Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1925, Page 42

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. SUNDAY. .March 29, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Bulldic a0 Offier: 185 Rtegent St London. gland. Bure The Erening Star. with t d by o Sunday morning riors within the . mont . 45 inday oniy. 20 conts per ¥ he sent by mail or tele Collect on is made by car of euch month ey bt Orders Main 5000, are few who do not view with sympa- thy the great strides which have been made in the matter of prison reform. And as a result our prisons today would be regarded as havens of com- parative comfort and pleasure by prison inmates of a few decades ago. But there still remaind the ines- capable conviction in the minds of the Wverage man znd woman that fear of punishment, whether it is the best, is still the strongest deterrent | to crime. That conviction is no doubt unconscious consid- own psychology. strengthened by eration of one's Whether or not we are ashamed of it, the fact still persists that in such Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | Marsland and Virginia. | Vraily and Sunday. 1 $8.40:1 mo.. 70 | . only 1 50¢ | 1 mo., Su only il mo., 20¢ L §2.40 1day.1 yr., §16.00 1yr, $T.00 1yr. $3.00:1r e | Al Other States “ se | Member of the Asxociated Pre Associated Press in exeiasively entitied bHication of Al mews dis t or not otherwise redited sews pub ol eat rights of Joy for the Fisherman. Washing slumped into The persistent paticnce of forms attitude ton anglers whose 5 Rodin's 1d ssimistic of T £ here i ker. have so 1ot wall of d is ¢ decsra he sea the | re decory | Basin to be rewarded. about W all hathing the chlorinat been the elimination « beaches ther and of p and the t om cessation | has ade, | received by of United States Bureau of Fisheries, e nip the 1 the any cess, proposal favorably iis body of wate splendidiy for ve by nature and by man purpose, into a fishing preser ificult to duplicate ir tv of the ited Glen © ! tates. Leach, heud of divisian | fish eulture of ted the bile has in fa enthu of that bureau received a most 0| Bit bisin finpression has ally promised nearest » futire housand with and fiin Lo Dbig-me crappic heart implantati 1 will prevent from of public buildin, he ha ot sure tha 15 trifling this fux o 15, huwever, sympatheti all forms of oor recreation 1 that forthes it niay be safely assume the d mesh wire will by fry into look food want to ming. confidently ex the world by basin's The pected Autumn half-n n will on the rich in as their home and will not Cortain tol. have biown ficial m mit ave ish cities, notably Bris implanted game fish and of purposes such as trout dics pike, in larze nded arti ¥ This Angli ~he 1 only from the provi a e i the game. proaching the 1 A f per mn force, and f ing therefrom nece The wd workeut, and fisherim: gives the fish a . tempted. AT for only thos: ystem Mits good for a day venug expenses are | is wm the acern pesidl number of a day's ¢ but B¢ wes 5o gratifying to the angler th the of teh i atrie ! 1»3 3 vealigil from towns, the ave considers cost the permit take nglish ooks of al Tes he a WHY expense greater than the cost of wire scie n 1 pital will hing facilit Le without Tex 5 is Sy ted, but consalation awa and likely eventualiy beautifully e preserve regre it to b opular, a vironed | almost in 1 munity. This will be utilized 1 i 24 and days out of | than any bathing beach could | Who knows but that some day | will be visible the 1 along with memorials to men | 1 other pur doubtedly of asset un | e e hours the more on asin’s | shores, éminent uits, a bronze or of that gentle fisherv‘ flies began to fleck the | River Dove time | John Smith's sailed wild Potomac. man English capt up the replica whose about e first present nate United States more appre- would not be ciated were it for an impression 1embers will merely take ad- of & suspension of business to luok up material for more trou that its 1 —— The nn best statesmanship inclines | e and more to the opinion that if | & world war is poss) should be equally so. | i Crime Prevention. The viewpoint that modern meth- 9ds of crime prevention by means of stern punishment with “higher civilization” is one| which very generally uppeals in To say that it would be bet- | potential is not in accord er to the s their transform juve ¥ criminals | ile courts, or elsewhere. L ath, or that the “criminal” | sRduld be bettered mentally und spir- itually rather than pushed further wn the ludder while expiating his crime, is to project no revolutionary, | o even novel, belief today. The only arguments which niarshaled against such theoretical convictions, if one is to no longer cling to the ancient doctrine of “an c¥e for an eye and a tooth for ai tooth,” are those dealing with the | difficulty of practical application. The practical impossibility of dealing with every potential eriminal in his or | ber youth in such a fashion as to| tirn the subject into a law-abiding ¢ltizen is one of thes pactical impossibility of turning mod- | ern penal institutions into psychiatric sanitariums is another. | There are few enlightened men and | women today who do not recognize the vast importance of work purposed to. reduce juvenile delinquency. And as a result this work grows and spreads and is wholeheartedly sup- ported througheut the Nation. There can be | And. indeed. the falling of | te | tence in | the achieve | purt | shock losser lawbreaking as speeding one's automobile on a good, clear stretch of road, or parking one’s machine to a fireplug on a crowded street. or ling to declare to the customs ofti- the full value of the handker ¢ we purchased on the Rue de la Paix, even (whisper it softly) skimping a in the matter of porting the size of last year's income, the fundamental &leterrent is not lofty appreciation of our legal or moral responsibilities in the next cials hic