Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, : : e : D. €. MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1925. THE EVENING STAR] marshal is a doughty candidate as & With. Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, B. C. MONDAY.........April 13, usa‘ 'HEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editer G The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busiogss Office. 11th 8t. and Pennsvivanis Ave. Xew York Office: 110 East 43nd 8t Chicago Office: ‘Tower Building. Buropean Oftice : 16 Kegent 51.,Londou, England. with the Sunday mornisg The Bvesing Star. — afstion o daliveret ty, etrmion -2t 60 cents per wonh g cente’ per month: Aunday oniv. 2 cents per month.” Orders may he sent by mail or tele- Phone Main 5000. Collection fs made by car Hiers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in A Maryland and Virginia. n Ju ¥ yr., $3460; 1 Paily Safy 20T T Shee: 3 Susday only...........1 yr, $2.40; 1 All Other States. Sunday only 1 yr., $3.00; L mvn . e mo. 1 me Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press ia exchusively entitle o the ‘use for republication of all news die Patches credited (o it or not ofherwise creatte: in this paper and ‘the local mews pub- Tished ‘herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are atso reserved e Spring Visitors. In annually ihcreasing numbs Americans of all ages and from all sections are coming to Washington at Faster time to inspect the National Capital. They travel in gro arge and small, and as individuals. . They come. in organized parties, sometimes representing organizations or schools. They. come in trains and in mator cars. They come under the guidance of experienced leaders who know the ground, and they come on thelr own, with ‘no particular direction. All of them are welcome guests, and Wash ington endeavors (o make their stay pleasant and profitable These visitations make for a better understanding of the Government of the United States. They bring great numbers of peaple into contact with the Federal administration, and to some extent into acquaintance with the leaders of administration. Many of them meet the President. They see the Capital City at the time of its matchless Spring its bourgeoning. This year they miss the sessions of Congress, but they see much that is instructive in the de- partments and bureaus. They visit the memorials and places of historic in- terest. Blessed with perfect weather this season they are having a glorious time and everybody is pleased. Washington has become a national shrine for great numbers. It is es- pecially gratifying that arrangements bave been made in the schools of the country to send here large groups of students, chosen in many cases in con- sequence of their excellence in studies, as a reward for good work in class. The educational value of a visit to the Capital cannot be overestimated. It is a the beauty, felt here that no ‘other city inthe |1 . country can offer such entertainment | N2tionals. Of the first six games the | which the proposed building may be and instruction in combinaticn. There is no more welcome sight in the streets of the Capital than the groups of young people going from place to place under guidance, usuaily brightly at- tired at this season of the year and with smiling faces appreciating the ap- portunity {o study at first hend. the seat of the Government R e The Sunrise Easter Service. In continuation of a practice orig fnated last vear Easter was opened In this city yesterday morning by a sunrise service at Temple Heights, which drew a great throng of people, frrespective of denominations. This practice of marking the day of the resmrection by a worship of the risen Christ under the rays of the rising sun thus becomes an institu- tion which should be continued. Tt is an inspiration to mankind. With song and prayer and appropriate speech the day on which the faith of Chris- tianity is founded acquires a special significance in these services which unite: all Washington. Those whi conceived the plan and have o suc- cesstully carried it out for two years have contributed richly to the spiritual welfare of this community. e —— Human resourcefulness may be de pended on to solve the later problems of radios, among them thal of getting it into line with commercial custom and establishing seme kind of service charge. o Montgomery County's State's attor- ney is charged with embezzlement. Though not so large as Washington, D. C.. Rockville, Md., will have its in- westigations. — cmtee- Von Hindenburg Under Fire. Field Marshal von Hindenburg is ex- periencing the inevitable result of emergence from the role of war hero into the fleld of political candidature. As long as he was a non-political per- sonage he was treated with extreme considération on the scove of his “‘war record.” There no occasion to dispute his prestige as the great mili- tary chieftain. He was accepied as the man who had done the utmost with German arms. But the moment he announced his candidacy for the presidency he became the object of at- tack by the opposition. The immunity from reproach that Von Hindenburg enjoyed while he was merely field marshal was in large measure the result of the fact that he has not since the close of the war en- maged controversies such as those Ludendorff ‘has par ticipated. He has been discreetly silent on the war issues. From this status he has now emerged into the arena of partisanship, and naturally he loses the protection that enveloped him. In particular the opposition press in Germany is attacking the record of Von Hindenburg on the score of the Tanhenburg battle. which caused the defeat of the Russian armies jnvading Fast Prussia. It is not asserted that he bungled anything there. But it is declared that he has been given undue eredit for the triumph at the Masurian Lakes. Tt is, morevoer, asserted that during the later years of the war Von Hindenburg was a ‘convenient screen” for Ludendorff. in any in which miliiary figure. But if his war record | is smirched in ary way he loses some- thing that cannet be replaced. American political candidates who have been chosen en the score of their WAr recwds have had the same ex- perience. The moment they have ac- cepted pelitical