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6 THE EVENING STAR m Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.. .February 6, 1925 +Editor THEODORE W. NOYES. . 'The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th 8t. and Ntamlurl Ogce I'.!: !“l‘i ‘G'ix‘m hicago Ofice: Tower Buildin Buropean Office : 10 Regeat Bt..Loncon. The Byening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, s delivered by carriers within the city at 80 cents per month: daily only, 40 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month, Orders may be sent by mafl or teie- Phone Main 5000. Collection ia made by car- Tiers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. Dafly and Sunday. .1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo,, 70¢ Daily only. .1yr., $6.00; 1 mo,, 50¢ Sunday only. -1yr, $2.40; 1 mo,, 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Dally only. 1yr, $7.00;1m Sunday only. 1yr, $3.00;1mo, 25¢ Member of the Associated Press, The Aswociated Press fs exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished "herein. - All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Mr. Stone’s Confirmation. Confirmation of Attorney General Stone to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was voted yesterday by the Senate overwhelmingly. The vote was 71 to 6, with two Senators refraining because of personal interest. Counting those two Senators, Wheeler and Walsh of Montana, and the only other member of the Senate who, though absent, was announced as in opposition, La Fol- lette, in all 9 Senators out of 95 were in the negative on the question of confirmation. The vote was non- partisan, 42 Republicans, 27 Demo- crats and 2 Progressives voting for confirmation, with 4 Democrats, 3 Progressives and 2 Farmer-Laborites standing on the negative side by direct vote or by statement without voting. This closes an incident that has oc- casioned considerable delay in the Senate at a period of heavy pressure of business. Time is precious at the short session, and yet the Senate has devoted many hours to the considera- tion of this nomination. Had a vote been taken promptly upon the sub- mission of Mr. Stone’s name the re- sult would probably have been the same, in perhaps the same proportion. Doubtless the discussion would have taken place in executive session. Cir- cumstances, however, developed to the point of requiring, or at any rate mak- ing desirable, an open session for the final consideration and vote. Two reasons were advanced against the appointment of the Attorney Gen- eral to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. One was that in a case in which he acted as counsel long befors he entered public service he in- voked an unusual rule of practice in favor of his client, a large corporation, The Senate found this plea no justi- fication for rejection. The other was that he had as Attorney General moved for indictment and trial in the District of Columbia of a member of the Senate charged with a violation of the law. He personally appeared be- fore the committee and explained his course in such terms that report was promptly made in favor of confirma- tion. The Senate yesterday sustained the committee's recommendation. This procedure has been beneficial at least in demonstrating to the coun- ry the almost unanimous belief of the Benate in the fitness of Mr. Stone for the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court. He will take his place on the bench with the confidence of the country in his integrity and his ability to discharge the responsible duty to which he is now assigned. ——e— Jazz at Covent Garden. Transformation of Covent Garden, once one of the leading opera houses of Europe, into a jazz dance hall is calculated to shock conservative Lon- don severely. This change will take place, it is announced, on the 18th of this present month, a syndicate which conducts several halls in the West End of the British capital having taken the lease and planning to install an orches- tra for public dances, with the admis- slon price set at half a crown, or about half a dollar. Covent Garden, like Drury Lane, has its place in dramatic history. It has been the scene of some ©of the most important theatrical pro- ductions. Its walls have echoed to the voices of the most famous singers in the world. It was to London what the Grand Opera House in Paris is to France, what the Scala at Milan is to Italy, and what the Metropolitan Opera House in New York is to the American metropolis. A few yvears ego an American musical comedy was staged there, and the music lovers of London shuddered at what they thought was a sacrilege, Now jazz re- places the great orchestras at Covent Garden, and the British capital is wail- ing at this sign of decadence. ————— ‘The continuous January snow has had its advantage. If the climate does not change for the better, we will at least be used to conditions at their ‘worst. ———.——— The Capitol-Station Plaza. Senator Keves of New Hampshire ennounces his intention to make a real effort at the next session of Con- gress to settle for all time the Union Station Plaza situation. This s cer- tainly desirable. The Government should not indefinitely postpone ac- tion. It should either proceed to pur- chase all the land rematning within the boundaries originally set for the Plaza, and then to improve the space in a suitable manner, or it should de- clare the case closed and the Plaza limited to the areas now owned by it and proceed to develop them. The present condition on the Plaza is disgracefully unsuitable. A great space has been cleared of buildings. In some cases lands have been pur- chased, in others merely pre-empted by declaration of intent. On a large part of the proposed Plaza Govern- ment hotels have been erected, tem- porary structures that are now becom- ing shabby and that cannot be main- tained much longer. Private enter- prise has been choked, although a few bufldings have been arected and others are planned, the owners being willing to take a chance against ulti- mate condemnation. Signs are posted throughout the Plaza offering sites for sale. The land on which some of the Government hotels stand is thus offered to purchasers. The original plan for the Capitol- Station Plaza