v ' or bit re- is u and seren. premises, hut a persistent and uncom- able dread of what the punishment might be if we were caught. What is true in these instances of law jons of a’les acter ix undoubtedly lawbreaking in its grosser forms. fm- retribution, swift and stern, the hazard which saves many from submission viclous instinets, f the United below Ingland and other t the matter of crime preven- tion is attributed by many of the most npetent authorities to the fact that hers result of delays in appre- hension pronouncement from heinous char- true in vic is cqually pending still potential crimin to his or her is a more States na- ns in as a and of sen- and of the escape estab, lished penalties through an astute de- based upon subtle technicalities sentimentality the dread of punishment has been in ure removed from fense or an appeal to publi too great ar criminal mind. The desirability of the reducing the number of inclined cannot the consummation of that rnestly the of crim- husines those inally be stressed too ily sought nor and too ¢ by practical mgans to The attempt to useful every suit. modern olety restore the eriminal citizenship cannot advan fellow and women The a of its heart's desire universal applica rul stron: practi tou vigorously of mer Yet mat bulk his to ul rests men. the tor here w pend aent the matter of a of the of de in tion need L unto others golde tinuex in the ng arguments what will do to you. It is for have navies. It aguinst vou hope no this that nations for this that have vaults. It is for this that our doors have locks. And it is for this that society, wis and practically and in the final analy i effectively, has prisons any man shall the penality should to commit a crime aguinst it. deal of faith a deal s 1o hold that, as matters could du without them. banks where Ly ¢ venture It of foolishne suand, we takes or S New York and Prohibition. The killing by the New York Legie- lature of the bills for ate enforce- ment of the Federal prohibition stutute was regrettable, though not unexpect- ed. The in the Senate agains prohibition included five Republicans, lending non-partisan character to the de If the bill had passed it would lave by Gov. Alfred case would vote heen vetoed Smith. The politics in the so the press dispatches re- thal in his veto message Gov. would have found occasion, no doubt would have to make an appeal to the “wet” voters in the next ele The regret over have been Smith which he the defeat of S accentuated last week President Coolidge had «d through a White House spokesman his atfitude ement of the prohibition law. enforcement by t fact that enly is announc on enfo He maintains the position, which all | friends of enforcement occupy, that it is as much the duty of State, county and municipal authorities to assist in enforcing the national prohibition law as in enforcing any other law, and that the Government cannot carry the burden alone. President Coolidge's exposition of | his view of the subject was generally strued as being an appeal to the | public for increased interest in State | and local enforcement of prohibition. | What the effect of New York's opposi tion to the presidential attitude by way of example may be is vet to be shown. It well understood, of course, that New York is a wet State, almost as “wet as the Atlantic Ocean,” the condition which former Gov. Ed- wards of New Jersey hoped for that | Commonwealth. One effect may be to sle a world peace | arouse the friends of prohibition en-) forcement to increase activity through- out the country for local enforcement. New York and New Jersey, while pre- senting conspicuous examples of wet- ness, do not constitute the thinking mass of the whole country. Aside from the merits or demerits of the question of national prohibition, the incontestable fact remains that it is provided by the Constitution of the United States, and the law enacted in support thereof, and the crux of it is whether the law is 1o be enforced or practically nullified through being nored by State and local authorities, ——————— Assertion is made that this country has too many laws. The fact that many of them remain very modest and unobtrusive does not prevent to a consistent sense of pro- ig priety. R Viva el Toro. A news dispatch from Madrid re- lates how at the bullfights held last Sunday the bulls, as once in a blue moon they will do. bovine at the expense of a sprained ankle: two others were gored and trampled. The skilled matadors had given out; bush league bullfighters were called into action; they also found the speed and control of the bulls that were selected & good bit beyond their powers. Finally the picadors and banderilleros, finding the situation ton tough for them, went o please 1 to pleasc | is | v ! eized, | tion, | had their inning. | arguments. The | One star matador escaped a charging | T on strike; the fights were canceled; the splendid old embroidered shawls draped from the box railings were picked up by their fair’ owners and the disgruntled crowd wehded its way homeward. The bitter disappointment of that Sunday crowd in faroff Spain is casily imagined. Perhaps there were darling little children there, taken to see their first fight, and papa is yet patiently explaining their almost un- heard-of bad luck and is promising buckets of blood for the next sunny Sunday. This grief, however, is like- Iy to leave the Anglo-Saxon race, pecially memb thereof who have ever a bullfight, cold and unsympatietic. They are for the bull, first, last and all the time. They ad mit the skill of the matador in placing hi sword-thrust it ougit to go; the daring of the picadors, the activity of the banderilleros. But they are for the bull. just the same, It was not much more than a cen- tury ago sport-loving Britons attended and enjoyed bullbaitings. The animal, chained to a wall or staple, attacked dogs, bred for the purpose, whose