Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 6

- THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......January 30, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Buslness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Ofce: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. European Office: 16 Reagent $t.,London, England. The Byeninz Star, edition, fx deliversd city af 80 cents per month: dally only, cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mall or phone Matn 5000. Collection is wade by car. riers at the end of each wonth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only 21 yr., $6.00; 1 mo,, 50c Eunday only.......1yr, $2.40; 1 mo, 20c All Other States. 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Hearings held by a sub- committee of the House District com- | mittee in conference with a similar group from the Senate served to es. tablish the strong local demand for this important piece of legislation Several days ago the bill was favor- ably reported by the subcommittee to the Senate District committee, which, in turn, reported favorably to the Sen- ate itself. Wednesday the bill, having received a favorable report from the | House subcommittee which had been holding the hearings, was favorably reported to the House, with certain amendments, which do not materially affect its purport. It is expected that the House will take action upon the amended bill on February 9 and that | the Senate will thereafter concur. The legislative ure, drafted to energize and render eflicient the administration of public welfare work In the National Capital, | establishes its inherent soundness and | augure well for the finai action of the House and Senate. Those delegated by each body of Congress to look into the matter of the need for a radical shortly path of this meas. in current welfare adminis- in Washington and to pass the wisdom of the specific recommended by the com mission public welfare legislation have made unequivocal answer. They have found the current effective and extravagant of person nel, effort and money. They have found, with slight modification, the proposals of the commission which drafted the original bill to be wise in conception and practical in method. Of this gratifying chapter in Dis- trict legislation the most important paragraphs stiil remain to be written. The stamp of approval of the two Jegislative chambers and of the Presi- dent have vet to be afixed. But in the indorsement already accorded to its painstaking efforts the commission may take the pride of knowing that it has handled e tangled problem with ability and discretion and may look forward with fair assurance to the full flowering of its work. For in legislation of this type it may’be assumed that the House and Senate will rely upon the reports of their committees, and by those reports the commission’s work receives whole- hearted indorsement. ————. Attorney General Stone. When Attorney General Stone went befors the Senats judiciary committee &nd demanded a public hearing on the question of his activity in office with reference to his qualification for ap- pointment as an assoclate justice of the Supreme Court, he displayed the quality of fitness for that position, which requires courage and judgment es well as knowledge of the law. His Bearing in examination and cross: examination in & procedure unparal- leled in the history of this country has, it is reported, deprived the op- position to his appointment of "its force, and it is now expected that con- firmation will soon follow. An extraordinary spectacle is pre- mented, when the chief law officer of the Government is haled before a committee of the Senate to be quizzed regarding his official action directed in dlscharge of his duty against & mem- ber of that body. Mr. Stone's course in responding to the summons and in asking public es- sion of the committee is highly -com- mendable. He had no fear of the re- sult. He made no demur to the com mittes's jurisdiction. He told his story frankly, and as fully and in as much detail as propristy permitted, reserv- ing only matters that are properly to be considered in grand jury session Hae manifested no umbrage at what sright have been & humiliating in. quisition, but which became a vindica- tion, revision tration upon anges on system in- —n A few Progressives may be com- pelled to feel that in order for them to maintain any further political ac- tivities a third party will be positively necessary. sl Crusaders of the Faith. Washington is the scene at present of the largest and most important mis. mionary meeting probably ever held. Tt is an interdenominational and in- ternational gathering of churchmen and laymen working for the spread of Christian teachings throughout the world. They have come from every land. They are inspired by a common zeal to advance civilization through veligious works. They are bringing reports of activities in all climes and amid all races and reporting definite and gratifying progress everywhere. Not only in the teaching of religious doctrine and the implanting of the Christian faith among other peoples is the purpose of this movement; the with the Sunday moraing | carriers. within the | o 45| [detivitics | from disease. They are outposts of { enlightenment and_efvilization. _ |are fighting at a great risk to them- Th.y selves at times. The bepighted condi- tions of barbarism and savagery and |in more cultured lands of backward | society are being bettered by this in- fluence. Those engaged in this worl are true crusaders of the faith. They are pioneers who brave dangers without | flinching, who go unarmed. and often | sake of the children at this far-dlstant j undefended. into the wildest places. !uulpmlt of American civilization. Many ork goes on. of them have perished, but the Never is there lack of volunteers for this great service Means for thelr support supplied in great sums at heavy sacrifice, They are teachers and physicians. as well as preachers, of their respective doc- trines. They are the leaven in the lump of humanity. Washington is learning much from the reports of the proccedings of