comprised a much larger area than that which has been cleared. If that plan is carried out, an impres- sive park will be created, extending from the station to the junction of Pennsylvania avenue with the Capitol Grounds. Years have passed since that project was initiated, marked by condemnation procedure for a period and then by a halt, oc- casioned by a protest against the prices that were being awarded to one of the largest holders of the prop- erty. Since then, though the question has been raised several times, nothing has been done, either to complete the condemnation proceedings or to re- move the cloud upon the title imposed by the original definition of the area of the proposed park. Complaint has been made of the fail- ure of the Government to proceed With the acquisition of the area still privately owned, within what is known as the Mall-Avenue triangle, upon which a veritable ban has been put by an indefinite allotment within that area of sites for public build- ings. This case, however, is not so grave an injustice as that of the Capitol-Station Plaza, where con- demnation has been begun and not completed and where private enter- prise in the direction of improvement is checked, with the result ¢f cre- ating and leaving unsightly conditions seriously reflecting upon the dignity of the National Capital. ——ae— “The End of the World.” For centuries millennialists have been proclaiming from time to time “‘the end of the world” occasioned by a sec- ond coming of Christ. Strictly speak- ing, a millennium is merely & span of 1,000 years. In terms of religion it signifies a reawakening or a rebirth, perhaps accompanied by punishment of those who do not accept a certain doctrine. Eighty-one years ago in this coun- try a large number of millennialists, in- fluenced by the preachings of Willlam Miller, were led to believe that the “end of the world” was at hand. Mil- ler first set the time of the second coming as somewhere between the 21st of March, 1843, and the same date in 1844. During that year there was an intense feeling of unrest and appre- hension. On the eve of the ultimate date Miller proclaimed the millennium to be near at hand, and excitement arose to a high pitch. But the 21st of March, 1844, passed without untoward happening. and from time to time Mil- ler preached in explanation and post- ponement, In October a definite date was set, and the faithful gathered in their assemblies in great numbers confident that the catastrophe in which alone would be saved was at hand.-"%Thousands of them gave away thelr worldly goods and ascend- ed to Wgh places, clad in “‘ascension robes,” to await the redeeming dis- aster. They waited for several weeks. Terrible suffering was occasloned among them. Many died of exposure. Finally, in November, nothing having happened, they dispersed, reluctantly, their faith unshaken, but believing that an error had merely been made in the calculations from the portents revealed to their leader. From time to time since then other predictions have been made, though none has so deeply stirred the people as did that of four-score years ago. Now once again the “millennium” is at hand, according to the belief of a small but sincere group of people, They are looking for the ‘‘second coming” at midnight tonight. There is some divergence in their expectation. Some are confident that the cataclysm of re- demption will come swiftly and sud- denly at the appointed hour; others that it will be gradual, only beginning tonight and requiring seven days to reach a climax. As in 1844, some of these people have disposed of their personal effects in order to discharge their debts and leave this world free in all respects. Others, taking a lesson om the experiences of 1844, have made no change in their worldly af- fairs, but await the advent calmly. It is not fitting to scoff at & sincere religious belief, even when it so far goes counter to natural laws. The “Millerites” of 1844 suffered severely for their mistaken faith, and perhaps those of today who ere convinced of the verity of the present prediction will likewise suffer. That they are mistaken is the confident thought of all others. ———— After all, the feporters who insist on knowing what went on in executive session are not as persistently inquisi- tive as some of the Senators them- selves. —_———————— In circles of statesmanship feeling often runs so high as to make ita mat- ter for congratulation that debate has been a complete and satisfactory sub- stitute for the old-fashioned duel. —————— Cross-Wording and Education. ~ So rapid has been the sweep of the cross-word puzzle as a popular diver- sion that educators have been some;| what overwhelmed. A fixed conviction obtains in the public mind that “croes- wording” has an educational value. Professional schoolmasters, however, are not entirely in agreement, yet they are loth to dispute the worth of a pastime which deals in words, their meaning, their spelling and their origins. The Teachers' College of Co- lumbia University, N. Y., is now to conduct & series of tests for grammar schools, high schools, colleges and graduate and professional schools of that city to determine whether a sys- tematic study of cross-word puzzies is to be introduced as & regular unit in all institutions. At present cross-wording is largely a pastime, a relaxation to persons of busy brain occupation and a sporting proposition to some. A puszzle is more or less of a challenge to the intellect, the memory and the ingenuity. Many people spend half an hour a day on these enigmas just to prove, if they can, that they are as smart as the in- ventors. But will these cryptic combinations THE EVENING BTKR, WASHINGTON, D. U, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925. e ——————————————————————————————————————— e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e et et e e e e e et e ——————————eeeeeeeeeeeeemetsete et M e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN of black and white squares hold their fascination when they become part of a curriculum? WIll they appeal to the student mind when they are made a task instead of a diversion? This is & psychological question, es are most educational problems. It is announced that if the Teachers’ Col- lege finds that