natura. {bravery impelled them to jump for a hold on a tender nose or lip and whose powerful jaws enabled them to retain that hold vegardless of the fruntic tossings of the bull's head. The bulldog is still an honored mem ber of canine society, but the bull baiting has gone inte the limbo of the Men simply got tired of sceing a courageous chained animal take on all comers with no chance of ultimate success A told of the American who happened to he present at a bull- fight on gne of those days when the bull' was proving teo much for the combined efforts of the highly trained humins and the pitiful, frantic, blind- folded wrecks of superannuated | horses. The crowd sat in utter | prayerful silence. Soon. no doubt, the fighters find thems aed this insurgent bLeast would get his just reward. But it never hap- | pened. The big, black, brave beast checkmated all their efforts and, if not victorious, stood there in the center of the arens, having f d @ draw. At this juncture the Yankee rose and in stente roared jout three of his stock of nine Span- ish words: | iva | Ve was promptly thrown horrified ushers. But h one of the pleasante: es those seen precisely where when was by past. sto would Ives i fan tones el te by claims it was experiences of | European tour. out his ent Americans their faults, many But the other ledger stands always to the fact that they are \ —_—— . baffled at certain points, with all its marvelous progress. There is very little encouragement in | the study of the habits of earthquakes {and tornadoes with a view to ascer- | taining when and where they will re- | anbeas. |and Britons have ind grave | side of the their eredit €or the bull. ones. on Sclence remains ———— There no more entertaining speaker before the public than W. J. Kryan. Should he gucceed in arriving in the United States Scnate he might succeed in making even a filibuster more « less entertaining. ———ttee | New York restaurants submit pa- | tiently to being “padlocked” by dry iuullmrilirw, knowing that they can { ke up for a few weeks' idle- | ¥ a raise on the cover charges. ———— Neither France nor Germany enter- tains much present hope that the other can be persuaded to relinquish a state of suspicion that has become al- most a fixed national policy. R The fact that the United States re- mains the richest nation on earth fs the more remarkable when various | colossal expenditures with scant hope of return are considered. e If “Kid" McCoy serves all the sen- tences imposed by the court he will properly be known as “Old Man Me- Coy™ when next at liberty. | ————— There is no.doubt this time about the personal arrival of Dr. Cook at his advertised destination. | - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHN: Hope. |1 care not for the statesman | Nor for the financier. | Unto the men who advertise | 1 turn for honest cheer. 0N wise And when conditions leave me sad With impulse to complain Somebody always writes an ad That bids me hope again. Music Loving Public. “Was there a brass band to meet you when you got back home?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I told the committee on arrange- ments. to cut out the music. I'm tired of being politely tolerated while the leader of the band gets the real ap- plause.” i Humor und Pathos. | The comic picture makes me smile In mirthfulness all free from guil | Yet, it I saw a real man Constructed on the comic plan | A tear my eve wouid surely dim— How sorry T should feel for him! Jud Tunkins says his wife used to boast of her general cooking, but now she doesn't seem to take pride in any- thing but roasting. Prolonging the Interest. “You have several times refused me. If T again ask you to marry me will you say ‘ves'?" “T won't tell you.” answered Miss Cayenne. “You might not ask me.” i Hypocrisy. The man who went to see a show Which he declared offends, Is liable again to go And take along his friends! HE SUNDAY STAR, ito ‘De way you judges & man now- adays,” said Uncle Eben, “is by no- ticin’ which laws he picks out to Lobey.” Muzzling WASHINGTON, D. C. ' of Karolyi Defended 1 MARCH 29, As Being Within Nation’s Rights BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice Preaident of the United States. The visit to the United States of Count Michael Karolyi, ex-premier and ex-Presldent of Hungary, for the purpose of visiting his wife, who was ill, stirred newspaper writers and others who thought_ they saw in the restriction imposed upon the visitor an attack upon the right of free speech. In this way they misinter- preted the decision of American offi- clals in England to deny the count a vise unless he promised not publicly discuss political questions on his visit Newspaper reporters stood amazed at the audacity of the State Depart- ment Karolyi would have heen good »r dally interviews. Columns could been written about him. His oninions were worth much space. He puld have been hailed as a deliverer of his country or as a tyrant could have been pictured tlonary or progressive, the State Department had “kiiled” mil- Hons of words that might have been written and read with avidity Those who profess to believe that every one, always and everywhere, should be permitted to write, print or speak anything which may come into their minds were almost overcome with in- dignation ave rear- t % ¥ w In my judgment the State Diepart- ment acted prudently in placing a re- striction upon the count. For the good of the republic the precedent should grow into a policy. Th stitution of the United States was not impaired. There is more loose think- ing and talking about the Constitu- tion than about anything I know of, including the Holy Bible. Many per- sons, educated as well as ignorant, have the erroneous ideas that the Constitution of the United States is the Constitution of the world, and that its provisions are applicable to every person regardless of his race or nationality. They