Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1924, Page 6

T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1924. I'HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . November 26, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor The Evening St: ewspaper Company Business Otfice, 11 New York Oifice: Chicago Office: T European Ufice : 16 Regent St... ar N cliding. Londoa, The Evening ton, s delt . with #t 60 ceats pec month it per month; Sunday ool month. Orders may be sent il or tele made by car- pioe Main 5000. Collection ts Tiers at the end of cach month. Kate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ y only 1¥r, $7.00;1mo., 60c Sunday only $3.00; 1 mo,, 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. e Associuted Press is exclusively entitled v © republication of all news dis- dited to it or not otherwise credited © and glso the local pews pub rights of publication of e reln 180 reserved. animous vote the of Labor has tual convention at st forming an in bor political party. The utions brought in a which it tion for or- which would in- oven those bent on the destruction of the trade. union movement.” The committee’s teport was supported by the votes of the delegates present but three. v u n n re against a all elements. Ti is the course of wisdom. It is » less wise, indeed it is the more ise. because of the action of the cxecutive council of the federation at Atlantic Ci t Summer, when the a Follette third party was indorsed gth of the feo tlon | the Shenandoah, the Los Angeles, to call her by her new and permanent name, gives more the impression of an enormous fish swimming without apparent motion in the atmosphere. Various were the comparisons. Some saw in her a tremendously exaggerat- ed bass. Others likened her to a mam- moth shark. The latter likeness was suggested by a peculiar formation of the forward underbody, and perhaps was a reminder that this great strug- ture was the work of the shop in Germany that fabricated the dirigibles that played such deadly havoc in England during the war. But Los Angeles is now a peace ship, an agency for friendly com- munication, a means of practical com- merclal development, whatever the tield of pacific usefulness may be to which she can be put. She comes to the United States as one of the items of reparation. She may, it is true, be | turned into a war craft in short order, to spray her terrible rain of death and destruction upon the earth, But there is no thought in any mind now of such a future for this ship of the alr that soared so gracefully and smoothly over the Capital vesterday. Just what to do with these two enormous dirigibles, Shenandoah and Los Angeles, is somewhat of @ prob- lem. They may be put to some prac- tical purpose, however. They may be | emploved in scientific research, in the | Investjgation of the atmosphere. They { may be engaged in exploration of dis- tant regions difficult of access. Al ready it has been propcsed to send Shenandoah on a polar flight, a plan that was negatived on the ground of economy. Now that the United States bas two of these big balloons perhaps one of them can be risked in such a venture. —e—————— A Noble Gift. A gift of $25,000 by Mortimer L. Schiff to the building fund of the thedral of St. John the Divine in New ! York has been announced. Mr. Schiff | in his letter to Bishop Manning ex-| ! plains his action in terms that are| omed here in Washington, whe: | re | he has poor control of his machine. Any person who attempts to drive a motor car while in this condition is a potential slayer, and should be re- moved from the scene of action for a iong period in punishment. Yet as conditions now are in Wash- ington these people are virtually im- mune from any more than the annoy- ance of arrest, brief detention in the station houses and possibly the in- convenience and expense of hiring lawyers who manage to stall off their cases indefinitely, This situation will doubtless be put bLefore Congress early in the coming session in order that prompt action may be had in the creation of an ad- ditional court or the enlargement of the existing courts, and perhaps a definition of jurisdiction that will pre- vent this scandalous failure of justice at the Capital. Tmnsathntic;dio. It would be intgresting to receive from England announcement that the Washington radio program put on the air by WRC last night was heard in England, and it heard with what degree of audibility. writing no such announcement has come, but the cable' may tell the story before the day passes. It would be well if one or more of the responsible | radio stations in this country were to tell if the programs broadeast by f eign stations were heard in the United States. Such an announcement come later, but at this hour there have come only scattered reports that here and there an amateur picked up yunds which he belleves came rom a British, French or Spanish station No doubt should be left as to the suc- cess or failure of this experiment. It is known that in Washington several persons with highly sensitive sets lis. tened patiently and logged the air for Lnglish and Scotch stations, and Leard nothing which they couid iden- tify as broadcast from Europe. The alr at Washington was quiet, and it is believed that conditions over a large part of America were good. All the American stations which keep the air | At this | ‘Women's hair, since the bobbing sra, has been such a topic of con- versation that it seems to me the time has come to devote our atten- tion for a while to the subject of men's hirsute adornment. There was an age when men spent more time on thelr hair, what with wigs and powdering, than the wom- en, if such a thing were possible. Today, as the result of it, we have some very curious ways of regarding long and short hair on men. If you wear vour hair moderately long, other bosom companion will ery out: “Well, what trying to ilhe a conviet? Long or short, there is no pleasing them—so the wise man lets his hair grow to suit himsel?, Bob La Follette lost thousands of votes in the recent clection because > those long locks of his. We have become so