Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.....November 28, 1924 THEOCDORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busisess Office, 11th St ad_Peonsylvania Ave. 'w York Offce: st Office " Chtes, Zuropesn Otfce : 10 Regent Bt.,Loado The Evenfag Star. with the Sunday morning efition, In delivered by carrlers within the 80 cents per month: daily only, 45 Der montli: Sunday ouly, 20 cens per Orders may be sent by mail or tele- 5000. Collection fs wmude by car- Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Datly and Sunday. .1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo,, 70¢ Dally only. Sunday oniy. All Other States. Dafly and Sunday.1 sr., $10.00; 1 m¢ Dally only. 1yr, $7.00; 1 me EBunday only. 1yr, $§3.00;1mo, 25c Member of the Associated Press. The Astociated Press is exclusively entitied to the nee for republication of all mews dis- patches credited to it of not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local oews pub lished herefn. ~All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. —— Fire Fighting. Characteristically prompt and effi- clent action by the Fire Department this morning put an end quickly 10 a blaze in the business district which might have proved highly dis- astrous. Sharp response to the alarm 2nd capable work by the members of the first companies to arrive at the scene suppressed the flames that were raging in a building of such age and construction that with a few minutes’ headway it would have been con- sumed, with the possibility of a spread 0 other premises. The conditions in the block in which the fire occurred are such that spread would have been inevitable with a little more margin of time. This is the usual course of fires in this city. Rarely do they amount to a magnitude of loss. Broad streets, the mbsence of overhead wires and thor- oughness of drill on the part of the force result in sharp action that saves Washington an immense sum an- nually in fire losses. Still Washington needs more in the way of firefighting equipment. It needs, primarily, a high-pressure wa- ter system for the particular purpose of fighting fires. At present all the water used for this purpose comes from the city mains, which are fed from the flitration beds. In the case of a protracted, stubborn blaze the consumption of filtered water is enor- mous and represents a serious loss. With a high-pressure system fed by pumps taking the water directly from the river the business district, where the worst fires are likely to occur, would be under the protection of an unlimited supply, without any drain at all upon the water reservoirs and the filter beds. This need has been pressed upon Congress for years. It is obviously a stroke of economy. Yet it has been ignored as one of the things that can be postponed. Dependence is had upon the promptness and efficlency of the Fire Department in keeping the fires in the business area down to small proportions. That is a serious riek to run. The Government itself is con- cerned, as, with but few exceptions, its own bulldings lie within the area of the proposed high-pressure system. Washington prays that Congress will not wait in this matter until brought to a final realization enactment by a catastrophe. ————————— “The,” or “Los,” or Both? Sticklers for the niceties of language aver that the new name of ZR-3, christened in this city on Tuesday, is Los Angeles. They insist that the addition of the article “‘the” before the name is a needless, grotesque, illogical redundancy, inasmuch ag Los Angeles means ‘“the angels.”” They are un- doubtedly correct. There is no mis- taking the force of their contention. Los Angeles is a sufficient, self-con- taining title. It is a name. It is com- plete. Nevertheless, in all likelihood, this great dirigible will be known to and by moést people by its redundant name with the article duplicated. Nature will have to take its course in this matter. If the public gets set on using the English article ahead of the Spanish in referring to the airship no citation of grammar will possibly check the custom. It is one of the strong habits of the American people to use articles freely. It was in recognition of this fact that a good many years ago, when Gov. Pinchot ‘was chlef forester, he was saved from & technical blunder by his associates in that service who insisted upon the naming of a timber reservation near that city “The Angeles National Trorest.’ Mr. Pinchot wanted to put in both the “the” and the “Los,” so the “the” was saved, but the ‘‘Los"” was scrapped and propriety was pre- merved. —————— Stock exchange prices have been advancing at a rate that may tempt some of our leading income tax pay- ers to forego even the financial lux- ury of non-taxable sécurities. ———— Matching Pennies. Chief Grant of the Detective Bureau sys that recent arrests “clear out the penny-matching gang that has been operating at Union Station for sev- eral months.” Reports have been made by a number of men that after seeting an agreeable stranger in the station they have been invited to take & walk to see something of the town, and on meeting a third man, also an agreeable stranger, they have been invited to take part in a little game o matching pennies and have been swindled of considerable sums of money. Détectives: dlsguised as trav- elers from rural parts have been sént to the station, and so well have they looked their parts that engaging wtrangers have made their acquaint- ance in an off-hand manner, invited them to take a little walk to see the town, etc. On meeting the third man, and after the proposal to play a tftendly game of matching pennies, o @etective-rube would show his in- signia of office and say to his new friends, “Gentlemen, come with me.” This work of the police is to be commended. Swindling some kinds of men seems to be so easy that it lacks sportsmanship, and Washington does well to put a quietus on the penny matchers. These fellows were once called “con men,” “con” being