Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday. Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY........March 30, 1825 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office, 11tA St. and Pegosrivania Ave. New Yorl Office: 110 Eart t2nd 5t Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. European Ofice : 16 Regeat St..Logdoa. Lnglend, The Tening Star, with the Sunday moraing edition, Is delivered by carriers within the city af 80 cents per won i: dally omiy. 43 vents’ per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month.” Orders may be sent by mafl or fele Thone Maln 5000, Collection is made by Tiers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Sunday only.....101000 pr.) $2.40: 1 mo., 20e All Other States. and Sunda; Daily onls Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the uss for republicution of all news dis patehes credited to 1t or not otherwise credlted So this paper and alwo the local news pub lished “hereln. ~ All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are ulso reserved. Bathing for All. “The problem of outdoor bathing for the people of the District of Columbia is receciving serious study by Col. Sherrill and other officials of the Gov ernment. In a climate that lends itself to this form of recreation and exercise during five months of the year it be- comes the duty of the Government fo provide facilities for outdoor bathing which shall, give the maximum enjoy- ment with the minimum of danger trom drowning and intection. Washington is_ fortunate above many other cities. A beautiful river flows, past its doors. Yet bathing the Potomac River is dangerous under 4 | present conditions. First, there is the danger of drowning for non-swimmers and the inexpert—and even for the ex- pert.” No guards are provided, no pub- lic facilities for the safekeeping of the clothes of those who use the river. Second, there is the danges of disease because of sewerage pollution of large areas of the river waters. With such a body of water as the Potomac River at hand it seems the part of little wisdom to throw up the hands and say it cannot be used. can never be used for bathing purposes. Col. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, under whose direction came the public bathing heach in the Tidal Basin, now aban- doned because of the recent decision of Congress to restore the shores of the basin to park purposes, has ad- vanced the suggestion that a survey of Government engineers should be undertaken for the purpose of deter- mining how the pollution of the river mey be minimized, so that bathing in | its waters will be reasonably safe. It is an admirable suggestion. In fact the real and vital municipal problem presented is that of so locat- | ing bathing beaches or bathhouses on the Potomac and so diverting or treat- ing the city's flow of sewage pollution into the river es to enable Washing- tonians to make regulated and safe- suarded use of the Potomac at certain spots for bathing and swimming pur- poses. . Hundreds, probably thousands, of men and boys will swim in the Poto- { Conservative bourgeois parties. [ances’ and physical tually in the formation of two major parties to contest for the presidency in the future remains to be seen. In the early days of the United States an effort was made to do without such partisanship in the election of la Chief Executive, but gradually the party system was built up here, until now a third party which is strong enough to challenge the two major partics is a rarity. In yesterday's election there were |cast 2,812,000 votes, or about 69 per cent of the total voting strength ‘of the nation. This is a rather remark- able showing when compared to the turnout of the electorate in the United States on November 4 last, when about 50 per cent of the potentlal voters cast ballots. The greatest number of votes was recelved yesterday by Dr. Carl Jarres, the nominee of the Nationalist and But the Socialist Sraun, candidate, Otto | received '7,785,678 voted and former Chancellor Marx, Centrist candidate, 3,883,676 and Dr. Hellpach, Demo- cratic candidate, 1,565,136. The Com- munists, the returns show, lost some of the strength which ‘they showed at the last Reichstag election. Although there were minor disturb- encounters in some places, the election passed off comparatively quietly, according to the press reports. Former Kaiser | Wilhelm received four votes—a com- in Germany, | mentary on conditions indeed. . s The Smithsonian Institution. Not only the people of America, but of all the world, owe a debt of grati- tude to James Smithson. the English scientist who left his estate to the United States of America for the founding of an “Institution for the In- crease and Diffusion of Knowledge.” The contribution made by the Smith- sonian Institution to the scientific and material progress of the world in the last fourscore years is incalcugble, but the time now has come when, if it is to continue its beneficent activi- ties, it must be more liberally supplied with funds, An illustrated article in the maga- zine section of vesterday's Star de- velops clearly its helpful function as {an attraction of. the National Capital. There is @ widespread misconception that the Smithsonian is a national in- stitution supported by public funds. As a matter of fact, Congress makes no appropriations for the Smithsonian Institution proper. There have been placed ‘under general supervision of | the institution certain Government ac- tivities, such as the National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and so on, but the research and experimental | work of the institution itself is paid for out of the proceeds of its endow- ment. The original Smithson gift of slightly more than $534,500 has been supplemented by the Thomas G. Hodg- kins contribution of $250,000 and other small gifts, which, with the accumu- lation of interest, have brought up the | } total foundation to $1,082,806, which gives an annual income of $6§,651.37. ‘With the decreased purchasing powers of the dollar it is growing increasingly difficult to carry on the important ac- tivities already under way, and almost impossible to undertake new activities which would be of inestimable value to mankind. T runs the old Scots song, “‘they're bonnie