Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....November 24, 1084 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offiee, 11th Bt. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Ofice: 110 Kust & t. : Tower Bulldi Ch Europess Ofbce 16 t 8t., Loadon, The Evening Star, with the Sunday moralag dition, in delivered by carrlers within the vity at 60 eents per month: dally only, 45 cests per month: Sunday only, 20 Cents per meath. Orders may be sent by mail or tele- Dietie Main 5000. Cellection {8 made by car- clers at the end of each moAth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. « Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo,, 70¢ Daily only. {1 yr. $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only. 1yr, $2.40; 1 mo., 300 ngland. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Dally only. 1.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Préss {n exclusively entitled to the ‘nse for republication of all news dis. Jitehes credited to'it or sot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub Ushed ‘herein. Al rights of publication of speelal dlspatches herein are also reserved. Events in Egypt. Events march rapidly in Egypt. Im- mediately after the death, at the hand of assassins, of Gen. Stack, sirdar of the Sudan, the British government made a peremptory demand upon King Fuad for apology, indemnity, the withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from the Sudan and other concessions. The Egyptian government at once re- plied. agreeing to the British demands in all points save the evacuation of the Sudan. Today at noon the in- demnity of £500.000 was paid, the gov- ernment at Cairo having formally ex- pressed its horror at the assassination and entered an apology. It has, how- ever, demurred to the requirement for the withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from the region in which Gen. Stack was recently in command. Great Britain has through Gen. Allen- by, commissioner at Calro, notified the Egyptian government that the troops must be removed. The Zaghloul min- istry at Cairo has resigned and the Iing has commissioned a new pre- mier. The British have given notice that they will take charge of the customs at Alexandria. Thus stands the situation at this time. Should King Fuad's government persist in the declination to withdraw the Egyptian troops from the Sudan, in all likelihood Great Britain will pro- ceed to oust them. If resistance is offered war will ensue. It would seem to be expected, however, that there will be but a passive resistance, and that the evacuation will be bloodless and in the way of & formal ylelding to force. Egypt has lost ground seriously as o result of this tragedy. The autonomy of the Cairo government has been greatly weakened. Whether the as- sassination was merely the act of ir- responsible fanatice or the plot was in some degree known to the Egyptian government, the result is the same in that it has reacted gravely against the independent establishment of the Bgyptians under their own adminis- tration. Should the British be compelled to fight in the enforcement of the de- mands, warfare in the Sudan may spread. There is a close relationship between the Egyptians and the Mos- lems of India and other British pro- tectorates. For several years there bas been danger of a simultaneous militant Moslem movement. The grant of Egyptian autonomy under British suzerainty was designed to lessen this danger. Now it Is revived, and careful management will be required to pre- vent the spread of anti-British feeling among the Mohammedan populations, Self-government in Egypt has not been entirely successful during the Lrief period of its continuance. Af- fairs at Cairo have been in rather a muddle, and fanaticism has prevailed in the Sudan, culminating in this crime. The government at London is definitely rejecting suggestions that have already been made that the case be referred to the League of Nations and by it adjusted. It will deal with Egypt alone, and, judging by the swift- ly moving program already started, it will deal severely. —————————— West Virginia missed the distinc- tion of providing the U. 8. A. with a President, but the famous old State will be honored in the selection of a Secretary of Agriculture. ————— The theory that hard cider is not intoxicating should not be relied on to protect the rural’ flivverist charged with driving while intoxicated. ———— Paris has re-established herselt as headquarters for all the frivolities from the newest fashions to the latest divorce news. Chicago’s Private War. Chicago is passing through a bad time, and yet there is a bright side to the situation. War has broken out in the “bad lands,” with the gang- sters killing one another. A short time ago a gang leader known as Dion O'Bannion was shot to death by & group of men in his flower shop, which was the camouflage for his real business of bootlegger and vice pur- veyor. Yesterday another gang leader, Eddie Tancl, was attacked by three men in his “‘guilded resort,” where he reigned as “vice king,”'and was shot to death. Two of his assailants were wounded, one mortally and the other slightly. The third one escaped. All s of the wounded mien, including Tancl, ‘who lived for a short period, refused to answer any questions. One of the murderers said: “Our friends will take care of this.” That remark simply means that there will be other feud fights and probably more deaths. The gangs have ‘their code. and the principal provision of it is that each gang and gang- alllance administers its own justice. These Chicago ‘‘vice kings” and ruf- flans are utterly law-deflant, and their activity is possible only through the fallure of the law-enforcement methods. While in their conflicts they furnish most of the victims, they are taking their toll haavily from the com- munity in enormocus profits. Tancl, who was shot to death yes- terday, was a lleuténant of Johnny Torrlo, who is recognived as the vice and bootleg king of Chicugo and its environs. He is described as the over: lord of the gangsters. A dispatch from Chicago says, “‘He appears immune to all laws and laughs at the police and the courts,” The identity of these men is per- feclly we'l known to the police. The tact