roles they have found their military services cited against ihem. This fact is well understood by political managers. who realize that a “hero” is as vulnerable to attack as a mere civiian, perhaps more so, inas much as’the mistakes of @ military chieftain have cost heavily in human }itves, whereas the blunders of civiians may have taken no physical toil. Doubtless before the end of the cam- paign. a fortnight hence, there will be « good deal in Germany of what we in this country have come to know as | “fighting the war over again.” Vom | Hindenburg is to take the stamp, and will probably answer his critics. It in not altogether to his edvantage to| Lave the conflict reopened. The war will not be an agreeable topic for the German voters to discuss | 1 ! e e On the Eve of the Gam | Tomorrow the regular season of the | big leagues of base hall clubs will open | with games in eight cities. In years | past Washington observed the advent of the “opening day" with an intevest inspired by a falnt hope of success. This year all is changed at the-Capital. For today the Washington ball team is the champion organization not: only of its'league, but of all organized base ball. THerefore the local hope. once £0 faini, is now high and confident When the home team won the Amer- ican League flag last Fall, and then to the surprise of the base ball world proceeded to trounce the New York] Giants for the world ehampionship. this city expressed itself adequately in | reioicings that bad no parallel in Tocal { history. Now the question uppermost in all minds here is whether the Na- onals can repeat their remarkable | performance. A certain penaity is attached to high success in such a field. It entails an obligation to continue. Springing thus suddenty from a pevsistently held low- {1y position, the Nationals at one move | established the highest possible stand- Jard for their future action. Respons {bility was assumed. Whereas hereto- tore any gain in position. however { slight, was welcomed, now there is no possible gain beyond last vear's per- formance. The home team simply must win again, or be subject to the sus- picion that it won vear by a lucky ‘break. Recent happenings have greatly comforted those doublers who were prone to view the 1924 victory as @ fluke. By arrangements which ware questioned as possibly unwise, the Spring traiming season was marked by a protracted series of games between the champlons and their highest com- petitors, the New York Giants. The | series started off disastrousiy for the ! last | enemy took five. 1t looked like a com- plete fiasco, a positive demonstration that the Nationals of 1924 were mere- Iy the beneficiaries of the luck of the game. Then came a change. Of the next six games the Nationals took five, the series ending in a tie. Pluck, | persistence, skill and good manage- [ ment prevailed to prevent disaster. E So the Nationals face the season i with. their prestige undimmed by de- feat. They have been strengthened by additions to their ranks, mostly of veteran pitchers of ripe experience and, it is believed, of much remaining skill. They are in high spirits. They | have confidence in tlheir manager. | They bave the loyal support of their { home town. and if they fail to repeat !it will not be because of lack of en- | thusiasm for them, here and else where. PSS T Nothing a Fremch statesman can say or do will prevent the fluctuations {in value of the franc from registering : | the popular estimate of his worth. | e o i Thé greatest achievement of the ex Kaiser was the thrifty management | }of his retirement to private life ’ i mgpe————— Confident youth displays a tendency |to resent a board of education as a sort of rival “frat Alamni and Law Observance. Yale, through its alumni advisor board, has called on Yale graduates re- ! turning to New Haven this Spring for their class reunions to obey the pro- hibition laws. The very fact that such an sdmonition is Becessary argues a sad state of affairs in the United | States. University men, leaders in | every sphere and walk of the nationa! | life, will make the joyous pilgrimage to New Haven in June. It is {0 these men, it seems, that an appeal to obey the law of the larid is necessary. There is scmething wrong—either with many of our best citizens or With the law. The Yale Alumni Weekly, comment- ing upon the action of the advisory board, and indorsing it, says: “Whatever may be the individual opin- |ion about enforced prohibition in the country, it happens to be the law and, i that being so, there is left to law-abiding citizens only ome thing to do, and that {is to obey it. Especially is this true of ‘American university men, who, if any. should be leaders in a public matter of this kind. i More particularly iy the arinkirg of | liquor and the violation of the law by alumni relwning to their alma mater, Yale or any of the other great institu- tions of learning, unfortunate because of the effect on the undergraduate body. What are the undergraduates, who must take their places in the busy world a vear or two from Dow,. to think if they see men admitledly suc: cessful, men who are leaders and who are respected in their communities and the country, violating the law? There is much loose talk about the dis- regard for law in the 'and. There will be mors and more if the men who, be- cause of their education and the suc- cess they have won. in their chosen lines, should be leaders in all publie matters, continue to show contempt for law. The action of the Yale alumni advis- ery board was mot taken without due consideration, or without & knowledge of the fact that at Yale, as at other universities, there has ‘been flagrant 1 ! graduates, vent { close to the Cavitol to give office room {that Senator Borah does not deem it much truth that thoughtles: ‘ on having an old- fashioned “‘good time” at reunions, can undp the efforts of the whole year on the part of the aniversity to make its undergraduates understand thatl the law is the law and to be obeyved. In a plea that makes its appeal to every Yale graduate, the. Weekly de- clares: “If on no other grounds, then loyalty” to Yaie ought fo decide tbis matter for the reunionist.” The plea for university men to re- gard the law on their-return