fish and halesome faring, new drawn frae the Forth.” The little swimmers new drawn from the his- toric Potomac are as fresh as any from the Firth of Forth, and as wholesome.. The old song by Lady Nairne goes on to speak of the hard- ships and dangers of the lads who, before daybreak, had fllled their creels with the shining silver of the herring run. Wives and mothers, most despairing, the ancient ballad concludes, call them “lives of men.” Washington can partake of its fresh vernal feast undismayed by any such tragic background. There might with propriety be a second local Phanksgiving day appointed for the season of the great piscatorial jubilee quartet of shad, rock, perch and herring. e “Our Most Precious Asset.” President Coolidge, in a letter to Secretary Hoover, who is head of the Child Health Association, used a felic- itous phrase in connection with the celebration of May day as Child Health day throughout the land when he spoke of the. Nation's 35,000,000 chil- dren as ““our most precious asset.” The celebration which President Coolidge so heartily indorses is to make May day the occasion of rededicating ourselves to the happy task of safeguarding this | most precious asset. The American Health Child Associa- tion announces that 20 national or- ganizations with an aggregate mem- bership of 10,000,000 will join this year in this celebration. Local programs to concentrate attention in child health have already been arranged in 30 States. Among the organizations join- ing in this year's observance are the General Federation of Women's Clubs, American Red Cross, American Legion, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Na- tional Tuberculosis Association, Na- tional Amateur Athletic Federation and National Playground and Recrea- tion Association. It would hardly seem necessary to require a national movement to main- tain interest in the paramount duty of conserving the health of the youth of the land. This task, requiring unre- mitting attention to be effective in re- sults, should never flag. It would scem to be the first duty of mankind to protect the health of the young. and yet movements of this kind tend- ing to stimulate interest in the sub- Ject are to be commended as appeal- ing to the sympathetic interest of those who are possibly thoughtless. As eternal vigilance is said to be the price of liberty, 8o is the care of the young of today the assurance of the health of future generations. e e Washington fishermen are described as “decorating the sea wall of the Tidal Basin.” The faithful fisherman is doing his best, but he will never succeed in rivaling as a decorative in- cident the figures on the former bath- ing beaches. —————— The new Secretary of Agriculture is referred to as an expert in “dry farming.” This does not, however, guarantee any claims of discovery of reliable methods of preventing illicit liquification of corn. — e Mr. Dawes is an accomplished har- !monht and broadcaster. Ie may vet HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. .C, MONDAY,: M THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A tale of old Georgetown! John Fogarty was 70 years old. He had white hair and & white moustache and he wore an old high hat of the vintage of Civil War da: His little house sat just across the road from the cemetery, a burial ground that years ago gave way to the march of progress. But when old John Fogarty was baited by the boys of the nelghborhood it was still God's acre. “Stove-pipe! Stove-pipe!” screamed the youngsters, every time they lald eyes on Fogarty. The tall hat was too much for them. Boys will be boys. Anything out of the ordinary excites thelr interest, and usually de. risfon. Just what kink in human nature this is will require the services of several psychologists and educators to explain. Old John Fogarty could not do it. His only interest was in catching—he called it ketching—one of the little rascals. John furnished huge sport to the boys. When they had tired of dig- ging fishin' worms, and running the Washington boys back across the creek, there was always old Fogarty left. “Stove-pipe! Stove-pipe!” they would scream every time the old fellow ven- tured forth from his house, the little house across the way from the small cemetery, the small house with the beautiful doorway. There was rubbish in the vard, and the siding needed Dainting, buf the doorway was classic. Pure colonial. Years later It was purchased at a fancy price by a lover of such things, and You may see it today on a cer- tain home out Chevy Chase way. * % % % Old Jorn lived alone in his tiny house. TPerhaps that accounted for his eccentricity, for no man ought to have to take care of himself and a house at the same time. It is about all the average man can do to take care of himself. i He spent his hours pottering around, smoking his pipe, thinking back over the old d: talking to chance pass- ersby, lamenting the state of the times. “I kin remember when Mister Lin- coln came over here once,” said old John Fogarty. History fails to record & visit by the great emancipator to the little burfal ground that once stood at Thirty-fourth and Volta place. but old John swore it was a fact, and maybe he was right As long as Fogarty could remember, the boys had been screaming at him about his hat. Years passed away, and the boys grew up, but there was always a new crop of them to scream as loud as ever, “Stove-pipe! Stove- pipe! Ya—a-a-an!” Fogarty never even admitted it to himself, but his life was made miser- able by the kids of the neighbor- hood. They, in the unthinking, cruel jway of children, never missed an op- POFtunity to insult the old man. Old John could not poke his head outside his home without hearing that cry: “Stove-pipe! Yaa—a-a-aa!” { He got so he cocked his old red ears to hear it. Seldom was he disap- pointed Being the hat What the boys would have hollered had Fogarty ever issued through his pure colonial doorway in all the majesty of his gray hairs there is absolutely no way of knowing. Perhaps they would have been so amazed at the apparition they would have been rendered speech- less. . But Fogarty wore his hat. You bet he did! Let the little rascals laugh, he would ketch pne of them yet. And when he did—- John Fogarty would shake his stick