that their places are resorts of criminals is well understood. The na- ture of the trafic that they conduct s definitely known at pollce head. quarters. Yet they “get away with it.” The suspicion, of course, prevails that they manage the business just as the wangsters and gamblers and swindlers and vice purveyors of New York man- aged it back in the Croker days, be- fore the Parkhurst disclosures. Chicago, it would appear, is due for ® clean-up. While these gang wars are taking victims only from the gang ranks, they are symptoms of'a shock- ing condition that no self-respecting community shou'd tolerate, Bhormous sums are obviously being made through law breaking and vice pur- veying, some 8o great as to lead to wholesale murder by the profiteers in their quarrels over the spoils. It will be a grave mistake for Chicago to ignore the cause of this serfes of crimes, even though each one may les- sen the criminal population of the city somewhat. e — The Intent of the Voter. The Senate may in the next Con- gress be called upon to pass on a Question of great importance to voters of this country in the contest for the seating of Steck as against Brook- hart. Senator Brookhart has been ad- judged the winner of the election for the term beginning Magch 4 next by a slender majority, less than 1,000. This was not determined until a full recount of the votes had been made. Now his opponent, the Democratic candidate, is preparing to file a claim for the seat on the ground that a large number of ballots, more than enough to overcome the Brookhart majority, were thrown out of the count because they had been marked with arrows instead of crosses. Opin- ion has been expressed that the Sen- | ate can take cognizance of the claim that the intention of the voter should govern and not the strict technicality of the form of the indicating mark. When the Australian ballot was adopted, on which the voter marks his preference, usually by a pencll cross within a circle or a square, precaution was taken to prevent the identifica- tion of particular ballots as a means against venality. In theory, the bal- lots are absolutely anonymous. Inter- pretation of the law in this respect has carried to some extremes. For in- stance, ballots have been thrown out when a cross-mark has obtruded be- yond the circle by a slight fraction, | doubtless by a slip of the pencil, or ! | when the mark has been made in a peculiar way, as though to identity it. So many ballots have been cast out for such causes, and so difficult has | it proved for voters to understand the scheme of voting and to handle in- telligently the great sheets that are offered as ballots, that demand has been expressed for voting machines. It the contest is actually filed and the Senate proceeds to consider it, the question may be raised whether that body can go behind the returns and accept as valid the ballots that have been cast out by the returning board in Towa. The Constitution makes each house of Congress the judge of the qualifications of its own members. This has been interpreted heretofore t0 mean that Congress is not bound by court decisions in the matter of quali- fications. It is virtually the final can- vassing board in elections, and the contention now is that it may, If the facts are as claimed, accept as valid the arrow-marked ballots cast for Steck as being honest indications of the intention of the voters and give him the seat instead of the holder of the formal certificate of election. e Walter Johnson's California base ball deal was not concluded. While regretting any disappointment to a favorite performer, Washington again takes pleasure in hoisting the signal, “Welcome to Our City.” ——— o, So far as income tax publicity is concerned, Benator Walsh is appar- ently willing' to concentrate on the $4%0 return of Mr. Harry Sinclair. ———— The work of suppressing the hyp- notic drug in China is promoting a large amount of wideawake diplo- macy. . | A vote of confidence in Mussolini is now regarded in Italy as & regularly recurrent incident of polite formality. ———— Christmas Signs. Signs of Christmas appear. The banks are about to honor checks on the Christmas saving funds. One of the banks, and that which holds the second largest Christmas savings fund in the District, will begin making pay- ments from that fund November 29, a large number of the banks will begin making payments from the fund De- cember 1 and nearly all the local banks will cash checks on the Christ- mas saving funds during the first week of December. The total of the Christmas funds in District banks is close upon or fully $4,000,000. Some of this money will be converted into time savings, but the larger part will be used for the purpose for which the funds have been accumulated, will go. into circulation through a thousand stores, and much of it will pass back to the banks through many chann The Christmas saving fund is rela- tively & new idea, and one which has justified itself. It enables persons of moderate means to easily gét together the money they need for Christmas, and to carry out the holiday season in the traditional way without finan- cial discomfort. The system gives its lesson In the value of persistent sav- Ings, and no doubt establishes the sav- ing habit in many persons. The stores will feel in a few days the stimulus of released Christmas savings. Anothér note of the coming of Christmas is the announcement that vigorous effort will be made by the Police Department to prevent boot- THE EVENING leg liquor flowing into Washington during the holiday season, and plans are being made to make Christmas rum-runhing hasardous. The Department of Agriculture akes an estimate as to how much the Christmas dinner will cost the average District family and sets the figure at $5.73, based on the current prices of turkey, cranberries, celery, pumpkin pie and several things gen- erally served at Christmas dinper. There is a great deal of estimate in this, because there are families larger and smaller than the average; ap- petites, taste and purses differ and the current prices of turkey and the trimimings may not be the prices on the day before Christmas. There are other fuctors, but the estimate is in- teresting. ————_———— Unlicensed Drivers. Three