‘Now answer me that? “Inquiringly vours, “SMITH D. FRY.” R untime- of ex- s 0. 0. Well! As the fluppers would Fry asks a mouthful | He brings up the great question of | signatures, one that crops up when | any one takes his pen in hand to| “write @ picce for the papers.” | There is plenty of precedent for | signing initials only. William Shake- | Mington, Abraham t at random a few t men of the world, used | their initials most of the time. | You will find them simply W. Shakespeare, G. Washington, A. Lincoln When one course, the ent! As for bly certain say, Mr.| gets to be President, of case is somewhat differ- Shakespeare, I am re he used his initial few authentic signatures di covered. Inquiry among my ass. ciates fails to throw much light upon this point, however. He signed it W. the checks he gav facetious - sntleman “He sign.d his lette Bill,” replies another. If Shakespeare and Was and Lincoln did it, that cuzht enough for Mr. Fry, or any one ¢ Of course, it must not be forgotten that in those days paper was scarce and postage high, so that economy | was practiced, but even then there in in | one Shakespeare me,” says s to me simply ngton to be | son and H would seem to have been no particu- lar occasion to cut down on one's name except as a matter of prefer- ence ‘Abraham Lincoln” would not have taken much more room at the bottom of a state' letter than the simple “A. Lincoln.” No. it was simply a matter of per- sonal preference, and the times, with these men. Maybe if they had been living in this day and age they would bave spelled out all the names they rossessed, as we moderns have to do on our income tax returns. If they had not, Mr. Fry would have made them, L While one would not be so bold as to suggest that the great Lincoln, for inztance, was ashan.ed of his first name. undoubtedly it is a singular fact that thousands of men are some- what at odds with the names given them by fond parents. ke all these men who sign them- sclves “J. Russell Smitherington,” or “J. Meandering Jones.” Good old “John” is their bete noir. John is a grand old name, undoubt- edly, but the average man who bears t reduces it to the irreducible mini- mum, leaving it to stare forth to the world as simply: Men who Laurence are sign their names “C. Manderville,” for instanc bearing the guilty conscience, {mposed upon them years ago, when they were christened Clarence. The late Reginald de Koven, com- noser of the greatest light opera ever written by an American—and 1 malke no exception of Victor Herbert, won- derful musician that he was S the bravest man in the United States. He was @ man after Mr. Fry's heart He could have signed himself “R. de Koven” and the public might have thought his name Robert, or Russell, talph, or some other red-blooded name. ¥From personal observ that most men women out of thi: use they can change their name will—are somewhat d. atistied. The man they named John wishes it had been Bill, and William would prefer the grand old name of Jawn Such, indeed, is life. * %X * % ion T believe leave the Undoubtedly there is a great deal in what Mr. Fry says. Would vou recognize a great poe in J. W. Riley? © S If you saw a novel on a book coun- ter signed simply H. B. Wright would you know who wrote it, offhand? What would S. Lewis mean to you, or H. L. Wilson? Yet James Whitcomb Rile been known and lov, e d for year. has and | Will be read with smiles and tears in long ages hence. Harold Bell Wright, for all of the sneers of those who cannot make their books sell into the millions of copies, as he does, is casily acclaimed when his entire monicker is affixed. Sinclair Lewis, too, is no stranger. His “Babbitt,” I am convinced, is\the Ercatest single-handed tour de foree of this day and generation and will live an unforgettable picture of the America of this time Harry Leon Wilson, too, recognized, the author of the Movies” ine of that book, of per! is easily Merton of s the finest | Eirl in cotemporary literature To go back a bit farther, on the other hand, C. Dickens, R. W. Emer- W. Longfeilow would of- fer difficulties, principally be- cause we are so familiar with their no Fry is right. I am in- ink 8o myself, since I re- ived recently a kind letter address- ed or Miss.” = France Seen Under Necessity France's recognition of the Russian | Soviet government s lewed by the American press as a move impelled by political and financial necessity, the outcome of