menacingly, Irish, he never failed to wear One night, in the - lonesome ~latter | vears, the Q street gang met to discuss a worm-grubbing expedition. A rough little customer whose first name was Mike was the leader of the gang. He was the terror of Q street. (This was before this portion of the street was re- named Volta place.) If any modern householder imagines the kids of the neighborhood are some- what of a nulsance, and have no re- spect for property, he should have ex- perienced the Q street gang. The man of today, who appreciates the tulips in his front yard, would have sat up nights over the old gangs. Never a flowef was left anywhere when the gang decided upon an expedition. Stones flew at the slightest provoca- tlon. To get the Q street gang against You—as it was against old John Fogarty ~—Was to sign up for a permanent lease on misery, for, although the boys grew up, the gang never did. It was a Peter Pan_perennial. “Suy, fellers,” said Mike, the leader, as the gang met on the dark corner at the east gate of the cemetery. “Let's get some worms.” “Then we can go fishin’ tomorrow!" chirped in Bill, round, fat and 10. The dark, slim Mike eyed his lieutenant with approval. “We'll get some of them great big worrums, you know, those great big ones,” said the chief. The eight dther members of the gang present voiced us many approvals There was one spot in the cemetery where the worms were thick and hearty. Any fish in the world would bite on them there.worrums. A fish what wouldn't bite on them there worrums was no fish at all. * “Tom, you scout around first,” or- dered the leader. No expedition, of any nature what- soever, was complete without a bit of scouting. While street lights were few and far between, and the ceme- | tery was deserted at night, a lookout was necessary. It complete. made the affair # o “How about the west gate, Mike?" whispered Lieut. Bill. “Maybe you had better— “Maybe I had better nuthin’,” sneer- ed the leader. “Tom'll scout around here, an’ then we'll go in an’ dig up the worrums. Who would be at the other side?” “Well—" weakly protested Bill. “Well, nuthin’,” retorted Jim. “How is it, Tom?" “All clear,” whispered Tom, just back from his inspection. One by one the boys slid through the Bateway. As they got inside, instinct- tively they huddled into a compact gang. The tombstones stood white, immense, in the dark Over yonder big trees cast intense shadows, even darker, deeper than the night itself. A feller was glad to 100k up an’ sce the friendly stars ‘way up there. “Here we are,” came the command. The boys halted. Just ahead was the biggest, broadest tombstone in the cemetery. And right here was the worm patch. The boys fell to with a will. Anold lantern being produced, and lit, its glare showed the worms already coming out of the ground. “Get that big feller—get that big feller!” called | Mike. “I got "im—I got "im.” The boys dug away. Suddenly Jim stopped. “Sh-h!" commanded. “What was that Silence—and night. Then, from be- hind the big tombstone came an awful sound. a low, slow voice. “Don’t—steal —those— quavered slowly. worms.” The lantern flew one way, worms another, and the boys fled for life, and never stopped until they came to the Potomac, It is said. But the cemetery was not deserted. From behind the big tombstone arose a white-haired figure wearing a stovepipe hat. “Hey, hey, hey, Fogarty. he orms,’ it hey—are—my— chuckled old John “Hey, hey, hey.” ARCH 30, «1925. lWarns of Scientific Jazz. Archeologist Questions Antiquity of Ruins Found in America. (Editor’s note : The contributor of this letter was for years in charge of fleld explorations for the Bureau of Ameri- can Ethnology and later chief of that bureau, form.r ourator of authropology and prehistoric archeology of the Na- tional Museum anc at yresent curator of the National Gallery of Art.) To the Editor of The Star: Students of American antiquity can have no objection to the publication in The Evening Star and other like journals of interesting items regard- ing reported discoveries of human remains and objects of art of sup- posed great antiquity, but 1 beg to offer a_word of caution to the read- ing public regarding the dinger of hasty determinations and premature pyblication. There recently appeared accounts of finds of human relics in caves and rock-shelters of the Missouri Valley to which great antiquity is assigned, comparison being made with the Bgyptian period of Tut-ankh-Amen. Other publications of recent date an- nouncad discoveries of kindred nature calculated to mislead the overcredu- lous public. The writers do not hes! tate to assign an antiquity of ten to twenty thousand ‘ears, but they do not present the Jeast authority for these assignments. The remains described may be 500 years old, or less, and there appears no reason to conclude that they do not belong to the Red Indian of com- paratively recent times. Still more aggravating to the consclentious student of antiquity are the reports, definitely attributed to explorers rep- resenting scientific Institutions, of the discovery in Idaho of the remains of a buried city 5 miles in length. This city is assigned to a period and grade of cultura comparable in these re- spects with the monuments of ancient Egypt. When fully explored, it is highly probable that the “great city” will be found to be the work of the well known Pueblo tribes of the arid region. The published reports of these discoveries are calculated grossly to mislead the ~public, and whether authorized or, not by the explorer, deserve to be characterized as the Jazz of American archeology. Of kindred nature are reporte wide- Iy published last year of discoveries of remains of great antiquity in Cali- fornia, which remains are, however, doubtless properly attributed to the Digger Indians. Just how much of these announcements are due to the news gatherers and how much to the actual explorers cannot be ascertain- ed, since the actual reports of ex- plorers never reach the public. That the newspaper writers are not wholly responsible for these hasty re- ports and regrettable misinterpreta- tions iz made apparent by the anti- Quity craze that takes hold of many untrained beginners in the field of American archeology. This is illus- trated by publications of recent work |in Florida. conducted by the explorers who, apparently blinded by antiquity { predilections, prefer to consider the evidence found upside down. The trained archeologist, having only the facts in view, begins on the surface with the known peoples-—the Ameri- can Indian—and seeks to follow his story downward as recorded in suc- cessive deposits until all traces as- signable to the particular people and culture disappear. On the other hand, the explorer who seeks proof of the assumed great antiquity of man in America, prefers to begin below with a hypothetical race of geological an- tiquity. assigning all traces of oc- cupation by mgn from the bottom to the top to'a race and culture which exist only in his imagination. W. H. HOLMES. ——ve—s. Explains Tiflis Congress. Was Red Propaganda. Georgian Envoy Here Declares. To the Editor of The Star: Q. How long is a visitor's permit good for in this country?