more motorists yesterday sped away from the scene of collisions in this city. Fortunately no one was killed in these accidents, but that was the good fortune of the victims and does not lessen the offense of the cowardly drivers who sped off after hitting them. In one of these cases the license number was noted, and thus a clue is afforded to the identity of the driver. But the question arises whether the man at the wheel in that case was in fact, a licensed driver, was the owner and legally qualified operator of the machine, For there are many cars now in operation in this city whose drivers have not been licensed. There are many cars run by members of families only the heads of which hold cards. From time to time the police under- take to check up on drivers’ licenses by stopping and asking for the cards of the operators. It is obviously a very difficult task to make a complete survey of the 100,000 cars or less in use in the District of Columbia. Every person who is caught, however, either through an accident or in the course of a round-up examination, driving a car without a license should bé given the utmost penalty. If that penalty is not suffciently severe it should be stiffened. An unlicensed driver, no matter how well qualified in all respects. bears the same relation to traffic that a pirate does to ships at sea. He has no legal or moral rights. He s a treebooter who, if caught, should be given something more severe in pen- alty than a mere fine. Paris has under consideration a kind of trolley airplane which will en- able suburbanites to fly to their work. The luxuries made available to labor by the automobile will be increased iinstead of diminished, and the toiler may again be congratulated on his progress in the genuine enjoyment of life without any dependence on the influences of radicalistic agitation. e ———e—————— President Coolidge and Mr. Nicholas M. Butler recently took breakfast to- gether. It was undoubtedly a felic- itous occasion, as the President is noted as & good listener, while Dr. Butler is recognized as a man compe- tent to discourse with fluent discern- ment on a wide varlety of topics. ——r—— Early shopping suggestions are pre- sented by Postmaster Mooney in or- der to facilitate the work of the post office. Santa Claus is only a myth, but the letter carrier is a hard-work- ing mortal, entitled to every possible consideration. ———————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Frivolity. I sought some relaxation From the dull and dreary grind; For 1 needed a vacation To exhilarate my mind. After tolling with persistence, 1 demanded something gay. Like the frivolous existence In a jatsy cabaret. What an iridescent flicker Touched the scene of merry ze! Till an agent smelt some licker, Which demanded an arrest! Though T hadn't shared the flagon, At my door they laid a crime; That of parking nfy old wagon ‘Without lights and overtime. Down with Mirth! Away with Rap- ture! Take me from the Primrose Lane! I am now defying capture, For my course is straight and plain. Al industrious and civil 1 will toll from day to day, And I never more will frivol In @ jaszy cabaret. Prudence Above Prudery, “I see you are saying an occasional kind word for the flapper. “No use making enemies,” an: swered Senator Sorghum. A flapper has a vote same as anybody else.” No Reciprocity. To animals I'm very kind. I played the races—two or three. Those quadrupeds I grieve to find Bo inconsiderate of me! ' Jud Tunkins says the rush to climb on the band wagon may lead you to pick an ashcart by mistake. A Truce, “My wife never says & cross word to me,” remarked Mr. Meekton. “So I understand,” rejoined Miss Cayenne. “She told me yesterday you weren't on speaking terms.” Getting Next. “What's the .cause of the sudden disorder?” ““We took a bootlegger from Snake Ridge into custody,” answered Cactus Joe, “along with his cargo. Where. upon everybody in the Guich began cuttin’ up an' tryin' to get put in il Theatrical Martyr. “It {s the fashion of the day! A serious matron said it. “J've got to see & naughty play— Good Gracious, how I dread it!™ “Ol Satan don’ have to set traps foh sinners,” said Uncle Eben, “owin’ to his havin’ his hands full tendin’ to dem as is standin’ in line to buy tickets.” WASHINGTON. STAR THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Does the first real cold morning of Winter differ much from the previous mornings? It seems to me that it does. There is ® certaln “kick"” to it that it apart from the merely Autumnal morns, which have merged quietly from Summer to Winter, The first real dold morning lets you know it is in town. It w. ceded by a gray, disagreeabl. ing sky ti made the evening be- fore dismal beyond anything else we had experienced this year. The high wind had died down, however, and for a brief space it appeared that tomorrow might be warm. A glance at the evening paper soon set that at rest. “Colder,” was the prediction of the Weather Bureau. Now, the United States Weather Bureau is about 90 per cent correct in its prognosticatfons. Chlet Marvin will tell you that, modestly, and It Is true. There was a time when it was fashionable to poke fun at the Weather Bureau, but that day is long past. ’ When the bureau says it Is going to get colder, the wise thing is to build a good high fire-bed in the furnace, get out the blankets, pro- tect the rose bushes and otherwise prepare for the inevitable. o That gray, forbidding sky, hang- Ing low over the National Capital, spelled a cold morning to the Weather wise, then. Tomorrow would be cold, there was no doubt of it. Already the thermometer was going down. The last few leaves skirtled down the street, as If bent on one ladt Whirl before they were gathered up by the vigllant District street smweep- ers. Humble, poor, let us take off our hats once in a while to the street sweepers. They do their work, and play their part in making and keep- Ing this city clean and beautiful. The #treet ~sweepers, the “white wings,” neither slay other men with mutomoblles nor with guns. Com- pared with some of the human wolves that infect a great city, the “white Wing” is an angel, indeed. D When we wake in the morning, something tells us that the morning is_cold. Very cold. The air coming In