cross-words will not serve as school tests formal public an- nouncement will be made that efforts at solution are e waste of time and brain power, and that solving puzzles will never develop mentality. Yet it is doubtful whether such a proclama- tion will affect the popularity of the fad. At present it is universal. Day by day new degotees are lured. Per- haps some of the first comers have lost some of their zest, but the num- bers of dally cross-worders are grow- ing. How long will the puzzle craze continue? Perhaps not even the ‘Teachers’ College of New York can answer that question. ———————— After all, the discoveries in King Tut's tomb are in the nature of fur- nishings expensive and highly deco- rative. They offer little suggestion for improvement to modern civilization. If the searchers had brought to light some hitherto unknown ideas for auto- mobiles or airships or radlo sets, the world would have something to profit by as well as to marvel at. In admir- ing past glories the present genera- tion is under no obligation to forget its own. ————————— Debt cancellation is liable to be re- garded as tending to discourage a proper spirit of economy. A moderate amount of debt is an encouragement to saving, and if creditors are reason- ably considerate may be the means of promoting a peaceful and temperate mode of life. ————— Canadians complain that United States bootleggers are making whisky expensive and spoiling the quality. It is a situation which a protective tariff could not adjust. The United States bootlegger would have no chance without the assistance of the Canadian smuggler. — ca—————— Disinclination on the part of Gen. Dawes to sit with the cabinet calls at- tention to the fact that he could not enjoy all the privileges of his fellow members. A Vice President could not easily resign even if he desired to do so. ——e——————— Only time will tell whether the re- ported African discovery of a skull of the “missing link” is genuine or merely a hoax intended to stir W. J. Bryan to another of his interesting anti-evolutionary demonstrations. Nature equalizes conditions in the fight for existence. Germs resist in- tense cold, but so does anti-toxin. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Compromise. When I have heard the argument Upon a topic grave, My restless mind achieves content And struggles to behave. But, in the twinkling of an eye, A speaker new will stray Into my life, and by and by I think the other way! So, after all, where is the chance Mentality to use— I'll go to see a song and dance, Or listen to a “blues.” Selective Membership, “Are you persuading many people to join your party?” - “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Political custom has changed. We're now engaged in putting people out. We're becoming more and more ex- clusive, and I shouldn't be surprised it in a few 'years we have applicants lined up in e waitng list.” Jud Tunkins says children might obey their parents more if the parents stayed around home long enough to tell 'em things. Ineffectuality. Election day was over in November, And yet the same old enmities awake. Regretfully they force us to remem- ber Some Happy New Year greetings didn't “take.” . High Prices. “Poverty is no disgrace,” remarked the ready-made philosopher. “None whatever,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Poverty these days does not necessarily imply industry, but it is & guarantee of sobriety.” Slight Contribution. A little bit of nonsense rhyme Is proper to disclose, Since we are getting all the time A stream of nonsense prose. Overdoing It. “What drove Mesa Bill out of town?" “Too much prudence an’ foresight, answered Cactus Joe, “There's only four decks of cards In the community an’ Bill marked every one of ‘em. Be- fore we knew it we was all playin’ our hands without turnin’ em over to look at 'em, and it sort o’ took the in- terest out o' the game.” Rude Awakening. It's pleasant to meet with a jovial man ‘Who speaks from the heart like a brother, e Until I find out he's at work on a plan For selling me something or other. ““George Wash'nt'n never fibbed,” said Uncle Eben, “but he was posi. tioned dat he didn’ have to make no explanations ’'bout nuffin’.” —_———— “Widow Contests Husband's Will."— Headline. Ah, if they would only all watit until they are widows.—Saginaw News Courler. ———— Our guess is when a worm turns it is merely to contemplate where he was and not to see where he is go- ing.—Nashville Tennessean. —_——— If patience i® a virtue, the most virtuous people must be those who spend all their lives waiting for something to turn up.—Illinois .State Journal, ‘THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Little Rex is the latest addition to the dogs of our neighborhood. Rex, & cross between a bulldog and a Collle, is simply a bundle of fur. If he survives the wooling to which he is dally subjected by the children, he is going to grow into a mighty fine dog. Rex, it must be sald for him, does not seem to mind in the least the thousand and one caresscs heaped upon him; rather, he enjoys them tmmensely. With I May holding him up by the right forepaw and Helen in charge of his left forepaw, Rex has been known to walk on his hind legs the entire length of the block. Ask any dog, no matter how old and well versed in the arts of the canine world, and. undoubtedly he Will tell you that Rex's walk on two legs was almost a record for such a little feller. Some of the stage dogs, of course, can go across stage and back without any supvort, but that is a mere 100-yard dash com- pared with Rex's ambulation, 1 May, it might be said, gets her name from her answer to a gentle- man in the neighborhood who asked the bright-eved child who she was. May, with the happy abandon of one 3 years old, declared, “I May!" So I May she has been ever since. The ambition of little Rex, judg- Ing from his conduct to date, is to pull a wagon, with a youngster in it, as he has seen some of the older dogs do. Or perhaps haul along some child on roller skates. When some of the big dogs come careening along the sidewalk, draw- ing a whooping boy or laughing girl at a rapid rate, Rex sits back on his haunches to watch the procession, then starts madly after it as fast as his big, clumsy puppy paws