—E. F. A. It is good for six months. Q. Was the name “Buffalo Bill” ap- plied first to Willlam Mathewson or to Bill Cody?—C. 8. W. A. This has been a controversial question. A friend of both men says that there {s no doubt that Mathewson was known by that name first, but only to the Indians and pioneers, while Bill Cody was &0 known to the world at large. Mathewson was never a claim- ant for the title and was an intimate friend of Cody's. Tt might well be said that “Bill Mathewson had the name first, but it remained for Cody to make it famous.” Q. Ts there a Federal law requiring that a dog be shot if it has bitten a per- son?—D. . A. There is no Federal law of this character. Many States require such ac- tion. Q. Wny do some electric light bulbs | turn white when they go bad?—G. H A. The Bureau of Standards says if | a lamp bulb cracks or if the bulb has been improperly exhausted, and alr Ll':'om-s into contact with the heated ungsten filament, it actually burns, pro- ducing the oxlde of tungsten, WO, which s a yellowish powder. If a bulb becomes white it indicates that the bulb leaks where the lead-in wire enters the bulb or a small crack in the glass somewhere allows air to enter the bulb and the filament burns up. Q. T have a Swiss watch No. 60. What year wae it made?—M. W A. Authorities ‘on old clocks and watches state that numbers in watches are not always a sufficient guide to | the maker or the date of the time- plece. Until recent years it was a practice among certain manufacturers to begin with a high number; the date or two or three figures of the date are often selected to begin the series. The | serles sometimes represents a crypto- | gram whereby the initiated can ob- | taln the date of manufacture | Q. Have photographs of Kilauea ever been made from the air?—D. G A. The 1ith Photo Section of United States Air Service and Capt Ariel L. Varges of the International News Reel Corporation have recently made photographs, “still” and motion ploture. These are the first aerial pho- tographs of the volcano which have been made. Q. How was the Sears-Roebuck firm started”—W._ J. H. A. Mr. Roebuck was originally em- ploved by Mr. Richard W. Sears about 35 years ago as a watch repair man, when Mr. Sears was a very young man In his early business career when he | was doing business in the name of the | R. W. Sears Watch Co., whieh business | he s0ld out and agreed not to go into | the mail order watch business again in | his own name for three.years. In the | meantime he used the name of A. C Roebuck and advertised under that | name conelderably until the three vears expired. He then changed -the name to Sears, Roebuck & Co.. at Minne- apolis. Mr. Roebuck was really mever financially interested in the business to any extent, but was in its employ- ment. He has had no comnection of any kind with the company during the past years. Q. By what name is the widow of Lafcadio Hearn known in Japani—c. J. A. Mrs. Hearn fs known as Mrs. Koizumi. Q. the Where is the official residence of the Mandarin in China’—H. H. O A. The term Mandarin is applied | in China by foreigners to govern- | ment officials of every grade. There are nine ranks of Mamdarins. For- merly the ruler or emperor of China occupied the Imperial Palace within ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN the “Forbidden City” in Peking. At the present time China is a republic Q. How many rallroad ties arc there in a mile of track?—J. M. A. I7 the ties are laid 18 inche: from center to center there are 3,520 to the mile. If the center to center space {s 24 inches, 2,640 ties are re- quired for a mile. Q. What industry has the largest number of workers per plant?—M. I" A. In 1819 the establishments en- gaged in steel ship building averaged 2,124 wage earners each. Other in- dustries with high averages of wage earners were: Sugar refining, 901 watches, 882: boots and shoes, rub bers, 804: steel works and rolling mills, 750; automobijes, 665 Q. Where were coffee houses first established?—TL. M A. Coffee houses were place refreshment first opened in the, six teenth century in Constantinople. In London they were, so to speak, club houses free to all who could buy a cup; and vet each was known its special circle of visitors, lterary scientific, religious or political. In the absence of newspapers they were a great means of spreading news ani of discussing public questions. Near- ly all of the middle and higher class- es attended them daily, and. they came to exert so powerful an influ- ence in politics that in 1675 Cha Il attempted to suppress them, in vain Q men —I I A of What sacrifice did the Oxford make during the World War During the World War, Oxford men served in the military and naval forces, prospective members of who fell in who joined war sixt This the St 14,561 British including the college the war and also those the university after the Two thousand six bundred and Oxford men lost their lives number was commemorated # university memorial service ut Mary’s in June, 1919. Q. What was the name of ancient seat of Irish monarchs?—W B. W A. The seat kings was Tara, of the ancient Irish in County Meath Q. Do all gypsy trib: marriage ceremony?—E. J. A. Authorities on zypsy customs state that marriage ceremonies Vary with the dHferent trihes and In the different countries. 