that open win- dow bites our nose. We tuck the covers around our shoulders carc- fully. to blot out the nipping frost. Roofs of houses have a white, cold look. Cold is white—who ever heard of red cold? There goes that miserable alarm clock! Ting-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling—will darn thing never stop? No, it never will—so we roll over in despair, and take just another 1 tle snooze. That will do nobody any harm. . But the furnace' Yes, the furnace! Bravely we toss back the covers. Where on earth are my slippers—ah, there they are—now into the trusty bath robe, and #0 down the stairs to the basement. But before we descend into the cellar, Tom must be invited into the house. Good old Tom meowed to get out last night, just as we were closing up for the evening, and we let him go. It was his play time. Tom has an adjustable fur overcoat, you know, made on a patent taken out by the Creator several years ago, and regis- tered in the United States Patent Office, no doubt. This_marvelous coat smoothes out when Tom is indoors, but when he steps out he can Puff it up to meet any degree of temperature. Tom has gone out when the thermometer stood at zero, and prowled the alley all night as warm as toast. Wouldn't you like to be as carefree and in- dependent as Tom? “Kittle, kittle, kittie,” Kittie, kittte, kittie.” But there is no kittle, 8o you mosey on down into the basement, where the you call. an inspection of the fire shows it!morning of Winter. IN TODAY’S {1t to be In fine shape, with just & few | blue flames licking up. The draft Is opened, the smoke-pipe damper is laid down, you go back up stairs. The kitchen door comes open again, and the bitter cold whips your ankles. “Gee, it's cold this morning,” you say, to nobody in particular, as you Investigute the thermometer. . “Kittie, kittie, Kittie,” you out. “Kittle, Kittie, kittie.” This time kittle answers with a soft meow, he comes galloping over the fence from out of the dark. His tiger coat blurs into a streak as he darts up the steps and into the kitohen. “Well, where have you been, old fellow?” you ask him, but he is_too busy drinking milk to reply. Yau, stooping to pet him, find his ‘body as warm as ever. The tips of his ears are a blt cold, that is all the difterence he finds between a heated house and the great—and cold—out- doors. Either the Lord was better to the animals, in some ways, than He was to us, or else we have lost qualities which they have been wise enough to hold onto. sing * % % X By this time the furnace is singing. A hasty look Into the fron monster shows flames leaping high. We bend to the shaker, and manhandle it uh- til the ashes are shaken down and a bright glare illumines the ash pit. Most people will tell you to shake a furnace until there is a “bright glow,” but 1 tell you to" shake It until there is a bright glare. Only in moderate weather should layer of ashes be left on the grate. In other time: a clean grate means a brisk fire, and brisk fire means heat upstairs, where you want it. Now open comes the big door, in go a couple of shovelfuls of coal, slam goes the door, while you gallop upstairs to make your morning ablutions. Cold water is the thing to use for shaving and face wash. You can get as good a shave with cold water as with hot, after you find out how, and the face is left as smooth and burnless as a baby's skin. Then down to breakfast, and so into the overcoat, and out the front steps, where you find a rose in full bloom that survived that attempt at snow the other afternoon, and looks pretty and pink yet, despite the cold It is not often roses bloom this late, you reflect, as you snuggle the overcoat around the still glowing breakfast. Well fed and well cloth- ed, like old Tom, it js not so hard to view the world as a pleasant place to live in as it would be if these factors were lacking. sk the very poor, and they tell you, if they think you are patronizing them. People walk briskly this morning. This Is the happy result of our cl mate. Nature kicks us along, for our own good, at least six months of the vear, and we are all the better for unless we fall before the on- slaught of the pneumonia germ. The street car, this morning, is 20 minutes behind schedule That was to be expected! You stamp around on the sidewalk, watch the pretty girls going to high school, are glad you are through with schools of all kinds, except the school of life. Here comes the car at last—and full to the brim, as was to be ex- pected, also. You cram in, however, despite the protest of two dear la- dies—dear to somebody—and eo are on your way to work at last. The streets, as you do what figuratively spoken of as along.” seem clear and caim. the effect of the ecold. Cold makes the landscape seem white and spot- less. It lays the dust, perhaps. and keeps mal Indoors, giving a touch of aloofness to the scene, a great city. ‘These are some few of the things one does on the first really cold will not SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. is more hazardous to walk the streets of Washington than to ride the skies in ZR-3,” declared an officer of the aeronautic branch of the Navy. He was discussing the voyage of the great dirigible airship which 18 to be chris- tened tomorrow at Bolling Fleld by the “first lady of the land.” Perhaps the officer was prejudiced in favor of the great airship, for he was familiar with its mechanism and its powers to ride the wind. Familiarity. breeds re- spect—especially after the brilliant fight of the Shenandomh against the angry storm which tore it from its mast and swept it hundreds of miles out of its course, only to be conquered At last. But the intimation of the super- hazards of the brave, who, having no ticket for ZR-3, are obliged to trust to automobiles or to their unaided feet in wandering amidst the perils of Wash- ington streets, arouses questions of how much we are prone to exaggerate the dangers of what is unfamaliar, and how woefully we underestimate the more imminent perils. More peonle have shown foolhardl- ness when looking out of a bedroom window or leaning over a porch railing than have been injured flying the night airmail across the contingnt. It is the overseeing that makes raiiroad travel #0 much safer than walking. It is the overseeing of foromen and inspectors which makes it safer to work in a ma- chine shop than to rock the cradle at home. Some accident insurance com- panies agree to quadruple the indemnity tor an accident when it occurs while the victim 18 a paying passenger upon either a railroad train or an ocean steamer. -Landemen who have no fa- millarity with the ocean think of a sea voyage as filled with most dreadful perils. 