used to associating long hair with men of artistic or radical tendencies that a long-haired candi- date cannot win. Every one of our Presidents of recent years has been a moderately haired man, with hair of the exact length and luxuriznce to please the rank and flle of the country This is a curious thing. There is 4 certain length, right down to the elghth of an inch, that is acceptable “The head has ever been consld- ared the noblest member of man, con- taining the brain which controls his actions,” says the Encyclopedia Americana. “Hence the adornment of the head is 2 function dating from prehistoric times and reaching still to the least civilized aborigines of every country.” There you have the reason for this Interest in two paragraphs, contain- ling two errors too. One may well |question whether the brain really con- | trols the actions of men. It ought to, | undoubtedly, and in some highly civ {lized beings does S0, to a great e ent, but the mass of ys are more THIS AND THAT * BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. some kind friend is sure to protest.| It you have it out very short, an-| do—1look | to the critics. Let the unwary gen- | | tieman « his hair to grow that| jextra eig « t acquaintances | will note it within elght minutes. ke A look back Into history shows that | the subject of hair atop the human head always has interested mankind long hair and no historian ever has called them sissies. The hair of the Spartan boy, however, was worn short. Slaves were not allowed to wear their hair iong. The Celts and early Germaans con- sidered short cut halr to represent servitude. Probably that feeling is the origin, though Httle suspected, of our present day custom of giving convicts close cropped heads. The “roundheads” of Cromwell fought the long haired and curled royalists to a standstill. Authorities on this subject regard the French revolution as having sounded the knell of long halr among men. Long hair in that country, of course, was ssociated with the royalty and | nobles. . So today, in these United States, when we sneer at a man for his long hair, we unconsciously are being in- fluenced by events and issues long passed over. How silly such an at- titude is, to be sure! Think of brave George Washington, with his big wik and powdered hair! What & furor Gen. Washington would create, if he suddenly ap- peared, wig and all, on F street some sunny afternoon! How the soda- hoppers would laugh him to shame and how the flappers would give him directions for reaching their favorite beauty shop! | One might build up a most fanciful theory around this often-noted cus- tom, but in the end it would be like most theories, Interesting if true, but probably not true. After all, what we have to seek in this, as in most other matters relating to the whims and caprices of men, is not so much plausibility as common sense. Now what {s the most likely rea- son for a man wearing his halr a bit longer than his fellows? Do you think thers is some occult relation between halr three inches long and a desire to take away the powers of the Supreme Court? There is not. Tha man, whether he be an artist, ipolitician or just plain citizen, who | wears his hair long does so for one S Now just why is it that men with t radical leanings usually wear their hair long? Just what as- | | soclation is there, anyway, between artistic temperaments and artistic VITAL THEMES Labor and the Election BY SAMUEL GOMPERS. Prewident American Federation of Laber. Many Inquirers have asked what labor thinks about the recent election. And it has been insinuated that labor cut but a small figure in the result. First as to the result: The American people decided that they wanted a con- servative administration, or a reaction- ary administration. Scandals _ big enough to rock the country made little, if any, apparent impression. Labor does not like the decision. The wage earners, however, are a part of the American people, and if the rest of the people want it and can stand it we can stand it. But we shall make our protest against reaction at every opportunity. Labor has been protesting through all the years, and its protests have borne fruit. Victory has not always seemed to at- tend our efforts, but in the long run ours has been the victory. So shall it continus to be. It has taken years to reduce the length of the work day from 16 hours to 8 per day, but it has been done. That is victory; that is progress, Wag earners once had no rights that an em- ployer was bound to respect. Now they have rights; they are free men. That is victory; that Is progress. It is the true measure of all progress. Let critics eay what they labor's participation in like about the campaign gle for justice is ever lost. We have made our impress. We have stood true to our convictions. We face the future unafraid. We shall continue to do our duty as we gee it. We have faith in our great movement, wt have an over- powering love for our country and its institutions. Discouragement has no part in our life or activities. (Copyright, 1924.) Politics as Business. Doubts That Congress Can “Con- trol” Legitimate Expenses. To the Editor of The Star: The control or attempted control {of campaign contributions by the |Just closed. We did our best. Wel fought the good fight for principle and for o better, freer America. No strug- Q. Has George Washington Uni- ersity a school of commerce, and does it havs evening classes?—D. J. R, A. It has a school of commerce, classes in which are heid in the evening. i Q. Can oysters be kept for any length of time in the shell at home? —M. M. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that it s possible to keep oysters several days provided that they are fresh and are kept on fce. Q. When will the next C. P. A. ex- aminations come in the District?— J. D, A. The next examination for certi- fled public accountants has not been officlally announced. It is expected to be given some time in May. Q. How much does the Monument sway?