1In many cases special customs have been borrowed from the inhabitants of the countr: With many tribes of gvpsies no actua formalities are required in marriage except the making of a covenant be tween the bride and groom. The marriage is alwavs followed by “eat ing, drinking, fiddling and danci use the same Q. What is the meaning of the term flabelli>—C. E. V. A. This is a term applied to the huge ostrich feather fans carried be- de the Pope in certain ceremonfals The eve-like parts of peacock feathers were set in the fans to symbolize the “eves” of the church Q. Was Josiah Quincy ever a mem- ber of the cabinet S.T. A. Josiah Quincy was appointed As sistant cretary of State by Pres dent Cleveland in 1893, serving sis months. 1In that time he may haye been acting Secretary, temporaril but he was never officially a cabine member. (Inform and making constant formation entertain_ yowrself 1 wse of The Star I Bureau. Frederic J. Haski Director, Twenty-first and € strec northwest. " There is a wealth of in- formation at the command of The 8to readers. There is no charge for service except a 2-cent stamp. which should br inclosed for direct reply.) v Curzon Rated as Brilliant, succeed in tactfully organizing the United States Senate so as to have | 1 notice in the press dispatches, car- There is right now an emergency | ried in your paper, accounts of the mac River during the coming Summer months, notwithstanding warnings of danger involved. Under the inexora ble law of probabilities some of them will be drowned. and some may be | made ill and perhaps die of disease. But as long as. human beings are |need of an additional $50,000 a year to carry on vitally important work, and it is the hope of the regents of | the institution that the endowment fund may be steadily increased until | it will produce an annual income of human they will take a chance. ' Be- sides, there are thousands who give | little credence to the danger of germs. | Boys—and men—dislike to be regarded | as “‘mollycoddles.” They hear with| derision the old admonition of the! mother who told her daughter to hang | her clothes on a hickory limb “but don't go near the water” when the flapper asked to go swimming. Every- thing possible, therefore, shauld be | done to make bathing in ‘the river| safe. - | With the Tidal Basin eliminated, the | alternative of river bathing is bathing | if artificial pools and “beaches,” filled with filtered water and purified by use | of chemicals. Col. Sherrill is preparing to recommend to Congress the crea- tion of these glorified artificial bath ing beaches. The construction of such poels undoubtedly would give enjoy- ment and healthful exercise to thou- sands of men, women and children of | the Capital. If they ave constructed they should be located in sections of the city where they will do the most £00d, where they will be accessible to the greatest numbers. It is not those residents of Washington who spend a large part of the Summer at the sea- | shore or in the mountains that should be considered particularly in providing outdoor bathing facilities. The thou- sands who must perforce remain in the city are those who most need the aid of the Government in the estab- lishment of sanitary, safe bathing places. While such artificial beaches are much to be desired, the fact should ot be lost sight of that the use of the river, with the construction of ade- quate beaches and facilities along its hanks, would prove far more beneficial 10 the people of Washington generally —a population that is growing greater year by year. Any plans for bathing facilities should, of course, be made with a view to this future growth. ———— “Juvenile delinquency” is a term frequently employed to divert atten- tion from the illmet responsibilities of jazzy parents. s The German Elections. No majority choice was expected from yesterday's balloting in Ger- many’s first popular presidential elec- tion. TUnlike the - procedure which would follow such a failure in the United States, where an election would be cast in the House of Representa- lives, the German Reichstag will have nothing to do with the matter~ A sec- ond popular election will be held Aprit 26, when the candidate receiving the highest number of votes, whether a majority or not, will be declared elect- ed. Whether the experiences in politics of the German people through which they are now passing will result even- l at least half & million dollars. Reali zation of this hope need not neces sarfly depend solely upon large indi- vidual contributions. It is believed that with understanding of the work of the institution, of the still more important part it could be made to play in the advancement of civiliza- ion. many persons of relatively mod- est means would make gifts or be- quests which, in the aggresate, would g0 far toward enabling the institution to reach the goal which it is so de- sirable that it should reach. ———— The depressing information is made vailable that bull fights are still be- ing held in Madrid. Regardless of the fortunes of bull or bull conquero: custom of bull fighting is a survival of barbaric impulse. In a spirit of thoroughness the League of Nations might well take it under considera- tion. e The Japanese cherry trees bloomed regardless of snow flurries. They symbolize a genial spirit, which tem- porary conditions do not materially affect. —————— Members of the cabinet in numer- ous instances have faced the micro- phone, which never talks back, as the Senate sometimes does. The Annual Herring Run. The first run of March herring, the big herrinig that swim deep, has been reported in the Potomac, and with the herring have come the vanguard of the Spring run of white perch. The National Capital is fortunate in being located by tide water. Many a toothsome delicacy is within easy transportation distance: many another transports itself annually to Wash- ington’s very doors. It is wondered if the residents of the District of Columbia are as thankful as they ought to be for these annual treats of herring, perch, rockfish and shad. The hur‘)le herring i{s the wheat of the sea. = Whole civilizations have been founded on its little silver scales. ‘With its appearance or non-appear- ance peoples have starved or have prospered. Although essentially a poor man's fish, Croesus himself-could not with justice