to col- lege reunions is admirable. But why confine the piea to reunion time? Why should not the graduates of America's with universities at all times take the lead in obeving and sustaining the law of the land”? Unquestionably many of them do. But unquestiohably, too, many of them do not. Else would the recent action of the Yale alumni ad- visory board be an idle thing. gt T New House Office Building. The prospect that the Govern- menl will construct another building 0 Representatives. This is an illus- tration of how rapidly the Govern- mtnt at Washington grows and how its needs increase. Several years ago it was found that members of thie House requived more reom than they could find in the House Office Bullding, and talk of a new structure has been heard for eight or ten years. The Sixty-eighth Congress made a small appropriation and directed the architect of the Cap- itol to submit to the Bixty-ninth Con- gress recommendations for a new bullding, or enlargement of the pres- ent building, and ¥ recommendation for a new building were made the architect was directed to report on the question of a proper site. Plans will be presented to Congress for a new building and three propos- als as to site. One proposal is that that Government build on such #and as it owns in the square bounded by New Jersey avenue, South Capitol, B and C streets, which is the square west of the House Office Building. The Government's holding in that square js considerable, but the square also contains valuable private hold- ings. The second proposal is that the Government acquire private property rights in that square and use the whole square as the site of the pro- posed building. A third proposal is to take two squares, those between New Jersey and Delaware avenues, B and C streets, and construct on them an office building which would surely meet the needs of Congress for many years. Congress not only needs a new office building but the building which would be constructed would consider- ably improve that part of the city adjacent to the Capitol. While the west side of New Jersey avenue from B to C streets, with its hotels and Government structures, is very hand- some, the rest of the property on constructed is without notable provement. Ce—e— Possibly France resents the fact im-{ necessary to make a trip ocross the ocean in order to forni his own con- clusions concerning the economic sit- uation in Europe. e The Chicago poetess of 50 vears who married an elevator man aged 20 may find that she has forfeited her own career in order to make an elevator man famous. av—s - Italy finds the Fascisti compeiled to resort to rough work here and there. The hand of iron constantly employed inevitably wears through the v glove. e ———— Judging by the parade, Economy took a day's holiday this Easter. BY PEILANDER JOHNSON Publicity. Press Agent! Thou art mest admired When from the truth thou hast re- tired To set thy fancy roaming free In brilliant and artistic glee. Press Agent! When piain truth you write Aboul each dire domestic plight Thou dost inspire regret complete And make mendacity seem sweet! Difidence. ““What is your objection to recom- mending that wen's appointment? Have vou anything against him?" “Certainly not,” answered Senator Sorghum. *I regard him o highly that I hate to run the risk of reveal- ing to him that I haven't any real in- fluence worth mentioning. Foot Werk. The chorus members now display An acrobatic twist. I blue, The singing master To the chiropodist. Jud Tunkins says a resignation rumor generally seems to imply that a man is in line for & new job with better pay. First Principles. We're back to days of long age. We gravely harken ‘While recitations sad and stow Our spirits darken. must give way But what our souls more deeply stirred Than récitations, - Was “Listen to the Mocking Bird ‘With Variation: Making a Distinetion. “Do you object to profanity on the stage?’ “Not particularly,” answered Miss Cayenne. “In private life profanity is @ vulgar pastime. On the stage it has risen to the dignity of a profession Ne Copy Cat. “T will not smoke & cigarette,” Said Little Robert Reed. “ra follow with extreme regret My little sister’s lead.” “De world is gittin’ Dbetter.” said Uncle Eben. “Leastways de price of everything you buy kin only be ac- This is & shrewd raove of the anti- | violation of the prohibition law at past | counted foh on de idea of an impro Hindenburg organization. The field ) .reunions. The Alumnj Weekly says 1 ment in quality.” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. 8pring may bring” you vistas of | daffodils and vielets, purling streams {and wide-flung meadows. To me it recalls a vision of drummers tilted back in chairs against the front wall of a small town hotel What pictures of wealth, content: ment and ease the traveling men represented as they sat there in the sun, eveing the village damsels. trip- ping down to Bud Miller's grocery store. To our rustic eyes the overdressed J. Russell Smith, “star” man for the Primitive Knitting Co.. was a dream of lovellness. His checked suit was fresh from the city. His fedora had exactly the proper scientific crease. As for his mauve socks which in- cased Dis plump, well fed ankles, they were the very last word, having been knitted fresh in the factories of the Primitive Knitting Co.. itself J. Russell thus acted ms a sort of combination drummer and model, selling his goods when he was on his feet and displaying them when he occupled the cane hottom of one of the chairs in front of the Craw- ford House. This king-vin salesman had a rubi- cund countenance and mean little pig eves. To the uninitiated the former spelled health, but to the medical man a certain tendency to high blood pressure. As for his too-small eyes, the styl. ish fedora counteracted them, casting deep shadows over the ocular por- tion of his map, so that his eves commonly. iooked big enough for the rest of his face It Jmust not be imagined that Smith sat in solitary ate In front of the hotel. There were other chairs there, and a drummer occupied each one * ok ok ¥ Once in a “coon’s age” a boy would find one of the chairs unoccupled. His time had come! The daring lad would slide into the comfortable seat, tlit the chair back