—C. N. 8. A. The amount of sway at the top of the Monument !s less than one tnch. Q. When did Baltimore City cease to be part of Baitimore County? How does it manage to extend its limits? —J. L. W, A. Baltimore City was separated from Baltimore County by the con- Istitution of 1851. arate and distinct political unit of the State and has been so since 1851 | There was no agreement with the State or with any of the counties whereby Baltimore City can, from time to time, extend Its limits. It add additfonal territory to secure a special act from the Legislature of Maryland, and in each instance this effort is fought by the county from which the territory is to be taken. Considerable territory was added in 1888, but no extension of the city limits had been made from that time until 1918. Q. Who has charge of the affairs of Great Britain In Mexico?—C. L. B. A. They are in charge of Amer- fcan representatives. | Q. Can_people go hunting on Sunday?—S. T. C. A. The Blological Survey says ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN the northeastern part of the State and gypsum and cement materlals are also found in the State. Q. Where is the Indlan River?— W.LR. A. Ths Indian River s a long shallow lagoon on the eastern comat of Florida. It varles in width fron four miles to a few hundred fest and extends just inside along the coas from latituds 28* 48’ north about 107 miles in a southerly directlon. Q. How large is Ireland?—L. H. & A. Ireland has an area of 32,58 square miles, which includes about 500,000 acres in water areas. Q. Does the reduction in forests and increase in arable lands diminist or increase nelghboring waters’— 0. 8. A. The Forest Service says that the reduction of forests does diminisl stream flow. The forest cover acts as a gigantic sponge that holds back excessive and lets it gradual rezt.s. Deforest tion can t place without danger If the defores ke to a certain point. tion is carried too far it proves da gerous through perlods of excessive motsture such as melting snow, whicl | causes flood. With the forest cover lacting as a sponge it does lesser floods to a certain extent. The in- crease in arable nds would dim The city is a sep- | i8 necessary each time it is desired to | | ish neighboring streams in so far as forest lands would ba taken and | placed over in the arable lande. | @ How s cld_fashioned Ive hom | tny mader—T. | A "The tollowi | 0ld-fashioned hominy, cently published in 4 farm paper: } three quarts of water dissolve one tablespoonful of lye. Shell a quality of good corn, put it in the kettle of lye and boil until the hulls are re- moved. Pour off the lye, wash and rewash, and boil in clean water. Pour off the water several times and sup- ply fresh. This is much the same as the hulled corn of the New England States, which is eaten with sweet milk, but which may be served stew- ed with gravy. Q. What causes irage?—E. 8. T. A. The Outline of Sclence says that a mirage is due to conditions of the atmosphere. As a result of the deviation of the ray light caused : % | controiled by our desires and our 5% that hunting on Sunday is prohibited frac S n to its sup- tmilar enterprise is under way in | PUSY were silent, “motlons than we are by what brains |very good reason. Government Is something new in our | (NALMIUNE 00 Bundey Op k| o e o gnfobiects m at Gl Paso| the construction of a great national| If the speakers and the Marine we may possess {1 oHe thinks he looks better with it | ool 4o sl d to 17, The Constitu. | dian. which passes throush the east- s the col of | o ion | Band at Washingt There is intelligence in every cell|long than short. i ~ - ~lern portions of Montana, Wyoming, o e course of | cathedral of the same denominatior I ton Neoi Mal i) TERS 6/ that tho biatiinr Men are not such fools as many |ton Knows noihing of political par-|cotobena and New Mexico, except fgn"d b naiel the - He says that, while naturally mem.-|O7°3t Britain that fact would be|jiy. only as manager of them. The credit them with being. It is freely | llee or campalgns. Is there any power |(ho States of Ilinols, Loulsiana,| po oo B¢ Iabor party dn thisfy oo S Ras s e et e | VerS interesting ito miliions) ot ATrer |iaes chat. he vest Sf uelis mere conceded that a woman bobs her hair | {1 COngTess to legislate In regard to|\icnigan, Texas and Wisconsin | (g CATth 15 « 2 1d not be maintained in| oo o ¢t of the|1cans Who take instruction and emuse-|ert matter is no longer tenable. |beécause she thinks che will look | 98 MEtiods of management? Can|pynting on Sunday is not prohibited | (no “qrnter orintum bt ateior 1t 1a Sjcomribute [ho Sreash WAt 0L 0900 ivent bytradio: Tt | When the villl in the small intestine, | YOUNger or cute or better in some | COn8ress fix by law the time when aipy Federal law but by State laws, o, 3P 3 o o et e A | amount needed for the construction of | BT P T n::: i‘: 9’“”;‘;‘“";‘- {for instance, feel the impact of a|W o [';:":»P?::{I:h‘illabelfin]an;i how long It | only. “In several of the States the | Hlacent tead of, s s usually 4 ragica’ parsy. i the o i i 1 rtance. the | 5 Che Sleid 1, men are much like women,ma) nd can imit the amount | ;rohy s to b codsl che resolutions at Ei Pase|the cathedral, it Is appropriate that |, .,y ne "GO0 PIRITRACS, T he fewallowed pin, these small slender | VRl men ane mOTL BKG, BOMCL | Chich any parcy can epend, { prohibition is to be found in code | (g or Pre-|provisions which are in the nature| his halr grow longer than meets the |Scribe how much any one individual | |august approval of Bill Jones, bill {OF corporation may contribute? {not in the game laws. |clerk, he does it with the idea that| Farties are voluntary assoclations| it it will soften down a too big nose, or | desirous of attaining certain results.| Q. Has the Methodist Episcopal otherwise improve his “1ooks. Have they not the same right as any | Church lifted the ban on dancing?