will pro- pel him, * ko % % Our neighborhood is a ver neighborhood, abounding in :\’I’reddol‘lfx. fox terriers, Boston terriers and other breeds. Of particular interest to the dog fancier are several old country dogs, if you understand what I mean. These latter fellows are very large dogs, with rough coats, powerful muscles, big, capable-looking heads and intelligent eves. These are the dogs that do most of the wagon pull- ing. They toss off this job as if it were mere child's play,” which, of course, it is These big old dogs moved fn with new familles, and soon had the run of the entire neighborhood. Looking out of the window almost’ any time of day, one is likely to see one of them running across the lawns, or loping down the street, bent on the peouliar mission of dogs, wandering aimlessly around to see what sport he can find in the world. Dogs are the most restless animals In_creation, perhaps. They are the very incarnation of motion. A dog is at rest only when it has to be. It will take a J!*tle sleep, but only be- cause there is nothing else to do at the time. Left to its own devices, it will spend life prowling around in twos or threes, enjoying the great outdoors. The dog has never forgotten the old life of centurles ago, when it was a prowler in packs. Whether it is a descendant of the wolf tribe, the jackals, or whagnot, the dog today undoubtedly prefers to play in groups. The dog, like man, s a social being. In this it is the direct antithesis of the house cat, which walks by its lone, as Kipling sald. Your cat is self-sufficlent. He will accept with dignity the fopd you give him, but he is not dependent upon you. - Turn your cat out, he will shift for him- self, and not mind the change par- ticularly. Your dog. on the other hand, is an integral part of the household. Turn old Tige out, he sits outside the door and barks to get in. If you do not let him in, he will begin to paw at the sill, scratching all the paint and varnish off until you open the door. Once in, Tige will not be satsified to climb up In a chair and go to sleep. No, indeed! Nothing will do him but to run up and paw you all over your nice new suit, so affection- ate is he, and so in need of atten- tion. This need of attention is one of the two predominating characteristics of the dog. His very life is bullt around it. All these centuries he has been recelving pats and kicks, so that if he does not get the one he wants the other. The severest punishment you can give a dog is to treat him with supreme indifference. Not only does the dog demand plenty of attention from the hands and volce of his human friends, he seeks it from other dogs. Watch two dogs sporting down the street. They run, maul each other, wrestle, roll over, leap up, dash off, turn, chase each other, bark and growl. If one dog sees another a block off, he immediately makes for it. Among the dogs of our neighborhood the most friendly spirit prevails. There has never been a fight among them, although some dozen or so canines of almost as many specles roam at large. The other predominating trait of the dog s love of speed and move- ment. His most striking demonstra- tlon of this {8 his liking for automo- bile riding. Any man who owns both a car and a dog can vouch for this. Just where in the scale of the dog's evolution he picked up this insatiable love for speed Is not known, but he certainly possesses it, even more than his friend man, Dogs, are simply crazy about auto- moblling. They never lose a chance to go riding with the folks. They will sit entranced by the hour, eyes bright and cager, looking down the ad, enjoying the swisl through their nair, i Certainly ' dogs have more brains than cats. Undoubtedly the dog’s love for perpetual motion has something to do with this cranial development. Just as mankind is supposed to have developed through the use of his ia:nldhs“"io the a0k Increased his ability ¥ his co and fro fn the worlgy . e No cat ever invented a mouse some one has said. - That ig !\:‘:l:' true. The cat Is satisfled with the original method of catching rodents devised by the great Cat of Bubastes thousands, maybe millions of years ago. The cat is a philosopher, and 8€es no reason for all this hurry and scurry. The cat is not a “jiner” He would not feel he was any better mouser because he beionged to the Universal Mousers' Assocfation. His volce Is quite as musical, your cat thinks, as if he was a charter mem- ber of the Backyard Choral Society. The dog stirs around, “goes out among ‘em,” runs here and there, has many contacts, joins all the socfeties and clubs possible. In our neighbor- hood, at least, he is a regular “man about town.” That is why the dog knows a great deal. He has been around a great deal, you know. * X ¥ % Sammy, a small black dog, one of the terriers, with very short legs and plenty of hair, is perhaps the most curious individual in our neighbor- hood. Sammy {8 on the go from morning to night, investigating every back yard, every garbage can, every ga- rage In the community. The snow has been a veritable boon to Sammy. It gave him something new to cxplore. Sam make a vivid contrast with snow. To see him gravely trotting down the alley, following the paths made by automobiles, is a sight for the gods, and for all those who love dogs. Automatically he turns in at every open gate, runs down the path to the back porch, sniffs around, turns in his tracks, trots out along the path, follows a new trail to a blind end. ing, stops, turns back again, so down the alley to the next open gate, in again, out again, etc. Sammy is the type of dog our neighborhood boasts, a quiet, decent citizen, who minds his own business, and expects you to mind yours. WASHINGTON OBSERVATION BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Floor and press gallery of the United States Senate are invarlably deserted when Heflin of Alabama is fulminating and fimflamming, but the public galleries unquestionably enjoy the vellow-vested Senator's oratorical excesses. Visitors to Wash- ington, who fill the gallerfes when big debates like the Stone confirma- tion issue are on the program, find Heflin's flamboyant style in keeping with their ideas of congressional eloquence. They see him fling his arms, shake his mane, pound his