against the wall 'and attempt to look out upon the, world with the typical indifference of thie swell drummers. The fact that his feet swung from the ground, and that he was acutely consciows of his poor clothes in comparison with -the traveling man’s superb equipment made his indif- ference rather an inferior article. He was interested, and he could not hide it. To that boy—and ail boys like him—the world in Springtime was-a wonderful place. As a matter of fact, it is-only ia proportion to his retention of tha boyhood outlook that each succeeding Spring becomes a wonderful time. Those much-to-be-pitied individuals who have “grown up” to the point where the seasons only mark the ups and downs of finances have grown down from a high estate. To them each recurring with its fresh smells of turne lilacs, rain, pring, earth, its tresh sights of green, robin's red, yellow, its fresh sounds of children's voices and building construction, is but a dry term in a mathematical calendar They are lost souls. They have lost the sense of birth. They have sold their child- hood soul for a mess of pottage which will be eternally bitter to their taste. They have given up many senses for one sense. They have beea un- true to themselves and must pay the penalty in not being able to see the visible or hear sounds hearable To a0 lock one’s melf out from the greatest’ season in the year is to lose treasure in \which even the poor- est is rich. %% 1 never see a hotel front in Wash- ington but what I sigh for the return of l;m chairs tilted up against the wall. Especially when $pring comes do I leng for a revival of that good old custom. murely there is no better way to greet this glad season than from the comfortable bottom of a comfortable chalr To all Washington hotel men, then 1 recommend the placing of a bat- tery of chalrs against their front walls. ‘Twould-be a noveity, evival, This old-uew custom would have the decided merit of heiping in the great modern campaign for fresh alr and plenty of it. Even the cleanest hotel lobbies cannot have alr as fresh as the obutdoors, dusty though the street may be. And our streels are not dusty. In visions one can see the Willard with & great row of cane-bottomed, side-armed cha'rs ranged along Penn- sylvania avenue, each chalr occupled by a male being intent on enjoying the Spring. The Harrington, with its Eleventh street and E streel sides, would be 2 verituble mecca for the traveling men, especlally. No doubt every chair would be occupied by 7 a.m The Raleigh, with southern and western street fronts, would offer a gallant sitting ground., where one might kick his heels from to night it it be argued that the hotel fronts would thus become loafing grounds. well, what of it? is not loafing Spring? What better thing can one 8pring than just joaf around” If it be argued that the loafers would look at the well. again, why not? What else cou'd they look at half so good or pretty? 1t remalns to be proved that the girls do not like to be looked at. In a perfectly proper way, of course We bar out staring. ogling, etc. But most girl dresses, rather enjoy being noticed Perhaps they would not admit it, but they do, just the same e Such a revival of chairs in front of hotels would bring back to Wash, ington wome of that o'd village at- mosphere which it lost when the automobiles came along The World War completed it Since that date the National Capital is entirely too cosmopolitan for many of us. We want (o be able to walk across the Avenue, not run across it We would lfke to look up toward the Treasury on a hot Summner after- roon and see nary a vehicle in sight That was the way it used to be, and we pine for its return, as the heart paneth for the water brooks Chairs in front of hotels would re- store some of the neighborliness which some profess to find sadly lacking in our great and glorious city They would make for good fel- 1owship and probably end that how- dare-you-speak-to-me-without-being- introduced sttitude, so absurd among men “This and That tempers the chiil of the oity to the warmth of the home town,” a friend of this column writes. Chairs in front of hotels would do it even better as well a a the great sport do in Spring girls— one- WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. More than 30 newspaper editors and publishers are with the United States fleet for the maneuvers in Hawailan waters this month. The Navy Department for the past two or three years has made a special effort to “sell” the fleet to the molders of American public opinion. They have been urged to attend these annual battle exercises in the Atlantlc, Pa- cifio and Canal Zone in order to possess themselves of first-hund im- pressions of the maval establishment. The participation of smali-town edi- tors is a feature of this years maneuvers. They come from interior places far removed from either ea- board. The intent is that they shall return home imbued with the im- portance of the Navy for even the most inconspicuous community in the country, no matter how. far removed it may be from salt water * It ism't often that poetry and the classics are drawn upon to make a point” in wn argument before ihe United States Supreme Court. But every solicitor general isn't a Shake- sperean scholar like James Mont- gomery Beck. Beck's brief in (he pending proceedings to establish {he “independence” of the President as against the encroachments of Congress ends with the Yollnwln! quotation from “Henry the Fiteh, act 1, scene 2: For governments, though high, ahd low, and lower, put Into pa; doth keep in one consent, @gree- ing in a full and natural close, like music. P events cast their shadows ve, especially in that lynx- ment known as the War f the United States. the confidence that the o the Ger- Coming iong befo eyed establishi Department 0f et indenbure ¢ lection :lun presidency oy somse other highly militaristic development is impend- ing in that region, Uncle Sam has just made a significant Tearrange ment of his central European mili- . Hitherto Col. Arthur eneral staff, United States been military attache to Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, with station at Berlin. He will henceforward be per- mitted to concentrate on Germany, other officers