— Faddists and cranks always have|business assoclation or religlous or |H. B. C. rarer mediu | vascular processes will take that pin| {of Sunday observance laws and are | last night there would be no cause for | and carefully turn it around so that discouragement, for there is no doubt | the blunt head is forward, the fine that round-the-world radio will be one | POt backward. | One may scriously question, too,| of the achievements of the future. | that statement about the adornment | very obtuse an, sing Into it the are reflected back to the denser m dium, the common surface of the t media acting as a mirror, the Image produced by the reflacted rays wil | otners should participate to evidence | |the interest of the entire city “in| | what is in its broader aspect a great community enterprise.” Mr. Schiff says truly: this in d to the upon the nion movement.” its report when it ision of elements struction of the Last Sum- instead of p: d i | | taer the federation was unwisely | —————— {of the head being a function reaching | > | appear inverted and below the r | e need that spirit of influence which | 12 S it long hair? educational corporation or such an| A. It is no longer on dancing. oD nverted and below th rown, so far as the action of the | oS EREl T R eed Prac- | 8hould the U. 6. A. feel called upon | SUll to “the least civilized 'b“""‘“} N0t mecessarily. It {s in this as in |organization as the Red Cross or any | i obisct executive council could throw it, into | tical idealism applied to everyday exist- | to build any more battleships lhe'O( every countr |other matters, it we happen to meet|of the great charities to organize And] Q. What do the initials “C. T." on From the looks of barber ShoDS. |, crynk with flowing locks, we im-|conduct campaigns or drives to raise | boX cars mean?—R. C. S. Q. Why do leaves fall’—B. H r ship with factors that are ence; we need co-operation and mutual | world may rely on it that the: 5 % 2 L 2 Fine | y will be beauty parlors, millinery shops and | p giz%ec s Tuston all b A. The initials “C. T." placed| A. Leaves are a temporary part of th 2 re antag tic to)or faith; we need discipline and a sense of | e S o I | mediately jump to the conclusion alljfunds for legitimate purposes and ex- | P’ | - t i uch more antagonistic to organized | fath: we need dl = W1, “We meed the | OVeN harder to sink than the Wash. haberdashers windows it would seem | ych are long-haired. pend them honestly, without having |after the number on a raflroad|plant. Every plant bas a period of Jaber than * ted all sorts of radi b nunists and Socialists of all s of belief. It was indorsed b, ¥ elements that have for some e been t bore from with- in the federation. amuel Gompers recognizes the ger to labor unionism in the Com- movement, and has fought it and courageously for by ng to ears. He has kept his organization free of extreme radicalism, and yet lust Summer came the decisicn to en- oll organized labor in the ranks of @ political party which has just been organized out of the elements of dis- sent, including the very forces which had been combating, and which recognizes as inimical to the best f labor. Of course, attempt to “deliver” the labor vote failed. It cannot be de- livered. It is not a political vote in e of solidarity and partisan unit has its own affiliations and it fol- them. The course just pursued El Paso is the course which or- xanized labor should consistently pur- fue, that of avoiding partisanship, of tly to labor questions he gation on political lines. —_— e Army Mules Beaten. g time it has been believed ny mule is one of the st most dependable of all traction The fame of this faithful ature has been celebrated i1 song and story, There seemed to e nothing that the Army mule could yot do. But at last he has met his match. His fame is fading. He has Teen beaten in a pulling contest. . At Kansas Clty a live stock show s | 4n progress, and one of the features of the program was a pulling contest teams weighing less than 3,000 A pair of percherons weigh- 20 pounds pulled a load of 00 pounds for a distance of 27% . developing a pulling strength of sepower. A pair of Army mules sweighing 2,880 pounds were unable to Jaul the load the required 27 feet. There must have been something avrong with these mules. Maybe they avere out of condition. Perhaps they 1d not realize they were out there to malntain a great reputation. But enyway they failed. The broad-backed. Ybroad-hoofed percherons, descendants of overseas sires and dams, walked away with the prize. Yet one cannot - &ee the percheron in a military role. The mule will still remain the ideal field tractor, and his voice will con- tinue to blend with the sound of the guns when a battle is on. ————————— Tt may occur to Egyptian statesmen that they were safer in leaving their country’s prestige to old King Tut than in encouraging more modern @emonstrations. The Los Angeles. Washington did not get such a big thrill out of the ZR-3 when she came visiting the Capitol yesterday to be re- mnamed the Los Angeles as it did out’ of the Shenandoah on her first visit to this clty. The novelty of the giant dirigible had been diminished. But there was no doubt of the spectacular significance of the visitation. Prob- ably most of those who saw the nose of the glantess glistening in the sun as she came out of the eastern mist felt an extra beat of the heart in the realization that there in the sky was a creation of man which had crossed the ocean from Germany and was obout to be formally adopted into the Amerfoan family. ©f & somewhat different shape from S | solved fitself that anvbody can men- capital” is supposed to be. | g pe) of Jove and service, which is all | La Follette movement was sup- | too often forgotten amid the selfishness | and indifference of modern life. The importance of this far transcends sectarfan creedal lines, and it is because | the cathedral as a great symbol of spir- {itual life can, and I hope will, make a | | far-reaching contribution toward this end that I am ready to join in making | its completion possible, The foundation of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at Mount St. Al- ban in this city rests upon the same principles. That great structure is de- signed as a symbol of religious epirit in America, not local, but national. Its iocation at the seaf of Government is significant of this purpose. It is a denominational expression in essence, but it is, nevertheless, a token of the spiritual beliefs of the