this reat meeting. It learning of the of thousands of men and women who are unselfishly devoting their lives without rewards save those of accomplishment and the discharge of duty. It is learning of a farflung organization composed of many units working not in conflict but in- har- mony to one end, that mankind may be bettered in accordance with the teachings of Him whose spirit guides today as through the centuries past ———— Exclusion of the Progressives. When the present the Republicana of the Senate cluded from party caucus four Sena- tors who had in the campaign openly supported the third-party can- didates for President and Vice Prosi- dent, it was expected that the same course would be followed in the House. The same political considerations would naturally prev the lower as in the upper branch of Congress Decision has been reached by the House leaders to take this view of the party Wisconsin delegation -and other members who in the campaign showed open hostility to the Republican national candidate. This is a drastic course, but, it would seem to be justified by logic. The excluded members of the House were avowedly enrolled as members of third party, whose purpose was the election of the Repub \didates. They supported the candidacy of La Follette and Wheeler, a former Republican ayd a former Democrat, It was their desire to pre vent a choice in the electoral coltege to throw the election into the House of Representatives, or, failing choice there, into the Senate by the election of a Vice President, who would act as President. Failure of the titird-party movement does not absolve its participants from the charge of irregularity amounting to desertion of the party organiza- tion. It is true that in 1912 a third- party movement occurred which split the Republican organization so deeply that Democratic success is early in session ex past in status of the entire a that year were not excluded formally from party caucus in either House or ly in the majority. To exclude them would have resulted in the definite formation of a permanent organiza- tion. 1t was the course of wisdom to avoid this procedure and resuit. The 1924 division, however, was not merely a split from the Republican party. It was w definite movement toward a distinct organization ing supporters from both of the major parties and several of the minor ones. It did not arise from a dissent from convention procedure. It was planned before the nominating convention of the Republican party, and was carried out according to a schedule. Tt dif: fered whoily in inception and pro- cedure from the insurgency of 1912 Exclusion from the caucus means deprivation of committee assignments. It places the evicted in a position of impotence s legisiators. It may have the result of solidifying their opposi- tion, but it places them in a'category where they must continue definitely as a hopeless minority group or by surrender return to the regular or- ganization. Wisconsin may support them in their insurgency, though the State will suffer from being repre- sented in Congress by a minority political unit, That fact may eventual- Iy work a change in sentiment in the constituencies which are left without a share in the governlng or- ganization of the House. ———— now District of Columbia. Congress takes a proper step in insuring an intelli- gent as well as appreciative local audi- ence. —pe. When the proceedings at an execu- tive session are published there is at least an implied compliment to their exceptional interest. oo ‘Warmer weather is confidently pre- dicted, Luck Is bound to change sooner or later. - For the Relief of Nome. In immediate response to an ap- peal from Nome, where a diphtheria epidemic is raging, authority has' been given to an American flyer to proceed to the affiicted city with anti- toxin as soon as it arrives from Seat- tle at Fairbanks. Every possible ef- fort will be made to afford relief with the least delay. Probably never before has such a gituation existed. An American com- munity isolated by the Arctic Winter in the grip of a deadly disease, with remedies exhausted, cries for heip. Sledge teams have been ready to carry the serum upon which the lives of soon as it reaches Fairbanke. But dogteams, though sure, are relatively slow. Nome has asked for planes, and despite the danger of a Midwinter Arctic flight airmen have volunteered, and one of them has been given the assignment. . American airmen have within a few months flown around the world, facing desperate dangers and over- coming tremendous obstacles. They have made history and have been ac- claimed as heroes. Now comes the practical test, the real proof of the utility of speed in the far distant re- gions against the most stubborn ob- missionaries of the Christian churches are rescuing millions from sloth and stacles of matuwe. That men are will- ing to risk their lives on such a mis- 1 3\ P 1 resulted. | | Members of the Progressive party of | Senate. They were, indeed, numerical- | draw- | New &chools will be provided for the | many hundreds of children depend, as | T sion s not surprising. Indeed, it.would have been surprising if volunteers had not been eager for this chance to serve. Nome's heart-rending appeal grouses the keenest sympathy. The progress of the healing remedy toward the dis- ease-beleaguered community will be { watched by millions; praying that ho | mishap will befall those who are brav- | | ing the cold and. winds and ice for the | SR ST SR | Soviet and Convention. Readers of the story of the French evolution of & century and a third ago cannot fall to see a certain like ness to the Russian revolution of 1917, which is still in progress. In France after the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of & convention as master of the destinies of the coun- try, disintegration followed In due order as leaders quarreled over pro cedure and degrees of violence. The acquisition of power by individuals| { bred jealousies and’ suspicions. Fac- | tions formed, called societies and clubs, which struggled for dominance. «Robespicrre the virtual die- tator and condemned to death many of his former