having been detailed for duty in the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands. Col. Conger was Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Noian's able assistant, when Nolan, with a desk. an orderly and 2 typis, was assigned the herculean task of _organizing Pershing’s Intelligence Service in France in 1817 ok ok % How many Americans know: that Norwegians claim that George Wash- ington wag of “Norse ancestry”? The contention was made in the House of / Represontatives just before Congress adjourned in. comnection with the Norse-American Centennial, which President Coolidge will attend fn Min- nesota in Jun Representative 0. J. Kvale of Minnesota declares t properly belongs hers to note the fact that George Washington was proud of his Norse ancestry. This blood the first 'President acknowl- edged and gave particular expression to his pride In it in an address de- livered December 11, 17§32, before the Scandinavian Society of Philadéiphia, 2 society in which he held an honor- ary membershi Canada. Norway and Iceland are the foreign countries invited to join in the Norse Centennlal. Represemta- tive Rvale told the House that “the first Norwegian immigrant in Amer- ica preceded Columbus by 500 years— Leif Erikson, who came in the year 1000 A. D" STeiiisty verett. Sanders,” secretary to the ident, was - punctilious . about 7 that doesn’t belong to him, long before he resisted Congress' at- tempt to raise his pay. Mr. Bander itke many a statesman before him and since, once was a turn on a mid-Western chautauqua circuit. Along with the rest of the ‘“talent,” he was accustomed to submit weekly expense accounts. Once in a while chautauqua turns (of which the same this scribe once was one) are per- mitted the luxury of riding in a sleeping car. Sanders’ crowd one night clambered aboard a train which had only upper berths left, and they took them. Next day one of the “talent” said to him: You're going to charge up 2 lower, aren't you The future ht-hand-man of Cal Coolidge said that wasn't his way of doing business. Mr. Sanders never opposed higher pay for Congressmen, and spoke in its favor just before leaving the House last Winter. But he refused to conspire to make him- self the benefloiary of a salary boost In the job he was about to take *x % Dogwood, which the country is ed to spare, has utilitarian, as well as esthetic value. The amount cut for commercial purposes isn't very large, but it supplies a need no other wood in the world has been able to il with equal satisfaction. Seventy per cent or more of the shuttles used in the United States in looms for weaving cloth are made of dogwood. ‘The remainder are largely persimmon, and a few, for the silk Industry, are of boxwood. Dogwood is seldom, if ever, cut into lumber because of its small size and greater value for other purposes, but is sawn tnto small dimension stock. It grows as an understory tree be- neath both hardwood and softwood trees, and commands almost the highest market price of any of Amer- ica’s mative woods. The amount of standing dogwood in the United ftates s very roughly estimated at 376,000 cords, of which about 80, 000 cords are in Mississippi, and 60, 000 in Alabama. Some 20,000 to 25, 000 cords are cut annually in the United States. The amount has graduslly increased with the greater number of looms in the world's cot- ton, woolen and silk mills. Prob- ably 90 per cent of all dogwood cut is manufactured into shuttle blocks. Most of it goes abroad—to England, France, Germany and Italy and there is made into finished shuttle. * % % % Is this to be an absolutely ailitera- tive administration — able, alert, active, and all the rest of it? Af any rate, this observer hears from 2 constituent, who says that to the national nomenclature, which long has included “Cautious Cal,” we now must add “Dauntless Dawes. (Copyright, 1925.) in Profitable Music. Music—now classified as a trade—is picking up, in comparison with other trades. By an agreement signed with the musielans’ union the Chicago Civic Opera Co, will pay its orchestra players a minimum of $119 a Week, and enough more fon rehearsals also to bring the average weekly wage up to $155. This is larger than the pay of bricklayers, plumbers, carpenters, painters and other industrial aristocrats. It meais about $3,200 for an opera season of ' weeks, leaving the musicians free to carn a couple of thousand from othe: _ources he rest of the year. It compares well with average incomes in the “learned professions,” Stern fathers hersafter will have no reason to abuse sons of arfistic tem- perament for “wasting their time on fid- dles.” It {s & new age. Music and art see comfng lnw('l:h- own. The flddle; not to mention the trombone plager, brings home the bacon.—Reading Trib- morning | of | in their new Bpring | THE PUBLIC LIBRARY —Nature Book: Nature |y a source of never-ending iration ways changing and wonder® and beauties No one, no matter how long he lives or how much he travels, can see and know all of them Brst hand, and o for de- scriptions, of out-of-the-way places particular the average person is dependent upoa books. John Muir's “Travels in Alaska” (G945-M895t) takes the reader into the land of glaciers, icebergs. ice and snow-laden mountains and northern lights and introduces him to the perils and thiills of canoe trips into icy regions and camping and s!edding trips on glaciers. He also becomes acquainted with the Indians through such incidents as the following: I have beem thinking of you all day.” ®said an old Indlan chief at Glacier Bay to John Muir upon his return, cold and drenched, from an explar!nx expedition up the bay, “and pitying you and knowing how miserable you were, and as soon as I saw your canoe coming back I was ashamed to think that 1 had been sitting warm amd dry at my fire while you were out in the storm: therefore, 1 made haste to strip off my dry cothing and put on these wet rags to share your misery and show how much I love you." Enos A. Mills wa¥ & one | State snow observer for Colorado his work he writes as follows: work made it necessary for me to vamble the Wintry heights in sun- shine and storm. Often I was out, or rather up, in a blizzard and on more than one occasion 1 was out for two weeks on the snow-drifted crest of the continent without seeing any one. I went beyond the tralls and visited the sllent places alome. 