despise a fresh. caught herring. The almost mole- cular roe of Mrs. Herring, properly cooked, sauced and garnished, is not only a substitute for the aristocratic arrested progeny of Mrs. Shad; it is an adequate alternate. Perch roe is just as good. Spiced with a drop of lemon and washed down with a draught of steaming coffee or cool milk, either is a supper. luncheon or breakfast dish for an epicure. “Wha'll buy my caller herring?” it popularly known as “Charley and His Gang.” R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Real Problems. think that we have problems queer; We venture to be vexed. But wait as new events draw near And see what happens next! We Soon you may dwell in peaceful pride And watch the points of strife The base ball umpire must decide In peril of his life! Discreet Aloofness, “Would you consent to the use of money in one of your campaigns?"” ever,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “If my managers didn't have any better sense than to ask my con- sent they wouldn't know how to man- age the money, anyhow." Rapid Action. We hear of an appointment new With glad approval in our hearts— And then within an hour or two The resignation rumor starts. Jud Tunkins says he went to see a rough show, only he went to sleep and had to depend on his wife to tell him how terrible it was. E “Mentally I'm upside down,” re- marked the Sensitive Person. “The obituary poetry makes me want to laugh and the comic pictures make me want to cry.” Art Diplomacy. “Did you ever notice it,” said Jake the stage hand, “‘how the comedian in a music show always makes ’em let down a drop before he get's out to tell his stuff? He may be able to win the people out front, but that chorus bunch in back is a hard audience.” His Only Objection. “Do you have to let the cat out?” “I don’t mind that,” said Mr. Meek- ton. “What I object to is that Hen- rietta insists on having the animal let in again. Drawing a Distinction, “Is your family musical “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “when we listen with appreciation. But not when we try to sing.” Interruptions. I had in mind a lovely thing— A poem on the subject “‘Spring.” I almost had a stanza formed When Wintry winds unruly stormed. The inspiration soon was lost Amid a swift and cruel frost. Like fruit, which with despair we view, The Pocm Crop's a failure, too. wise man,” said Uncle Eben, “shows his wisdom not only in knowin’ how to 'press hisself but in knowin’ when to keep still,” It is in these days when no congres- sional oratory reverberates through the national heavens that the busi- {ness of the Federal vernment doth most prosper. Congress consumes an {inordinate amount of the executive department’s time when it is in session. Cabinet oficers devote no inconsiderable part of their work- ing hours to visits from or visits with the leaders of House and Senate, and not alway with their leaders. The smaller fry of statesmen have the ear of the Messr Secretaries, too, and claim it with regularity and per- sistence. The whole executive branch of the Government, from the White House down, breathes more easily when Capitol Hill is gathered to its constituents. Three departments which are undergoing virtual reorga- nization are espectally grateful for ’lh! relief which the recess brings— the Departments of State, Justice and | Agriculture. In their personnel there will be sweeping changes by the time Congress reconvenes in December. * k% o= Dr. Jacob G. Schurman, Ambassa- dor-designate to Germany, was born a British subjeet—on Prince Edward Island. Canada—like several men who have achieved high rank in modern American public life. The late Frank- lin K. Lane came from the same re- gion. Admiral William S, Sims, Sena- tor James Couzens of Michigan, and Associate Justice George Sutherland of the United States Supreme Court, were all British-born, the admiral and the Senator in Canada, and the justice in Buckinghamshire, England. In a few instances Uncle Sam has retali- ated by sending some of his sons to British soil. Sir Henry W. Thornton, general manager of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, is a native of Lo- gansport, Ind. * ook % There’s an Alabama newspaper cor- respondent in Washington who de- voutly hopes and prays that the ap- pointment of the Muscle Shoals com- mission will finally put an end to that ancient project. He is Hugh W. Rob- erts, representative of the Birming- ham Age-Herald and Mobile Register. “When Muscle Shoals first became a public issue” says Roberts, “my ed- itors told me I was too young and inexperienced to write about it. Well, T've been writing about hardly any thing else ever since, and now they tell me they guess I'm too old to write about it any more.” * X % ok John W. H. Crim, who has been as- sociated with the Department of Jus- tice off and on for the past 19 years, has now resigned his assistant attor- ney generalship of the United States and resumed private law practice in New York. He leaves public life laurel crowried, his last work having been the successful prosecution. of Forbes in the Veterans' Bureau case at Chicago. Crim is a Virginla Re. publican, which is something of & novelty in itself, and a loyal son of Willlam and Mary College, at Wil- lamsburg. Apart from his surname, which may have pre-determined him for * the practice of “c¢riminal law, Crim looks the part. Bix, burly and deep voiced, he cuts the figure of a stage lawyer when he clears for ac- tion before a judge or a jury. His friends predict that Crim.will speed- ily forge to the front rani of his. pro- fession, with a wealth of background tew of his confreres posséss. He ls still a youngster, celebrating his 46th birthday this week.