assoclates. The guillotine 4: took as its victims first nobles and | priests, then sympathizers with royaity #hd then Comununists themselves as they were denounced as betrayers of | the revolution. Fi ly Robesjfierre | himself, fcared by the conventios outlawed, seized and put to death with | became was | a group of his most faithful followers | Then came Napoleon and the end of the terror. In Russia there has been slaughter of royaity and nobility and the bur geoise class and the priesthood. There the development of faction, but so far no murderous vengeance | leading Communists, Changes have occurred in the Soviet regime. Lenin has dled of natural causes, as | dld Mirabeau in France. His place has heen taken by a triumvirate. One of his associates, Trotsky, has been re moved from office, deprived of power and virtually exiled. Now it is report- ed that Zinovieff, one of the triumvirs, is likewise in disfavor. He will, it is said, soon be essigned to duty at a dis { tance from the capital. Disintegration has set in at Moscow as it developed in Paris in 1704, Is Russia developing a Napoleon? i | | | | has been upon S The K. K. K. has offered its serv ices in helping to regulate disorder in Philadelphia, and Gen. Butler s prompt in indicating that he does not consider the time propitious for add- ing masquerade parties to the festivi- ties already in evidence, There is no doubt in the minds of | saveral Senators that Mr. Harry Daugherty is entirely accurate in as- serting that he knows many. interest ing things that he has never o Tta manages to provide just enough opposition to Mussolini to call attention to his ability to assert positive authority. ! s o 1t would be impossible to go so far as to suggest a constitutional amend- ment compelling executive sessions to be entirely secret. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Hard Part. A Everybody has his little trouble. Tt isn't hard to add unto his share. A word or two may be encugh to double * A burden of perplexity and care, If you desire appreciation later, Pursue some patient plan to soothe distress. Any fool can greater, But genius is required to make them less, make our sorrows Big Question. “What do you consider the most im- portant question now before the pub- lic' “One,” answered Senator Sorghum, “that customarily is addressed not to a crowd, but privately to individuals: ‘How are you going to vote?' ™ Somebody pushed open a door. A bammer. came flying straight through it. Fierce epithets rang through the roar. 'Twas a family quarrel! We knew it! We hastened to quiet the fray. A man with grim facial expression ixclaimed, “Won't you please go away? ‘We are now in executive session Jud Tunkins says clvilization is be- coming too complicated, and he longs for the good old days when il you had to do at a soda fountain was to decide between lemon and vanilla. A Crowding Problem. The person with affection for man- kind Attains a range of thought exceed- ing wide; But he who has himself upon his mind Finds room for scarcely anything beside. Maybe a Little Jealous. T met still another lady who danced with the Prince of Wales.” “1 don't know how good a dancer | the prince is,” commented Miss Cay- enne, “but he is undoubtedly a wonder for endurance, Economy. Economy we practice now, We're gradually learming it. This thing of saving cash, we vow, Is hdrder still than earning it! “One reason some chillun don't obey deir parents,” sald Uncle Eben, “is dat de parents don’t stay around home enough to give 'em instructions.” ——— Directions for taking a cold bath: Run the tub one-third full of cold water, test with the toe, then cut off cold water faucet, and turn_on hot water full tilt.—Nashville Banner. ——— It some religionists would only fight sin with half the energy they fight heresey, what a decent world this might grow to be!—Boston Traveler. ) | satins, | abides | right THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Miss Nuna will give you a bright smile if you come in with your wife. bue nary « ghost of a smile if you are by yourself. Score one for Miss Nuna! e ‘presides over a lunchroom in the downtown section. located on as busy a street as dear old Washington knows: & gay and happy street where life flows along to the accom- paniment of women's laughter. This is the street of silks of flappers and old sirest of absurd contrasts. incongruities, a thoroughfare cated to happy business and happiness. The place where Miss Nuna works is not large. Her preciuct occuples the latter half of the shop, given over to small tables and chairs lined against mirror-paneled walls. These mirrors have reflected the uth and boauty of the Natiomal Cap'tal. in their time. There is not and ladies, delicious dedi- @ suspiclon of a crack in them. either, | % who at all tad not S0 one may know that the frequent this place are hard to look at. Nor s this place given over to frivolity, as @ chance obxerver might think. if he weat no further than the sidewalk. Usually & half-dozen much-dressed young men arc parked out there, as a sort of guard of honor, in their own opinion “A ‘nuisance,” is the designatior given them by the police sergeant « the biock The so-called sheiks, however. ing put all their money backs, have none left with enter the sacred procincts where Miss Nuna, with.har dark eyes and her smile haif-way between that of the Mona Lisa and x drewm girl. * on their Miss Nuna is slender and moves among her tables with a gliding motion | that reminds through the secure and carefren. to be there, and somehow no steamer will chug up the waters. "This dark-eyed swan the little waitresses whe hail her as Boss. You can sense it in the very accents of their specch as they ask her, “Miss Nuna, shall I take this order?" Miss Nuna has bobbed hair, there- fore all her satellites have bobbed hair. She ts demure, quiet, efficient, there- fore all her waitresses are demure, quiet and efficient Only the fact that t of uniform keaps them from imitating their tremendousiy effective chief in the matter of dress. For Miss Nuna displays "the impeceable taste in her garment, which is always the sam a dark dress