1 invaded gu'ches, eagerly walked the splendid forest aisles, wandered in the daz- 7ling glare on dreary alpine moor- lands and scaled the peaks over mantles of ice and snow. 1 had many experiences—amusing, dangerous and exciting. There was abundance of life and fun in the work. On many an evening darkness captured me and compelled me to spend the night in the wilds without bedding and often without food.” Many of these ex- periences are described in "‘\'H? Life in the Rockies” (G93-M628w). Equal- ly interesting books by the same author are “The Speil of the Rockles’ (G934-)6285) and “The Adventures of a Nature Guide” (MY-M628) S, King's “Mountaineering in the Sier- Nevada” (G941-K582) furnishes plenty of thrill and vast spaces of the open “fWe climbed up =mooth faces of granite, clinging simply by the cracks and protruding crystals of feldspar, and then hewed steps Up fearfully steep slopes of ice, 2ig- |zaging to the right and left. to avold the filying boulders. * * ° Reaching the upper end, we had to cut our footsteps upon the ice again. and {naving braced our backs against the | granite climbed to the surface. We were now in a dangerous position: to fall into the crevice upon the one side was to be wedged to death bg- tween rock and fce: to make a slip to be shot down 300 feet and then hurled over the bank of a preciplce. = Such was the hazards of the first ascent of Mount Tyndall The book is a classic of exploration and moun- tain description. “Jungle Peace” {written by a naturalist as well as man of letters andé action, who is very much in public eye at present— { William Beebe. This book gives de- scriptions of his experiences in the Routh American jungle, *It is possible he writes, “to enter a jungle and be- come acutely aware of poison fang and rending claw. But it is indefl nitely more wonderful and altogether satisfying to slip quietly and recep- tively into life of the jungle, to ac- cept all things as worthy and reason- able; to sense the beauty. the joy. the majestic serenity of this age-old fraternity of nature into whose sanctuary man’s entrance is un- noticed, his absence unregretted. The | peace of the jungle is bevond all | things.™ | Sometimes (t is necessary for per- sons with more acute power of oh- servation and livlier imagination to point out the charms of nature close at hand. The names John Burroughs and Henry D. Thoreau are so well known that thair books need no fur- ther recommendation It is interest- ing at this time to note what John | Burroughs tells about April in his “Yeer in the Flelds” (MY-BS4y). “At ite best, April Is the tenderest of tender salads made crisp by ice or snow water. Its tvpe is the first spear of grass The senses—sight, hearing, smell—are as hungry for its delicate’ and almost spiritual tokens as the cattle are for the first bite of jits fields. = * * The voices of the ar- {riving birds, the migrating fowls, the clouds of pigeons sweeping across {the sky, the elfin horn of the first ! honey-bae venturing abroad in the | middle of the day, the clear piping {of the little frogs in the marshes at sundown, the tinge of green that comes so suddenly on the sunny knolls and slopeg, the full translucent streams, the waxing and warming sun—how these things and others like them are noted by the eager eve and ear! April is my natal month and I am born again into new delight and new surprises at each return of % g “Canoeing in the Wilderness” (G$41-T3%3¢c) by Henry D. Thoreau is a record of his excursion into the Maine woods with another companion revealing new time of “The ra (M986-BI9) s understanding the arguments the other two occasionally indulged in, coustituted himself umpire and judg- ing by their air and gesture, serious- 1y remarked from time to time, “You beat,” or “He beat.” ——— New “Union™ Wanlgd Organization of Capital and Labor Held Needed. Te the Editor of The Stas J.am old enough to remember be- fore “the union,” when in my vouth- ful days 1 was so bitterly opposed to the cruelties of many bosses And, later, how I gloried in the coming of “the union,” the emanci- pation of the working man. Now, old enough to be a philoso- pher, 1 can impartially review devel- opments since the “fifties.” Just as the bosses formerly abused their power, so now “the union” is taking advantage of its power—Aemanding increase upon increase in wages that must ultimately bring disaster, col- lectively and individually. Further—has not the time now come to ask if “the union” is based upon a foundation firm enough to endure, I am a nobody, but read what the great Elfot of Harvard Uni- versity sald many Years since: “The trade unions take a strong hand in reducing the personal ind pendence and practical liberty of the journeymen in their respective trad Of one thing, however, we may be assured, namely, that industrial free. dom will not be promoted by meas- ures which diminish personal self- reliance, voluntary industry and am- bition and earnestn: in work. Whatever deprives a man of a per- sonal, individual motive for self-im. provement and robust exertion will not make him ‘freer, but, on the con- trary, more servile, and, in the long run, less intelligent, industrious and free, for freedom is a matter of char- acter and will power.. Does not American’ experience in the nine- teenth century go to show that p litieal -freedom is of limited value unless it is accompanied by genuine |tion in the future of a “union” built|cation can pocial and industrial freedom, and that social and Iadustrial treedom to writers, for it is al-| ANSWERS TO Q. Could a one-eyed man become a| base ball pitcher in « major league?— | A.W. R A. There is no rule against a one- eved pitcher playing in a major| league. However, we are informed| that there has mever been such a| pitcher in a major league | | Q. ‘What courses are given at Army Music School?