forget that our Constitution has to do exclusively with citizens of the United States. oy be well to recall at th point that the Constitution does say that Congress shall enact no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, and that it contains no provision that I shall not be answer- able by way of damages or punish- ment for the utterance of those things which the legislative authority muy deem to be inimical to the best terest of the Republic. I trust that in the hour of peace no American ever will be punished for the exer- cise of free speech or for the cemination of his views statecraft, yet in order to riot, tumult and disorder und to sus- tain the dignity of the courts, as well as to uphold our idea that law rather He | | turning ‘of our G | when th |in my ouching | wicably by members of my family prevent | than force shall prevall, it always will be necessary to hold a man an- swerable for any libel or sjander which he may commit. The Amer- fcan citizen, however, must be free to express his views as to the form of government which here should endure and as to the best way of promoting the life, liberty and hap- piness of the individual. ok ok * But those who complain about the dictatorial conduct of State Depart- ment officials and would spread the privileges of the Constitution of the United States over Count Michael Karolyi, an alien, are not good logi- cians, if in fact they are good Ame icans. 1 permit my wife to say almost anything she chooses to me about my manners, morals and conduct. The Constitution of our family gives her freedom of speech as an inherent right. and I wm inclined neither to shut her up nor put her out But do not perm my neighbors to call on me and start a general discussion on my mode of life, the way in which 1 run my house. my treatment of those who work for me, the religion 1 profess, the ticket I vote, and other personal affairs which concern me as an individual. It is bad enough swearing to support and defend the Constitution of the United States go out and advise the destruction of our institutions, but it is infinitely to permit aliens to enter this coun try and join the crusade for the over- vernment. The au- are not doing their duty do not separate the sheep the goats and send the goats home. They ure only doing their full duty when they exercise the precau tion which they took in the case of Count Karolyi to see to it that as an allen he did not become a disturbing factor in America to our peace, quie- tude and good order. * x % when men after thorities from T do not assume to say that the count would have uttered anvthing alstasteful to the old order in Ameri ca—in fact, 1 doubt that he would have done 50 under no restriction. 1 merely seck to defend the State Department against the assaults which unthink ing citizens have made against it. In deed, it would be well if all aliens up | to the time of becoming citizens were prevented questions from discussing political We have a right, of course, | to alter and reform our Government in- | but the old ofler in America should prevail until the citizens under the old order shall of their own volition alter ft. If any change is to be made home life, I wish it to he ma by inquisitive and impertinent lers through the creation of dis rd and dissensio (Copsright, 1825, by Zist Century Pre ot THE JARDINE RECORD BY FREDERIC If experience ever qualified a man for a job, Willlam Marion Jardine will fit into his mew post as Secre- tary of Agriculture as if it had been made for him, or he for it Born n an Idah ranch some 46 vears ago, Dr. Jardine ha been ranchman, surveyor, farmer, far manager, and an investigator in dry farming; he has been a student graduate, instructor and professor i agricultural schools, und for seve vears president of the Kansas State College: and, by no means to be disregarded, he has been a« humble subordinate in the great goverm al department he now heads. He is auther of numerous and bulleting on dry farming op production: he was a and chairman of the agricultural production committee of the Kansas State Council of Defense; he is a fellow of the American Association of the Academy of Science; he was president of the International Dry Farming Congress and Soil Products Exposition and of the American Soclety of Agronomy a few years ago; he served as a member of the executive board of the National Re- carch Council, and of the advisory councll agricultural commission of the American Bankers' Association. To top oft that record it may be added that Dr. Jardine is a Republi- can, a Congregationalist, a Mason, a Rotarian and a member of five Greek letter fraternities—Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Delta. * % * Thus it appears that the new Secre- tary had practically every ex- perience pertaining to agriculture, save serving an apprenticeship fn a farm implement factory and selling lightning rods. He has lived in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Illinois, Kansas and the Bistrict of Columbla, he has traveled in most of the other States and, as one of his predecessors, former Sec- retary E. T. Meredith, says: “He brings to the position of Secretary of Agri- culture a cross-section view of Amer- ican farming which will be of {m- mense value to his new work. He is a typically American product and will appeal alike to the farmer with 2 small acreage and to the men with cattle on a thousand hills” * k¥ K In directing the interests of the furmers of the United States Dr. Jardine has stated that he will advo- cate @ policy of co-operation—oo- operation not only among the farm- ers themselves, but between them and the rest of the people. He views the farmer as & business man who needs to do what every other busi- ness man needs to do—improve his produet, increase his production, lower his production costs and im- prove his distribution. “In bettering distribution of his