made upon the “boyish” last, which is particularly becoming to Miss Nuna She knows it, of course. How could she help realizing it, with so many mir- rors around? But tire looking glasses do not distract her from her plain duts, which is making all the customers feel at home. and seeing to it that they are waited upon quick's and prop. erly by the waltresses, This duty she performs with just the amount. of attention. it s a pleasure to wateh her. . Those who think—and there are such—that no store in Washington has employes that care @ rap about their customers, ought to come to this place for lunch some time. They will be most agreeably surprised nay. delighted. and it will be all due to the chief's handling. backed up by the courtesy of the littie waitresses, although the food served Is most ex- cellent and reasonably priced, too The way Miss Nuna goes into action s worth coming miles to see. She does it with a deftness that is art, giving the performance an artistic finish that of ters e A swan waving quict lake of its right certain that limpid heloved by ey wear a wort busy | hav- | which to | becomes stience, mean. In other words, she makes the science of pleasing an art, and she has the art of the thing down to a very science, so calmly, happlly do she go wbout It, with a fine reserve which means efficlency. Misg Nuna ushers a customer to a tuble, draws back a chair, proffers a Dbill of fare, and does it all so grace- fuily nd quickly that the customer hardly realizes just what is happen- ing He—~espectally he—feels very much at home at once. Miss Nuna secures this happy result with a charming in- difference to the mere male in the case. He is a customer, therefore, he | must be treated as a customer ought to be treated, with pleasant dignity, | and just that proper proportioning of kindliness mixed with restralnt which | spells breeding. Most of the patrons are women, with now and then a man brought in {on the arm by one of his woman folks, | 1ooking very 111 at ewse until Miss Nuna suddenly glides over. | As hosiess, she breaks the ice, and |in a few moments he is declaring that | “this place is not at all ke I thought it was' You see, he dimly remem- {bers the so-called shelks on the | threshold Miss Nuna gives the | considerate attention to the ladles, young nd old. The steady patrons agerly look for her bright smile, and | & toss of that wonderful bob. All the ladies montally determine to ask her what beauty parlor she patronizes She 160ks that neat It really raises one’s estimation of |human kind to watch her carefully | adjust an_old lady in her chair, and | bend over her with respectful atten- tion. Not too much of it, remember, just enough to make aftention re- Spectful und respect attentive This is not ordinary walting art if you get what I same careful, it s ¥ o ok % How old is she? No one has the slightest idea. She might be any age from 16 to 35, she seems 8o etherally young, so eter wise. Those who are interested women as something other than toys | are interested in her because of this ‘rrrangr quality of mingled youth and | age, as if somehow she had solved the problem of life and would be always is now, a sort of Petar Pan grown up, and fixed in & moment | of perfection for all time. | One wonders who she is, but would [ not ask for the world. Is she single | or mavried? Ias she seen sorrow, her dark eyes would lead one believe, or is that depth only~the re- sult of vouth and careful eyebrow penciling? These are questions which e asks only secretly, as he idles over his cup of coffes, for this mod- ern Sphinx has answer. She might zo home night, or to some bright dance palace, and In either situation she would At in well But who knows, who knows? even the flower that grows. pale and silent, where the river flows * | Just as she The quiet bustle of the room con- tinues. The little waftresses glide by with trays, the little black-haired one. the little brown-haired one, the little flaxed-haired one, doing thelr best to glide like Miss Nuna. That charming lady comes along to see if everybody is served prop- erly, it everybody has everything they want, if there is anything more—— “You like plenty of cream with vour coffee, don’t you?" she says. “I do, too.” And she smiles WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE the it the Canada is so interested fin Coolldge economy program that has invited the director of budget to cross the border and tell the Dominion ali about it. Gen. Lord will be the guest of honor at a distinguished luncheon meeting of G business men in Montreal on February 23, The Montreal Board of Trade and the Canadian Club will jointly be his hests. The budget chiaf's visit to the province of Que- bec will occur in the midst of a speaking tour which will presently take Gen. Lord into Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, and include several engagements in New Eng- land and other Eastern States. On February 18 he will address Yale University. The budget is Lord's invariable theme. He is witty talker, interlards his dry subject with lively anecdotes, and winds up on a note that usually sets his audi- ences cheering for penny-saving. The director’s desk is inundated with let- ters of felicitation from all parts of. the country on the budget speeches the President and Gen. Lord broad- cast on January 26. * b % of the vintage of 1924 s as inauguration day ap- Pproaches.. You'll be told in a stage whisper that “every bank in the United States will close its doors four months after Calvin Coolidge takes the oath of office” When you've recavered from the shock an innocently and eagerly ask “Why vou are told, “Because banks always close on the Fourth of July." S N A jest rampant Japan has- a Liberal statesman named Yukio Ozaki, who sometimes is called the Borah of Nippon. On one great international issue, Ozaki and Borah see eyve to eve. They both are ardent advocates of disarmament, and favor the assembling of the nations at as early a date as possible to bring it about. Ozaki immensely admires America. He has just given token of his regard for us and our institntions by sending his daughter to this