American peo- ple, regardiess of sect or creed. ‘While most of those who have con- tributed to the fund for the completion | of the cathedral at Washington are of the denomination itself, others have done as Mr. Schiff has done in New York and given regardless of their own faith and creed. It may be hoped that his example, which is so cred- itable to him personally and to his co-religionists, will stimulate other gifts from men of large means, irre- spective of their beliefs, to the end that both these temples of righteous- ness may soon be completed. —ra——————— The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant has had a great deal of the publicity natu- rally resultant from a tendency to make modern religion as rough as possible. ————————— Any further senatorial investigation is likely to be more or less hampered by an impression on the part of the public that it already knows the worst. ot ——————— The political situation has so re- tion the Ku Klux Klan without fear of precipitating a political sensation. e The New York Stock Exchange is again asserting itself as the promoter of the world's greatest guessing con- test. ———— The Failure of Justice. The situation yesterday in that branch of the Police Court where jury trials are held was most discour- aging. A jury sat in its box ready to listen to any of the 17 cases scheduled for trial, and yet for one reason and another none was ready. Three of them were dismissed for want of | prosecution, 14 were postponed be- | cause of the non-appearance of wit- nesses or because the defense was not | ready. Ten of these 14 were assigned | to definite dates. while the other 4, were postponed indefinitely. Nine of | the 14 defendants were charged with | driving while drunk, and the others with reckless driving and with speed- ing. 5 It would seem from this record that there is practically no punishment in this District for driving motor cars while under the Influence of liquor. Drivers are arrested in that condi- tion, taken to the station house, bailed, perhaps, and then, on appearance in court, secure postponements or de- mand jury trials and thus evade prosecution for so long a time that | the witnesses are unavailable or the prosecution slackens owing to the pressure of other matters. The other day a conviction was had in a case that had been pending seven months. Of all the offenses against the traf- fic rules that deserve severe punish- ment that of driving while intoxicated is most flagrant. A drunken driver is utterly irresponsible and a mensce to everybody in the streets. He has no conception of the rights of others, and ington. ———— Ineffictent police regulations appear | liable to plunge Egypt into serious na- tional complications. ———— Financlal circles the world over have adopted the slogan, “See Amer- ica First."” ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Diogenes Diggs. Young Diggs has a mind That was rather refined. His classics he knew Ere to manhood he grew. In music and art He had quite a good start, But he yearned for the charm Of a life on the farm. “I'll get me some pigs,” Quoth Diogenes Diggs. He used to declare That his principal eare ‘Was ideas to find For the good of mankind. But his interest turned To the money he earned, Growing less and less warm For his plans of reform. “Theyre no good for the pigs,” Quoth Diogenes Diggs. He tolled with a zest, All disdainful of rest, To gain what he'd need For the purchase of feed. It rejoiced him anew As they grunted and grew. Men his skill would disdain, But he didn't complain— “It's fine for the pigs,” Quoth Diogenes Diggs. Arts of Speech. ““Are you sure your grammar is ab. solutely correct in all your speeches.” “I've tried to keep it from being so," answered Senator Sorghum. “I don’t ! want to assume any airs of superior- {ity. A politician, like a poct, is most | influential when he has succeeded in | getting a sympathetic grip on the| unpretentious vernacular.” A Habit. Whene'er a lady puts aside Her matrimonial duty, Why fs it hinted with great pride That she's a ““Revue Beauty?” Jud Tunkins says envy is what makes a man wish for something he wouldn’t know what to do with if he had it. Satisfactory Substitute, There is no Santa Claus; that's true. The fact is undeniable. ut there's a letter carrier who Is vastly more reliable. B Appearances. ‘“‘Appearances are deceitful,” re- marked the ready-made philosopher. “I'm afrald they are,” agreed Miss Cayenne. “The fact that a girl has won & prize in a beauty contest is no assurance that she is a reliable ad- viser as to how to vote in a political crisis.” Problems. Great Problems leave us {ll at ease. Man overparks and guzzles. The Housing Problem still one The Fuel Problem lets us freeze; And, in addition to all these, ‘We're doing Cross-word Puzzles! “I can't decide,” said Uncle Eben, “whether de object of goin' abroad is foh American folks to improve deir minds or foh Europsan folks to im- prove deir finances.” that the adornment of the humtan head is a function reaching to the most civilized beings of every coua- | try. You will never get a man who has gone on a millinery expedition with hi. wife to garee that only aborigines !are interested in this matter. i e In the beginning men wore long |hair and flowing beards. The early | history of the Jews shows them a ! much-haired race. Later they began to look upon long hair as a sign of effeminacy. This probably arose by reason of the long hair of the women, the men wishing to look as much un- {like the ladies as possible. Yet the herole men of Sparta wore N TODAY’S Since the beginning of history civ- illzation and interest have traveled along latitudinal lin Men have looked westward for -onquest and eastward for the fruits of former achievement. Today we turn to lon- gitude in place of latitude. * ok E x Our Government has sent Gen John J. Pershing as Ambassador Ex traordinary and Minister. Plenipo- distinguished delegation. They are to participate ‘in Peru's centennial elebration of her achievement of ndependence from Spain. On Decem- | ber 9 the anniversary of the final vic- tory—the battle of Ayacucho—will be re-enacted