the fa- miliar term for “confidence.” Sometimes they were called “flim-flam artists,” though they were often more crude than artistic. Before it became nec- essary to protect innocent and child- like men from penny matching there was a game called three-card monte. Years ago engaging strangers whose principles were not the highest would induce strangers to play this game in the Smithsonian grounds. That was when the Pennsylvania Station was at Sixth and B streets. We used to hear a good deal from victims who played the game in the Monument Lot before it became an imposing and frequented park, and in the days when old Jackson City, at the Virginia end of Loug Bridge, was prominent in crime many robberies and swindles were committed there. It seems strange to those who have some grains of common sense and who read newspapers that there are 80 many people who will let a stranger come up to them, tell them what kind of weather it is, take them for a walk to see the town, entertain them with a game of pennies and take their roll. But there is no use shutting one's eyes to the fact that sharpers pick out many foolish men, and for some time Union Station seems to have been a hunting ground for these human hawks. —— e Sharp Action in Egypt. In justification, as it were, of the drastic demands made by the London government upon Egypt for satisfac- tory guarantees in connection with the assassination of Gen. Stack, Great Britain has arrested four leading Zaghlulites at Cairo, under charges of complicity in a conspiracy against a high British official. They are not charged directly with the murder of the sirdar, but it is alleged that their speeches have been calculated to ex- cite the extremists to attack the Brit- ish representatives in Egypt. It appeai's that these men were de- nounced to the new premier, Zywar Pasha, who refused.to arrest them. He declined because, it is said, he realized that had he acceded his entire cabinet would probably have resigned. As it was, three of the members quit their posts when Lord Allenby, Brit- ish high commissioner, proceeded to make the arrests himself. The close connection between the four men who have been arrested and Zaghloul Pasha, the former premler, gives their accusation a particular significance. No hint has been given by the British of any charge against Zaghloul himself or against the Egyptian ministry. Yet it is obvious that suspicion rests upon the late gov- ernment. The trial of the four men now under arrest will doubtless bring to light many interesting facts, pos- sibly implicating the Egyptian gov- ernment itself in an active though secret campaign for complete au- tonomy. Great Britain has been confronted with an imperative necessity in this matter. It had to act quickly and vigorously. Any sign of weakness on its part, of tolerance for the outrage, would have incited the Moslems of the countries under its suzerainty. Its demands upon the Egyptian govern- ment were founded on justice, and it has pursued a course that can only be commended in going thoroughly after the cause of a crime which finds no justification whatever in England's treatment of Egypt. —————— The Langdon Grade Crossing. The Langdon grade crossing comes into the news again, but this time not as the scene of a tragedy. A number of persons have been killed at that crossing, protests against its con- tinuance have been numerous, and there is general recognition that this grade crossing, one of the last two or three in the District of Columbia, should be eliminated. The Commis- sioners favor the 'abolition of this crossing, the railroad compeny is un- derstood to be in favor of the change, and all that has preserved this cross- ing has been the need of funds to abolish it. The cost of realigning or regrading roadbed or highway in order that raflroad tracks and streets shall not intersect at the same level is borne jointly by the District and the railroad company. In the last few years that part of the District in which these grade crossings are lo- cated has made a remarkable gain in population and traffic volume. Con- gress has made appropriationsfor the District so sparingly in that time that funds have not been available for grade-crossing elimination. But now there is no warrant for further delay. ‘The two or three remaining railroad grade crossings in the District, in- cluding that at Langdon, should be cured, with no further postponement. —_————— The popularity of Walter Johnson would make it an advantage to the Washington ball club to retain hfm even unto the day when he can claim consideration as the Methuselah of base ball. —_————— It is quite possible that Egypt will regret an attempt to make modern history instead of leaving herself in the hands of the archeologists. ————te——————— Asia has her bootleg problem; only it refers to oplum instead of alcohol. ——a——— Tell Them of America. Sir Esme Howard, in his redio ad- dress in the transatlantic test the other night, urged upon the English people a better understanding of the United States.. One oannot be sure that the speech was Heéard throughout England, nor even- that it reached England, But the spesch was such a good one that it should be repeated. Sir Esme said that there is ignorance in ‘Bngland concerning America. Of course, there is ignorance in America concerning England, and even oon- cerning America, but our school teachers are doing their best to strike a light in dark places. Str Bsme sald thet i public schools in England American history is taught little and American geography not at all. Perhaps English school children have so many subjects to study that they cannot master them all, and other chidren than English have the mme difficulty. It is plausible that American history as taught in Eng- land may be at variance with Amer- ican history es taught in the United States, but that point may pass. It would be well, however, if a bit of *American geography were taught Eng- lish children. It would be well to tell them that the United States is not one of the South Sea Islands, that the City of New York is not a mountain district where Indlans have their tepees, that Washington City is not on the shore of the Pacific Ocean and that hunting buffalo on the prairies of Pennsylvania and grizslies {n the pines of South Jersey is .