which is doubtful, to say the least. Most of the editors commenting agree with the feeling of the Ch: Daily News that the Rus power “will talk and negotiate, but there is no evidence that they are ready for any fair compromise or for the ac. ceptance of international law and inte national morality.” The step is particularly remarkable, in the opinion of the Rochester Times Union, “coming, as it doe: just at the time when charges of revolutionary propaganda by the bolsheviki are being raised in the British The Times Union thinks Herriot was influenced, in part, as MacDonald was, by the necessity of holding his own more radi cal followers in line, and another mo- tive is the dope that negotiations for the settlement of the pre-war debt ques- to successful conclusion. “The Soviet regime,” this paper concludes, “is not vet ready to treat with the rest of the world on reasonable terms. There is no harm in trying to treat with it, as M Herriot intends doing. But success is, to put the matter mildly, doubtful” Believing that “political expediency demanded that Herriot shake hands with Moscow upon Moscow's terms,” the New York Evening Post declares “now it is up to the Herriot government to straighten out the tangle as best it can, and it will be no surprise if Moscow presents to France a blank check such as the British government finally had to sign: neither will there be any great surprise if Herriot takes a tumble before the tangle is smoothed out.” Nevertheless, it Is a step, re- marks the Providence Journal, “that France seems impelled to take, not be- cause she has any more respect for the Soviet government than hitherto, but rather because the tactics of Great Brit- ain and Italy have virtually driven her to this course.” * K k¥ While France has recognized Russia, the Brooklyn Fagle notes, “she has not relinquished any of her claims, and they are listed in the note making ef- fective the new accord,” and all differ- ences are yet to be subjected to ne- gotiations. “It remains to to be seen, adds the Eagle, “whether the plan of recognizing the Soviet regime first and negotiating with it afterward is better than the old policy of waiting.” In any event, the Springfield Republican is sure, “‘England’s experience shows that the French government must. be prepared for stiff and tedious discus- sions, for the Soviet's diplomats are given to driving hard bargains. Whether the Anglo-Russian treaty will be rati- fied is yet to be seen, but its failure would perhaps encourage the French to push their own negotiations with a view to taking the place let slip by the British. The difficulties, however, are many, including the question of the | extent of Russian sovereignty, as for example in Georgia, and if the British loan falls through, the Russians will probably expect the French to take Great Britain's place as a banker.” Recognition by France, the St. Paul Pioneer Press finds of particular in- terest because of the extent of French holdings in Russia before the war and the large amount of imperial Russian bonds in French hands. “That the French have in mind a kind of Dawes plan for Russia,” the Pioneer Press suggests, “is indicated in suggestions for the financial resur- rection of the country through inter- natlonal credits,” but “until Russia is able to provide at least the or- dinary forms of security it is futile to talk about international credits.” Like the other nations of the world to whom Russia is indebted, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “France preparing to e an effort to col- lect, and because of the sum involved her effort likely to be all the more determined. And where the re covery £reat sum is at stake recognition with that end in view seems eminently practicable. Tt in- volves no approval of Russ an eco- nomic philosophy, but is instead a step taken with the object in view of breaking down that philosophy and wringing from Rus: ia a recog- nition of the right of private property and of the foreign indebtedness which is held so largely in France * * ok x “It may be that the Soviet will tender academic recognition of its former debts to France, in the hope that another loan will be made,” thinks the Springfield Unlon, “but it is doubtful that the thrifty French peasant, trusty of government bonds, Wwill be inclined to view favorably any arrangement with Russia that does not guarantee the payment of every sou of the many billions now