desk, clench ‘his fists and seeth with fury over the outraged Constitution and Mre convinced they've witnessed the reincarnation of Webster and Clay. But Washington correspond- ents, like Heflin's own colleagues, have heard the Alabaman spellbind 80 often and to s0 many useless pur- poses that when he takes the floor it has the effect of a general alarm for all hands to make for the lobbies. * % Xk X Senator Caraway's duel with Heflin over the Stone confirmation was the best vaudeville show staged on Capitol Hill for many a day. Spec- tators, as well as the players them- selves, took part. Senator Willis of Ohio, a considerable wag himself, en- joyed the giggling of the galleries and the floor 30 much that he made no attempt to check t orgy of laughter and shrieks, as & sterner presiding officer pro tem would have done. Senators who inveigle “Thad"” Caraway into a talking duel do so at their peril. The burly Arkansan is at his level best when he starts out to satirize and ridicule an op- ponent. His shafts of wit and irony wre merciless. No printed reproduction of Cara- way's thrusts can possibly convey their bite and sting. These lie in his intonations, drawled in an inimitable Southern dlalect. Caraway can say “good morning” and make it insult- ing. Reed of Missour! is his only match in invective. The two of them have been called the “meanest and keenést” men in the Senate. * ok K X M. Emile Daeschner, the new Am- bassador of France, is having trouble in getting his name pronounced right in Washington. Its proper rendering is as if it were spelled “Daish-nalr,” with the agcent on the “nair.” Thi glves & name that looks and soun Germanic on its face an appropriate 1y Gallic ring. The Daeschners are of Alsatian origin, and the present Ambassador and his forbears sprang from the soil that once were the “conquered,” but are now the ‘re- stored” provinces on the eastern slope of France. * k% % Charles 8. Deneen, United States Senator-elect from Iilinois, has spent soveral days In Washington, present- ing himself to President Coolidge, hobnobbing with Senator Butler and generally preparing to fit into the G. 0. P. picture on and after March 4. The Prairie State lawyer and ex-gov- ernor, who will succeed Medill Mec- Cormick In the Senate, is credited with presidential ambitions in 1928. A great delegation of Chicago Re- publicans, representing the stalwart Hamilton Club of Chicago, will be in Washington on March 4, to see Dawes inaugurated as Vice President and Deneen take his seat in the Senate. Roy O. West of Illinols, secretary of the Republican national committee, and Deneen have n political eronies for & generation, Comes W. F. Strandborg of Port- land, Oreg., and contributes to the discussion of galluses inaugurated by President Coolidge, who recently de- plored the “collegiate” passion for belts. Mr. Strandborg says he un- derstands why Secretary Mellon is having trouble in popularizing the carrying of silver dollars in the East- ern part of the United States. “All the men east of Chicago,” the Ore- gonian avers, “wear belts, and the further West you go the more men you find wearing suspenders or old- fashioned galluses. Therefore, it you load an Eastern man down with 10 or 15 silver dollars, his pants would be likely to fall oft, while out West we are in no danger, as long as our galluses and buttons don't part company. * *x ok % K An American in London, who knows Ambassador Houghton, declares that for what our British friends miss in the way of speechmaking by him they will find full compensation in the culture of his conversation. He says: “President Coolidge is sending to the court of St. James a Corning, N. Y., glass manufacturer. This would sure- ly suggest that America means to substitute hard-headed, possibly hard- fisted, business efficiency, in this iron age of commerce, for the amenitlies, the culture, the social graces of the past. Asa matter of fact, Mr. Hough- ton represents a marriage between the practical business man and the old New England tradition of the humanities. * * ¢ There are few men in public life, even in Britain, whose command of the English lan- guage, as an instrument, can ap- proach that of Mr. Houghton. Our new envoy to Britain is a bit of a poet, too. Some of his verse is still immortalized at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1886. * kK % Gen. Lord, director of the burget, doesn’t think there ought to be an era of reduced pay while enforcing Mr. Coolidge’s law of reduced Gov- ernment personnel. “In well paid Federal employes and officials,” Lord says, “Is the most efficient economy.” The budget chief’s plan, in a nutshell, is this: Supposing there's a division of a department with a Day roll of $300,000 and 200 employes, averaging $1,600 a year. If there's a “casualty” (budget slang for a death, resigna- tlon or place vacated for any reason), Gen. Lord doesn’t belleve in slashing the division’s budget by $1,600 per “casualty.” He thinks the money ought to spread over the division In “raises” for employes who are left. An untrained financial mind may noc easily grasp how that plan would cut down pay roll expenditure, but does credit to Lord’s big-heartedness. A One of America’s journalist-states- men, Elmer Roberts of Paris, is in Washington on leave from his post as chief representative of the Asso- clated Press in France. Roberts, a product of Indiana, which specializes in the production of newspaper men, has served the “A. P.” in Europe— respectively, at London, Berlin and Paris—for a quarter of a century. His acquaintance with world stat. men is unique, and no scribe ever possessed in a- higher degree their confidence and esteem. Roberts has come home for & periodical contact ‘with American conditions. #QopyTight, 19259 LEAVE THE MINER FREE BY JOHN L. LEWIS Presideat, Uitza Mine Workers ot America. (The first imipartial survey of the Rocke- feller plan for industriel _representation, Which. Bas been copied Ly nundreds of indus- tries, has just been publisbed by the Russell Bage. Pouidation. " Ia this ‘“maching editorial S anbor leader gives bis resction to its fad- ings. One outstanding fact that is proved by the report of the Russell Sage Foundation on' the Rockefeller indus- trial plan as it 1s practiced in the coal mining