~ profitable sport. In anothc: —eneration or so a good many of the English might learn that all Arfericans are not of the Tuscarora apd Ojibway races. It is regrettable t\at the transatlantic test does not see\i to have been 80 syc- cessful as one would like, but 8ir Esme has struvk upon an interesting subject. ————— It 1s now intimated that young Loeb’s health {s not fmproving in prison. The question is immediately raised as to whether he is not better off in an atmosphere of solicitous se- clusion than he would be in the wide, wide world, where automobiles are rushing every which way and the temptation to thrills is almost in- evitable. ————— Mr. Davis will proceed with his law practice, Willlam Jennings Bryan will go 6n lecturing and Mr, Charles Bryan and Mr. Al Smith will, aes usual, be governors of their re- spective States. The Madison Square Garden cyclone threatened damage, but it has not demolished the ca- reers which loom as landmarks of Democratic achievement. ———— Many people have been eager to send some gift from the farm 2o add to the holiday cheer of the White House. Calvin Coolidge has proved 80 simple and genuine in personality that nearly everybody feels like tak- ing a chance on trying to be a little bit neighborly. ———————— It is belleved by Senator Wheeler that there will be a political reaction within the next two years. Mr. Wheeler has the courage to express his convictions, even at the moment when his prestige as a forecaster is probably at its lowest ebb. ———— As the recent election drifts into perspective it becomes easier and easier to understand why some of the eminent Republican and Democratic orators could find it in their hearts to say a few kind words for the fore- doomed La Follette-Wheeler ticket. ———— The Soviet government has not yet quite succeeded in inspiring the same confidence in the art of Russian statesmanship that America and other countries feel in the art of Russian dancing. —————— More than twenty-two thousand people were killed by automobiles last'| year. The number is equivalent to that of fair sized town. And the bat- tle is not yet over. —————— There can be no regret over the lim- itation of the Zep to purposes of com- mercial transportation. It was never a very respectable or efficlent war ma- chine, anyhow. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Across the Sea, In London they can hear us, Far away, And most cordially they'll cheer us When we say That e gentle mood we're sharing ‘With much glee, And for hands we are preparing 'Crost the sea. Yet I wonder, as they listen Till we're done, If they do not feel they're missin’ Better fun; For the nations that address us Always start ‘With an effort to impress us By thelr Art. So when next we may endeavor To suggest That we're affable and clever As the rest, Let us with artistic tonic Aid the Btate And in measures saxophonio Syncopate. Birds of the Season. “A defeated congressman is, after all, a little longer in public life than & defeated presidential candidate.” “How true!” mused Senator Sor- ghum. “Better be a lame duck than & Thanksgiving turkey! The Wizardry of Words, This thing called “human spesch"— ‘it has a way Of bringing joy or strife, In 30 seconds one enough can sy To queer himself for life! . — Jud Tunkins says you can’t judge folks by their jewelry. Some of the most Rhinestone people wear the big- gest real diamonds. Valuable Information. . ‘We build a battleship immense. ‘We watch it as it sinks. And we have learned at some expense This much; that iron sinks. > Shut Out, . “You need & hair cut,” remarked the frank friend, “What chance has & man got,” pro- tested Mr. Meekton, “when he lives in @ small town where there's only one barber, and his wife and six dsugh- ters have their hair bobbed every Sat- urday night?* “Poverty 18 no disgrace,” said Unele Eben, “but you mustn’t expect folks to be 8o kind an’ sociabdle as to invite you into @ crap game when dey knows YOu &y’ got mo moRS” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “What's & four-letter word mean- ing ‘center’ with o as the second letter and & as the fourth?” “Axis" “Why, axis hasn't an o or In 1t “Give me a four-letter word mean- ing ‘In the same place,’ with ‘bf’ in the middle of it.” “I've got to have doctrine in three letters—oh, I know—act!" 'Act will kill ‘Edam,' have to change ‘act’ to the ch 2 No, gentle read transcript of a debate in the United States Senate, nor yet a dictograph study of a conversation taking place \n an insane asylum. It 1s, as you and the rest of the world know right well, t everyday talk of cross-word pussle fans. Cross-word pussies are the latest fad. Wherever you go, you run onto & group working out the checker- board teasers. Sometimes there Is just one mind plunged in deepest thought. Other times five or six will be gathered together in the name of the latest monument to man’s desire to be amused and instructed at the same time. Gimme & three-letter word meaning something used in base ball! a celestial body in four—gimm old woman in seven letters! I want to know what's a prima donna ending in va This thing 1s more insidious than an entrancing vice, or a deep-i da disease, or an obsession. It creeps Into the system through some sort of suggestion, making its entrance stealthily, so that the first thing the victim knows he is hard at it. Show me & man who swears he will “never do one of them thing 1 will show you the most rabld cross- word fan of a month from now. Beveral years ago there was put on by amateur actors here a one-act play entitled “Buppressed Desires,” one of the very best of such playlets. It was a take-off on psychonalysis, that