owed,” thus “the fruits of the trial marriage diplomacy do not appear plentiful.” Whether the recognition is to mean anything, the New York Evening World holds “will be determined by of a the negotiations that will now begin | on the economic and financial qu. tions at issue between the two coun- trie: While the first impression \\:lll be that “the Socialistic prin- (‘lplpvs of the Herriot regime have inspired the step just taken,” the World feels “it is not at all un- likely that the financial interests are perfectly willing to take this chance on the protection of their property and investments, and the only pres. ont hope lies in the men now in power in Moscow.” The Lansing State Journal agrees that all “depends entirely on whethes the Russian reds are now willing to reverso their attitude on the repudi- ation of claims against the former czarist regime and whether, having rhanged front for the purpose of gaining the full recogmition of France, they can be trusted to carry out the changed views."” Conceding that results in the next few months will be largely depen- dent on the attitude Russia takes, the Indianapolis News remarks that at least “the way for a settlement of differences between the two na- tions has been opened.” Would Have Teachers Aid Clothes Distribution To the Editor of The Star: I noticed in your paper the request of the social branch of the Salvation Army for clothes for poor children. It did not say that the clothes were given to the poor children free, which is not the case. Everything that is given to the social branch is repaired and sold, and those clothes that are beyond repair are torn up, washed and sold for rags. Magazines are not given away; they are baled up and sold to the papermakers, and everything that is worth anything is sold. Now, in view of this fact, would it not be a good idea if the Board of Education would set aside a room or closet in the schools where the clothes could be left by charitable people to be given out by the teacher acoording to her judgment of the clothes wanted by the children? MARY e FRANELIN, and creator, in the hero- | |race prejudice and To Recognize Soviet Russia The Library Table BY THE BOOKLOVER It is as unreasonable to expect so- lutions of the problems of life from novelists as from philosophers and statesmen. Some novelists are, how- ever, more liberal and optimistic than others in hinting or suggesting possible remedies. E. M. Forster is not one of these. In dealing with the subject of the British in India in his novel, “A Passage to Indi his outlook is completely hopele British military and civil officials in India are, according to him. obtuse to the point of stupidity, discour- teous, snobbish and without under- standing or svmpathy for the char- acteristics of the Oriental. The In- dians, on their part, are emotional, unreliable, untruthful, aiternately cringing and swaggering, always craving sympathy and yet not really deserving it. If the British should give up India chaos would ensue, for there is no unificd “mother land” of India, IFielding, the most s pathetic Britisher in the novel, “Away from us, s o at once” Yet Indians will reconciled to British rule, for the two races are incapable of under- standing each other. Newcomers from England often feel keen inter- est in the Indians and are free from prejudice against them, but within the first few weeks they are made by officialdom te feel that there is sharp division and that the line up with their own people. come dut intending to be gentlemen, says Hamidullah, “and are told it will not do. * * * The actly the same, not worse, not better. to seed never be a 1 give any Englishman two years, be | he . iv Turton or Burton ® ® And I any Englishwoman six months.” iians are not allowed in the Chan- pore Club, either as members or s Sometimes tk re invited “bridge party*—so named be its intent is temporarily to the gap which exists perm. between such an occasion the Indians are admitted only to the club gardens and usually remain on ona side the tennis courts, while the Eritish pecially the women, keep to th other side. Kues to a cause he x x % % Mr. Forster term ship between the races but even to friendship between individuals of the although he dedicutes h novel ved Ross Masood, and to the ars of our fri dship.” elding and Dr. Aziz, a Moham- medan Indian, who seem to be used to illustrate the most sympathetic traits of the two race make a long attempt to be real friends and fail ““If it's fifty-five hundred years we shall get rid of you ays Aziz, ‘ves, we shall drive every blasted Eng- lishman into the sea, and the vou and I shall be friends.’ Vhy can’'t we be friends now? said the other, holding m affe tionate! ‘It what I want. It's what you want.’ “But the horses d they swerved apart.” seems to apply the idn't A want it— e In the setting of Chandrapore, Forster s created a great varie of aracters to illustrate types of English and Indians. has chosen the civil service for English characters. There pompous, alway official Mr. Turton, and his wife insufferable sn and. when angry, talks like a fishwif i8 the bullying, abusi Maj. Callendar, who too bad for thes poor, distracted Ronn city ‘magistrate, who means to be a nt sort of fellow, but who would shudder to think of acting in a way different from other British officials. Then there is Fielding, principal of the Government College, whom the reader is inclin~d to identify wi Mr. Forster himself. He feels t Tr. He his e who is an she There Heaslop, the afford to follow his he is a bachelor and “travels lizht, but even he grows conservative and official after his Amol the Indians the most fully drawn Dr. Aziz, the emotional, capricious. Moslem assistant Ma dar, who at first takes t as a joke but comes later e them His friend Hamidullah has been edu- cated at Cambridge, he is a sad philosopher and a political plotter where t English are concerned Mahmoud Ali s sensational agi- tator. The Nawab Bahadur is a patriarchal landed proprietor and philanthropist whose character stands kigh among the British. Prof. God- bols is a Deccani Brahman wha devotions, private and ceremonial, absorb most of his time. The two groups of characters are brought into continual association, chiefly the association of conflict, throughout the novel. ¥ okl To be the friend and inspiration of great writers is better than to be a second-rate writer one's self. late Lady Colvin, wife of Sir Sidney Colvin, who died on the same day as Joseph Conrad, appreciates this fact. She wrote nothing herself, but was the intimate friend and confidant of many of the greatest writers and ar- tists of the Victorian age, as well as of some of the younger generation of today. Joseph Conrad's last letter, written as he was dying, was to Sir Sidney Colvin, with a message for her. Ruskin, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Browning, Meredith, Thomas Hardy and Henry James all sought her com- panionship and her sympathy, and brought to her their work for criti- cism and praise. She was for some vears the chief source of courage and Fuidance to Robert Louis Stevenson, and to her a large part of hi spondence was address these letters have Sir Sidney Colvin's “Life and of Robert Louis Stevenson, othefs were bequeathed by Lady Col- vin to her husband to use as he thinks best. Among writers of the present century, Barrie, Kipling, Alfred Noyes, Rupert Brooke and Hugh Wal- pole, as well as Conrad, were her inti- mates. Though so rich in the life of the intellect, Lady Colvin knew much personal sorrow in her 80 years. The romance of her marriage with Sir Sid- ney Colvin had atragic side. Her first marriage was unhappy and she left her husband. Soon afterward she met Sir Sidney Colvin and their long devotion began, but owing to circumstances they .were unable to marry until both were over 60. ok It has often been stated by critics that not over 10 or 12 fiction plot exist and that all stories are vari tions of one or more of these plots Some novelists are at times even content to select one of these plots outright, without any attempt at variations. That is what Kathleen Norris seems to have done in her “Rose of the World.” Rosalind Kirby is the poor but beautiful and high- minded girl who is jilted by her lover in favor of a rich banker's daughter who has been to a “finish- ing school.” Of course, the de- linquent lover is made to suffer for his lack of idealism in failing to prize his “Rose of the World” above the social position and money of the banker's daughter. * k k ¥ The struggle of a young French girl to adjust herself to English life and at the same time to free herself from the shadow of her mother's indiscreet past is told with great artistic delicacy by Anne Douglas Sedgwick in ‘The Little French Girl.” When Alix Vervier is sent by her mother to England to find a suitable