—J. 0. H A. There are three courses ziven. | The bandsman course, a one-year/| course, in which the applicant is not| Irt uired to have experience, but must have talent; the soloist course, in' which the applicant specializes in one Instrument, also a one-year course the band leader cource, the highest course, is a two-year course, in which the graduate is given rank of war- rant officer In this course, after graduation one has to wait upon ap- pointment as a band leader. At the present time there are 15 or 18 on the waiting list. The graduate is likely to wait five years before receiving appointment One must play some instrument in order to quality for this course in which he learns to play every instrument in the band. One must take examination before entering band master's course the Q Do turtles shed shells?— A E B A. The Smithsonian Institution says that turtles, terrapins and tortoises do not shed their shells. The shell is the rib bones grown together, and grows as they grow their Q. Why does an ear of corn always have an evem number of rows’— H. D. F. A. This peculiarity is due to & bo- tanfeal characterictic—that is, the aplitting of the cells which form { double rows. Q. Is Washington's picture on any- thing higher than a five-dollar bill?— W, W | A The portrait of George Washing- ton is on 20-dollar gold certificat: series of 1905, 1906 and 1907. On 50-dollar national bank notes issued under acts of February 25, 1862, and Jane 3. 1564, Washington is shown crossing the Delaware (left): & con- | tinental soldier (left); Justice, Lib-| erty and Peace above This is aiso on series of 1852 and 1908. On the interest-bearing notes under act of Congress of July 17, 1861, the por- trait of Washington is on the 500- dollar denomination,” also on the 100-dollar notes fssued under act of Congress March 3, 1863. Q. What is the name of the home of Joel Chandler Harrig?—P. 0. A. The home of the late Joel Chand- lor Harris. the beloved “Uncle Re is in Atlanta. Ga.. and is called * Sign of the Wren's Nest. | he sees come from iginally —R. W A. The Parsees of India are the de- scendants of ancient Persians who emigrated to India on the conquest of .their kingdom b the Arabs in the eighth century T e are 95.000 Parsees in India, of whom practically | all but about 7000 reside in the| Bombay Presidency and the State of| Barods Q. What ean be put in cistern water that tastes of the lime and cement’— A. Nothing should be put into it The remedy lies in allowing the in- side walls to air and cure for a month or more before putting the cistern to use. The carbenic acid of the air converts the free lime in the cement to carbonate of lime, which is only slightly soluble in pure water. The reactions may be accelerated by oc- casional sprinkling of the walls with water. It is weil also to pump out a nNew cistern two or three times prior to use of the water for drinking. Q. What are the salaries of llnxl»{secl’flaril« and assistant sec- retaries in the departments?—C. H. D. A. The salary of the undersecre- taries and the assistant secretaries of | the different departments varies. The | Undersecretary of State receives 0 a year. The A istant Sec- retary of State receives $5,000 a year The Second and Third Assistan ceive $4,500 e The Undersecretary of the Treasury receives $10,000 a year. The thiée Assistant Secretaries re- celve $5,000 each. The Assistant Secretary of War receives $10,000 a year. The Assistant Secretary and chief clerk réceive 54,000 a year. The Assistant Attorneys General receive The special assistant to the General receives 33,000 a Attorn, b= ey BY FREDERIC |ern opinion {was a noted leader | Arthur. QUESTIONS J. HASKIN Navy receives §5,000 a year. Assistan) Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor $5,000 & yeas. Q. How much territory reaily falt the San Francisco earthquake?—W E. A. The San Franciseo earthquake oceurred April 18, 1906. The area af fected was . at least 450 miles length. The loss of Tife was rema ably small. It was placed at 452 all. Two hundred and sixty-s killed by falling buiidinge fire and 9 in olher ways K x we 177 Q. What reward Pitcher?—". 8. P A. “Molly Pitcher the name b which Mary Ludwig Hays is popular] known. “Moll o' the Pitcher’ is the original form of the nickname When her husband was wounded at the ha tie of Monmouth, Molly ran to hie assistance, helped him 1o a sheltered place and 1eturned to “man” his gun All day long she served it, leading and firing. For her gallantry, Gen Washington commended her; the Cor tinental Congress voted her a geant's commiss and haif pa Shrough life, and Pennsylvania gran ea her an annuity Q. Was —N. M A.C G was given the pr negro black Woodson in his book “The Negro in Our History,” savs that records of archeologists indicate tha the primitive African was not nece: sarily black but of | of negroid features. century was a mark o Q. In the fifteenth . high forehead thought to be beauty in a woman?—G. E A. So greatly was a high foreheac admired that, if a woman's grew low, it was shaved to produce the effect’ of the popular high brow ha Q. Where was Libby prison from which the Yankees escaped?’—E A. Libby _prison was a Confederale prison in Richmond, Va. On ¥ebru ary 9, 1864, Col. Thomas Ellwood Ros with 108 Union officers, escaped frc Libby prison through Yankee tunne This tunnel. 50 feet long. had hee excavated by a small party 4 under Col. Rose Q. What lift does heiium hava an where can it be bought?—J M. ¢ A. Helium will lift .006 pounds per cubic foot under ordinary condition Helium gas is found in the natura gas of certain gas fields of Texas and Kansas. The Government has a plan for extracting this gas in Texas The Government is the only agent fo helium and maintains an egreemer in which helium is held exclusive for Government uses and for tF scientific investigation in which ti Government is interested Q. Where does th industr rank in the United St N A. Tt is one of the oldest and larges: but, 50 far as we can ascertain. there are no figures available showing how it ranks in comparison with the othe: industries. However, the manufac ture of fur goods ranks sixty-eight in value of products. It is estimatad that approximately 1,200 fur farmers are engaged in the production of one or more species of fur-bearing an mals. The majority of these, how ever, are raising silver and blue fox and the total investment of this phas of the business alone is betwae twelve and fifteen million dollars Q. Is the name Caesar a first nam~ or a title?