in- triguing brain-storm of BSigmund Freud, which may or may not be a very good thing. The point {s that cross-word puz- zles seem to be a suppressed desire in thousands of men and women. They laugh loudly at them, declaring that under no circumstances would they weary their brains with such tomfoolery. “Why, If I want to work, I wiil go down to the office,”" such a one pro- tests. All the time, however, he is cretly itching to take pencil in hand and try out ohe of these fascinating puzzles. “You had better help me work out this cross-word,” says his wife, grab- bing the paper and feverishly turn- ing_to the checkered squares. “Catch me getting nutty about any- thing like that,” he sneers. “I'd rather put in coal” “That's about your caliber,” re- torts the wife. “Say, what's a three- letter word for young dog?" “Cat,” grins hubby. ‘Oh, T got It, 1 got it! Pup! Pup! Pup, that must be right, for it fits in with No. 47, vertical, a three-letter werd for something used in writing, P-E-N.” “Wonderful! Wonderful,” says he. There comes a day When he saun- ters Into an office, however, and finds the entire staff deep in thought. Pro- found thinking runs in a circle around the room. He can almost hear Intel- ligence crackle. i “I've got to have a four-letter word for ch plpes up the fair ste- nographer, looking tremendously put out about something. “All I can think IN TODAY’S o you will sm' to save of is Limburger, “No, that won't th cheeses. He recalls something about or some such name, and— “1 got it for you,” he snnounces, with pride. ““What is it, what is 1t?" pleads the pretty stenograph Five pairs of are upon him. Five brains withou! single thought between them look to his masterful mind for the solution. “Ber-1: 1y, 80 t ed chee: “That doesn’t fit, nographer. “Doesn’t fit—why dom't it fit* “Because it knocks out turtl turtle is right.” ‘Well, if Brie puts the kibosh on le, there is nothing to it, h but to find another che e bill. “My dear young lady,” he “They say that knowledge is not so much what you know, as knowing how to find it. Now watch me.” To the encyclopedia he goes. “Cheese—cheese,” he murmurs. “Ah, here we have it, here is Brle, but I don’t find anything else In four letters— wait a minut He bangs the big book sghut. proclaims, ir of & conquerer. “Edam! m.! ‘Adam?’ i ‘No, not the first man, the last cheese." “The trouble with these things is that a man of intelligence could think a week and not be able to get the right word,” he continues. “And then some simpleton would come along the right word the very Which, atter all, s & very falr criti- clsm of the cross-word puszle. There can be little doubt that the thing has become popular because it really is easy, while giving the appearance of being diffcult. The cross-word puzzle challenges one's Intelligence, too, and one's vo- cabulary, and introduces a sort of competition with one's-self. Combin- ing all these qualities, you have just the proper mixture for a fad. Undoubtedly working out the checker problems will increase one's vocabulary, although probably two pages a day of dictionary reading would do it better, although such pro- cedure would not be as interesting. The cross words, too, are another home interest, and as such deserve the commendation of*all men. The family group interested in this word study s a happler family than the one “intrigued by the latest movie triangle solution. At the bottom, the cross-word puz- zle is too much Ilike work. “Here's something to worry about,” says the title of a puzzle. That is truer than the writer intended. There are too many real things to worry ‘about in ‘life, to spend much time beating the air to find a four-let- ter word meaning center, containing the letters o and e. Our college- trained mind is helpless, but little Johnnie Smith, goin’ on 1%, can guess it at once. “Core!” he shouts, and, sure enough, core it is. No, life is too short. I had rather read Roget's “Thesaurus,” or good old Swinton’s “Word Analysis.” When you get one of the darn things fin- ished, what have. you got? “A free ticket to the asylum,” one girl says. What's that—you have got a peach of & new one there? Let's see it! SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. The annual report of the Coast and Geodetic SBurvey (a branch of the De- partment of Commerce), issued yester- day, is filled with a record of ac- tivitles in the study and definition of the surface of the earth, both land and water, so that navigation of the seas shall be safe, and the plotting of the land, for deeds and for high- ways, may be rellable. Few compre- hend how much the exact knowledge of sea level and the altitude in rela- tion to sea level has to do with their peace of mind, when they buy a home or survey the right of way for a rail- road or highway. . This report of Col. B. Lester Jones, head of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, instead of being as lifel as many a “Pub. Doc is full of human interest and practical information along lines un- familiar to the public. LI When the Government, #on’s administration, placed a stone marker_In the rear of the White Houne (where Zero Btone now stands) it was announced that from that spot all land surveys should be made. As the country expanded, it becams de- sirable to have more difflused knowl- edge of accurate locations, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey, for many years, has been locating thousands of similar points all over the country, marking them with metal disks set in conor Eventually it is planned that one such marker shall be fixed every fifty miles, based upon official accurate surveys of latitude, long! tude and altitude. From any one of these markers & surveyor may make a base for triangulation, relying upon its accuracy, for it has been lo- cated with long-distance Instruments and with a skill impossible to the local engin in Jeffer- T, * ek X 5 In early days. when land was cheap and before these fixed points had been established as starting points for triangulation, it was the custom to take any prominent points in & land- scape as markers for the base upon which to make the survey. This practice led to much inaccuracy and litigation. For example, & disputs atose a few years ago in New York City, wheremn the city claimed that the line of Broadway was 6 inche: farther wi than the present prop- erty line. e Equitable Life Insurance Building was one of many alleged to be encroaching & uu;:!