> - R | Ome of the last surveys compiled average | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE for Seeretary Hughes at the Depart- ment of State was a compllation of rledges broken by Soviet Russia in its relations with foreign govern- ments and foreign business interests. | The sun never sels on the promises that Moscow fails to keep. Virtually every country with which the Com- munists have effected diplomatio re- lations has had cause, in some direc- tion or other, to rue the day they were estabiished. A Government of- ficial who had access to the survey supplied to Mr. Hughes informs this observer that it is the most wholesale and sweeping condemnation of Soviet perfidy imaginable. There are no glittering generalities in it. It is all chapter-and-verse evidence. * ¥k * Dr. Don Eusebio Ayala, the new Min- ister of Paraguay in Washington, is one of the real ‘heavyweight” statesmen that South America has sent us. He has not only been foreign minister of his country, but also its provisional President. Evidently to send one of its public men to the United States is con- sidered a reward for merit in Latin America. It would be as if we dis- patched Mr. Taft to be Ambassador at a foreign capital after distinguighed service in the White House and on the Supreme Court bench. Dr. Ayala at one time was manager of one of the largest American investments in_ Paraguay, the International Products Co., which has immense cattle interests, and also cuts forests of quebracho, from which tannin is extracted, The Paraguayan Minister speaks five languages. His wife is a Frenchwoman. * k% X Raymond T. Baker, former director of the mint, has joined Cornellus Vanderbilt, Jr., in that young mult millionaire's newspaper enterprises. Mr. Baker, on whom Nevada Demo- crats are keeping an eye for their United States senatorial nomination in 1926, has just been elected to the board of the “Vanderbilt Newspapers, Inc.” Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami are now included in the Vanderbilt journalistic “string.” * ok ok % This observer has been asked to serve as court jester by proxy in connection with the Prince of Wales' trip tog South Africa -and South America. A letter received from London on the eve of his royal high- ness’' departure says: he prince became so fond, during his various visits to the States, of good American stories that I have ventured to impose upon you, as a colleague and old friend, for a few up-to-date yarns for use on such occasions as-1 may be called upon to speak. 1 know from previous trips with H. R. H. that the journalist of the party is expected to be ready’at all times with a Teady flow of wit and humor. So .if you.can help me out I should be ever so grateful.” PR Mabel Walker Wi'lebrandt, As- sistant Attorney General In charge of Volstead and revenue law viola- tions at the Department of Justice, neatly epitomizes her all-embracing job as fol'ow “My field is the Na- tion at large. 1f prohibition doesn't get you, taxes sure do." . (Copyr'ght, 1925.) —————— Sign of Spring. From the Philadeiphia Public Ledger. . The annual debaté is on as to whether the eircus or the crocus is the vernal harbinger. recent sitting of the Soviet “congres: at Tiflis, Georgla, in the Caucasus. Being a native Georglan and repre- senting my country as well as the Confederation of the Caucasian Re- ipublics, T should like to correct the ifalse impression that has been created iby glowing accounts of the welcome laccorded that “congre: |""The “congress” or Soviet mittee, from Moscow, was purely communistic body to strengthen the communists’ control of the Caucasus. The So-called ‘premier,” M. aelashvili, while a Georgian by birth, ~as never a member of the Georgian aemocratic government or political parties. He is not a premier in any sense, but a dictator, under the au- thority of Soviet Moscow, where he received his education as a student and was an enrolled member of the Cheka. So it Is with all the members of the so-called “Soviet Government of Trapscaucasia.” They are import- ed comimunists, arbitrarily appointed and in no sense representative of the people. My country, Georgia, is a white, Christian race of very ancient civilisution and has never accepted communism or bolshevism. - In fact, it opposed communism and Success- tully prevented its control of the Caucasus at the time of the Moscow communistic_revolution of 1917. and declared itself Independent, as did all of Pranscaucasia and North Caucasia. The independent republics of Caucasia, though recognized by the powers of Europe and by treaty with Soviet | Russia_itself, were overwhelmed by the red army in 1921, and the com- munists sought to destroy the church, which they did, murdered the metro- politan and imprisoned the patriarch, Ambrosius, and even now holding in prison over 2,000 persons for religious offenses, murdering or banishing 20,000 men, women and children, seiz- ing the property of the state and all suthority, closing up all the Georgian press, censoring all news and pro- hibiting free speech. This traveling propaganda ‘“con- gress” that camped at Tiflis is reminiscent of the red train outfits that are sent through Persia and Arabia to convert the natives to communism. In fact, the Caucasian Republics are a barrier across the path of communism and that is one of-their chief offenses. They have also the world's richest deposits of oil and manganese, but the so-called “‘concessions” which Moscow is dan- gling before the industrial world, and which some American capitalists are represented by Moscow as possessing, will prove as unstable as the aban- doned new economic policy of Lenin. These vast properties in Georgia and Azerbaijan belong to the national re- publican governments, whose legally elected representatives are convened in Paris in a Caucasian confederation, and no business men will find any so- called “concessions” workable with- out the consent of the duly elected and established and recognized gov- ernments of these republics, even though they are temporarily in the position that the governments of Belgium and Poland were in. during the World War. No news comes out of Russianized territory except Soviet propaganda, which exploits the doctrine of the Third Internationale, for world revolu- tion, and the destruction of all forms of religious teaching and the worship of God. VASILI D. DUMBADZE, Diplomatic and economic representa- ~tive of the Caucasian Confederation [ of the ‘National ‘Government Caucasia. . Hasty Curb Seeker. From the Columbia Record. Our language changes. Pedestrian once meant one who walks. Now it means one whe runs and jumps. Orak- | of The standing term applied to one of Eng- land’s most distingulshed statesmen, the Marquis of Kedleston, whose re- cent death has brought forth com- ments from the American press indi- cating a belief that failure