country to be educated. Ac- companied by Mme. Ozakl, the young Japanese lady recently passed through Washington, and is now hard at work at a finishing school for girls outside of New York City. Sk ok The Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, thinks spir- ituality is on the increase at the Na- tlonal Caplital, despite recent Mid- western - divorce court revelations. The bishop has been lecturing in Chi- cago. He expressed the view that the United States is on the verge of a great religious revival. Dr. Free- man’s confidence on that score i partially ‘based on the uncommonly frequent references to religion in re- cent utterances of public men. The bishop discerns a decided “spiritual trend” in the speech and political de- portment of the men who.are con- ducting the Nation's affairs. ® ok ¥ % Secretary Hughes will relinquish the Secretaryship of State almost 20 years to the day from. the time be en- tered, publie life, It was in March, 1905, that the Legislature of New York induced Hughes, then at the outset of a promising, though not im- mediately lucrative law practice, to become counsel for the Stevens Gas Commission. _He achfeved such & whirlwind success on the gas investi- gation that the Legistature later in the same year hired him to conduct the Armstrong Insurance investiga- tion. From that episode onward the young lawyer's rise was steadily me- teoric. Hughes' friends insist he has always looked forward to the com- pletion of four full vears at the State Department as an appropriate “ter- minal” at which to lay down public | duties once and for an * x ok % Tt is many a day since Washington | or the country at large has ever wit- nessed such & battle of lagal wits as that between Attorney Gemeral Har- lan Fiske Stona and Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, on the Wheeler case In the Senate judiciary commit- tee. Stona is the best legal mind in the administration, and Walsh is con- sidered the first lawyer in Congress. It was an Intersectional matching of brains, too. Stone typifies New Eng- land intellectual traditions. Walsh (a native of Wisconsin) incarnated the Vigorous mentality of the West- ern prairies. President Coolldge is immensely pleased with the manner in which Stone comported himsalf. The Attorney General is the ap- pointee in whom Mr. Coolldge no- torfously takes his principal pride. He feels that events at the Capitol on January 28 amply vindicated the pro- motlon of Stone to the United States Supreme Court. * ¥k X All the world kriows that there is no 16ve 108t between the medical uni- verse and the Christfan Science Church, yet Senator Royal S. Cope- land of New York, a doctor, was the | most eloquent advocate of a square deal for Christian Science publica- tions In the pending postal-pay bill. Hf told the Senate it would probably find it strange that a physician should stand up and plead the cause of ‘hristian Sclence literature, but, be- cause of “the nobte work™ Mrs. Eddy’s church is doing throughout the world, Senator Copeland declared he felt im- pelled to do so. He made reference to the Democratic_convention edition of the Christian Science Monitor in New York last June and July, and sald it gave “a fairer statement of what was going on than any partisan newspaper. gave.” Xy One of the units in President Cool- idge's inaugural parade may be the historic Anclent and Honorable Artil- lery Company of Bostop. Some of its members are past the marching age and may be assigned the task of form- ing a special guard of honor before the presidential reviewing stand in front of the White House. News- Paper men never think of the “An- clent and Honarable” without recall- Ing a classic typographlical error, and its fateful consequences, on the oeca- sion some years ago when the com- pany’s British namesake and pro- &enitor visited New York City. The occasion was convivial. A newspaper compositor, either in devilment or by mistake, made one day's account of the visit refer to the Londoners as “bottle-scarred” veterans. They pro- tested. The editor said he'd make a correction next day. Again the com- positor played havoc. He made the correction read “battle-scared” vet- erans. * koK ok One.day recently when Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas was “tear- ing a passion to tatters” on the floor of the House, according to his inimitable custom, Representagive Richard N. El- liott of Indiana, one of the lobby joke- smiths, remarked—"Blanton must have had a letter from one of my constitu- ents.” Of course, he was asked “how's that?” and he explained—"Well, when we had = little difference of opinion around here over daylight-saving I got a letter from a character back home who was great- ly exercised on.the subject. He wrote me & vigorous letter and wound up like this—Dick, 1 -want jou to get up.in Congress and paw the air and bellow like a yellow bull in fly time.’ Not | THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925. Crime Study Urged. Mental Hygiene Declared Im- portant Factor. To the Bditor of The Star: The subject of crime has been very much i1 the public mind during the Dast year, and, following the Loeb- Leopold episode, has received increas- ing attention on the part of the daily press and other organs of public opinion. Recent sditorials have em- Dphasized the need of study and re-|SPOW-capped mountain near their old search in crime, and there can be no doubt of the serlousness of the pub- le interest in a solution of this im: portant social problem. 