‘:u‘ upon city n encroachmen mm’x‘l—u‘on- of dollars, if not con- mnluon and removal of front walls of buildings all along the street. The Equitable Company’s deed rested upon an old survey. Fortunately, reference to the fixed bronze plate of the Coast and Geodetic Survey established the fact that the city’s map was inac- curate. But similarly happy entan- $lements do not [aRauTame ‘l’n(luc); v o It is pointed out th Raliroad was built ‘without nhun.u to an accurate ;:o- n consequence, when :I‘I‘l‘:- :‘i’:"m‘ fimp slong the right of wiy much confusion may arise worlhndnrlu. ) . L I R For example, can: we rely uporn the eternal immobility of the zero stone —successor to the original Jefferson Stone? It was located by the Coast and Geodetio Survey, yét there come modifications at times. When the 8an Francisco earthquake jostled the land, many of the sutvey markers were thrown 35 to §0 feet eut of place, the land not shifted latterly but rose or 8l ‘The Cosst and Geodetic sur¥eyors found AL DACKSINTT Q0 80 AN Dok it Arizona, before they could find a disk “as was."” Aside from earthquakes, this earth 1s not at all too solid. 1t wobblea upon its axis and vibrates “like a bowlful of jelly"—to use a familiar Christmas metaphor. Once when Col. Jones was testifylng before a congressional committee, as to the importance of fixity of survey bases, and of the liberality of appropriations therefor, the Hon. Joseph Cannon appeared al- most asleep. Suddenly he woke to challenge the statement of the wit- ness that the earth wobbled upon its axis, so that the axis did not po!nt to the exact North Pole. The vener- able satesman sniffed at the sclen- tific fact and retorting “Who the devil cares?’ returned to Ms nap. Yet when the axis of the earth, instead of ever pointing true at the pole, wobbles and circles about it in & dlamoter of 60 feet, is it any worl- der that a New York lawyer should try to start a lawsuit over & 6-inch displacement of Broadwa; based upon the stars? When the North Pole is 30 feet A. W. O. L, all of us are out of line too. But the wobbling of the pole does not affect the alleged fixity of the bronze disks, for they go with {t, moving only as the conti- nent moves. * ok % % liable to|q A more serlous displacement comes from the “elasticity” of the earth's crust. Here is what Sir Charles Lyell, the famous English geologist, says: ““We have next to turn our atten- tion to those slow and insensible changes in the relative level of land and sea which take place In coun- tries remote from volcanoes, and where no violent earthquakes have occurred within a period of human observation. Early in the last cen- tury, the Swedish naturalist, Celsius, expressed his opinion that the waters, both of the Baltic and Northearn Ocean, were gradually subsiding. From numerous observations, he in- ferred that the rate of depression was about 40 inches in a century.” * x % Dr. Willlam Bowle, the recognized authority on geodetics in the Coast and Geodetic Suwsvey, states that 25 Kn.ru ago an earthquake in Yakatat, laska, caused 2 snapping of the earth’'s crust, resulting in a perma- nent rise of the surface 47 inches. Similar effects were noted In both the California and Carolina earth- quakes, both of which were caused by the elastic rebound of the crust when it snapped. Outside of earth- e regions, the survey knows but one other place where there has been & recent movement. It is in the cop- per mine region of Montana, due to mining operations. Yet, he says, geology shows that there is no part of the earth not in movement. The Himalayas were once 60 miles lower In Norway, there are build- ings 2,000 years old whlc; clearly show a change of sea level. Yet, none of these changes have come per- ceptably within the span of a single generation. Hence, for purposes of real estate speculation, it be practically safe to- sero stone and the thou and Geodetic Survey fas immovable as t! the hills, like the sun {tself, move.” (Copyright, 1024, by Paul V. Collins.) —_—————— The Test of Unfitness. From the Minneapolls Journal. A San Francisco judge is trying to keep the “mentally unfit” away from the automobile wheel. The trouble is that their “mental unfitness” is frequently not objectively apparent URLL thex have Jun OVAD & obildy - ] Y “do VITAL THEMES The Vision of the South. BY EDWIN A. ALDERMAN, President, University of Virgtae. The Bouthern States from 1820 until 184 constituted practically another fon within the republic, buliding its social order on the basis of an inherent economic _misconception. This soclal order produced an upper class of striking and splendid virtues, out of which fssued a powerful and alert politioal force. From 1860 until now, thers has been going on in these same States the most amasing social readaptation in American history. great re- out to be concluded, tory of unexampled epic achlevement ory - in the United States should jome knowledgé. In order to &lve a proper background for a just understanding of this great renals- sance, one should understand the chief difficulties to be surmounted, for the progress of any section or country {s measured by the distance of any democracy in its best form, so natural and indigenous to the North and West, was not possible in a land where intense individualism control- led soclety and slave labor obstructed communal effort. The South was the overburdened section of America. No other Americans had ever Known in discipline of necessary for the South to pass from an agricul- tural