products,” he says, “the farmer will find co-operation of great value. Each of the 6,500,000 farms in the United States should not attempt to handle the marketing individually, but or- ganizations, under the direction of the farmers themselves, should be formed. These cannot only do effi- cient marketing, but can give the furmers sound information from time to time as to demand for various products, thus enabling the Individual farmer to adapt his production to world needs. “The need is not for higher prices to consumers. Consumers will not pay much more thun they are paying now for farm products. What s needed is to reduce the spread be- tween what the farmer gets and what the consumer pays. “It is to the interest of the farmer that the wheels of industry be kept turning and that men be employed at good wages. Otherwise the farm- er cannot sell what he produces. Con-- versely, if agriculture is depressed, the market for manufaoctured products is bad. Farmers' are good buyers when they can afford to buy.” * ¥ ¥ % Dr. Jardine’'s wide experience in and knowledge of agricultural mat- ters are supplemented or rounded out by an engaging personality that wiil help him over the bumps in Wash- ington—or enable him to avoid them. He is cordial, approachable and has papers and [an ever-ready and infectious smile. He is a good mixer and a good hand- shaker, and makes an excellent speech. . In fact, this new flgure from the West in. Washington officialdom pos- sesses many of the qualities and abil- ities that go to the making of a first- rate politician, and already there s interesting speculation here as to his fwtusy, Hir sectlion of the country member | 1. HASKIN has long aspired to furnish a Pres- ident of the United States, und stran- ger things have happened in American politics than that 4 § or 12 vears should find him a formidable candi- date for the highest honors within the gift of the republic * x % Dr. Jardine is a th 1 radio as an education factor. As n earnest of thi his college was the first In the United States, or in the world, to offer radio extension tourses, thus establishing a veritabl college of the air in which studengs from all over this country and Canada may enroll, and from which they re- cefve certificates if they successfuily pass the examinations given at the close of each course. There i= no charge for enrollment and no charge for the printed lectures to residents of Kansas. Non-resldents of that State must pay a nominal fee for these printed lectures In arranging the courses for this rough belicver college of the air particular attention ! has been given to the selection and treatment of subjects which have a ready and practical application in the home, on the farm and in business Faculty members who give the lec- tures are authorities in their respec- tive fields of work. The lectures are broadcast. from the station at Manhattan five eve- nings a week from September 15 to April 24. At 7:20 each evening there is a tuning-in program of musical numbers, furnished by the music de- partment of the State Agricultural College, and from 7:30 to § o'clock the lectures are broadcast. Monday and Tuesday evenings are devoted to agriculture, with Jectures on various phases of animal hus- bandry, horticulture, dairy husbandry, agronomy and poultry. Wednesday evenings are given over to engineer- ing subjects—heating the home, elec- tricity fn the home and on the farm, State highways, local roads, farm water supply, the shop, automobile and truck, home architecture, farm tractors, etc. Home economics is the general sub- Ject for Thursday evenings, with courses In clothing selection and de- sign, textiles, household furnishings, interlor decoration, household man- agement, home nursing., foods and human nutrition. General science is taken up Fridays, with departments such as English, chemistry, music, Dublic speaking, entomology, business law, physics, botany, economics and sociology, and the like. * ok ok % “Radio is already a vital factor in the economic and intellectual life of the farmer,” says Dr. Jardine. “The part it will exert in the future is| beyond calculation. Its influence on agricultural betterment will be, per- haps, its greatest contribution to ci flization. J know of no other means of self-improvement attainable at so little expense and effort. Since the Kansas institution offered its courses in radio extension similar work has been undertaken at Jowa State College and at the State School at Pullman, Wash. Other colleges and universities are sald to be plan- ning, also, to enter this new educa- tional fleld. And one last word about the new Secretary of Agriculture—an impor- tant one, too—you pronounce his name as if it were spelled Jardyne. The Jardeen pronunciation is taboo. Leopard Stone Extolled For Build.ing Pul_'poses A rather broad claim is being made for the Leopard Btone Quarry, in Davie County, as “the only stone deposit of the kind in the world. The leopard stone, or leopardite, as named by the geologists, was dis. covered on the Phifer property, in the Belmont section, years ago, and the Government has at frequent intervals sent agents here to get samples of the stone. It is a species of granite marked with black spots, suggesting | the Jeopard. If the quarrying of the stone on the- Harrston farm proves of com- mercial value, then we might expect development of the leopardite quarry at Charlotte, for the quartying of the rock would indicate that & use has been found for it in construction pur- poses of some kind. It would make a beautiful bullding material, and the wonder Is that It has not been adopt- ed by architects long ago.