1 wonder If your readers know of the particular thought and attention glven to the probiem by the national committee for mental hygiene? Probably the most significant study was that conducted at Sing Sing prison In New York State in 1918, when several hundred prisoners were carefully examined by a psychiatrist with speclal traning and a wide ex- perfonce in the psychopathology of crime. Of 608 men, 59 per cent were found to be mentally diseased, feeble- minded or otherwise abnormal. The findings of tha psychiatrist and his explunation of these disorders and their bearings upon the criminal con- duct of these prisoners so impressed the State authorities finviting the study, that, in the reconstruction of the prison, it was decided to build a spectal structure for the psychiatric clintc recommended by him for the future classification, study and treat- ment of the inmates. The clinic has become in effect the central factor in the ‘reorganization of Sing Sing prison. Since then the national committen has examined and studied approxi- mately 10,000 prisoners in its surveys of penal and correctional Institutions in various States. These studics have shown that as many as 60 per cent of these prisoners are classifiable terms of deviation from average normal mental health, and are suffer- | in& from conditions that have every- thing to do with their criminal havior. The national committee for mental hygiene heartily agrees with those Who advocate scientific research into the nature and causes of crime, but it believes that much can be accom- plished with the knowledgs already at hand. Tts surveys and studies have demonstrated the Immeasureable value of the “psyehiatric approach’” to an understanding of criminal and d linquent conduct, and the establis] ment of psychiatric clinics in several juvenile and municipal courts In the country bears witness to the influence of these studles upon legal proced- ures. But misunderstanding of the purpert of such studies on the part of backward judgas imbued with legal traditions based upon a purely penal conception of crime has operated 1o retard the progress of this very im- portant and so far most hopeful de- velopmaent that has yet taken place in the field of criminology. An equal Iack of understanding on the part of tha public is also responsible for th <low progrese. and the now historic Chicago case, in which the unfortu- nate method of presentation required by an inadequate law served to dis- credit psychiatric testimony, has helped little to enlighten public opinion Leaving aside, mooted question of the alienist service in connection with eriminal trials, we have to facs a much larger problem, in which the factor of fegal responsibility and conviction is on!y a minor one. We must not forget that the bulk of our eriminality is furnished by the recidivist—the re- peater in crime—and it is thi type of criminal and delinquent that clogs the whaels of juetice, creates all manner of soctal probleme and costs the com- munity o heavily in aconomic termes. It is with this greup of offenders that society must learn to deal if it ever hopes to achleve anything in fte struggle with the problem of crime. Tt has in recent years thought some- Wwhat more of reformation and a little less of retribution, and in its attack upon the problem has made extensive use of the instrument of probation The results have not been altogether satisfactory, and there has ensued u reaction, manifesting itself most markedly in criticisms of sentimen- tality and lenfency on the part of courts and Jjuries in their dealings with prisoners. But the weakness of probation has been in the absence of competent direction and advice in the examination and treatment of offend- ers and the oversight of the vitally important mental and emotional fac- tors that cannot be ignored in any attempt to understand the behavior of these offenders and prescribe ade- quate rehabilitative measures. The burden of this communication is a plea for a more general develop- ment of the paychlatric clinfe in con- nection With the courts, prisons and correctefonal institutions of the coun- try, the amendment of laws where- ever necessary and the passage of legislatiye appropriations to make possible the provision of the best mechanism that has yet been devised for the sefentific study and treatment of persons convicted of crime or 4 linquency. An illustration of the po: sibilities of accomplishment in the di- rection of an enlightened public opinion and its influence for progress in dealing with this problem has been the recent action of Massachusetts. Due largely to the educational efforts of a large group of professional and lay persons especially interested in the problem, based upon information furnished by the Massachusetts so- clety and the natlonal committee for mental Nyglene, the Legislature of that State passed a law requiring the pychiatric examination and study of all prisoners sentenced to county jaile for more than thirty day A short time previously Maesachu- setts passed a law requiring such ex- amination and study of every person in the State convicted of a capital of- fense or charged a second time with a felony. We look forward to results of far-reaching benefit from this legislation, and earnestly believe that similar action In other States would contribute not a little to the solution of the problem of crime and criminal- ity in the United States. FRANKWOOD E. WILLIAMS, Medical Director, The National Com- mittee for Mental Hygiene. be- however, the much Lower Rent or Higher Salary Seen as Issue To the Editor of The Star: N Rents, like meats, vary. Choicest lo- cations create higher house rents, as cholcest “cuts” mean higher priced meats. So far, 50 £0od, but Washing- ton is %o largely composed of Govern- ment employes, of education and high {deals, that the “choicest” is de- manded even though the wherewithal is lacking. It is a matter of fact, that very desirable houses, not in the choicest locations, go begging for tenants, and that less than choicest ‘“cuts” of meats are not high priced. The question arises: Should rents, meats, etc., be forced down by leg lation, or should salaries of Govern- ment and other clerks be forced up? The artisan is in the minority in Washington, and his wages are al- ready up, so he need not be considered here. Or, should the law of supply and demand be observed, and those with cultivated taste, but modest means, be advised to seek other than cholcest locations and "outs”? W. G. KENT. in{ ANSWERS TO Q. How dld Mount Rainier, Md., get its name?