marriage, she is naive yet wise beyond her years. How she fulfills her destiny forms a story of Y moving interest. itish and Indians; | of | impossible not only to friend- | But | d o it ends. | impulses beeause | The | | I different | | | | | i Fletche |imported | this the ms managers of in the major Q. Please name the base ball ¢ leagues—D. E. T A. National York Arthur League—New John McGraw; Philadelphia, : St. Louis, B neh Cincinnati, Jack Hendricks Bill Killefer; Boston, have B Brooklyn, Wilbert Robinson burgh, 1 McKechnie. A League—Chicago, Johnny Eve te Le: Fohl; Cleveland, peaker; Detroit, Ty Cobb; W ton, Stanley Harris; New York, Huggins; St. Louis, corge Philadelphia, nnie Mack. is 3 am. in Europe it in the high north? Q. When it what time is V. R. A. The Naval Observatory says the time at any place in the high north depends upon what meridian i | on or near, the principle bein same as elsewhere on the eartl the north and south poles, w run together to say what time nce they are uninhabite question has no practical sigr Q. Is George Cohan, the actor, Jew?—M. B. C A. George Michael Cohan was Providence, R. I, July 4, 1 descent. re it is in is of Irish Q. If I marry izen, will 1 lose A. If you marry vou will not lose your provided you are at the 0 Italian, not my vote?—M an Italian rizht to vote present time a cit-| e Q. How many helium?—G. B. A. The United country which ha or has used it helium is likely oil is found; for instance, Russia and Siber: countries use States is the only developed helium, far. Howeve to be found wherever Q. What becama of the two the Government imported along ab the §0s7—It. F. K. The ational Zoologi Park says that the two camels t were into this country a number| ars ago for the purpose of ¢ perimenting with them mea for transporting m in the arid r zions of the Southwest were allowed to run unmolested through the desert country. These 2 mals bred, w resulted in the increase of and for many vears after s roamed the country. few nens were a few 1 of ¥ a The years z & te 1 called Q. A pla Hangs Hizl What xpression?—H. ¥ A. “The ! high” proverbial saying which is su ntroversy. “The Lonk is believed by some to Le the or saying. The actual so which the ng i known. Q. What twe most apples last ve A.In 1 v t. With a crog and New York bushel derived German ted St Q. Why aid -3 for the Ur United States was id airships. These the Germans before g ta by this Government. As the States wanted a sample of t work. a request m Council of Ambas ron T. Herrick, Ul sador to France, airships be replaced for one with 100,000 cu.r but the powers objected, promise was made on one with cum. capacity, which is larger either of the two destroyed ZR-3 was constructed sole United States and did not United States anything exc which amounted £5,6,000 be We fi than | tely Q. How is “Honolu t—H. T. A. Residents of the city the name as if it were spe uh-loo-1oo. ve the first syllable pronounce ed Hawn'- is not It Q. What is_meant Poor”?—H. C. D. A. The term “C in England. It is plied to those | who occasionally receive relief cording to the poor law, but enrolled as pauper, by poor” re not | Q. Ts it trfie that specimens of va. | | rious recent postage stan an agency run P LT A F philate postmaster; d to agency ton. T perfect of United States be procured from b Government?— srmerly and from collectors stamp meet this demand time a philatelic shed at Washing- rries nothing but mens. It has sold over rth of such stamps. ts to was est spec s was copper discovered?— pper r-alloy objects und in the oric remains Adatin to the fourth 00 L It was probably to about the My- in and to 500 of cop-~ Asia Minor dating B C oh ) B. n Phoenici civilizat ve yielde oz in found Assyri 3. C) h per and 1t n (1130 variety Q Tn the P i early davs did painters have A 1294) ters pils. pils”—G. H doctmen (dated 1282, ? whom we Q. Who was the first Bri P this sh eccle- writer was estate did Martha when mar- How ot Q she Al acres owned city lots, Q. Are necroes allowed to coms fo the United —F. G A If within the quot f the they are admitted. Q. W 5 it flower 1s called “traveler's s given to clematis > rezrowth of the national timber v types the form of th nd mature tim- St r to insure and known ted in a was ethod 1 exp for of this fact ms where only s available. r dispos classed ich fat w b. S. M of the M the Distaff's day? given to Jan ed the re as festivit nated on the twelfth d. Eiven fertil- he (Tal tains antage of which th free informa- per main you want tate t this serv- - : to the G r Information in, director, northiwest. for return If t Frede st and C streets WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Robert D. Carey of Wyoming, who| has been named as chairman of Presi- | dent Coolidge's Agricultural Commis- sion, is an irrigation expert. His other claims to distinctl include sraduation from Yale (cl 1900) | and incumbency of the governorshin of Wyoming from 1919 to 1823. Mr.