upon the mountain height where it took place, and the engagement will be witnessed by all the distinguished guests of the na- tion. Ayacucho was the “Yorktown of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, for was there that they fought jointly and won their independence. To arrive at the battlefield it is necessary to travel over the most plc- turesque and wonderful railroad in the world, climbing from sea level to a height of 15,000 feet in a dis- tance of 200 miles. It is with no | little patriotic pride that Gen. Persh- | ing may point to this railroad, com- leted some 30 Years Ago, &5 a MAas- terplece of mountain engineering achieved by an American after other ngineers had despaired of conquer- ing the precipitous heights. * % ok X The rallroad is not a cog-wheel track, but a standard gauge, ordinary rail. Tt winds along the bare sides of rocky Steeps, leaps across deep chasms; in less than four miles it plerces the granite peaks with 32 | tunnels, ang, at last, climbs the Pe- | ruvian Andes over a pass 15,000 feet | higher than sea level, and in 220 | miles spans the mountain range and connects the Pacific port of Callao with the headwaters of the Amazon River, thereby creating a transcon- tinental route for commerce. The engineer was John Meigs, a | Californian. He had lost a fortune {in that State, and packing a few | household goods in a “schooner.” he | fled overnight to escape creditors. In |South America he amassed great | wealth through his railroad building, and ultimately returned to the United States and paid his debts. The story of John Meigs is a South American classic of prowess, adventure and achievement. His total mileage there amounted to 790 miles, with a gov- ernment Investment of $125.000,000. Some of its feats on crossing the cost of $108,000 a mile. While the importance of the Melgs route across the Andes (known as the Pacific, Trans-Andean, Callas Lima and Aroya Railway—the “Aroya Raflway” for short) has not been en- hanced by the opening of the Panama {Canal, so far as concerns access to the { Atlantic, yet its commercial impor- | tance in opening the interior of Peru to both the Atlantic and Pacific out- lets will grow as the country's agri- culture and mining develop. When, in 1901, William T. Stead wrote his book, “The Americaniza- tion of the World,"” in which he pointed with British chagrin at the superfority of American enterprise in competition in building bridges in Africa and supplying English rail- roads with American engines, he overlooked one of the best illustra- tions—John Melgs and his Peruvian rallroads. LR Peru, Chile and Bolivia were allies for independence against their com- tentlary to Peru, accompanied by a; it | Andes were accomplished only at a | | The nuttiest nut I ever met—and |they all conwe to a newspaper office— was bald 4s an exs. | He had just escaped from an asylum {up North. He said he was ‘“all right now, Then he started to tell about his ex- periences in Alaska, how he lay in | his bunk, while his pal brought him a cup of tea, in which the latter kindly | fe had dissolved a nice mess of poi | After he had drunk off the potion, |he saw death coming towasd him. It was the gray death, too, no oxdinary dissolution of nondescript hue. “It came down on me liké a thick gray fog,” he narrated, stroking his | perfectly bald head. SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. mon enemy, Spain. They were the |last of the South American countries to fight for liberty. Some historians credit the leadership of their final victory to Simon Bolivar, the libera tor: but Bolivar was not the general who won the decisive battle. It wasa young general—Sucre—who was only 31 years of age. Gen. Bolivar had commanded the battle of Junin, which was a splen- did victory. Following the Span- ish defeat, an extraordinary effort was made by the Spaniards to wipe out the patrfots. A fresh Span- ish army cut off Gen, Sucre's force |from his base of supplies and from ac- | cess to the sea. This was accompished when the Spaniards, after crossed a Tope bridge spanning & deep canvon, destroyed the bridge. But Sucre’s army climbed down the | aby and climbed up the steep some 500 years before had been fought a great Indian battle which gave it the name, Avacucho—Corner of Death cre’s army attacked the Span- iards. In a sharp battle lasting but little more than an hour, the enemy was totally defeated. Spanish sov- ereignty fell, never again to rise in South America. 4 * ok x The pan-American scientific confer- ence, which will take place at Lima. the capital of Peru, will open De- cember 20. This will be the third pan- | American conference of scientists, and it is significant that the initiative | came from South America. The first Latin American scientific conference was convened by the Ar- gentine Scientific Society in 1898, in celebration of the twenty-fifth anni- | versary of its organization. The sec- | ond was held at Montevideo, in 1901, |and a third_at Rio Janeiro in 1905. | The United States was not invited to | join in making the conference pan- | American unti] the fourth meeting, which was held at Santiago in 1908-9. The second pan-American conference was held in Washington in Decem- ber, 1915: and, now, nine vears later, omes the third—at Lima. At these conferences the scientists | simply discuss the views and discov- | eries in their respective branches of learning. No conclusions are reached, | but great benefits are derived through the mutual interchange of knowledge. The subjccts discussed are history, physical science, mining, engineering, medicine, biology, law, economics and education. The delegation representing the | United States at the coming confer- ence includes many of the leading sci- entists of our country. Through the | study of international law some fin- fluences will operate to clear away South American prejudice and misun- derstanding regarding the Monroe Doctrine, and the possibility of the United States adhering to the doc- trine first proclaimed by Secretary of State Olney—that this country would exercise a sort of suzerainty over the smaller countries of this