—G. W. P. A. J. C. Rogers says that a syndi- cate of gentlemen, mostly composed of Army officers, purchased the first tract from the Clemson heirs and that | most of them came from Seattle, | Wash. In honor of the celebrated home they named sion Mount Ralnler. This tract of land had belonged to Ann Clemson, who ucquired It from her father, John €. Calhoun, the great nullifier, whose home stood at the intersection of what is now Ash and Thirty-first streets. | Q. Please give a brief account of “the incident of the faulling stars, which occurred in fhe elghteenth ¢ tury, stating in which countries they were visible.— B. H A. The Naval Observatery savs there was a remarkable meteoric shower, terrifying te the ignorant and possibly the most brilliant on record, beginning about midaight ovember 12, 13, 1833, and lasting un- Ul daybreak, visible In North and Bouth America, maximum brilliancy In latitude 22 degrees north The most brilliant display of the preced- ing century was in 1795, one day earlier, visible in the same part of the earth at the same time of the night. The earth encounters this stream of meteors in November of ! {vvery year: but they are more num-| erous at intervals of 33 or 34 years Q. 1= Maud Adam does she liver—W A. Maud Adam at L. I. She has a laboratory own where she is working constantly upon improvements for motion plc- ture photography. She is not ed the new subdivi married? Where | ¥z | is | Roukonkama of her| mar Q. 1 have just rec }ed compensation certificate $795. Will [ get interest on the end of 20 years?—H. B. W A. The face value of the adjusted | service certificate which you have re- | ceived includes the 4 per cent inter- | st pald annually. At the end of 20| vears you will receive the face value | of this certificate. is chaulmoogra oil?—E. cived my adjust face valuc this at| Q. What H. B. A. There is a tree in Siam and the Orient which is called the chauimoo- gra tree. For centuries the ofi from the sced of this tree has been con- sidered valuabie for the treatment of leproey. A few years ago “ethyl ester” was made from the oil which is given hypodermically. This method was found to yield better resuits Q. What are the tunes {the daily dozen exercises?—C. C. | "A. The Health Bullders, Inc., |that the selections are: “Stars and Stripes,” “Merry Widow Waltz," Melody in F.” "Over the Waves" “Ange d'Amour” “Ciri Biri Bin | “Humoresque,” “Marche Bersigltere | “Barcarols,” “One, Two, Three, Four, Skater's Waltz,” Jolly Fellows.” Q | bark?— played for A Ts there a wild dog that dos P. G. E. A. The dingo, the wild dog of Aus- tralia, never barks, but howls in the Lush at night Q. Why is rice paper used s a wrapping for cigarettes’—R. W. A H.| A. The rice paper in common use today fn cigarette manufacture is re- garded by the paper making trade as | the highest achievement in the paper | industry 8o far as purity is concerned. | it has taken vears to develop a paper | which would be the least injurjous| to smokers. t Q. Where was the House of Good | Shapherd started?— . B. A. The House of Good Shepherd was first ‘established 1n* Boston -in May, 1867, as « refuge for penitent females. Q. What is the dikease which has caused soxmuch trouble in the poul- | try business lately?—J. G. H A. It is known as the European fow] pest. Q. How much does it the Government a day A. For the fiscal take to run -D. L. 8 ended June 80 On Mrs. Ross’ Inauguration of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Governor of Wyoming, brings from ‘the préss of the Nation much | reminiscence and speculation as to| the outcome of the experiment with | the first woman as executive of Commonwealth. “If in January, 19 everal months before the nineteenth | amendment was adopted,” observes the Bristol Herald Courier, “some one | had predicted that within five vears there would be two woman gover- nors in this country, most evervbody would have wanted to know how he or she got that way.” “The revolution in Russia is as nothing compared to the admission of women to all posts, places and ranks of life, in private business and in government,” déclares the Savaunih News, which adds: “But, what are you -going to do about it all? And the answer to that question is easy. The answer ls: Nothing. Nothing can be done. What the woman decides will decide everything. If the home suffers, the woman will cause it to| suffer. 1t she prefers a career to a| home—that's her business and mere | men cannot help ‘t. Mrs. Ross issued a statement just after her election last Fall which| read: “I shall never be indifferent to | the welfare of women, but I think, as a usual thing, the interest of meu and women are interwoven in the state, - just as in family life. They share alfke the benefits of prosperity or the distress attendant upon hard times™ “There is a creed which a few zealous advocates of the feminist movement will do well to ponder.” remarks the Kalamazoo Gazétte. “One of the things which have dorie more than anything else to retard the cam- paign for equal rights is the per- sistent, {ll-advised effort to regard ! the two sexes as classes whose in- terestsare diametrically opposed. How long the prospect of a feminine leader at_Washington will continue to be a ready subject for vaudeville humor- ists depends largely upon the show- ing to be made by the exalted rep- resentatives of the so-called weaker sex tn Wyoming and Texas.” A “The so-called weaker sister,” ob- serves the Rock Island Argus, “ap- pears to be getting stronger politi- cally because of the faflure or re- fusal of men to take more seriously their pledges to the people. The average man's conception of public office is to promise everything before election and do nothing afterward.” It's a long span of vears, says the Little Rock Arkansas Gazette, “from the days, when, even in the courts, woman was recognized as a chattel, to the Inauguration ceremony which placed Gov, Ross at the helm of the ship of state With a crew of some 200,000 souls.” But, adds the Gazette, “After the novelty of having a woman governor has worn off; after the voters find dut that the system Is bigger .than the individual and that a woman chief executive is liable to follow closely in the footsteps of the man; after the experiment has been made—we wonder just what will be BY FREDERIC | around hats. | from a | shortened materially | trom {to a sort {people of her State Mre. Ross QUESTIONS J. HASKIL 1924, it cost approximateiy $3,607,336 to run the Government a Q. Did “eret return to France when he was recalled?