'That awful window at home, on a calm day, is far more dangerous than an_ocean steamer in a storm. Perhaps if the traffic police could rise to the superb efficlency of raliroad and steamship crews in protecting automo- bile riders and pedestrians some enter- prising accldent insurance company, basing action on scientific computation of chances, would insert a clause in their policies to the effect that accidents on city streets would be indemnified three or four times the face of the policies. “It * ok Ok K It has been erroneously stated that the pedestrian is in greater peril than the driver or passenger in the deadly automobile, Insurance statistics do not bear out this claim. Indeed, 0 much greater is the danger to the occupants of machines, that instead of sympathizing with the pedestrian, the sympathy belongs to the occu- pant of the car. One insurance com- pany shows that in 10 years it paid $3,010,876.19 indemnities for deaths of occupants of automobiles, and only $185,601.31 for disabilities and $218,- 854 for deaths of pedestrians. We have been so famillar with the horse that we have learned to take his kicks and bites with serenity, as compared with the fear of the horse's successor, the automoblle. This same insurance. company paid for 2,200 kicks last year, and for 6,562 acocl- dents while driving ~carriages or wagons. The total accidents due to horses just about equals those due to automoblles. although, today, there are many more automoblles upon city streets than there are horses. * kR * Dogs! Everybody loves a doj the igsurance company remarks dry- 1y, “His owner alwayg knows he will ot bite, but better-de-sure the dog knows it That company pal $52454.72 lant year because rneda::i did not agree with their masters’ knowledge. Another deadly thing is the bath. tub—especially the tub plus the wet cake of woap upon the floor. Last year 171 policy holders of one company fell out of bed—3$s,450 worth. Sporting accidents cost one company half as much in 1923 as did all its automobile accidents. This company found that its principal ac- cidents were In the following classi- fications: Automobiles, 29.5 per cent; at home, 25.8 per cent: pedestrians, 15.8 per cent;.sperts, 20.9 per cent, and travel, only 4.2 per cent. One out of every eight people in the United States meets with an ac- cidental injury every year. Count your own family and as many neigh- bors as are necessary to make up the eight. There are more accidental deaths— 84,000—annually in the United States than there were battle-killed Ameri- cans in the World War—67,813. Out gt every 17 deaths 1 is due to acci- ent. Out of 1,000 deaths of children from 5 to 9 years of age, 167 are due to accidents, while at the age of 10 to 14 years the accidental death rate is 177 per 1,000. Accidents kill more children than scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles and whooping cough com- bined. Why are the older children in the fre‘nler danger? 1Is it due to lack of raining or to the greater tendenc: of the older children to be |nder\end): ent of the watchful care of parents or nurses? * ok koW The number of accidents is increas- ing and is already greater, in prn:m:- tion to population, in America, than in any other country. Trafic acol- dents last year killed 22,600 and wounded 678,000 others, and experts estimate the annual cost of traffic focldents as exceeding a billion dol- In England and Wales, during 192 the fatal accident rate was 331 pe’l: million; in the United States, 698 per million. We aceidentally kill 209 per day in the United States. Auto- mobiles kill 262 per week; rafiroads kil only 128 per. week. Rallroads are more skillfully supervised than are automobiJes. Railroad trains have experienced engineers and con- ductors; automobiles have tyros in many cases, youths with speed mania and recklessness. Rallroads have elaborate signal systems; com- pare the railfoad block syStems with the simple semaphores upon Atreets. TrafMc police are becoming trained and the system of control s being Dperfected. complished in that line is indicated by the fact that'in a group.of 136 clties last year thare were 39 citles showing fewer deaths than :in the previous year caused by street ac- cidents. This improvement in safety wae in spite-of the rapid increaws in the rumber of automobiles con- gesting - the highways. But there’ were 86 cities showing increased fa- tall In" all ‘citles showink les- sened deaths from streét accidents thers had been ‘“vigorous local ef-| fort toward regulation of automobile trafic.” It is largely a matter of strict poli¢e control, and where that has been exercised the death list has been cut one-half. _ (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Coilia.). That much may be ac-| D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 1924. FLOWERS For the Living Mary Pickford BY TOM J‘-TI-HAQHTY. Mary Pickford is the best known woman in the world, and no doubt her name and famillar face are known by more people “than any woman that ever lived in all his- tory. And yet, if you knew her inti- mately you would think she was & timid young girl, struggling to get along, and fearful of making the grade. She has been working and in the public’s eye since she was five years old. In a Quarter of.a century she has risen from the obscure Gladys smith, of Toronto, Canada, to Mary Pickford, queen of the entire amuse- ment world, who will never be de- throned. Her name will be inscribed upon a tablet, to go down through all the ages. Speaking of inscriptions, 1 have thought several times of a fanciful] picture, that of Mary Pickford standing at the grave of Mary Pick- ford, reading her own name and epitaph on the tombstone. 