—Charlotte Observer, 1 i 1925—PART 2. Capital Sidelights Washington has four of the finest monuments that have been built in the world during ghe past thousand years—this on the testimony of Charles Moore, chairman of the Com- mission on Fine Arts. He specified the Washington Monument, the Lin coln Memorial, the Suint-Gaudens Statue in Rock Creek Cemetery and the little Joan of Arc that has heen placed in Meridian Hill Park. “The latter two,” Mr. Moore sabd, “are two of the finest pleces of sculpture that have been made anywhere in the world in the past thousand years Speaking particularly of the Joan of Arc sigitue, Mr.. Moore cajled at- tention that Paul Dubois s<pent 20 years on that work, and exhibited it 12 times in the Paris Salon as he worked upon it. “By common con- sent of artists It stands today WVie finest equestrain statue modern times” It ranks, he s with the Collconi in Venice, « sidered by Ruskin to bhe the in the world When Representativ Alabama vemarked that “That of opinion, T imagine.” Mr. repliod s, these things Pe down Wi the process time to a consensus of what the world calls great. And when I speak of the Paul Dubois statue of Joan of Are #x great, I mean that the artists or the worid have agreed to call it nd when I speak of the Saint T mean the same thing, with to the artists of the world alone the artists of America, but artists of the world.” * % % x af id n- sreatest Almon of is @ respect not the A miniature model of playground for city childre constructed for the Children's Bureau and will be displayed as a part the bureau's exhibit at the Interna tional Council of Women meeting in Washington this Spring. The model, planncd by the recreation expert of en’s Burcau, is an exact reproduction th scale of a playground adequately equipped for daily use by aproximately 300 boys and girls It contains a minfature swimming pool, a shelter house, two temnis courts, a basketball court, a large base ball diamond, a smaller diamond, a wading pool for little children ts for the story hours, swings ladders, fiving rings, sand boxes and (1 other needed equipment. Tiny figures of children cgaged in the various sports are part of the model This model playground was con structed by well known sculptor and model is similar to one made for the bureau by the reproduct plant of the War De- partment and exhibited at the fourth pan-American child weifare congress held last Fall in Santiago, Chile This model is o permanent display at the Children's Bureau and will be loaned important child welfare conferences acre has been muker, and * % ¥ X tarted out to find what books do chil- Uncle Sam has out for himself dren like Now that there library hooks to put into children's {hands than there were a few years ago, increasing intercst hias developed In wiving children the books for which they will care o much that they will not only enjoy them, but form & taste for reading many others Supt. Carlton W. Washburn of Win- netka, 111, is making a study which will offer much necessary informa- tion contributed chjefly by the chil- dren themsclves. By means of a standard test the reading ability of cach child is first determined. With the result of this test as a gulde, books are allotted by the research cx- perts to the children according to their reading ability. The books are seleeted from the American Library Association list, or other lists com- piled for the United Stutes Bureau of Education by experts in the selection of children’s reading. These books ure then graded on the basis of bal- lots cast by the children It is hoped that by September of thix year it will be possible for Uncle Sam to publish a carefully graded, carefully selected list of from & 1,000 books f children, which should prove valuable to supervisors, teachers and children. * x % * are many more Every once in a while some mem- ber of Congress thinks up some new way 1o keep in close touch with the voters of his district, especially with a view to showing them that he is “on the job” in their interests at the Capitol. Representative Meyer Jacob- steln, in New York, has just gotten out his “Second Annual Report to the Voters of My District.” He says: “I can think of no better use to which the Congressional Record can be put than to employ it as a means of acquainting voters with the legis- lative record of Congress and with the attitude and vote of their own | Representatives on important ques- tions. We must establish contacts. We legislators and voters must get on speaking terms. We need team- work. The voters are in a true sense stockholders in this greatest corporation, the United States Gov- ernment. As stockholders, vou are entitled to know what the directors— the Congressmen—are doing and what the conditipn of the corporation is.” * ¥ b % “Jefferson’s antidote” is what we are fighting for, who deplore the present situation in the United States which the Volstead act has brought,” says Representative John Philip Hill of Maryland. Then he quotes the fol- lowing from a letter written in 1§18 by Thomas Jefferson to a French friend: “I rejoice, as a moralist, at the prospect of a reduction of the duties on wine by our national legis- lature. * * * It—the duty—is a pro- hibition of its use to the middling class of our citizens, and a condemna- tion of them to the poison of whisky, which is desolating their houses. No nation is drunken where wine is {cheup, and none sober where the dear- ness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is, in truth. the only antidote to the bane of whisky.” Representative Hill comments that “It would be ‘interesting to know what the Sage of Monticello would say if he could return to find himself arraigned against the Constitution and the law, an apologist for crime and a bedfellow of bootleggers.” * % ok ¥ Now that the Japanese cherry trees are in bloom about the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac Drive, which were placed there by direction of Mrs. Roosevelt after they were sent as o token of affection by the Em- press of Japan, Representative Thomas W. Harrison takes the occa- slon to remind folks in, this part of the country that they must be