| Carey is a Republican who left the reservation with the Bull M 1912. He was Wyoming natio mitteeman in the Progress zation during the ensuing Stock-growing and highw: re among the numerous tivities in which Mr. Care interest in the West the chairmanship of commission a peculiarly of experience. * the wide range | President Coolidge faced semi-weekly audience of Wi correspondents followins his electior and sent them away with a convi tion on their part that victory precedented had made no change “Silent Cal.” Quite particularly. thes trained observers noted, event the week have not affected the Pr dent’s modest demeanor. Those who looked for anything savorinz of b larity or vainglory left House offices disappointed. ldge's Mona Lisa emile is more in evidence than usual does not overwork it. Now his face is overcast with some wistful sadness with which Fra McGlynn has made us familiar when depicts Lincoln fn moments of mingled triumph and deep responsi- bility. un e If there is an American painter who wants to bequeath posterity an al- legorical erpicce on the theme of the cat that swallowed the can . page him and bring him to W 2| ton. His subject awaits him— Frank | Waterman Stearns, now and then of | Tremont street., Boston, but more of- | ten, in latter-day times of 1600 Penn- | sylvania avenue. Mr. Stearns be strides the enviro of the Whit Touse, modestly, as ever, but with the mien of a man to whom- no more | clds are left to conquer. Since Warwick made kings. no man has been entitled to greater personal slory and satisfaction than the kee merchant prince who gra lifetime ambition by making Coolidge of Amherst, President of the United | States. Stearns can have anything he wants from the Coolidge administra- tion, and will get it. It is exactly—| nothing. Incidentally, Stearns was an | important factor in the nomination and election of Speaker Gillett to the Senate. * ok ok ok “Young Winston” Churchill becomes chancellor of the British exchequer in the Baldwin cabinet at the threshold of 50. leu cross the half-cen- ler i | Cook Andrew’s nd er 30— if-Americ zed Bri politics. u the ritish t post in ¢ of 1 1 chi n th rsecretary by d of t of turn minis and chance Lancaster. His ition is the premiership. prophet would predict tia Churchill now cupied by Randolph Salisbury cab- scnt chancellor's s primarily but bril- Church- seductive United ed orator. rash not the sa famous fat hill, in the 1886. The p of his father d career at the trea war rents to leety ury. is an wccorm i mes? The new member of the derives unceasing fact that the to the Alba- its diplomatie n_named, re- Trojan. Our Grant Smith, the legation is there i United nian capital representatives and the Trojan Kodd of E. resen rean B. Reid, acting Washington rep- itive of the American Farm Bu- Federation, savs the outstanding tion of Coolidge's winning of West is that “the American farme at heart a conservati Reld rts that the average person for- that the farmer is a near-capital- well as a worker with his own hands, and is always an employer. The able young chicftain of the farm federation, who has temporarily ac- ceded to the place of power occupled Grey Silver, believes that “Farmer~ Labor” party. as a political term, is & misnomer. Silver is now at Chicago as an official of the newly formed farmers' warehousing and marketing organization. * * k% Knud Rasmussen, the Danish Arc- tic explorer, who called at the White House this week, is the man chiefly responsible for the exposure of Dr. Rasmussen was a long-time friend and admirer of the Brooklyn M. D. who made the world believe he'd been to the North Pole. Cook got his Eskimos and dogs from Rasmus- who knows every foot of the Arctic Circle. But the faker of the century had not been back from his excursion very long before Rasmus- sen made public his utter disbelief in Cook’s claims. Soon thereafter these blew up. (Copyright, 1924.) gets ist 2