1 could see her body quiver with emotion. great tears well in her eyes and trickle down her cheeks as she shook her head sadly and said: “Poor thing. Isa't it too bad. & hope she didn’t suffer much.” Because Mary Pickford is wbsc- lutely that Impersonal. The Mary Pickford of fame Is another indl- vidual to her. 1 am sure she only knew her through what she has read about her and from seeing her on the screen. In fact, 1 have seen Miss Pickford looking at her own pictures when cutting and editing them, and have heard her say such things as: “Look at her now! My, but how she is putting on airs, she ought to be ashamed of hergelf— she's entirely too fresh.” Then she would laugh, as if the figure on the screen was another person entlrely. Then I have often seen her as self- conscious as a sheltered child; her timidity, modesty and simplicity per- fectly charming and a joy forever. Miss Plckford could never wear clothes, or a hat, or shoes, acting be- fore the camera, which she has used in everyday life. She just wouldn't be the other Mary Pickford, the actress. I have never known any one to display such a pronounced and complete change of character as Miss Pickford does once she changes from her “street clothes” to the clothes and make-up to be worn in a scene The moment she is dressed for a part she automatically dissolves Into the mood of the character in everything she says or does, even though she is not working in a scene. She has & poise and an assurance that she never otherwise possesses Without a far stretch of imagina- tion or facts. it might be said that she possesses indeed a trinity of per- sonalities. The third Is her business self. She can walk into a business conference, composed otherwise en- tirely of men, and fall right into dis- cussing hard headed, cold business matters with the foresight, logic and argument of a seasoned financler. But in her home and with her friends, we find the real Mary Pick- ford. She has a genuine solicitation for every one’s comfort and a sympa- thetic ear for the most trivial thing. Some one has wisely written that genius Is the infinite capacity for taking pains. This might easily have been in- spired by Miss Pickford. Nothing is too difficult to undertake and patiently carry out to complete fruition. 1 do not think that any woman has put in more active hours day after day and year after year than has Miss Pickford. 1t is not uncommon for her to arise at 7 o'clock and be at the studio, 5 miles away, and ready for work by 8. The exacting work she would then do before the camera would cause many another woman to throw a temperamental fit, or at least complain and ineist upon tat-up. But this Miss Pickford never does. And. in addition, she carries on all her business, which amounts to a num- ber of million dollars annually. Her business manager and production man- ager come upon the set with their books and papers and follow her around for the first two hours of the day, while she personally disposes of immediate prob- lems. Then there are often lawyers, bankers, real estate men, exhibitors and other outside interests to see and dis- pose of. Hardly a day passes but from one to a dosen prominent people call to meet her. She is always gracious and ready to discuss something new with them—usually them. The lunch period is only called to allow other members of the company to eat. It means very little to her, usually a light collation and a half hour with her private secre- tary, signing letters, papers and photo- graphs. Dinner is usually an event with - her. It s given over to her husband, Doug- las Fairbanks, and guests who might be at their home. Usually there are from two to four guests at dinner, and Miss Pickford always sits at the head of the table, a perfect and highly interesting hostess. Some time during the evening she manages to squeeze in one or two hours working on her story, either the story she Is doing or one she is preparing to do. With Douglas, she manages to see all the important pictures that other people are making and these they run at their home; one of two feature pictures every night, together with news weekly, educational subjects and comedies. There is one infallible rule she has before she goes to sleep and that is to call her mother on the telephone. She calls, wherever she is, and no matter how late the hour or whatever the circumstances. If her mother is not with her when she goes to New York, that means she will call her mother's home in California. And they chat over the phone like two schoolgirls, all their conversation marked with wonderful affection for each other. Since she has worked all her life, Miss Pickford has never learned to play. Her idea of diversion is more work and added problems. Her lie has truly been that of the poor, obscure Cinderella who won the prince and riches. But sheis so prac- tical and thoughtful, I'm sure she would 1insist upon cutting up the pumpkin coach and ‘making ple of it for the less fortunate around her. (Copyright, 1824.) benies Dr. Hrdlicka Backed Darwin Theory To the Editor of The Star: Mr. John Anschutz's statement in The Star Tuesday that “Dr. Hrdlicka says man originated from monkeys" is grossly incorrect. Dr. Hrdlicka distinctly said that man did not originate from monkeys for from mpes, and said this more than once in this course of lectures, all of which I bave attended and taken in shorthand. The Star's ar- ticles on some of these lectures bear out my statement. The dootor also said that Darwin and others did not have evidences of the precursors of man When “The Origin of the Species” was written. Not only dld Dr. Hrdlicka show apeci- mens, Dbut photographs of casts as well as sculpture, none of-which sup- port Mr. Anschuty's statement. *“ MARY B. GRAVES. ————— ., A British editor says America now rules the world. But it's noticeable Great Britain still claimé most of it—Providence Journal. —_——————— - Among: other things; this has b an educational campaign. A lot of persons now have an electoral college training.—Wichita Daily Eagle. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Is there any rule which pre- vents spectators from standing on a base ball fleld?—A. N. A. Rule saye: “No person #hall bo allowed upon any part of the fleld during the progress of a game except the piayers in uniform, the manager of each side, the um pire, such officers of the law as may be present in uniform, and such watchmen of the home club s may be necessary to preserve the peace.” Q. My bathing cap has stuck to- gether. How can I get it apart without tearing 1t?