-E. L. R. J A. Ambassador Edmond Charles Ed ouard Genst, who. after soma un pleasantness, due (o his overactivity in giving revolutionary aid to France endangering the peace of the United States, was recalled to France at the request of the Government of the United States. He, however, preferred to resign his post and remain in the United States, becoming naturalized He marricd the drughter of Gov. Clin ton of New York. He died at his home in Schodack, N. Y., July 14, 1834 ‘itizen Genet” was succeeded by M Fauchett. Q. When was lace first made”—F A. Lace was first made In the si teenth century. Before that time ¢ term lace described such cords, narrow braids of plaited and twisted threads, used not only to fasten shoes, sleeves and corsets to gether. but also in a decorative man ner to brald the hair and to wind Later it was used as a trimming for costumes What were the first 10 cars man- fn the United States? Q ufactured E.M A. Not until early in the twentieth ntury were there 10 or more gaso- line automobiles on the market te the United States. These were the Duryea, Ford. Franklin, Hay Knox, Olds, Packard, Vierce-Arrow Stearns, Thomas and Winton. They are not given in order of their ap pearance, as this is a matter of | troversy. Q. Sha engagement z ring go the ring or the wedd finger first—C. B A. The engugzement over the weaging ring. Q. Kindly settle an argument reign flags fly from embassie out the Stars and Stripes?—N. & A. A foreign embassy may fly forelgn flag without having it ac companied by the American flag. The forelgn embassy is under the juris- diction of the country which it rep- resents; therafore, the law of that country applies wit Q. Do minnows fish?—R. E. M A. A minnow evprinoid fish ETavelly i Tt s a laree three inches being the length of the ‘adult. ever make large is & small commen European s, never becom it proper to drink Giiptor. to use consomma a ‘spoon? Q1 E.C M A It is proper to use the spoon for the first few spoonfuls of consomme One may continue to use the spoon « may 117t the cup and A Would the fmagin the magnet center of pass ary poles the ea line n R I F. A. The north magnetic pole is 1o cated at latitude 70 degrees N lor gitude 97 degrees W.. and the south magnetic pole at latitude 72 degree S. longitude 153 degrees BE. The ex act position varies from time to time A connecting the poles pass through the earth 750 mil tant from the center. Q Do wild animais live lenger their wild state than in capti GM A ful som in wild animels are so fret- captivity that their lives mre This is true of Elephante and to suffer much foxes and monkevs snakes do not seem captivity, but are strongly in clined to long lives in any_ environ mént. The movfaltty smong wiid ani- mals in goologteal parks Is-very high entertain _ yourself by use of The Star In Frederic J. Haski» rst and C street (Inform and making constant formation Burcaw, Director, Twenty- northwest. There is a iwealth of formation, which is free, except g S-cent stomp, which should be inclosed. for & ract replu.) Press of Nation Speculates Administration the effect of this radical departure from the beaten path of tradition “Mre. Ross owes her election.” i e opinion of the Chicage Dally ews, “not to any political or execu- qualities she ever displayed, but of chivalric sentimentalits that moved the people of her Statc Wyoming liked her husband ds go ernor and when he died it turned 1o honor her.” To which tha Lowell Leader adds: “It will We interesting to watch developments when woman attains to high official posi tion in her own right, and does not come by the place as a sort’of Ir heritance from a husband who hel the position before her.” Thé Ash ville Times, however, believes: “Sent ment is not sufficient fn itself to account for her victory. To the s some- thing more than the widow of a vers popular governor. She possesses the confidence of public opinion ‘in her own right. Lacking such popular ap- proval, she never would have been elected.” th N t som E “There have been queens and em presses who ruled great empires, declares the Charleston Mafl, “and some of them, ltke Semiramis, Ze- nobla, Elizabeth, Victoria and the unfortunate, and, according to mod- ern- scholars, the much-maligned Cleopatra, who was made the scape- goat for the sins of Roman rakes and Dbrutes; so why should we be unduly surprised that a woman governor in one of our States has just been in- ducted into office? In looking. over the long line of monarchs who have occupied the British throne, how few of the Kings of England are &s con- spicuous as rulers as were Elizabeth and Victorfa—and what king’s reign has surpassed those of these two women.” Mrs. Ross did not predict the mil lennium would be ushered in with her ihduction into office,” remarks the Daytort News, which adds: “The fact is she did not promise anything, ex- cept that to the best of her ability she would conduct the affairs of the State of Wyoming. She called upon Providence to gulde her thoughts whils she became the servant of the public. The oircumstance of the sim- ple declaration thus made is jmpres- sive. Better far that our chosen leaders refrain from taking in too much territory with their promises High-sounding words may make good reading, but broken promises never vet have made successful campaign propaganda.” “Mrs. Ross will have to stand on her own feet and make her wa) much as any man would,” thinke the Lansing State Journal. “Her admin- istration will answer the question of how well women can fill offices of that sort. She may be influenced by the general beliefs of her jata hus band, It is true, although few will know whether those beliafs were also hers in his lifetime, or whether she is following a course she would have adyised against. had she remained only 'a governar's wife. But new situations, fn which she will have no precedent of her husband’s belief to gulde her, will arise constantly and she will have to use her own head.”