hemisphere —a doctrine modified later by Secre- { tary of State Hay and also by suc- ceeding administrations. (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collins.) Sufficiently Invigorating. From the Boston Tramscript. President Coolidge says he is not going to take a vacation. Probably he found the election returns sufficiently invigo- rating to carry him through the Winter. and for a time it seemed true. ! having | s, waded across the rushing river | heights. | There, at an altitude of 12,000 feet, on | a plaln about a mile square, where ! their activities supervised or ques- tioned by any law? If there be bribery or fraud they, any and all of them, would be amenable to the law In s0 far as the wrong-doing was directed by or came to the knowledge of the organization, but aside from that, why does not a political party, be- eving its success and its measures essential to the prosperity and well- being of the country, have the same {right as any other, either non-incor- | porated or incorporated, association to jadvertise its merits and its wants? No question is raised as to the enor- mous amounts spent by business cor- | porations in advertising, nor attempt made to restrict or control thelr ex- penditure in bringing their wares or | clatms of benefit to the publlc, to the |attention of the public. Where is the | difterence, and should Congress pass | such a law, how fs It to be enforced {against a party? Should it enact a | penalty applicable to individuals for | contributing above fixed amounts, and an attempt be made to enforce It, the i courts would presumably take juris | diction of a case to determine wheth- ler such a law was constitutional— | whether & party or an individual can |be pravented from spending any |amount they conslder wise and fitting |for a perfectly legitimate purpose. | Of course, individuals can be punished | if detected using money to buy votes, {but how can contributions be legally controlled? S I ARCHIBALD HOPKINS. Two Rules Proposed For Street Safety To thie Editor of The Star: It has occurred to me that in your efforts to prevent the slaughter which is going on in the streets of Washington you would make much better progress If you Insisted upon the dlsqualification and final elimina- tion of drivers proved in practice to be reckless or Incompetent. Re- sponsibility for street accldents would furnish conolusive proof. If the law and the police should install licensing, police and judicial machinery, linked together, and functioning so as to eliminate the qualify for auto license owners who that way, a long step would have been made in solving the traffic ac- cident problem So far as it is capable of solution. Another promising movement would be permitting pedestrians to cross highways from 75 to 100 feet away from intersections with other highways, and to furnish at such | crossing points aisles of safety tang- tect pedestrians when occupying such alsles. Unless the stream of traffic can protect himself In crossing a 20-foot section of street. He has to watch the approach of danger from | but ‘one potnt. That would be his position in orossing a street away from the corner. He would go from the curb to the aisle of safety watch- ing the trafic coming but one way in_one roadway. From the aisle of safety to the other curb it would be the same problem except that the | traffic was moving in the opposite direction, At the corner of street Intersections he has to watch three or four streams of traffic at the same time, an im- possible task. It is wholly imprac- ticable to watch drivers’ signals, the police signals and the trafic coming from three or four directions. Should such a system (of making street intersections) obtain it would be necessary to compel motorists to leave clear the pedestrian's crossing when the stream of motor trao was halted at the cormer. It is doubtful whether. any additional traffic force would be required. A place away from street Inter- sections where there is an aisle of safety is incomparably the safest place to cross a street. Lives should be worth enough to bear the expense of aisles of safety and signals for them, and little inconvenience to mo- torists would be involyed. JOHN W. BENNETT. That Rude Awakening. From the Los Angeles Time: We read an account of a man who slept past the time for his wedding. ‘That's nothing. Lots of men don't wake up #ill after marriage. reckless and Incompetent, and to dis- | permitted their vehicles to be driven | ible and substantial enough to pro- | is absolutely continuous a pedestrian | a crossing for pedestrians away from | freight car means “Columbla Trus These initlals were put on all cars built by the railroad administration. Q. What is the old-fashioned name for tape with woven figures?—D A.TV. | | "A. In Colonial times it was known as ‘“‘none-so-pretty.” | Q. Are Georgetown and George Washington both Catholic universi- | tles?—C. P. O. ! _A. Georgetown University is a | Catholic institution, while George | Washington University is non-sec- | tarian. | Q What Massachusetts girl has been officially declared to be a gen- ius?—G. E. D. A. You evidently Murtel Black. been emploved in a factor: declared to be a “genius” long State-wide search by She will be given an opportunity to | follow her chosen career of medicine. | Q. What ! Towa?—F. refer to Mi after a minerals are found . B, in | are found in the scuth central section |of Towa. Lead and zinc have been {mined fn considerable quantities in Miss Black, who has| has been | experts. | | A. Extensive bituminous coal beds | rest due to annualiy recurring and unfavorable conditions of tempera- ture and moisture or both, when the activity of life the plant is pended and it ceases to feed or gr a state leaves have no fun and are, th fore, needles: In n | plant the leaves suddenly picuc 11 off; in others, called evergreen, most of the leaves | are retained in the gr condittor | until they are gradually replaced by {new ones. Q. How can moufflon fur be re- stored at home?