soclety, depressed by poverty and misrule, to an industrial soctety of free schools, free labor and mas- tery of mechanical skill. There existed in the South an un- taught and backward race, violently and unwisely projected from slavery into citizenship and economic re- sponsibility. The effort to subdue these difficulties might well hdve daunted the strongest stocks of men and reduced them permanently to a lower level of civilization. The glory of the South lles In the fact that it went forth on its fundamental pur- pose with a resilience worthy of all purpose and has possessed itseif of the arts and processes of modern clvilization with a sureness of foot unsurpassed in modern times. Concrete achievements of our country form another story, which deserves to be told and shall be told in detail and garnished, not with the mythical rhetoric with which the South is supposed always to be armed, but with the bald logic of facts and figures. (Copyright. 192 Spirit of Good Will. To the Editor of The Star The press of the United States and of Mexico has recently given consid- erable favorable publicity to the project of a group of wealthy Americans who plan to establish scholarishps for 20 Mexican students at various universities of the United States, an additional 20 students to be chosen each succeeding year. The results of .this generous action on the part of the founders of these dcholatships will no doubt be far- reaching and most gratifying. In this connection I should like to bring to the attention of your readers 2 brief statement of the work th is being done by the Universi Naclonal de Mexico (Natlonal Uni- versity of Mexico), in its efforts to foment the rapidly growing spirit of good will between the United States and Mexico. This work is being car- rled forward most effectually through the medium of the university's Sum- mer school for American teachers and students. Although most of the courses offered in the Summer school are intended primarily for teachers and students of Spanish, instruction 18 also offered in English, dealing with the art, history, social and economic | condition of Mexico, and kindred subjects. The Summer school of the National University has received but little publicity in the United States, yet it has been attended by several hundred Americans each year since its organization In 1921. These Amer- fcan students have met hers a wel- ¢ome that was genuine and a hos- pitality that was sincere. They learned while heres that Mexico is rich in art and traditions. They found that, contrary to popular bellef, Mexico City s cooler during the Summer months than the most fa- vored mountain resorts of the United States. They participated in the university excursions to world-famed archeological rulns, pyramids that rival those of Egypt in size and in- terest, and to many other places that bave contributed in winning for Mexico the soubriquets of “The Wonderland of the World,” and “The Egypt of the Americas, They learned that thers is in Mexico a large element of patriotic citizens who are constantly striving to pro- mote the welfare of their country, and who appreciate the sympathetic understanding of their problems on the part of the American visitors. ‘When they returned to their country it was with an altogether different 8nd more favorable viewpoint as re- gards Mexico, & viewpoint that will naturally be accepted by the many people with whom they are associ- ated. It might truly be stated that the Universidad Naclonal de Mexico, through the medium of its Summer school for Americans, is accomplish- fng more than-any other one agency in promoting_a closer approchement between the United States and Mex- ico. MANUEL ROMERO DE TERREROS, Secretary of the Summer School, The National University of Mexico. Sees Need of Remedy. To theEditor of The Star: I have read in the Saturday edition of The Star of the horrible death met by W. Russell Winslow, prof sor at the University of Porto Rico, who was killed by & shark while Bathing in those tropical waters. ‘These deaths are occurring too fre- quently and it is high time to remedy the situation. A year ago an American school teacher (a personal friend of mine) met the same fate while bathing in Boringuen Park. Less then two years ago & young married couple on their honeymoon trip made a stop over in San Juan. Fascinated by the beauty of the sea, he decided to bathe. He had not swam out 20 yards when he was attacked by a shark and decapitated, while the crazed young wife stood gasing in helpless horror. Practically all the yictims seem to be Americans who have just ar- tived ang have not been warned. of |, the dangers that lurk in those shark- infested waters, .+ L could go on telling you of the inany deaths by sharks that I have heard of and witnessed while a resi- nt in the island. ‘an’t something be done? Can't the United States Government, if not the Porto Ricans, safeguard the lives of our touring and residing subjects? The only remedy is to inclose the waters of the Baringuen Park and of the Vanderbilt Hotel, thus mak- ing a bigger, safer and better pleas- ure of sur? sporting £nd bathing in the balmy waters of Porto Rico. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. lease give a list of generals buried in Arlington Csmetery who have no monuments?—G. W. in the Arlington Ce ery, Philip H. Sherldan. A monument was erectcd for him by his relatives. Q. Why is not Towa Circle named for Gen. Logan, whose statue graces 1t*—J. G. H. A. Long before Gen. Logan's statue Wwas erected, the official name of the eircle was Iowa. Soog after the erec- tion of the memoriai, an effort was made to popularize the name “Logan Circle,” but the movement does not seem to have been ccessful. Q. What part of Washington s :kln up in streets and parks?—F. W. A. More than 54 per cent of the res of the city is used for parks, streets and alleys. Q. Where is the center of popula- gon of the City of Washington?