look- ing forward to the Shenandoah apple blossom festival, which is to be held in Winchester, Va., during the com- ing May. He has lnvited all members of Congress and ‘“a discriminating public” to visit “this most beautiful of all valleys when its beauty is en- hanced by the bloom of the orchards. These apple orchards of the Shenan- doah have developed into a very great industry. “We claim that no better apples are grown anywhere than in i this valley,” Representative Harrison boasts. “We are anxfous that visi- tors shall see this favored section at {a time when they can best appreciate its possibilities. For miles, in the apple blossom season, the tourist can travel through a territory redolent with the aroma and glorified with the beauty of these blossoms. “Highly improved roads pass through this section from every cen- ter of population. The valley is fa- mous for its scenic beauty and the people are the most generous and hospitable of any In the world. ©On the days of the applo blossom festival there will be staged a wonderful spec- tacle of aMegerical pageantry. of | to| a MEN BY ROBERT There is something very cent in all this talk about fleets blowing New York, Phila- delphia, Cifeago and il points south, cust and weat in Just a few moments f bombing and blasting. One sees a single bomb dropping the entire low- half of Manhattan Island into the | sea. carrying with it, of course. all the financial brains and genius of the | counurs, 10 kay nothing of the more | or tainted lucre of Wal. Street and the Standard Oil and ‘e Worgans and everybody The picture Conatly Tie niscence to do with that lite un- tness known as the World | After the first twa weurs & endeavor 1o beat tha all ted peace: after t@0 y of hardships, of bitter losses, 02 Block ade wway from the rest of the world, the man morale began to wesken. The folks at home were dismaged: e troops at the front sullen | and morose. What did the German high c#ia- mand do to revive the spirits of ali? It promised to blow London and Parik to smithareens. London was to be| the first to go. Perfidious Albion wag | to be spurlos versenkt. Then the frogeaters of the French capital were get what was coming to them reminis- hostile air st rem i were %% % Beginning the latter part of ‘16 scarcely a German prisoner was cap- | tured who did not have in his posses- | slon some promise from home in writ- | |ing that if he would but.carry on a little longer the invincible German | alr flects would make mincemeat of London. One could hdar the voice of | the ogre: got to give the Ger- mans credit for trying. They sent over the Zeppelins and they seng over the Gothas. They Lombed London by day and by night. but they couldn't build | Zeppeling as fast as they wer attacks, and the airplar droppinz their one or two to fly the hundreds of miles again before they could be of further possible use | Somehow or other London ref to succumb. She would not be wiped out in a moment, even to improve the German morale. Of course, it is ar- gued, rapid advances have been made in explosives and in gases since war. But gas is supposed 1o be b now by treaty—and blowing up a « a bigger task than most peopie \magine | sed After poor old Ypres had been shot for three solid years, George Her nard Shaw said he could inflict that much damage In three years with 4 tack hammer. When Gen. Robert Lee Eullard re- | tired recently from command a ernors Island, he begged the of New York please not to lie awike nights worrying about their metrop- olix and the vain threats being against it by the excited airmen made And Fifty Years Ago In The Star Andrew Johnson's first speech in the Senate after taking his seat in that| body t the special session which Legan March 5, 1875, in which he at- | Sadw Jobaaoits). 0L Presi- | dent Grant. a1- | Two-Hour Speech. [[#°tvd wide 2 187 ttention. The Star of March 22 the day on which he delivered the speech, thus gescribes the scene in the Senate: | “Mr. Johnson did not appear until| the Rev. Mr." Sunderland had con-| cluded his praver, when he emerged | from the cloakroom on the Demo- { eratic side and slowly walked to his seat. He was dressed with his usual care and neatness. His hair, which though quite gray, is still sufficiently luxuriant to cover every part of his head, was nicely brushed. He was dressed in a black frock coat and pants and a black velvet vest, acro which was suspended a small gold chain. He wore, as he did when in| the White House, a standing collar!| and a black stock. On his desk had been placed a half of a lemon and a glass of water. About four minutes after noon Mr. Johnson rose, and silence fell upon the large audience. He hegan speaking in a low but dis tinct tone of voice, which steadily swelled in volume until it filled the entirs chamber. For some time after he began speaking he made no gestures, but stood between two desks, with a hand on either. He soon warmed up with his subject, however, and assumed his old and well remem- bered style of oratory. As usual, he occasionally made a grammatical slip, but this was scarcely noticeable, none of his inaccuracles of speech being of a marked character. He spoke without notes and frequently con- sulted several books of reference which lay on his desk. “He began by saying that it was evident that he was expected to make a long speech, but that he would be compelled to disappoint expectations, as he had but a few words to say. It soon became evident, however, as he warmed up with his theme that he would talk for some time. His ani- madversions on the administration were evidently relished by many of the occupants of the male galleries, who loudly applauded when he said if Grant was elected a third time, then farewell to the republic. The chair, Mr. Ferry, at once interrupted Mr. Johnson to state to the galleries that applause was prohibited and must not be repeated. He then directed the sergeant-at-arms