—E. L. K. A. A local furrier say that noth- ing can be done to Testore mouffior | fur to its original state except by the process of electrification. This process is quite expensive and coul not be profitably done by the layman | (Take advantags of the free informa tion bureas which this newspaper main | tains. If thers is a question you want answered dow't hesitate to use this serr | ice. Al replies are sent direct to the | inquirer. Address The Star Informatios Bureau, Fredero J. Haskin, director Twenty-first and C streets northwest | Inciose 2 cemts in stamps for retur | postage.) Attempt to Get Europeans . Interested in Base Ball Vain | { Strange and unnatural news comes | from London ard Paris, where Amer- | fca’'s famous base ball tea the | New York Giants and the Chicago ‘White Sox, recently have been play- | Ing exhibition games to small and | unenthusiastic crowds. Comments of | the British and French press amuse | | American editors who are somewhat | dublous that America’s national game | will gain any foothold in Europe—at | least not in the immediate future. | “Base ball's hold on Americans | cannot be doubted. but there is a se- | rious question whether this national | sport will ever succeed in gaining a securs foothold fn Europe,” in the opinion of the Dayton News, which | notes “during the appearance of the | Giants and White Sox in Engiand and France there has been scarcely any enthusiasm shown on the part of the crowds, and in most cases there have been no crowds to wax enthusi- |astic. In Paris the two teams pla ied to less than a thousand people, | and the eporting writers on the Pa | ball on the continent was a ‘wet blan- | ket' 80 far as stirring the imagina- tion of patrons is concerned.” Only | a handtul of people sat on the bleach. { ers, adds the Milwaukee Journal, and | “most of them tempted by passes. | They couldn't ses why anybody | should get excited tossing a little | ball about, and they thought the bats [ ought to be flat and wide so that the {man at the plate wouldn't miss ! often.” When ths o wa through, the Scrant epublic | marks, “several of the distinguished Frenchmen present wondered when it | was going to begin, hers who | had been trying to keep warm with | ‘grog Americaine,’ eubsided into som- | nolence. It was at this disheartening juncture that Huzhey Jennings of the Gfants rose to the occasion and injected a dash of Scranton pep into the proceedings with his famous war cry: ‘Attaboy! Ee-Yah! All at once interest was aroused. The game had to be stopped until the cabil- istic words uttered by Monsieur Jennings were translated into French for the benefit of the eminent savants in attendance. The translation was promptly made by the scholarly Mc- { Graw and everybody was satisfied. * R X ok In England the game fared little better because, as the El Paso Heraid relates: “King George, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales attended. <0 i 1 | game and told the King when to ap- plaud. Queen Mary dodged balls, fearing the net in front of her would not stop them. Some 8,000 Londoners were there to compare the game un- favorably with cricket and to con- fess the fact that they knew nothing of base ball and cared little for it. They were just there for the novelt: deriving no pleasure from the game. “May the fates that watch over the destiny of the average lusty xmer- ican citizen keep him now and for- risian newspapers agreed that base | The prince knew a little about the | )the Plttsburgh Sun’suggests that evermore from being a spectator at base ball game in Engiand.” mou | the Springfield Unfon (Mass.). | “seeing a base ball game in Englan | judge from the reports, is eating mince ple for breakfast Budapest.” The Union continues ‘We hear rumors of a whole gan played without a single respectab | cheer from the spectators. We {long, droll and derogatory critic lof the great American sport fr{ | the too-many-sided Bernard Sh | We have reports of a frea-hitt in 1 hour and game completed minutes. We are told of an game played through without plaver snarling at an umplre. sort of base ball is this?" w much of Britain as writes the newspapers has arrived at a s prising opinion of base ball.” accol ing to the Detroit News, which poir¥ out that * ame which we suppose to be ona of infin iety and in- numerable thrills is described by the Morning Post as * n i parison with an ) | dullest professional cricketer wh jever dawdled through the leaden hours on an English field.” % ok ok X | Tndeed, “the British newspapers I find the gime dull” declares the Nashville Banner, “and at least one ¢ them criticized it because the ball | nearly always found a great big glove |walting for it when it descended in the fleld. There is no thrill for the British in a one-handed stab of a hard-hit drive. They have been po- {lite enough about it, entirely too po- lite, to do so much as approximate & real base ball at sphere.” But it is in the discussion of the pitching that the St. Paul Pioneer Press find< the English ort writer uncon- sciously lapses into Harry Leon Wil- son’s be tyle, and we ten to Ruggle of Red Gap speaking: ‘There is no obviou perceptible varfation |in the pitching, which is all as fast and furlous as 1may be. but, of course, there is enormous skill in it Whal lon earth is the use of curves and |slants—if you can’t see them and often cannot see the ball? The re spectably bowled cricket ball is fast enough and one can view it as i travels and applaud it on its way. Although “Messrs. McGraw Comiskey may not have convinced |Europe that base ball is the gam: {of games” the Buffalo News frei “they have awakened some inter there In the national pastime {America. Surely there was & sy {tom of appreciation in the crie the French schoolboys, ‘a mi Larbiter, meaning ‘kill the umpire It American base ball enthusiasts really want to develop ‘noisy appro- jbation for the game in foreign lands [some zealot, with a capacity for in- finite patience, will devote himsel! to organizing the boys of the villages into base ball nines he may live to see the game obtain a foothold. Base ball did not start in America by tours of high-priced stars. It had its be- ginning on the sandiots. And the andlot is the place to plant base ball eed in Europe.”