—E. W. A. Soak it in clear, cold water. Before putting a rubber cap away dry it thoroughly, as this will pre- vent sticking. Q. What _are the distinctive fea- tures of the Mills Hotel?—W. 8. H. A. The Mills Hotels are located in New York Cit There are three of them. They were built by Darius Ogden Mills to provide cheap, clean lodging for men without homes. They accommodate about 1,000 men together and furnish beds at 60 cents and rooms at 75 cents nightly. They are run on paternal rules which compel the guests to be up and doing during the day and glve various aids toward employment. They are maintained by the trustées of the Mills estatc and pay about 4 per cent on the investment, according to a statement made about three years ago. Q. Is the University of Louvain, Belgium, still in existence? H. B. B. A. The university was reopened on January 21, 1919. Q. Do all common aluminum?—G. E. 8. A clays contain Generally speaking all common clays contain aluminum, but as yet no satisfactory process for extracting this aluminum from all clays has been dis- covered. Q. Is a mirage a méntal delusion?— B.C. B. A A mirage 18 an optical illusion, but not a mental delusion. Mirages are seen by any one properly placed to see them, but a distance of a few feet be- tween two observers may greatly change the form of the mirage. The thing seen is a real object, but appears distorted, somewhat as if seen in & crooked mir- ror, and is also seen in a false direction. Q. Are Henry Ford's new lake freight- ers the largest boats on the lakes’— W. A M. A. The Henry Ford IT and the Ben- son Ford are not the largest on the lakes, but are the first operating there to be equipped with Diesel engines and full elecric drive. Q. President Wilson's term expired in 1917, when March 4 came on Sunday When did he take the oath of office for his second term?—M. H. T. Owing to the fact that March 4, 7, fell on Sunday, President Wilson not formally ~ inaugurated March 5. He, however, took the oath of office at 12:04 p.m. March 4, Sunday, In the President’s room at the Capitol The oath was administered by Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The formal in- auguration took place In the ordinary manner on Monday, March 5. Q. Is the animal life on the Island of Maui native to the Hawailan group? —N. E. A. Most island keys, merous land. geese, enous. is of imported origin. Tur- goats, wild peacocks are nu- in certain sections of the is- 1t is possible that doves, wild ducks and plovers are Indig- Q. Have the Indians in the United States a right to vote?—S. 5. T. A. The law that all children born in the United States become citizens by virtue of such birth does not in- clude Indians. An Indian cannot be- come a citizen, with the right to vote, unless he severs- tribal rel tions and lives as a white man, satis fying the authorities on Indian affairs that he is entitied to citizenship. Q. Has the “Black Death” which dev- astated London in 1665 entirely dis- appeared from the earth’—R. E. R. A. The zo-called *Black Death” was an epidemic of the terrible bubonic plague, which Is still prevalent in t, especially in China and It is also found in Japan, and other Asiatic countries. until | of the animal life on this | the tomb of a sailor who had died of the disease, belng attacked by the Plague. Q. What does mean?—E. R. A. Idaho {s a North American In- dian word meaning “Gem of the Mountains” or “Sunrise Mountains.” the “Idaho” name Q. How is Scotch woodcock made? V.E T A. The ingredients are four hard bolled eggs, three tablespoonfuls of butter, one-and-one-half _table- spoonfuls of flour, one cup of milk, one-half teaspoonful of salt, few grains cayenne, anchovy sauce. Toast bread on one side serving with wood- cock poured over untoasted side. Q. Please give me information re- garding Liberia, Africa—L. B. M. A. Liberia is a republic on the western coast of Africa under negro control, having &n arta of about 43,000 square miles. The territory was acquired hy the American Co onization Society, founded in 181 for the purpose of colonizing free blacks from the United States. Ti first company was sent out in-1 ruary, 1820, on the Elizabeth. Th name “Liberia” was officially odopted in 1824, having been suggested by Col. Harper of Maryland. A declara- tion of independence and a constitu- tion were adopted July 26, 1847, and the first President was Joseph J Roberts. The term of President is four vears. He ip assisted by two legislative bodies, & supreme court, and a cabinet of seven members, who are the heads of the different de- partments. Q. When were the splits Democratic and Republican 8 V. E A. here have been three great schisms in the Democratic party, in 1840, in 1860, and in 1886. In the Republican party, there have been two such splits, one in 1898 and o in 1912 in the parties? Q. What are some of the biggest fire losees that have occurred in the United States?—C. M. P. A. The four most destructive fires in this country were: San Francisco, April 18, 1908, loss $3560,000,000; Chi- cago, October 9, 1871, loss $165,000,- 000; Boston, November 9, 1872, loss $75,000,000, and Baltimore, February 7, 1804, ioss $50,000,000. Q. For whom was Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, named?—S. D. |_A. The mansion at Mount Vernon, was built by Lawrence Washington an elder half-brother of George Washington, The estate was named in honor of Admiral Vernon, under whom Lawrence Washington had served in the West Indles. What & the best weight of hogs for market?—M. F. H. A. Two hundred and fifty pound is considered the most desirable weight for butchering and packing. “Bacon hogs” and selected lig hogs, welghing from 1556 to 19 pounds. Sausages are made fro hogs listed at market as “boars.’ Q. What is the oldest living thing in the world?