—L H A. Caesar is now as a Christian name the Roman Emperors it was a titls It was the cognomen of the Roman family Julia. In this sense it was used by seven rulers. It dled out as a family name with the death of Nero. but was subsequently revived as the title of the reigning Empern Q. Was there ev called Arthur’—E. A. The existence ain named Arthur historically frequently used r really M. of a Kirg or Br is not established The consensus mod is that thers probabl or general named a Britc (Are you ever hampered for want of information? Do you wonder and bln der through misinformation® This co wmn was wstituled to serve a very ap parent need of our readers. and its pop larity is attested by the thousands. w | seek information daily. Use this servi and learn its possibilities. Address v quiries to The Star Information. Burea: Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty Arst and C streets northwest. Inclose o The ant Secretary of the The temporary injunction obtained by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. | against the United States Ship- {ping Board to prevent the sale of five vessels belonging to the Government came in the midst of a countryv-wide discussion of the sale. The ships, now operated by the Pacific Mail, were sold to the Dollar Steamship Co., and the editors have given at- tention to the price paid. to the ques- tion of Government operation and to the legality or wisdom of the board's action. “After losing at the rate of about d an Indian suide who while not % s and an $50,000.000 a vear and after building | I8 0 G SORIENLIO up routes so that private concerns can profitably take them over if sold at bargain rates, is the Government to have nothing to show for its expendi- tures?’ usks the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “There is a question of broad policy involved in the failure to bind the Dollar interests to maintain the service which the Government has so painfully developed. It can certainly afford to hold on to vessels which are paying untl a purchaser appears who is willing to guarantee their continu- ance. Otherwise. what has been the object of throwing all this mone away £ The Omaha World-Herald fails to find justification for the sale. “There certainly was no_urgent reason selling,” says the World-Herald. “On the contrary, theme was every reason for retaining ownership and control of vessels which copld serve American commerce at low \rates while their operation was no§burden upon the Government.” policy both raised,” oiAserves the New Orleans Times-Picayuvie, “Congress will have the makingswof an investi- gation or a first-class mow, or both. And it Congress runs tnue to post- war form, the Iompullon‘k: ‘g0 to it’ will prove irresistible.” ticipating euch spixited debate, the Lansing State Journal gives its vie\ws as to the contention of the minorky of the Shipping Board that the saleyyiolates the spirit, if not the letter,\of the Jones law. 3 “What the national defen Hey has got to do with the questior of whether the Government is to rems in in the shipping business is a litt\e hard to see,” says the State Journa “Of course, the comnection cAn be traced. It the Government should are essential to the maintenance of every other kind of desirable free- dom?” Has not time proved the truism of Eliot's summary, and would_he not now ‘agrée that, the tinie has come “With questions wf price and of: 2-cent stamp for a direct reply.) 3oAr_The Asslstanc Sleretary of tus | scent oy for o diectrepi ) Wisdom of Ship Sale Debated Widely Among Natio n’s Editors Want ships in time of war, it could undoubtedly get any that were owned by American companies. But if thera Were no American companies owninz ships, then the Government would he up against it. If, however, in order to be ready for some future war, the Government is to keep its ships and keep them up, why not keep the fac tories it took over in war time ar the railroads and evervthing else i sight?” * * The Cleveland Plain Dealer. repl ing to the contention that there the Govermmen out of the ship operating bus ness, argues: As regards the sels sold, it was already out ships are now operated by the cific Mail Steemship Co. under agreement which at Jeast involves 1 public Treasury in no loss whatever As long as that condition prevailed it is difficult to see what has Deer gained through the sale of these ex cellent ships at sp low a price little further delay, pending imvesti gation of the monopoly questior could have done no hirm. It migt have brought to light facts materiall affecting the judgment of Shippink Board members regarding all pendinz offers.” ““The action of the Pacific Mail Co and securing a tem injunction against the sale. according to the Lynchburg News, i< probably but the beginning of, a long drawn-out controversy which will be waged through the courts to the Su preme Court of the United States continue within the membership o the Shipping Board and find eche in Congress. This sale, by which the provisions of the Jones act requiring guarantees of operation seem to have been ignored, leaves much for expla- nation. More emphatic is the condemnation ©Of the Lincoln State Journal. which describes the deal as one in which the Shipping Board, deciding by a four- to-three vote to sell the ships at one sixth of their cost, “took a heavy risk.” The State Journal holds that “if such a sale were to be made at uch a losx 10 the Government, the Shipping Board would better have waited till it could be unanimous.’ The matter of profit and loss ap- peals also to the Rochester Times nion, which believes “there is no Nason why the question of Govern- nlent in business should be settled on the ground of any prejudice eithey for @r against. The decisive factor ix whefA"er or not the Governament is 10sing\ O Zaining on a given line, of activitd There are phases of the shipping, business in' which the Gov- zet The Pa for u staple “unlon’ of capital and labor, with the abuses of the past pointing the way to a happy solu- the upon bedrock equity? foundation _of W. P. KENT." etniment )¢ losing, ‘and in zuch cases the \» do may well be to cut the 10gses. \But what possible justifi- ere be for disposing to privaté iftéFAts of a line which is an actual sourcw: of profit?™