—M. A. The Bureau of the Census says that the center of population is about 222 feet north of M street northwest, and 67 feet east of Fifth street north- Wwest. . Q. Is Mr. J. M. Hickson, who con- ducted Christian healing services in this oountry, still carrying on his stralian missioner, Mr. has lately been conducting & healing ‘mission at Bradford, and St. Michaels, Paddington. . Q. Were any photographs taken of the body of Anatole France, who died recently? Was his brain buried sep- arately?—A. B. C. A. No photographs were allowed to be taken. The brain of the French author was removed to be preserved in a sealed casket buried in the coffin. Q. Where is Croatan Island?—H. 8. A. Croatan Island was off the coast of North Carolina, south of Roanoke Island, at the time of the first Eng- lish attempt at colonization about 5. By the shifting of the sands it s now probably a part of Hatteras or Ocracoke Island. Q. On what day 814 the women who came over on the Mayflower first go anhore?—Q. 8. L. A. Nevember 34, 1630. Q. In the early days was the title “Mrs.” tsed by unmarried as well as married women?—R. E. A. A. In colonial days the title was even given to little girls. “Mrs.” did not imply that the person so called was married. The archives of Mary: land refer to “Mrs” Margaret Brent. It is probable that this Maryland heroine never married. Q. Are frogs raised to furnish frog legs for the mark . C. B. . They are raised commercially. Q. Where s the by Praxiteles?—A. B, C. A. Hermes, one of the pieces of Praxiteles, the anclent Greek sculptor, was found May 8, 1877, at Olympla. It.1s now preserv- ed in the museum there. The figure of the youthful god is shown as the protector of his baby brother Dio- nysus. The statue was made about 250 B.C. atus of Hermes, C. master- Q. Does a patent have to be mar- keted in_order to keep the patent rights?—T. J. H, A. A patent right does not expire fn case the patented article is not put upon the market. The patentee is not required to manufacture nor sell if he does not see fit to do so. . How long have rubber stamps for signatures been in use?—H. O. B. A. Rubber stamps were first used or signature fac simile during the 1vil War und 1861, Prior to that time impressions were made in en- graving. Wood cuts were made, and then ribbons, similar to the rilbons used on our typewtiters, were used and the name stamped through them. Q. Please explain the metric sys- tem used in denoting the signs of {automobile tires.—R: L. P. The Soclety of Automotive En- The appointment of Willlam M. Butler to succeed the late Henry Cabot Lodge in the Senate is accepted by the press as a matter of course and in keeping with the result of the recent election. That Mr. Butler's 'presence In the Senate will strengthen the President’s influence {n that body is generally believed. Mr. Butlers appointment, accord- ing to the New York Herald-Tribune (Republican), “wlill bring to the Sen- ate a man who has aiready demon- strated on a large scale the sound- mess of his public views and the keenness of his political judgment. The public has been greatly impress- ed with his force and courage, which are what {s most needed in the Sen- ate today If responsible control is to be re-established. His appointment strengthehs the Senate, In which he will make his influence felt for sta- bility and reconstruction, just as he did in the last campaign.” His inti- acy with the President, the Pitts- urgh Gazette-Times (Republican) believes, “will strengthen the con- tacts between the Executive and the Senate at a time when this is very much to be desired. That Mr. Butler 1s competent to take care of himself in the Senate and has the tact to avold conflicts which might otherwise arise is a falr sssumption from the success with which he met all the tests imposed on him from the be- ginning of the Coolidge campaign.” He should make a strong man in the Senate, agrees the Portland Express nd Massachusetts Is ing a citizen of his the place of Seénator “That Mr. Butler will pay little heed to clamor, whether coming from majority or minority sources,” the Springfield, Mass., Union (Republican) declares, “may be taken for granted. He is not built that way. That he will be obedient to the White House need in the present circumstances creat no alarm. The President's policies, as they have been under- stood by the people, have received unstinted approval. Mr. Butler will be justified in giving expression to them in nearly every instance. He will bring to the Senate a broad busi- ness experience and an enlightened understanding of sound economic principle: The President will-have in him a racious adviser, a trusted confidant, a faithful lieutenant.” The Butler appointment, the Fargo Trib- une (Republican) thinks, “places an- other man in important key ro - tion who 18 in step with the Coolidge desire te give the country a t Gommon-sense, administration. It cannot but meet ‘with general spproval of the Ameri- can peopié who on November 4 sald they winted thut Kind of an &dmin- istration.” In the appointment, adds the Des Moines Register (independ- ent Republican), “can be seen an- other suggestion that the President intends to sit at the wheel. R ER] “Not since the days of Mark Hanna hae a President had such a powertul ally in the Senate,” acoording to the ‘Brookiyn Eagle (independent Demo- ‘cratic). What this should mean, the Bagle explains, “cin Dest be realized by TeAlliE situation i the lest Sen- gineers says with reference to she metric system used in depoting jfis size of automobile tires that for zegu- lar passenger car and motor truck pneumatic tires (now low-pressuro or balloon tires). the nominzl d ameter equals a tire-sest dimsets Sizes are designated by glving the tire cross-section diameter and the tire-seat diameter, as “90 for 585,” but are branded as “90/585." Q. How does Porto Rico's per capita wealth compare with that of the States?