Industry in Colorado is that the plan is a rank failure. It does npt do the things it is supposed to do. The Rockefeller plan hae been lauded to the skies by employers who are op- posed :to trade unions. The purpose of the Rockefeller plan was and is to fool the workers into becoming ut- terly dependent upon their employ- ment for everything in life. Under this plan the_ worker has no volce whatever in determining what wages he shall receive for his labor nor the conditions under which he shall work. Thus the worker is deprived of his most important rights. The Rocke- feller plan attempts to atone for this injustice by offering the worker so- called industrial welfare, but that kind of welfare does not furnish bread, meat and clothing for the miner's family, Pay the miner a de- cent wage and leave him a free man and he will look after his own wel- fare. The trouble with all such in- stitutions as the Rockefeller indus- trial plan is this: The very existence of the plan recognizes the need for some agency or representation through which the worker may expect to obtain justice and fair treatment. The worker has found such agency and representation in his trade union. The Rockefeller plan attempts to sub- stitute something else for the trade union, but the report of the Russell Sage Foundation, based upon its own exhaustive research and study, proves that the attempt is a total faflure be- cause it does not do justice to the worker. There is a deep lesson in this report, not only to labor, but to employers as well. (Copyright, 1925.) School Head Praised. Attention Called to Poem by Henry W. Draper. To the Editor of The Star: I have before me the January, 1925, issue of the Langley Pilot, published by the Langley Junior High School, and a praiseworthy publication. On the first page is a poem, “To Langley,” which will bear repeating, the spirit disclosed therein being not only commendable, but well worth the consideration of all who under- take to instruct children. The prin- cipal of the school, I presume, is the author, as “Henry W. Draper” fol- lows the poem. TO LANGLEY. They say that he loved little children, * And that children loved him, too; And loved to be Where they could see The wonderful things he could do. He taught them to know the wild flowers, The birds and the many strange things, That science reveals To the ome who unseals < The volume that nature brings. He led them in pathways of knowledge, Where 'tis, 0, so pleasant to stray; Where wise men strive To make alive The dead things of yesterday. The children rejoiced in his friendship, Accepting the love that was given; Since a child may disce What the wise cannot learn, For of such is the kingdom of heaven. We shall always honor his memory, And follow the path he trod ‘T we learn to know The thoughts that go From the heart of a child to God. Sometimes in this world of more or less, “thls and that,” we get the right man in the right jplace, and from what I hear in my neighbor- hood Henry W. Draper is one of those right men. WALTER ELLWOOD ALLEN. Defends Postal Bill. Union Official Tells of Condi- tions Surrounding Work. To the Editor of The Star: Your issue of February 2 contained a letter from W. J. Murray stating that postal employes have been un- duly favored by Congress in the mat- ter of salary legislation. It {s not my purpose to detail the difference between postal clerical em- ployment and clerical employment in the departments in the District of Columbia. Suffice it to say that post office clerks work a minimum of eight hours daily, with frequent over- time; the majority of them work at night, and must study distribution schemes on their own time. Further, there is much Sunday and holiday work in the Tpostal service. All postal work is performed at high speed and tension not required in other governmental routine. But, entirely aside from the dif- ference in employment conditions, Mr. Murray overlooked the fact that Congress is now hesitating to in- crease the postal emploves' wages because the postal service Is not financially self-sustaining. This policy is clearly discrimina- tory against postal employes. It has never been suggested that War and Navy Department employes, for in- stance, accept inadequate wages b cause these Government agencies are not on a paying basis. Yet postal employes are now told, In effect, to first bring money into- the public treasury before they can hope for a wage adjustment. Mr. Murray is correct in saying that the postal salary bill {s class legislation. The postal employes are the only class of Government work- ers who, while having no voice in fixing postage rates, find that their wages are dependent upon the service earning a surplus. THOS. F. FLAHERTY, Secretary-Treasurer National Fed- eration of Post Office Clerks. Declares Postal Pay Increase Is Deserved To the Editor of The Sta: I desire to reply to the article in tonight's Star, signed by W. J. Mur- ray, relative to the postal pay bill being called by him class legislation. In my opinion there is no more class| legisiation in this bill than in any other appropriation bill, as 1t is merely intended to give the postal employes—which are without & doubt the hardest worked bunch of em- ployes that Uncle Sam has on his pay roli—a salary commensurate with the amount of work and study which they are required to perform. 1 dety Mr. Murray or any other Government employe to show me any other department that expects as much and gets as much from its em- ployes as does the Post Office De- partment. In what other depart- ments do they have to work eight hours in their office and then go home and study two or three hours on some examination that has to be put up acoording to Hoyle and at an average percentage of not less than 95 in or- der that he will be eligible for the $100 a year increase? Mr. Murray should know that this is why they are trying to get this just increase if he was in the postal service very and I will say for his benefit that I was in the rallway mail serv- ice for tem years and that I got the $100 sutomatie ingrease, and that I Q. How many street cars are owned by each company in Washington, D, C.7—0. T. W, A. The Capital Traction Co. has 687 and the Washington Railway and Electric 468. Q. When was the ground purchased for the Zoo?