to be- | | come prime minister was the great { disappointment of his life. He credited, however, with notable achievements. Some of the -interest in this country is based partly on his successive marriages to two Amer- ican women. a worthy English of best,” the Indianapolis News. “It may be that the type is passing,” continues the News—‘perhaps it ought to pass. | But it had qualities that ought to be preserved, among them courage and a =corn for demagogues their trade.” A thoroughly consistent and greatly creditable carreer is noted by the San Antonio Express, which adds: aristocracy at and { India’s most prominent viceroy. With {him passes the last of Lord Salisbury's diplomatic school, whose principal {aim was to check the Russian advance toward Indla and to malintain British supremacy on the seas.” A manner which was frequently overbearing, which handicapped him somewhat in political and diplomatic conferences is emphesized by the Seattle Times, which, hawever, recognizes that he was passionately” devoted to the wel- fare of the British Empire. panding and growing in power, the Times. accurately the value of a man's serv- ice to his country, but it is no ex- life and works left their impress on British history.” “a man of brilliant ability who fa ed in popularity, being regarded as arrogant and dictatorial” in a re- view by the Bangor Commercial. “A urvival of the nineteenth century into the twentieth” 1s the view of the Youngstown Vindicator, which sug- gests that he was by nature an aristo- have to live and had no conception of how they think or feel. ® ¥ _% Ok . The Salt Lake City Deseret News oxpresses the opinion that the post of premier was denied him “more through & peculiar turn of évents. than because he was not eminently fitted for the place desired. Time was in Great Britain when members of the House of Lords were considered logical candidates Tor this position; but Lord Curzon came to the ‘front when that custom had become prac- tically obsolete.” Further recognition of the evolution toward democarcy which states: “The. Commons now rules Great Britain more firmly than ever-before— It was that evelution more than any other influence, per- coveted goal as successor to a pre- miership. adorned within the past Salisbury.” accorded by the Nashville Banner. “His career as secretary of state for foreign affairs,” declares the Ban- ner. “was one that gave a thrill of pride to every Briton. “It. made him one of the world's foremost figures. Changed political condtiions in Great Britain, due-to. the World War, kept him from the topmost rung of ambi- tion's ladder.” ure to reach the highest post and re- ferring to him as “the superior Cur- Ison,” the Kamsas City Star asserts “superior Curzon” is an out-|“it was his personal representative | if its | according to the estimate of | | “He will be-remembered. perhaps, as | “He en- | the statesman’s life, visaged the empire as constantly ex- (V&S respected for h ays | “It is difficult to measure | i that Lord Curzon's | Pected of underhand work.” aggeration to say ’“ults of his work for India are em- He Is described as|Dhasized | own crat and did not know how most men | is. given by the Syracuse “Herald, | haps, which barred Curzon from the | holder of the rec forty-five years by Beaconsfield and | Definite achievement is| Discerning another reason for fail- | But a Disappqinted Leader ty that prevented realizing the height of hie am- bition. When Bonar Law died Curzon expected to be prime ministar. But it was apparent he had alienated too many powerful public men to per- mit him to assume the party leader- hip.” His term as foreign secretary, ac- cording to the Buffalo Evening News had not been such as to add to the prestige of Great Britain or to help the restoration of normal condi- tions in Europe. “The most widely hated man of his generation,” is the verdict of the Chicago Tribune. “Ir his wealth of titles. lies the only real tragedy of Curzon's career,” the Ci cincinnat! TimestStar believes. “He was & member of a social order, a politico- social order peculiar to Britain, a ruling caste, no longer placed in au- thority by anything except common consent,” states the Manchester Union “He saw others, distinguished attain the premership to which he aspired, and loaded with honors, and crowded with playthings, he passed on,” describes the picture as séen by the New York Evening World. “His temperamental -defects, which, in a smaller nature would have passed unrecognized, obtained a prominence far beyond their due," says Christlan Science Monitor. Thé great work done for India by Lord Curzon is praised by the De- trolt News, which. in a review of concludes: “Ie loyalty and his as well as for His word was good Europe and Asia when British statesmen were the high “sense of hono, his great ability. throughout other The re by the Springfield Dafly News in these words: “His adminis- tration as viceroy was marked many reforms, which gave the people ©of that country closer contact with the. government in London and af- forded to them an outlet for the! imaginations along administ tive lines. e Loans With Potatoes As Security Approved One of the plain, practical ways in Wwhich Uncle Sam is undertaking to be of service to the farmer is that | whereby potatoes stored in & Federal licensed warehouse .can be used as collatéral. A law recently enactéd by Congress makes it possible to license warehouses for the storage of agri- cultural products, and it is left to the discretion of the Secretary of Agri- culture as to what products are stor- able under this act. A warehouse receipt is issued which tdn be used By depbsitors as col- lateral in loans, thus enabling the eipt to =ecure a cer- tain amount of cash without selling the commodity. Late potatoes may be stored for a period of hree months, provided it does not extend beyond March 31 following the year in which harvested, but before being stored they must first be inspected by a Heensed ingpector. This is to pro- vent dizeased potatoes enterinz Stor- age. © This law tends to prevent dumping of asrienttural prodncts the market shortly after they are harvested. The producer may hold his product without being forced simultaneously to hold an argument with a wolf at his door.—Anaconda the Standard.