—N. U. 8. A. For comparative purposes, fiz- ures sufficiently trustworthy show that the average American State has 10 times the per capita wealth of Porto Rico. Some States show a ratio of 25 to 1, while our poorest State has four times as much wealth per iu- habitant as this lsland. Q. Is it true that Catholics do no have to obtain marriage licenses? J H L A. Religlous afiillations do not en- ter Into the matter of obtaining mar- riage licenses. This is a matter of State laws and all couples desiring to be married comply with the 1afl’z of the State in which they wish the ceremony to be performed, . Q. Is there a fundamental differ- énce in the language of various In- dian tribes?—P. D, A. American Indians are divided into groups and the languages of the varlous groups are found to differ to such a degres that one is not in- telligible to another. Often within the same linguistic family different tribes speak radically different dia- lects. This is true of the Pueblos in the Southwest. Inhabitants of vil- lages only 100 miles apart cann: understand each other's native tongues. Q. Are funds placed In a Feder Reserve Bank absolutely safe frow. loss?—E. W. S. A. Federal reserve banks do nof deal with individual depositors, but with member banks only. Any mem- ber bank of the Federal Reserve systein is a reasonably safe place to deposit money, but the Government does not guarantes any bank against failure. . How many children 414 Andre= Jaokson have?—J. H. D. A. President. Jackson had no c! dren of his own. He adopted a so: nemed Andrew Jackson. He named Andrew Jackson Donelson in 1860 was candidate for Vice Presid- with Millard Filimore. Q. How did the mame Jack Ket originate?—0. K. J. A. This is_a familiar title“for » hangman in England, and John Keto: was actually the name of the pub' executioner during the reign James II Q. Can you give me 5 recipe omelet which uses bread crumbs’ €. Y. D, culinary -experts thir They tend to keep it light, &= in these times of ecomnomy they a- recommended for this fact, that th increase the bulk of the omelet This {s an excellent method of pre- paring one which will serve six Der- sons: Place a cupful of broken bread in a mixing bowl, pour on a cupful of hot milk, add a plece of butter the size of a walnut, half a teaspoonful of salt; cover the bowl Beat the yolks and white of six eggs sepa- rately and add first yolks and the whites. Cook slowly'in frying par covering same until omelet Is set Fold and serve. This may be cooke! in indlvidual portions or will mak three large omelets. (Did you ever write o lstter to Fred- erio J. Haskin? You caon aek our In formation Bureau any question of fac! and get the answer in o personal leite: This is @ part of that beat this newspaper—SERVICE. There no charge, except two cents in stam for rerturn postage. Get the habit of asking questions of The Star Informa tion Bureau, Frederio J. Haskin, Dire: tor, Twenty-first and C atreets no west.) Butler’s Choice as Lodge’s Successor Seen as Logical ate when the wishes of the Preside were repeatedly disregarded and Sena tor Lodge openly or surreptitiously op- posed the President's program. There should be an end to_that situation, and, assuming that Mr. Butler will be allowed to hold his seat for the remainder of Mr. Lodge's term, thero may be a vast change in the relations between the Senate and the White House.” Since “the President wants a volce in the Senate—one that can represent his views and speak his mind, and that can be trusted f silence when silenoce is needed, a a man with a sound business head,” the Birmingham News (independent Democratic) holds, “Willlam M. Butler seems to have all the requisites. He has had a pretty thorough training in law. politics and business. He has a repu- tation for shrewdness, cannine level-headedness and is unemotiona: and altogether the sort of a man President Coolidge has thought ¥ of and approved these many years. “He will be as regular a party man as Mr. Lodge, and he is quite certain to be an implacable foe of all isms and a good many proposed and al- leged reforms,” in the opinion of tiy Hartford Times (independent Dcm03 cratic), which declares further: “H 1s not likely to be as inconsistent as Mr. Lodge frequently was willt be. Hardly as briliiant as the late Senator, there is no reason why h should not give Massachusetts ever better service than Mr. Lodge did and, after he has become wield a greater influence. pointment of Mr. Butler may mark o' departure from the standard of tradi4 tion, observes the New York Evenin World (independent Democratic) which “He speaks a differert language_from his brilllant preds cessors, He lives in a different worl and thinks along different lines. successful business man and manu facturer, personally interested in ti tariff, and thoroughly imbued with notion of the sanctity of privilege, h 1s & practical politician rather than political thinker. Viewed by the ol Massachusetts standard he is & de. scent, but perhaps the Old Bay Staf, has & new standard based upon tli new theory that business should L the boss of Government. i Although suggesting that Mr. But ler is qualified in more than one pat ticular, the San Francisco Bullet (independent) also finds “In a sens he qualifies negatively. If there be fiff the counsels of the party a residuus: of the Influence once exerted in con trolling degree by thoss Praetorian: of entrenched system known as th. Old Guard, Willlam M. Butler may b regarded as a counterwelght. Old Guard was opposed to his a pointment ‘as head of the natiora committee, and also opposed to tLe methods he employed—rather digni- fled business methods, with total ab- sence of back-thwacking, and some system of keeping accounts, so that to those interested and having a right to know, it could be shown where the campalgn funds went—also that they had obtained maximum results.” This is to be, everything indicates, dis- tinctly a businéss administration, con- cludes the Omaha World-Herald (i dependent), bécause “Butler in th¥ Senate will 'be buttressed by Mill;_:l‘ snd Hoover at the President's elbowd™