—L, R. V. S. A. The purchase was completed in the early part of 1890, the first ani- mal, the elephant “Dunk,” took up his quarters there April 29, 1891, and the park was opened in the Summer of 1891. Q. What is the correct name for the Mount St. Alban Cathedral?—M. W. C. A. The correct name of the national cathedral which is being erected on Mount St. Alban is the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Bethlehem Chapel is & part of the structure most nearly completed. Q. How large a sum was raised by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America for the preserva- tion and maintenance of Sulgrave Manor?—T. D. M. A. A fund of $100,000 has been raised by this society. Q. Where is the battleship Minne- sota now?—W. L. E. A. The U. S. S. Minnesota is not in commission. It was broken up and scrapped January 23. 1924. Q. How many women minister and preach for the different churches in the United States?—E. C. H. A. According to the 1920 census there were 1,787 women eligible as clergymen. Q. Was John L. Sullivan a world heavyweight champion?—J. A. D. A. While he claimed to be the world heavywelght, this title is de- batable, He was heavywelght cham- plon of America. It wpuld have been necessary for him to defeat Peter Jackson, champion of Australia, be- fore he could become world champlon. He never fought Jackson. Q. How high above sea level is Yellowstone National Park?—A. C. A. This park lies in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. It consists of an elevated platean basin with & mean altitude of 8,000 feet, surround- ed by lofty and rugged mountain ranges. Q. How did the “Safety First” slo- gan originate>—E. F. E. A. Mr. Ralph C. Richards was closely connected with the initiation of the safety-first movement. He was general clalm agent of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Railway at the time and held a number of safety rallles with the object of educating the men in safety standards. It is not stated positively, however, that he originated the slogan “Safety First.” The Bureau of Mines says that the phrase “Safety First” be came a national slogan in the year 1911 when the Bpreau of Mines gave a national safeté first demonstration at Pittsburgh, Pa. Previous to this the phrase “Safety is the First Con- sideration” was used on the stationery and among the employes of the H. C. Frick Coke and Steel Company of Pittsburgh and the Illinois Steel Com- pany of Chicago. But since the na- tional demonstration these firms and a great many others dealing with safety appliances have adopted this phrase. Q. How dces the value of the mew soldiers’ compensation I have received compare with life insurance?—H. R. A. The non-participating adjusted service certificate which you have just received has a face value equal to the amount in dollars of a 20-year endow- ment insurance that the amount of your adjusted service increased by 25 per cent would purchase at your age on your birthday nearest the date of the certificate, if applied as a net sin- gle premium calculated in accordance with the accepted actuarial principles and based upon the American expe- rience tables of mortality and interest at 4 per cent compounded annually. Q. Is there a symphony orchestra composed entirely of women—c. D. B. A. An American Women's Symphony Orchestra has been organized in New York by Elizabeth Kuyper, tae Dutch conductor, planist and composer. Mme. Kuyper has been the leader of simi- lar organizations in Berlin, The Hague and London. She was the first woman to hold the post of teacher of com- position in the Royal College of Music of Berlin. Q. How many radio receiving sets are there in Canada?—F. M. C. A. It has been estimated that thers are 100,000 radio receiving sets in the homes of Canadians. On March 31, 1924, there were 46 broadcasting sta- tions in the Dominion, as compared with 600 {n the United States. The number of receiving licenses sold dur- ing the year was 31,609, for which the government charges $1 each. Next year it is estimated the revenue from this source will be $70,000. Q. Of what was the chimaera com- posed?—D. L. T. A. This monster was composed of a lion in front, a goat in the center and a serpent behind. Q. Under the protection of how many lares was a Roman house- hold?—T. A. G. A. Every Roman household was supposed to be under the protection of one lar and several penates. Thelr symbols were kept in a special part of the house called the “lararium.” Q. What were the ports of entry in Maryland before 17007—U. 8 G. A. In those early days the Mar: land ports were Baltimore and An- napolis, Q. Does the Travelers Afd have representatives at Ellls Island?—J. J This organization has repre- sentatives there, Q. When was Louls Philippe en- tertained in Carlisle, Pa.?—W. O. H. A. Louls Philippe passed through Carlisle in December, 1797, on his way from New York to New Orleans. He ‘was accompanied by his two brothers, Duke of Montpensier and Count Beanjolais. He spent a day in Carlisle and was entertained by the citizens. 3 Q. What is the expression used in oribbage when one counts a scors overlooked by an opponent?—S. A A. The term is “muggins.” Q. Will native birds eat the Japa- nese beetle?—T. A. T. A. The Department of Agriculturs says that our birds will eat this pest and are counted upon as a natural check to its depredations. The purple grackle has proven to be the most important bird enemy, two-thirds of its diet consisting of Japanese beetles in neighborhoods infested with the pest. Q. Why are 10-cent pieces called a form of “dism; from Latin “decima,” meaning tenth. Q. Who made the original ngled Banner?—C. E. L. A. Mrs. Mary Pinkersgill, assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Caroline T. Purdy. Star Q. Who was first buried in Iow . A F. A. Sergt. Charles Floyd, who died August 20, 1504, white man Star Information Bureau will your question. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau can- not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does mot attempt to settle domes troubles, nor under- take czhaustive rescarch om amy swb- ject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address, and inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquircr. Address Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Star Information Bureau, Twenty-first and C streets northwest.) Party Lines Drop as Press Backs Coolidge “Gallus” Stand President Coolidge’s recent mild rebuke to the Princeton collegians who appeared befare him with baggy, dragging trousers, which seemed to need suspenders to keep them off the ground, has caused a broad smile to pass over the Nation. “Undobtedly all sensible people are in sympathy with the President,” says the Trenton Times, from almost under the shadow of the elms of Princeton campus. And from far away Texas comes the echo through the Dallas Journal: “If President Coolldge wasn't all to the good with the old-line cit- izens of this country before this, he has just made himself solid with them as a result of the observations with which he is credited. The Exec- utive, who comes of good old farming stock, doesn’t like these la-de-da trousers the young bloods of our days are wearing.” The New Orleans Item adds: “That may be political propa- ganda, but it is a good story. Presi- dent Coolidge seems to be cautious in this as in other matters. But he is no pessimist. He didn't prescribe suspenders and belt.” “There's a reason,” declares the Tulsa Tribune, “for the Coolidge aver- sion to these wide, flapping trouser legs. It isn't that they are utterly incongruous in appearance. No, no! It's just a case of too much cloth— Yankee thrift disapproves extrava- gance, even in pants!” The Seattle Times |s optimistic. It observes: “The President and the hard-working American fathers should not despair of the prospects of the suspenderless Nation. They should look back 30 years and take note of the wide, flap- ping trousers then in vogue. Then they might thumb the style books since then and wisely conclude that fashions are set by a higher law than the Constitution of the United States or the Revised Statutes. Where they originate is something of a puzzle, but that they come and go like the sea- sons cannot be doubted. Style in stu- dent apparel probably never will have the approval of middle-aged men, but what students wear and how they wear it is pretty nearly zero in some- thing to worry about. * X X X “Perhaps there are those who will aocuse President Coolldge of being a hopeless reactionary because he fs a champion of suspenders,” thinks the Wichita Beacon, which observes further: “Others will say that he is afflicted with too much of the New England conscience. But he will stand his ground. He knows full well the important part the suspend- er has-played in American history, and is not the kind to desert these homely virtues of the olden time The Lansing State Journal declare S —— earned every cent I received, and more, too, and for that reason alone I resigned from the service, as the work and study program that has to be kept up as long as you are in the service Is entirely too hard and ting for the salaries pald, the that you assume and the amount of “home work” that you have to do in order to be able to make the proper distribution of all mail that is assigned to you. Inasmuch as I am no longer in the service, I have no axe to grind, but I do hope that Congress will not let up until every poatal employe has been given the increase that is by all means duq him, ALVA SOLE, “In the present styles we must hasten to agree with President Coolidge that the trousers our young men are wear- ing these days show their taste at its lowest ebb. We hope the Ameri- can public will join the President in , ‘Young men, go out and put on your suspenders.’ " “Most of all the President dislikes these wide-bottomed trousers, so much affected by ‘cake-eaters,” says the Jersey City Journal. “Many of us may not be willing to go along with the President,” the Journal adds, “in his ideas about suspenders, but most of us are certainly with him on the wide-bottom trousers issu In the opinion of the Boston Traveler: “The gist of the President's advice was that any voung man who elects to wear such nether vestments ought to wear suspenders! Wholesome coun- sel, surely. Just as the ladles are learning to keep their skirts clear of the ground (and a little more for good measure), it's unfortunate that male youth should affect dragging skirts. If hips won't hold ‘em up, shoulders will, that's a fact.” “It can be readily understood why the President should prefer suspend- ers for himself,” the Omaha World- Herald reflects, “There’s no denying they are safe and sane. A pair of suspenders hidden away under one’s vest gives him a feeling akin to that imparted by the possession of an ace in the hole. He feels justified in standing pat on them.” But, thinks the Columbus Dispatch, “to tell th truth, the ‘gallus’ needs no defens The Dispatch continues: “It may not be so beautiful as a bright leather belt, but it is much more reliable. In fact, it becomes essential as a man loseg all trace of his hips in the in- creasing girth that often attends hi middle and later years. Some men, loath to give up the belt, entirely or unwilling to -disclose the fact that they have gone back to their first love, affect both gallus and belt. But they do not thereby assure double security. “This impromptu utterance of President Coolidge,” thinks the Dan- ville Bee, “though it may shock the youngsters affecting the latest sar- torial design in pants, is one of the most human things the Executive has had to say since he moved to the White House. There has been com- plaint that he is distant and too placid. The fact that he feels mildly outraged over the prevailing fash- fons reveals him as a man not by any means immune from the ordinary emotions. And he doubtless has & large following on the pants ques- tion.” —_— e Our oldest laws are the Command- ments. What the world needs most Is just simply respect for old age— Flint Daily Journal. —_—————————— ‘What a difference in the speed of a man’s car when he is bragging about it to a friend or lying about it to a judge—Greenville Piedmont. — e————— 1t the effort to prevent gun eleva- tion on our battleships succeeds we might turn our attentfon to political lightning rod R We knew this 0ld world was getting worse, but the end is not yet. A New York prima donna says in 25 years all women will have careers.—Charlotte ‘Observer,