—W. T. L A. Trees are the oldest living | things in the world, and the Gen Sherman tree of Sequola National Park is probably the patriarch of them all. It was a goodly specimen when Moses led the children out of the land of Egypt and was 2,000 years old when Jesus of Nazareth was born When last measured this tree w 2 feet high and 102.8 feet in cir- cumference. Q. Q. Why and how did Eagland quire Ireland>—P. D. A A. The conquest of English was a gradual process. The first step was taken by Henry II, who Is said to have obtained a bull from Pope Hadrian IV authorizing him to_take possession of the cou try. The Tudors steadily pursued the policy of taking land from the Irlsh chiefs and glving it to the English settlers. The final act of the unfon was passed and proclaimed on January 1. 1601 Ireland by the (Let The Star Information Burcau Frederic J. Haaskin, director, Twenty- first and C streets northis A germ of this disease has been known to live two centuries, work- men at Haarlem, Holland, who vpened Editors Believe Tax Re Many shades of opinion are ex- pressed by editors toward the an- nouncement of President Coolidge that it is not his intention to call an extra smession of Congress after March 4, unless further developments necessitate such action. To a ma- jority of the editors the statement causes expressions of impatience for quick action on tax revision. The New York Evening Post (inde pendent), commenting on the President’s suggestion of waiting until the end of the fiscal year, says: “This sort of temporizing with a perfectly clear situation is entirely uncalled for. It appears necessary to repeat that the verdict at the polls on November 4 was affirmative as well as negative. The electorate voted down radical- ism. That was a negative verdict. The electorate also voted up the Mellon tax plan. That was an af- firmative verdict, and beneath it was | an expression of overwhelming confi- dence that President Coolidge would address himself immediately to the task of tax legislation. No post- ponement or delay was expected. The more sanguine even hoped that something could be done at the short session of Congress which begins December 1. There was general ac- ceptance of President Coolidge's de- cision that the political situation makes such early action unfeasible. But the intention of passing over the next opportunity, offered by a spe- clal session of Congress, cannot be justified by any of the reasons thus far put forth.” * ok ok K “Mr. Coolidge realizes the country is pretty well fed up on Congress” observes the Newark News (inde- pendent). ‘‘But he firmly belleves in the need for solentific tax revislon to make the tax burden more equitable and to stimulate industry. - The ques- tion confronting him, therefore—and he does not have to decide it until March—Iis whether the relief of nine months' surcease from Congress is im- portant enough to justify putting off his tax program that long.” In the usual course of events, points out the ‘Indianapolis News (independent), “there would be no action on taxa- tion until some time in 1926. A mounting Treasury surplus in the meantime might Interfere with further efforts to bring Federal ex- penditures to a lower level, as an excess In income always is an invita- tion to careless spending.” “Some are inclined to criticize de- laying until a year from December thesenactment of,a sound tax reform, for.which the country voted in No- vember,” declares the Springfield Union (Republican), which adds: “The voters of the country are eager for tax reform along the lines of the Mellon plan. The President's pro- ram of 8conomy and taxation was an ibortant factor in his election, and he would be derelict if he did not push Congress for the adoption of his program.’ The Ohip State Journal | vour question. The only chas service is 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) Further vision Is Urgent (independent Republican). s President is understood to th the matter would better be the newly elected Congre: nothing ought to be done about it until after the .country sees how it comes out at the end of the fiscal year on June 3. This is the mervative way of viewing the ques- tion, but, if the experts are reason- ably certain thaf the condition of t Treasury will justify the reduction the sooner the assurance of the c is given the public the better.” ik £ In the opinion of the Albany Knick- erbocker Press (independent Republi- can), “the verdict of the November election was so emphatic that it must be plain to President Coolidge that the country is not willing to endu the present income tax Injustice another year." There are editors who believe \a vacation of Congress is more sirable than immediate revision of the tax la The Grand Rapids Herald (independent Republican) be lleves “If Treasury estimates war- rant a belfef that ‘Coolidge economy will bring prospeetive expenditures well below expected revenues, the happlest solution of this pending question would be another horizontal tax cut ordered between December and March by the expiring Congress —and then a cessatlon of legislative firing between the susequent March and December.” And the Seattle Times (independent Republican) thinks: “It has been observed that | the couniry thrives better when Congress is not in session. There is no threat of {l-considered legisla- tion when the lawmakers are at home. It Is when they are concen trated at the Capitol that business feels the handicap of uncertainty The country needs the strengthening influence of stability. * kX % The Brooklyn Eagle, (independe Republican) believes “no revis should be attempted, or even though of. until after the mew Federal law has shown what the Treasury is likely to receive under 4ts provi- sfon.” In the opinion of the Rich- mond News Leader (independe Democratic) “Presideat Coolidge ex- hibits down-Kast business sense in opposing the. plan for a further re- vision of the income tax at the short session of Congress. Neither ihe data on which to proceed nor the time In which to &ct will be av able. And even If Congress had e tablished the proper basis for new cuts and, had the weeks necessary for debating them, the condition of the Treasury is not such as to war- rant any large slashes in .revenue this year.” To which the Cincinnati Enquirer (independent) adds: “It is gratifying that there is no dispo- sition at the White House to call &n extra session of Congress and the business Interests will pray that the President continues in that state of mind.* k that left to that [