to take precautions to prevent a repetition of the offense, and soon after Capitol policemen ap- peared in the aisles to preserve order. “At 25 minutes to 2 Mr. Johnson said he had spoken longer than he had in- tended, and would close, but several Democratic Senators said “Go on, go on!" and he continded, and finally losed his speech at 4 minutes after 2 o'clock, having spoken just two hours. At the close there was another slight ripple of applause. After Mr. John- son had taken his seat he was warmly congratulated by a number of Demo- cratic Senators.” * * Attention was called recently to the fact that President Coolidge, in a speech which was broadcast, pro- Presidential nounced certain words in a pecu- iads liar manner. The Pronounciation. ¢i1 W {TAG The Star of Mar¢h 23, 1875, cites a case somewhat in poffit. “During his speech in the Senate yesterday, Mr. Johnson had occasion to make frequent use of the word ‘recognize,’ which he pronounced lay- ing the accent on the second syllable. There are many good speakers who, while aware of the modern pro- nunciation as laid down by standard dictionaries, still prefer the ‘good old- fashioned way. Gen. Jackson, for instance, always insisted on pro- nouncing the word ‘development’ as divided and spelled ‘dev-il-ope-ment, with the accent on the third syllable. He gave as his reason for so doing that he was so instructed by his old and respected teacher, Dr. Waddell whom he should follow in preferenc to the dictionary makers ——v— Personal Pride an Asset. When a chap ceases to care wheth- er his trousers bag at the knees, it is a sure sign that he is already well down the greased slide that leads to nonentity. ° | cour: T. SMALL. ever since then * And so the to ride an electric to South Africa latest model House standards, of pace and wires cross so to sidesteps. It dynamic charger, for the i as bee princ stalled is the “R is anything in a get notlons in tle repulsing on New resquiescatting in a very - x> a fashion AND AFFAIRS York has been nice “pace of Wale is gofne horse auil the wav nag of the vers after Whit four change guaranteed n cause is to be hoped that tr thorough for the attleship on which | ,. ar any bucks o r well charg trafnec name of the has been ir alse” and if ther ne, the horse mi its head and do a | its own, not that an such treatment from a horse would b= news to the prine It may be news to know that longing to President Kift of his old « Dwight W lionaires who hav the electric and If the cruises mer his ferred yacht President on the the M. to g Virtual holidge ¢ phone for a broadeasting taring mike tion, hut s audience And yot cabinet of statement tional h-adqua throug in hu pe and to th of n portunits No vis which eratic nat tion's Foru 4 month a nes a du t Morrow of Morrow, a partner « is one of a group of f shaking up « not at all o some, howeve ctric horss he Coolidge is t ate at Amhers New York. Morgan & Co York mi converted 1 hee r luggish livers o be presidentia flower this Sun member has faced Heard and That particular the baked hean « walk at 6 The walk was bird g on pring had come The air was trical quality few enjoy san Kot =5 the that open win W to get ug Silent at Spratt ight out spent the night it ence batween cat Ho loves t just roam out to see what After a fellow around all ht in eluding old Ca tailed terror fron is very likely to Jumping up an the looked up at he cried. above. Spratt “Mee-ow!” oprano Jack is a well His notes are lig to friends of his enemies tific fact, howev is as clear as the low, Jack Spratt up the ba ran telophone wire e peoy pt eow!” redoubled 1 he sang, i in As a matter of er, - he had spent ~ and the Al hat neve grea hough he He must £oing or has been lurk most of it spr Kidd, the whit the next alley, | e sleepy ack porch, J 1dows. “Meow No head appeared lear. hig coloratura d. hateful t id 2 bell * % Qu want in, old fellow?" screamed Spra . as a head popped out “Meow “You really do feow!" cool out you “Have a good “afeow!” u can sa: The conversation—and been = there, is meow aggerated—having been carried as ¢ as necessary, sil ce prevailed few moments, and then the back opened. entrance. In darted the cat A quick, sharp “Meow” her His paws 1ded ¥ were cove with red clay, and his white sto was wet with dew, brushed off as he came through bes the having vacant lot where he had been Ruut ing for field mice The yleld of mice is very slim thi Spring. Building operations perhaps have scared the little fellows away which is perhaps just as well for them, since Spratt was lurking in the offing. *“You stay in here, Spratt, and clean yourself up.” The furnace demanding attentlor the cat kitchen. no cat there “Kitty, kitty, kitty. as left When I returned, k in charge of the there was itty, kitty, kitty By the way, there {s an art in be ing able to roll out that word unt it sounds like the beat of a drum, or an expert typist rhythmically pound ing the keys. * * x A survey of the downstairs showe Jack Spratt distinctly lacking. had gone upstairs to go to bed. a bed with plenty of blankets suited him right down a night out, his paws. He Afte to Usually he begins to “make bread pushing his claws in and out into the blankets in the peculiar fashion of the house cat. The look upon & cat's face when performing £ais anion is infinitely silly. Jack's favorite place is at the foot of the bed. Today, howevel mudd: tion. cats T, being wet and e had chosen a different posi imagine most people who have in their households can guess< without me telling them just where Jack Spratt had landed. For the benefit of those who max not have onme, it is necessary to ex plain that the cat is the most perver animal in the wor 1. What you waf him to do he never does Jack Spratt, of course the warm spot just va had choser ted, and when I arrived upon the scene, he was all strotched out on the sheets, head on my pillow c with his TRACEWELSS v